Vana-who?

So I was just asked to go speak at a conference in late October in Vanuatu. Where, you might ask, is Vanuatu? Well, more or less in the middle of nowhere--in the South Pacific between Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia (near as I can tell, the shortest flight will involve at least 3 stops and 30 hours). With any luck I can take Gretchen along and maybe take some holidays in that part of the world...