Hambere Village

Kerrie at the Dive Shop helped set up this two day excursion for me. The purpose of a village stay is to experience first hand life in a real native village. For the first time in my life I slept in a native leaf house - this one actually over the water. I ate my meals as the villagers would - all cooked in a separate building behind my leaf house. I don’t think the rest of the villagers were served quite ike I was or as much as I was - but we ate pretty much the same foods. The view from my veranda as I ate my meals - was petty cool.

The village (set in a quiet bay) has about 80 people in 10/12 structures - all leaf houses. There is no electricity or running water. A small battery is solar charged and a tiny light bulb gives you light for a few hours after dark. There is an outhouse outback for a toilet. They set up a mosquito net over one of the beds for me to sleep. Somewhere in the guide books I’m sure it says to bring insect repellent. I didn’t and paid the price. The sand flies feasted on me and the mosquitos had their way too.