Author Archives: John Nicholls

John Nicholls is the whl.travel local connection for Vanuatu. You can learn more about John's work, book Vanuatu accommodation and explore an extensive selection of tours at vanuatu-hotels.vu.

What has happened to travel?

Written on August 4, 2010

Technology enables us to make better informed, faster decisions and hopefully saves us some money as a result, but sometimes as a traveller I wonder how this all impacts on the intrinsic value of travel.

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Will Some Donors Never Grow Up?

Written on July 8, 2010

Private enterprises usually operate on the principle of the smallest amount of energy and funding required to produce the greatest outcome.

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Local Travel: progress, or self endorsement?

Written on July 7, 2010

If we, the “Local Travel” lobby want to make a real difference in the way people travel then it will not be achieved by trying to convert ourselves in perpetuity in these travel blogs.

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whl.travel photo of the week: The Pentecost Jump, Vanuatu

Written on May 11, 2010

Much has been written about the island of Pentecost (part of the Vanuatu archipelago) and its yearly ritual of death-defying land jumps performed in the south of the island in celebration of the yam harvest.

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