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Vanuatu: a country that takes only its happiness seriously

A yellow kayak on deep blue water surrounded by rainforest, photographed from the air.
A yellow kayak on deep blue water surrounded by rainforest, photographed from the air.

By small propeller plane from island to island in Vanuatu: a cave you leave by swimming, rock art on Lelepa, a festival without phones and the Yasur volcano, which never stops rumbling and spitting lava – visiting a people who take only their happiness seriously.

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Text & photos: Malte Clavin

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