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Visit Chief Sam Usua and Jocelyn
in Vanuatu
You find them in Port Resolution on
the Island of Tanna.
Contact Jocelyn via telephone
no. +67868061 (ask for Suzanne) or
Port Resolution "Yacht Club" via
no. +67868791
In both cases you may have to wait or
call back.

Jocelyn speaks English, Bislama and
understands French.

 

Pictures:


Sam and members of the village with Kava


Port Resolution


Preparing kakoe


Outrigger Canoe at Port Resolution


In the garden

The volcano at Tanna Video

 


Sam and Jocelyn

Tanna is still known as the most "kastom" and culturally traditional island in Vanuatu. So why be a tourist when you can experience life as a Melanesian at Captain Cook's time over 200 years ago?
Chief Sam Usua and wife Jocelyn welcome you to spend a day, a night or a week with them in their "kastom" village of Iakupen. Iakupen is just one small village that is part of the community of Port Resolution. The village sits on a hill that overlooks the bay where Captain Cook first anchored when i arrived in HMS Resolution in 17...

You can design you own tour depending on your interests and time available. The Usuas are delighted to guide you, teach you and let you experience any or all of the following Melanesian cultural and traditional ways of life still enjoyed today.

There is nothing that better defines life in Vanuatu than the bislama word "storian" meaning just sitting around talking. The most rewarding and heart felt experience that you can take home with you will be to have spent an evening around the fire, eating local kakoe while "storian" with Sam, Jocelyn, and their family of Iakupe. As you "storian" you will learn all the kastom stories and tabus that have been passed down for hundreds of years on this South Pacific Island.

ACCOMADATIONS
Any or all of these unique Melanesian experiences can be arranged as a day tour (or more) from any of the local bungalows on Tanna. Should you like to sleep in a kastom village, Sam and Jocelyn can arrange that as well, including a romantic night under a coconut front shelter on a white sand beach only ten minutes walk from Iakupen.

TRANSPORTATION
Since Chief Sam is the Driver and care taker of the community vehicle, you can make arrangement with Sam to transport you anywhere on Tanna.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

This web page has been posted on behalf of Chief Sam and Jocelyn Usua.

Contact Jocelyn via telephone no. +67868061 (ask for Suzanne) or
Port Resolution "Yacht Club" via no. +67868791
In both cases you may have to wait or call back.

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