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TOM'S ADVENTURE Mark Chew TOM'S ADVENTURE Mark Chew

Greetings From Vanuatu

As the day wore on the breakers grew closer. By early afternoon I had rounded the northeastern tip of the island and begun to make my way along the northern side. By about 1400hrs the first pang of fear came in. I was rowing along, just outside the reef, the land was oh so close, yet completely inaccessible.

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TOM'S ADVENTURE Mark Chew TOM'S ADVENTURE Mark Chew

Notes from Pago Pago- American Samoa

Apparently, American Samoa has more big pickup trucks per capita than anywhere else in the world - I don’t doubt it. The trucks and the law enforcement are the only obvious signs of colonisation, but reach in your pocket and you’ll find those green banknotes that say ‘In God We Trust’.

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