Yumi Stap Storian » I remember when http://www.storian.org/home Sharing stories about the Republic of Vanuatu Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:22:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The moon and mango seas http://www.storian.org/home/2006/12/04/the-moon-and-mango-seas/ http://www.storian.org/home/2006/12/04/the-moon-and-mango-seas/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:47:19 +0000 Anton Zuiker http://www.storian.org/home/?p=19 On my way home from work tonight, I watched as a gigantic full moon gradually got brighter and brighter. I thought back to those nights on Paama when the full moon lit up the island and I could walk around without a torch (as compared to those no-moon nights where I could barely see where I was walking). I always felt so light on those nights, as if I were floating through clouds.

Then there were those late afternoons when, from my hammock, I watched as the last rays of the sun filtered through the leaves of the mango tree in the nakamal area of Liro Village. The air became like liquid, a soft green sea, and it took no imagination at all to be swimming through that transluscent heaven.

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But talking about Paama makes me nostalgic, and a bit guilty. I want to go back, and I feel bad for not sending more letters and gifts to my family and friends on the island.

Last night, I cracked open a coconut, scratched it, milked it and cooked a curry with a big pot of rice.

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Share your bug stories — spiders, roaches, ants, centipedes, mosquitoes — in the comments, or make a post of your own.

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