Robert
“Public enemy No. 1 !!!”
Liva Lave or commonly known as Livex
The local wine – this one happens to be “Wild Fruits”
Packs quite a punch.
The locals mix it with lemonade or coke or sometimes even straight cordial.
I prefer it straight!…
Our next door neighbour…
Our next door neighbour Eli markets tirelessly. Most days and evenings there she is, out the front of her house – seeling betelnut, smokes and occasionally home made donuts and ice-blocks. When I head to work she is working her market and again when I head home – there she is sitting at her little market trying to make an extra few bucks. It’s the way of many PNG women – to try and make ends meet…
Mum’s birthday…
And thanks to VoIP technology we were able to call her on Skype and wish her the best of bestest days. We even got to see her on video! Happy birthday Mum!!! (74 and still kicking!)…
Beautiful Madang…
We got back safely this afternoon from Madang after a 5 to 6 hour PMV ride. It was a great weekend with our hosts – Nick, Bernadette and Valdek…
One women’s view on the rape situation in PNG…
Eli wrote the following on rape which we have just emailed to both newspapers for possible publication. I would like to comment regarding the news story: “Gangsters abduct and rape girl”, in one of the local newspapers dates 7th of November 2007…
IMR…
That stands for Institute of Medical Research. This is where I am at the moment (2:20pm) connected to their (almost) broadband ISP connection. I can get rather anal about having my personal laptop updated and patched at the latest levels…
Something in the mail…
Another box arrived a few weeks ago…
Did I mention?
At the opening of the “Hut” at Waraguma during Mum’s stay recently and during one of the formal “items” on the day’s agenda – I was given clan name by two of the elders…
Yep…
I have finally managed to do a blog post from Linux. This has involved the following challenges…