Towns, PMV's & Street life

Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka, Madang. Wabeg or Mt Hagen – PNG towns all have the following in common: lots of people, markets, buai spet, more people, bus stops, pick-pocket-eers, settlements and street sellers. Allow me to share with you and give you an insight into PNG town culture that very few “whites” ever get to experience. By the way – PMV is the local term for a bus.

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What is it going to take?

What is it going to take for PMV operators to take more care on PNG roads? When will PNG’eans realise that the combination of alcohol, speeding and ignoring the road rules is an extremely fatal past-time?

Four days and three nights in Lae

Four days and three nights in Lae and now back safely at home in Goroka. I say “safely” with a sense of relief because the odds of the unexpected turning nasty rise considerably when one travels between PNG towns on a PMV

Down to Lae for a few days

Heading down to Lae this morning for a few days of some well deserved R&R. Fingers crossed – I’ll be on that PMV and hurtling down the Highlands H’way by around 9:00am this morning

No rest for the wicked – now or ever!

The lack of consideration and courtesy Papua New Guineans display towards neighbours when it comes to all night drunken orgies and excruciatingly loud music seems to know no bounds

Another tribal clash in the heart of Goroka Town

Yesterday, we experienced another tribal clash in the heart of Goroka town. On this occasion between two rival clans from the Upper Asaro area over the ownership of a Coffee Plantation

Missing Person – Tenille Benson Konofaro

Tennille went missing on Monday 5th of October 2009 at her home in Morata No. 2, approximately around 10pm in the night. If anyone has any information leading to her where abouts around the city

Live footage of an armed hold up in Madang

Good friends of ours own a Computer Store in Madang which has been held up at least three times since it opened a little under a year ago. The latest armed robbery by raskols was caught on video!

Will Genoka Settlement get razed?

After dinner last night I went out the back and had a muck around with Gelo our dog for a little while; and for a few moments I felt a relief from the worries of the world

10 Tips to avoid being Car-jacked

As the crime situation around PNG towns deteriorates the nature of the crime committed appears to be evolving. No longer content with the proverbial armed hold-up or bus stop style pick-pocketing, raskols are now supplementing their activities

More shenanigans in Dodge City

Goroka’s reputation for once being a peaceful and safe town continues to be challenged.

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