Kava Take Two

On the way back from Louniel, Brett started talking to our drive, Louie, about kava. Kava must be what Huey Lewis was looking for. It's the only legal narcotic in the world and has no damaging side effects. Anyway, Brett explained that we had tried some and it didn't really do anything. Louie said the bar we went to wasn't very good and that he could get us onto some better stuff.

We joined Louie that afternoon, while he picked up and dropped off employees of the resort. The problem was that it was a Thursday. In Tanna, market day is Friday and Monday, and by the time Thursday comes around, most of the kava bars are out of kava. So we didn't get to try Louie's favorite but went to another one. I'm peeved this photo didn't turn out, but I'm posting it anyway. It's the only picture we have of Louie. Also, notice Brett's jersey. Whenever he wore that, he was always greeted with a chorus of, "Australia!" The people of Tanna love Australia, and most of them back Australia in the world cup.

We took the kava back to the hotel and drank it, while watching the sunset. It was stronger than the last mix but still didn't have much of an effect. Kava is supposed to make you feel tired and relaxed. We'd spent all day hiking, swimming, and horseback riding, and this was our view:

So it was hard to tell what was the kava and what was just the effects of a perfect day. Once the sun went down, we saw the Milky Way, the Southern Cross, and even wished upon a shooting star.