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# Camping cooker gas canister in Port Vila? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Vanuatu
hshdude 23:55 UTC 13 Feb 2012 | Hi, I'm trying to find out whether standardized camping cooker gas canisters are available at some shop in Port Vila, and I can't see this question answered in any other TT posts. I have a regular Optimus Crux that I'd like to take, but of course I won't be able to bring the actual fuel into the country on an international flight. Thanks a bunch if anyone has info! http://www.campsaver.com/crux-w-terra-weekend-he-cook-set |
ozziegiraffe 11:03 UTC 14 Feb 2012 | I'm not sure why you would go to the bother to take a camp cooker, as there are few places could camp anywhere in Melanesia, and if in villages, the locals will provide and cook food f.or you | 1
hshdude 20:43 UTC 14 Feb 2012 | Thanks for your reply, Ozziegiraffe. We're planning to spend several days in one of the few places where you can camp - on the Ambrym ash plain (with a guide, but no villages around) - and having a cooker would allow for boiling rain or spring water or the occasional warm meal. | 2
h2ooh 02:07 UTC 15 Feb 2012 | Why would you boil rainwater? I have never suffered any ill effects from drinking properly collected rainwater without boiling, filtering or treating it. In some places that's about the only water available. | 3
uncle_sav 00:52 UTC 16 Feb 2012 | There is a gas shop in the main street on the uphill side. | 4
hshdude 09:55 UTC 17 Feb 2012 | H2ooh (what a fitting name for this question :-)), I should have been more specific - we probably won't be "properly collecting" it but rather getting it from some run-off streams or so. Honestly, I'm not exactly sure where we'll get it from, so I just want to be prepared. And then there's the cooking - just carrying rice to boil in rainwater could save weight in our backpacks. uncle_sav, thanks a lot for the tip! Any idea whether they sell fuel canisters that fit the standard size they sell in Australia or North America? | 5