GPS: 16 20.157S 167 45.366E
Banam Bay. After our morning dip, we headed ashore. We were greeted by a couple of men and a 13 year old boy. They were helpful in telling us what this bay had to offer. Quite a different reception from Pentecost!.
The boy (Rex) kindly guided us around the bay, showing us through the villages. There was a definite divide between the two sides of the bay. At a certain point Rex disappeared as did the other children following us and it was apparent to us that they do not “cross the line” to the villages on the other side. The first from where Rex came from were very friendly, but very poor, all wearing old torn clothes. Many of the younger children were not wearing any clothes.
The other village where they charged for going to the waterfall and showing a cultural dance, all had new clothes. They were still friendlier than Pentecost.
Cindy wanted a safety pin as Rex was hanging on to his shorts the whole way or they would have fallen off. We wished we had got a whole lot of clothes off trade me before we had come away. Again we took lollies ashore which the kids really loved, as well as the adults! It was the great soccer match day between the villages, so we stopped at the soccer field for an hour to watch them play. Then we headed back to the boat for another swim, lunch and a short nap.
