Correction…
The post I wrote last Wednesday: “Our good old mate Benjamin”…
James Yogomul Gaima
The PNG extended family thing gets a bit too much for me at times. People in and out of the house, the sleeping over and then of course there’s the communal meals. All too much for this once self confessed eternal bachelor and single man…
Hot Shot….
The face of “old” Papua New Guinea This photo was taken on my visit to Koko in the Unggai-Bena District of the Eastern Highlands on 8/6/07. I travelled out to Koko with the Clinton Foundation and spent the day meeting locals and taking lots of photos. There’s something about the face of this old man that I find fascinating…
Our good old mate Benjamin…
On the front page of yesterday’s Post Courier. The bloke stole K8000 from my volunteer mate Anthony last year. The evidence was on ANZ Bank video – black and white! A sure conviction you might think! Not so in PNG…
PNG Elections go into full swing…
I was on my way to the weekly Rotary meeting earlier this evening when I bumped into a couple I know from Eli’s village. We chatted briefly and I asked them where they were going (as one does in PNG). They told me that they were headed to the house of a candidate to collect some cash – no cash not vote they said!!…
You asked for it…
Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to have Richard (a fellow volunteer) travel with me to the village. Richard has a camera and managed to snap some photos of yours truly.…
The latest on the “Hut”…
Here is how the “Hut” looked as of yesterday…
