Country Info
- Port Moresby
- Capital
- Kina (PGK)
- Currency
- 5,049,055
- Population
- PG
- Country Code
Papua New Guinea Slideshow
Papua New Guinea
Travel Blogs from Papua New Guinea
To dive and to nap
... 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
... 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
... , 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 ...
Jungle to Jungle
From the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea to the urban jungles of Oakland...I made it home. It feels good to be back in my home, with my brother and the happy puppy! Getting out of country was some what of an adventure. The day I was supposed to ...
Volcano
12th March 2012 Rabaul-New Britain island- Papua New Guinea. In 1937 the town of Rabaul was devastated by a volcanic eruption from the nearby volcano Mt Tavurvur, and shortly afterwards in 1941 the Japanese invaded the island and turned it into a ...
Papua, New Guinea
This was a special day as this is the place my grandfather was stationed in WW2. This was his first time back since the ...
"they have started eating people again"
... way, 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 ...
Late start, long lunch, lovely dinner
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 ...
Most insane trip, ever!
Up before am to shower, pack. Checked out, then the cab arrived at 5:30am, and we made the drive to the airport. We were on a Jet Star flight (Qantas codeshare) – and while Jet Star had a long line, it was almost exclusively for bag drop, so it ...
Survived the first week!
... all originally from Australia. They were a real chilled out bunch and we spent all night talking shit over beers. Although New Ireland gets a regular influx of tourists, it has so much more potential as a tourist destination with its beautiful ...
Sights and Sounds of the Jungle
Dearest Readers, I have a bit of down time after an early morning today. The work has been streamlining along, but I've hit a bit of a roadblock which I hope will be resolved tonight so we can start work tomorrow afternoon. I'm finally ...
Cool lawns and chill pads
... 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 ...
Stuck in the rain
... he'd come back to drop them off and then pick us up to take us out. About 5 minutes later we felt the wind blowing and new the pilot was not coming back. Luckily some locals working on a survey crew had a little spike camp set up nearby. They let us seek ...
Will the Pryor's survive 4-star cruising?
... 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
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!
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 ...
Rabaul in New Britain
We were pleasantly surprised to find cruise ships now use a dock at Rabaul instead of using tenders. We disembarked for a quick look at the local market but it was mostly fruit and vegetables. We must have picked up red pawpaw there because it ...
The Birds of Paradise
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, ...
Oct 20-Nov 1: Culture Overload and Heart Languages
... - it's nice. Last weekend I attended what would be equivalent to the state fair back home where over 100,000 people from Papua New Guinea came to the show grounds for the Morobe Cultural and Agriculture Show 2010. I went mostly to see the presentation of ...
Day 1 - Ower's Corner to the Goldie River
... . Lots of clay mud. Very very brown mud that you’d love to be motorbike riding on...you’d need new tyres because you’d slip to the shithouse. About 100 metres down my guide asked if I want to change footwear at one ...
Dragonflies and bare feet
... choice! Areas like Port Morseby and Lae aren’t good places to hang around in election time but it is safe in New Ireland. I spent the week on the surgical ward in the hospital. The general surgeon, registrar and nurses are really friendly and laid ...
No Fear or Loathing in Port Moresby
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
... to the sea and have found that people love to stop and talk. It is all very friendly. There is always something new to experience. Baby's in bilums, students who leave their village at 5 am to walk to school, women who walk for days ...
It's all Change
... 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
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...
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 ...