Ballot boxes back for counting….
Most ballot boxes were transported back to the central counting area on the same day that polling took place (9/7/07). Others, especially ballot boxes from the rural areas took a little longer…
Still got issues with Internet
I am still experiencing problems with my internet connection and therefore have not posted anything the past day or so. It is now 6:15pm Sunday afternoon and somehow I managed to connect this time…
Problems with my Internet connection….
Due to a couple of issues I have not been able to post to my blog the last couple of days…
Run away street boy gets nabbed
I can be found most afternoon’s strolling the streets of West Goroka. I have a soft spot for street boys and there’s lots of them hanging around the West Goroka shops. I inevitably stop for a chat or a chew or both. Some sell buai or smokes, others sell band-aids, batteries or clothes. Anything really, anything that sells. In PNG survival is difficult and the street sellers do their best to make an extra few bucks…
The rest of the photos from yesterday’s polling day…
I have posted the remaining photos from yesterday’s polling day at the Rotary Park in Goroka Town. All election related photos that I have posted so far can be viewed in the “PNG Elections 2007″ photo album…
Voting in Eastern Highlands gets under way!
The folk of the Eastern Highlands finally got there chance today to cast their votes and elect new political leaders for the next 5 years. Politics in PNG is messy to say the least and if the whole election thing was a big circus then the voting itself would be the Main Event…
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…
