sand drawings and beautiful sunset

Well let's see. In my last post, I forgot to talk about the bigfala knives. I bought myself one. There's also known as bush knives, or machetes. Mine is 18 inches long and will be used to thrash through the bush (cut down trees and branches) and to break open coconuts. I think it should be a good time.

Last night we went to a music festival in Vila. It's all weekend long, but last night was only local string bands. Tonight will be pop/rock. The cool thing about it was that there was no alcohol allowed, only kava, so instead of everyone being rowdy and out of control, everyone was just chill and watching the music.

The first picture is of a man doing a sand drawing at the local cultural center. Traditionally the sand drawings are unique to each island and the drawings convey a specific meaning. This one is something about love. He also sings and plays music and tells stories as he does the sand drawings.

The next picture is pretty self-explanatory, but that's a view from the beach in Port Vila. The weather has actually been nice for the last couple days without major bouts of torential downpour. But I probably shouldn't get used to nice weather for too long. And last night I actually wore pants and a long sleeve shirt surprisingly.

Okay and lastly, here's the link to some more of my pictures.

http://loyolamd.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035568&l=64c77&id=20101312