I have finally completed the arduous task of uploading all of the outstanding photos to the Simbu Photo Albums!
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The 30 odd photos that I took over the weekend out at Waraguma have now been posted to one of my many online albums.
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Home sweet home!!
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As we climb Daulo Pass
and take in the views,
as we zig-zag the potholes
and listen to radio news.
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No point in reading this post otherwise!
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Folks…
That day was today!!
(I just spent the last hour writing this story only to accidentally hit an obscure combination of keys on my laptop which caused all my typing to be lost).
To summarise…
The newly formed…
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The email signature type!
I have been playing around a little with a program called “Fortune”.
It's a fairly standard Linux facility that displays random sayings and
proverbs or whatever else you might like to add.
And because Linux…
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Despite not posting many photos of myself - now and then I do manage to post one or two.
This photo was taken October last year on our visit to village and I am sitting on…
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Continued from yesterday.
- New Years eve we had a small party. As is custom in most parts of the world - the men had too much to drink and although we caused some minor disturbance…
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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…Bolku Kessnah…
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…at the “Hut”!Eli left yesterday morning (Thu) and I will be PMV'ing today. Two nights at “Waraguma” in Kaubasis!=>- the clan!- washing in the river.- sitting by the fire.- no chairs- earth and mud- coffee…-…
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(I wrote the following ranting this past weekend in our “hut” at Wara-guma. I was preparing for a meeting of the local 8 clans to discuss the setting up of a local Association / Cooperative…
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Standing next to Mum as we both stood in front of the “Hut” for the first time was one of those magic moments in life.
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After much anticipation and some nerves - Mum has finally arrived in PNG! It's sure been a hectic few days - not even enough time to post a lousy blog!Nevermind… I'm back!So far:23/8 (last Thursday)…
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After about 5 weeks of PNG election shenanigans and the associated violence
especially in rural areas we made it back to “Wara-Guma” yesterday. With the
two ITShare volunteers being on board for a few weeks we thought…
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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…
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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.All of them have…
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Here is how the “Hut” looked as of yesterday…
The rest of the photos I took yesterday can be viewed in the “The “Hut” @ Waraguma (Kaubasis)” photo
album.
We also said goodbye to young Paul…
Paul heads back…
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