Despite not posting many photos of myself - now and then I do manage to post one or two…
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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…
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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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The pigs squeal,
the river flows,
people work their gardens…
Kaubasis.
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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!
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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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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.
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Here is how the “Hut” looked as of yesterday…
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Tomorrow I head out to the village with Richard, a volunteer from NZ currently in Goroka about to do some “water” work at a remote village in the Lufa District. Uncle Joel and Bruce from Kaubasis will also be joining us after they rocked up at home last night. The last batch of building materials needs to be purchased and carried back to the village. Louvres, mesh wire and fly screen for the windows…
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Here are a few of the photos from yesterday's trip out to the
“Hut” at Wara-Guma in Kaubasis. Uncle Fred was kind enough to drive
out there as we had a bunch of timbers that Uncle…
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And the “hut” is coming up a cracker!
We drove out with Uncle Fred this morning with: timbers for doors and window
frames, 600m of barbed wire for fencing and hinges. The “hut” will have two
doors and…
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Meet “Willie”….
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I headed to Kaubasis today to check on the progress of the “Hut”. Uncle Joel and “crew” have been very busy and building is almost complete. The structure is up, the roofing is finished and…
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Last month I visited Eli's village in Simbu and our visit coincided with the 2007 Kaubasis School Fete. We stayed a night and it rained and it rained - the ground everywhere was slippery, wet…
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We left home at around 8:30am this morning and were planning to catch a PMV
from the main markets and head out to the village at Kaubasis. We had
arranged to meet Uncle Joel at the “Hut”…
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I have posted all the photos of the “hut” and building “crew” I took yesterday out at the village. These can be found in the “The “Hut” @ Waraguma (Kaubasis)” photo album.The almost full-time…
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