🇻🇺 Vanuatu Travel Diary: The Good & The Ugly 🌴

Day 1️⃣: Arrival & Beach Horseback Riding 🏖️🐎 ✔ Ramada Resort check-in ✔ 40-min beach ride (refund for cut short) "Turquoise waves + galloping horses = Instagram gold!" 📸 ❌ Dinner fail: Tough coconut crab 🦀 (chef or crab's fault?) Day 2️⃣: Blue Lagoon & Disaster Diving 💦🤿 🌊 Morning Highlights: ✔ Blue Lagoon swim - Crystal clear waters! ✔ City tour: Parliament, Independence Park 🏛️ 🤿 Afternoon Nightmare: ⚠️ Hideaway Island Underwater Post Office: "Free" guide became 2000VT charge 💸 Worst guide ever: 🏊‍♂️ Swam like Olympic racer (left us choking!) ⏳ Cut 30min short Hidden fees: 🥽 1500VT for mask 🦺 500VT "forgotten" life vest charge "More expensive than buying new gear!" 😤 💡 Lessons Learned 1️⃣ Get all prices in writing 2️⃣ Bring your own snorkel gear 3️⃣ Coconut crab = overrated #VanuatuTruths #TravelFails #UnderwaterPostOffice #IslandProblems 🌊