We finally pulled into Goroka town at about 5:00pm this afternoon after a relaxing weekend at the village.
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Have now been posted to the Australian PM visit March 2008 photo album.There's a couple of nice snaps of the PM meeting some of the Hospital staff…And here's the official invitation to the PM's lunch…
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THE Highlands Highway has been cut off at Daulo Pass again.(About half way between Goroka and the village. I was aiming to head out to the “hut” next weekend. Despite the mud slides I am…
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A real issue in PNG…From the “small” scale pay-back or retribution situation…(Merenti - from the Henganofi District - copped multiple fractures in both of his legs during a home invasion by members of a neighbouring…
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A restful day but not without a small dose of the unexpected!
- Dentist appointment 1st thing down at Goroka General Hospital. A clean and a quasi check-up. No major probs… beauty!!
- Into West to buy…
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Just back from the village…
A weekend in the village!
Left town with a head and a gut full of “stuff”,
And as the PMV began to career up the highway,
I could feel the weight slowly lift!
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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.
Nick came to PNG initially as a volunteer…
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Point form follows:
- Had a great three days out at the “Hut”. Jules, an AVI volunteer, joined
us out at the village and had a great time. On Sunday morning - just after
waking up - I…
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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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During the four weeks that Mum has stayed with us in PNG she has experienced the following:- True PNG hospitality and friendliness.- An overnight stay with a real village chief.- Some pretty hairy 4 wheel…
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An easy way to keep track of Mum's adventure is simply bookmark the following link:”Mum's visit 2007″A few notes to summarise “things”:- Mum. Eli and Uncle Joel left Goroka this morning for Madang and Manam…
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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.Volunteer Anthony…
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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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As promised yesterday, here is a summary and highlights of our trip down to
Lae this past weekend:
- We were on a PMV and driving out of Goroka at 8:45am. I have always
dreaded the trip in…
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Back to Goroka!Home sweet home!!Internet - email - blog!!Bigpela hamamas no gut tru!!!…
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Early tomorrow morning we head down to Goroka main markets and will catch a
PMV to Lae. Our good old mate Geoff A. is leaving PNG at the end of this
month and will be going back…
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The local newspapers write about the poor road worthiness of the PNG buses PMV's). They even go so far as to suggest that all PMV's that fall below acceptable road worthy and safety standards should…
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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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There are many times when I read any one of the PNG national newspapers and get angry as hell. An article in todays “The National” was one such instance. The skaliwag and thug type behaviour…
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