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An exception rears it’s head…

Despite not posting many photos of myself - now and then I do manage to post one or two…
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XMAS / New Year at "Wara-Guma"… (Part 2)

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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Article of the Month…

The most read article for the month of October, 2007 was :
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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…Bolku Kessnah…
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A village weekend…

…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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Rantings: “Kaubasis”

The pigs squeal,
the river flows,
people work their gardens…
Kaubasis.
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Mum visits the “Hut”

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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Mum is here!

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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Yesterday's visit to the "Hut"…

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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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…
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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.
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The latest on the “Hut”…

Here is how the “Hut” looked as of yesterday…
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Papa Kerema…

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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Photos from yesterday's trip out to the "Hut"…

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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We just got back from the village…

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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Hot Shot….

Meet “Willie”….
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The "Hut" is coming to life…

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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The dancing pissheads…

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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Almost a village visit!

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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More photos from the "Hut"…

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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