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Country Info
- Capital:
- Port Moresby
- Currency:
- Kina (PGK)
- Population:
- 5,049,055
- Country Code:
- PG
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Most insane trip, ever!
Jul 19, 2009 (28 photos) Three weeks of trekking through jungles, staying in villages, getting stuck in the mud. It was insane and fascinating all at the same time! |
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To dive and to nap
Jul 21, 2009 (21 photos) ... fishing; the last couple involved farming and produce. We guessed it told the story of following the birds to the islands, then starting a new life there. Who knows? But it works for me. The rain started during the last couple of dances, but it never came ... |
Village rivalries and getting mucky in Yamok
Aug 3, 2009 (60 photos) ... were busy chopping it up. I got out to take a photo, and the foreman told me they were clearing a space for power poles. A new oil palm plantation is going in, with a new refining factory, so they wanted to extend the power lines. Although we didn't go ... |
Not the Swiss Family Treehouse
Jul 22, 2009 (13 photos) ... , then we sat around the bungalows until 3pm, which was our departure time, arranged earlier with Ditmar and Ange. The boatride over to New Ireland was a bit bumpier than the ride out to the island, but still not too bad. We were left on the beach and ... |
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Papua, New Guinea
Feb 2, 2001 This was a special day as this is the place my grandfather was stationed in WW2. This was his first time back since the war. |
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"they have started eating people again"
Jun 10, 2008 ... , they've started to eat people again here - Unwrapped meat just piled in freezer bins: this is grade crap meat imported from New Zealand, and it's either to the dogs or PNG Market is big w/ lots of fresh vegetables and weird mu-mu like dresses. ... |
Late start, long lunch, lovely dinner
Aug 2, 2009 (8 photos) At breakfast this morning, we watched two men trying to poach the flying foxes in the tree near our hotel. One had a slingshot; the other had a bolo-type weapon. We didn't see them hit anything, but we did see them pile up a couple of dead ones. The men ... |
Cool lawns and chill pads
Jul 25, 2009 (46 photos) ... 8211; especially if they had to guess “locker room” or “food court” or “Rose Bowl” or “Yellowstone”. (And have a new phrase for the family: “You’ll never get this. It’s Locker Room!”) |
Will the Pryor's survive 4-star cruising?
Oct 22, 2009 (99 photos) ... with support facilities, and almost 200,000 personnel. As the allied offensive surged towards Rabaul from the Solomons and New Guinea, the Japanese moved underground, honeycombing the hills around Rabaul with hundreds of kilometers of tunnels, including ... |
Culture and Nature of Papua
Mar 10, 2010 (3 photos) Dear All, My name is Bob Palege and I am a Tour Guide from Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Every year I organize excursions in Papua for cultural intitutions such as National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, the BBC Bristol and also for private groups. ... |
Papua New Guinea, finally made it to land!
May 6, 2006 (2 photos) 6 days was too long without land. finally we landed on a small atoll on the edge of the louisiades archipelago in PNG. The first few days we relaxed on the beach and went diving, fishing, and hung out with the locals. ok, that's pretty much all we did ... |
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May 9, 2009 (5 photos) whagi guesthouse best papua experience |
The Birds of Paradise
Jul 26, 2009 (37 photos) Our alarm went off at 5:30am – and just after that Elder Brother knocked on our door, saying it was time to leave. We pulled on our clothes, grabbed some water, then started up the trail. It was still dark, but, though we had our torches with us, ... |
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No Fear or Loathing in Port Moresby
Aug 31, 2009 If i'm completely honest I was a bit apprehensive about arriving in Port Moresby after all the stories i'd heard, including stats such as having the third highest murder rate in the world and being the most corrupt city in the world, but I ... |
A New Home
Mar 29, 2008 (11 photos) ... to school, women who walk for days to bring their goods to market, convectional storms that rock the ground.............we are finding new things every day, PNG the land of the unexpected! We have started work but we are still at the early stages and ... |
It's all Change
Oct 11, 2008 (7 photos) ... more meeting and office space so.......We have had a minor breakthrough with one school which has been holding out against the new curriculum. The school is run very autocratically (and managed very thoroughly) by a catholic sister called Sister Jane. She ... |
Menari to Nauro
Jul 15, 2008 (5 photos) Slept woefully. Got up at 0430 and used the time to do some stretching - feeling a bit stiff for the first time so far. When we went through Menari Village, Cathy had a brief meeting with the other Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel (101 years old) and we headed on ... |
A Daily Crust...
Oct 23, 2008 (10 photos) Those who know will appreciate the importance placed on the daily crust in our family. Much heart searching takes place over the ingredients and the cooking which will produce the next, and the next, and the next meal. From this I would not like you to ... |
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Dispatch: Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Aug 30, 2003 ... . "Keep your eye out for grub worms, OK?" pleaded a voice I didn't quite recognize as my own. Since arriving in Papua New Guinea nearly three weeks ago, a freakish part of my mind has been set on eating sago grub worms. The previous month, ... |
Leaving Lae
May 23, 2005 (3 photos) Leaving Lae in Papua New Guinea aboard the Barbarian we were following a storm that had left a large amount of debris in the water, I was assured by the skipper a mate of mine, Rod that the storm was in front of us and we still had a couple of day in the ... |
JAPAN - DAY 1 - On the Aeroplane - JL772-Seat 57B
Nov 28, 2008 Amba was seated next to the window and i was next to her in the middle, with a man to my right. When we were in the air, the Japanese (assumed) next to me moved over to the middle rows - thank goodness because i don't think i could have sat next to him ... |
Le naze qui parlait à l'oreille des nuages
Sep 26, 2008 (4 photos) ... milieu de la saison sèche. Tu pars faire une ballade dans le parc de Wasur à Merauke au trou du cul du monde de West Papua. Déjà, tu te demandes pourquoi t'es venu jusqu'ici te perdre. Tu dois passer te faire enregistrer au poste de police et il y a un ... |
Ups and Downs
Jun 8, 2008 (1 photos) ... see when the generator can be fixed or replaced..it will cost about 75,000 kina(divide by 5 for GBP) We both felt that the new head had been given a raw deal as he has been around at the time the troubles came to a head, and the church authorities have ... |