VANUATU ~ Mount Yasur Volcano Post ~

... A faaaantastic "hot" mailbox day... coming from the only postbox on the slopes of an active volcano anywhere in the world🌋... the mailbox near the molten lava with temperatures above 1000 °C is officially designated by the Vanuatu Post as a post office and mail is regularly collected by the postal agents...
Luckily only inside my postbox todayツ because we had a major heatwave here... days with temperatures above 35°C... I wasn't even in the mood to send postcards or update my blog... from now on it's cooling down and we had finally rain🌧️... me and my garden are so very happy... Thanks a million David for once more a really special postcard with great Mount Yasur postmark!! (✿ ♥‿♥)... sending a volcano postcard from close to the erupting volcano and sensing the raw power of nature must have been a unique experience!! → http://postcardsandtravel.blogspot.com/

Vanuatu is a state of Oceania located in Melanesia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Coral Sea. The archipelago is composed of 83 mostly volcanic islands. The country is located southeast of the Ring of Fire.

Tanna is an island in Tafea Province and is populated almost entirely by Melanesians and they follow a more traditional lifestyle than many other islands. Some of the villages are known as Kastom villages, where modern inventions are restricted, the inhabitants wear penis sheaths and grass skirts and live in hatched huts, and the children do not go to public schools.

Mount Yasur  (Old Man) is an active volcano, 361 m (1,184 ft) above sea level, often called "the most accessible active volcano on earth". The glow of the volcano was apparently what attracted Captain James Cook to the island in 1774. Mt.Yasur knows explosions 10-20 times per hour.

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VANUATU ~ Aerial view of Vila ~

...My second wonderful card coming from this remote island nation in the Pacific Ocean... a tropical paradise...beautiful blue ocean with small green islands, crystal clear waters with spectacular coral reefs, and friendly people... Thanks a lot Azzi !! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

Vanuatu is a "Y" shaped chain of approximately 83 coral and volcanic islands lying northeast of Sydney Australia, literally meaning "Land eternal".

Port Vila is the largest city in Vanuatu and also the county's capital. It is located on the island of Efate (the main island of Vanuatu). This city is Vanuatu's most important harbour and the center of the country's trade.

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(Issued 28-10-2015)

VANUATU ~Pentecost Island~

Got this card from an amazing event from a place I never heard of...And also new to me is that "Bungee jumping " originaly comes from this island Pentecost... Diving off a platform 30m high attached only by vines??? Must be a breathtaking event to watch!! Thanks a million Rod for again a new place in in my collection!!:D:D

With soo nice stamp too...Cute and cuddly is the theme of these tropical cats of Vanuatu. From a set of 4 issued on 14 July 2010, designed by Denise Durkin of New Zealand,
Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies 190 kilometres (120 mi) due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost has also been referred to as Raga or Araga, a tribal name that originated in the north but is now widely applied to the whole island. In old sources it is occasionally referred to as Whitsundie Island.

The island is well known for its land-diving "The ritual of the Naghol" which is one of the most spectacular and impressive rituals in the whole of the Pacific. It takes place when the yams are ripe for the picking, in April/May, also the time of the year when the vines reach their maximum strength.

Young men dive from tall towers (20 to 30 meters high )built from local materials and hurtle towards the earth attached by a length of vine tied to one leg. It is a fertility ritual and to be most effective the diver is required to graze the ground below with his head. ...Predictably this sometimes goes terribly wrong...

While the men risk their lives to prove their masculinity, villagers dance and stomp on the earth to encourage bountiful harvests.