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December 5, 2014 · 5:35 am

Fun Photo Friday — Inyeug is still a Mystery

Lonely Windsock

Here’s my favorite shots of our stop on Mystery Island, Vanuatu:

The Sun Peeks Through

Inyeug Scene

Spider Watch

Inyeug Flora

Tendering In

Tree Meets Boat

Framing the Beach

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December 3, 2014 · 5:35 am

Touring Mystery Island on Foot

Mystery Island Marketplace

As I mentioned Monday, Mystery Island (Inyeug) is uninhabited until the tourists arrive by either ship or plane. Once the tourists do arrive, they are greeted by great beaches, diverse flora and fauna (including hanging from the trees some of the biggest spiders I’ve ever seen), and a marketplace at which to shop.

Massive Spiderweb

And a Massive Spider to go with it

The small World War II airfield relic is a sod strip approximately 2,001 feet/610 meters long. And, yes, there is a terminal building at Anatom Airport.

Watch out, Chicago and Atlanta — Anatom Airport Terminal

2,001 feet of landing strip

Click on any image below to bring up today’s gallery:

Mystery Island Flora

Pandanus Tectorius

Colorful moth

Looks a bit like a Sierra gooseberry, but it isn’t

Papaya

Mystery Island Flora

Pandanus tectorius

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December 1, 2014 · 5:35 am

Gilligan would be Right at Home — Stopping by Mystery Island

Welcome to Mystery (Inyeug) Island

Mystery Island (Inyeug) is usually uninhabited . . . until a ship arrives or a plane lands. Until then the inhabitants live next door.

Mystery Island Panoramic

The southernmost inhabited Vanuatu island is Aneityum. What you see in the picture above isn’t it. That’s Inyeug, also known as Mystery Island. They’re easy to tell apart because Aneityum looks like this:

Aneityum

and Inyeug looks like this:

Mystery Island

Mystery Island is small enough to circumnavigate on foot in much less than a couple of hours. But just in case you get lost:

Hard to get lost on an island this small

Despite the small size, Mystery Island has a lot going for it. There’s Queen Elizabeth II Beach, for instance, which was renamed in 1990 in honor of the Queen’s visit to Vanuatu back in 1974.

Queen Elizabeth II Beach

Basking beneath the clouds

MS Oosterdam arrived offshore the morning after we departed Lifou, New Caledonia. Below you can see the ship anchored between Inyeug and the much larger Aneityum.