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# Pentecoste - Nagol- where to stay? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Vanuatu
gstanko 03:44 UTC 15 Mar 2009 | Hi, we will travel to Pentecoste in June year. We will get there for the last weekend of June- arriving Friday morning and stay until Sunday. Which place to stay would you recommend? How far is it from the accommodation to land dive site? I guess Hotels organize the airport and transfer to the sites. Thanks |
eflatjan 11:07 UTC 16 Mar 2009 | Stay at "Clemets Guesthouse" in the friendly and beautiful village of Pangi. Clemet and his family will take good care of you, pick you/deliver you at the airport and drive you to land-diving sites and other places of interest. When I stayed there in April last year I vent to the two closest land-diving events. One of them took place near the airport. (about 1 hour drive from Pangi) The other took place in the village of Londot about 15-20 min drive from Pangi (if I remember correctly) However, I don't know if Londot will arrange land diving this year as the last years first diving event ended in tragedy when the tower collapsed, killed one person and injured 4 others. Because of the accident there may be new general regulations and restrictions on Nagol in 2009? At least there were discussions about it after the accident. I booked through Mr.Talo in http://www.vanuatudiscovery.com.vu/ My pics from Vanuatu (Nagol included) http://www.pbase.com/bolla49/vanuatu PS! Do they really arrange Nagol as late as the last weekend in June?... eflatjan http://www.pbase.com/bolla49 | 1
eddyv 14:16 UTC 16 Mar 2009 | there is no land diving anywhere at the end of June, sorry. | 2
eddyv 14:19 UTC 16 Mar 2009 | If you want to stay somewhere in the area anyway, go to Pangi and ask for Luke, the late Chief Willy's son. He's a nice, kind, helpful, trustworthy guy with a few huts you can stay in. He can also fix you up with a guide to go on treks to the interior villages. | 3
eddyv 14:20 UTC 16 Mar 2009 | Check out www.mytb.org/edvallance - there's a long write up of my travels in Pentecost there | 4