Once again the picture is meaningless but at least it's different. The good news is that the power cut didn't materialise and, more importantly, omelette returned for breakfast. Less good was the visit to the apartment: Big disappointment this morning. The apartment was huge: lounge twice the size of ours, slightly smaller dining room, kitchen twice the size of ours with large fridge-freezer, cooker etc, huge bathroom with shower, toilet and huge bath, plus gard...

Some interesting (?) facts about being in Tanna: The electricity in this part of town is being cut off from 5.30 to9 p.m. each evening from tonight until next Friday for repair work. So I'm writing this at 5.05 and hope to get it posted before shut down. 'Anarako David' does not mean 'David is an anorak' it means 'My name is David'. I hope. c*** fighting is legal in Tanna. I do not intend to go. Taxi drivers in Tanna do not have change for 5000Ar note worth...

Picture is not of Madagascar but is of mountains which is far more relevant. If only I could upload my pictures you would see just how hilly Tanna really is. You would be pretty much confined to the hotel mI'm afraid Maura. Did make a bit of progress today however. I did find the Ministre de Jeunesses, Sport et Culture to give it its full title and eventually found a member of the 'Cabinet' who welcomed me on behalf of the minister who is currently on the east co...

It worked!

Right. I now have a cold beer in front of me so I'm willing to give it one more try but this time I'm writing it as a Word doc so at least I can save it. The flight was fine and the food excellent. We were about 20 minutes late landing but then were stuck on the runway for a further 40 minutes while they located a free staircase. Eventually we got off and walked across a quarter of a mile of runway to Arrivals where Volatiana was waiting for me. I gave my pass...