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Travel Blogs from Guinea
Beautiful Madang
... Madang since we got to PNG on June 4th (or 3rd, America-time). This part of Discovery is an acculturation to Papua New Guinea and to cross-cultural interaction. This is done at POC, or SIL's Pacific Orientation Course. When I first got home what made ...
A little bit about Papua New Guinea
... and joys) from all over the world, united by the common dream of seeing God's Word in the minority languages of Papua New Guinea. Enjoy these pictures that I have uploaded from my growing up years, and be on the lookout for new ones from this ...
Bougainville, the Vasui New Testament Dedication
The Vasui New Testament Dedication 8-5-05 The plane ride was smooth, too high above the clouds to be worth looking out, and I was sleepy. I pulled out my mp3 player so that I could fall asleep listening to a recording of Ronii, Kalang and my ...
Stories from the Last few Weeks
... This was July 7, 2005 - a day that marked a historic change for the Namiai people of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. For two years the experience, skill and knowledge of Australian translator Bev Evans and Namiai translators Rosemary, Clement and Krispin, ...
Högt och lågt i Island province
Det sista vi såg i Australien var en TV-reklam på flyplatsen för en DVD med The Flying Doctors (Doktorn kan komma) - Complete series innefattande 234 avsnitt för bara AUD 299,95. Nu blev ni sugna va?! Vi landade i Port Moresby (Papua Nya Guineas ...
Vilda västern i Southern Highlands
Hej på er! Via Port Moresby flög vi till Tari. Inflygningen är dramatisk, mellan två kullar och med en landningsbana som ser ut att vara lika lång som en garageuppfart. Det var vi, tio new guineas och en handfull oljearaber med designerjeans, rosa ...
Sea Day
At 7AM I thought about getting up and decided against the idea, opting to lay in rest for another hour. Around 8AM I got up showered and dressed. I went to the MDR for breakfast where I joined two Australian couples. One of the couples had seen my blog ...
Sea Day
... to the evening movie. We met back up in the cabin and sprayed the clothes we set out to wear in Rabaul, Papua. New Guinea with a pesticide as Dr. Goodale, my MD in Kauai advised. Although the thought of wearing chemically treated clothes disturbed us, the ...
Sea Day
... the average passengers from the last segment. We have left Australia and are heading north in the Tasman Sea to Rabaul, Papua, New Guinea. The weather was sunny gaining warmth as the day progressed. Today we reviewed the cha-cha in dance class. The class ...
On to Bougainville
Dear Friends and familiy, My time in Ukarumpa is winding down, and I am about to begin the next stage of this trip. My parents and I will be travelling to Bougainville for the New Testament dedication of some dear friends of ours, Roman and Caroline ...
Vi är "white people"
Hej på er alla! PMVn (som ni vid det här laget vet innebär lokalbuss) mellan Mt Hagen och Goroka tog ungefär fem timmar, även om Western Highlands highway var betydligt bättre än Southern Highlands highway. Bussen var nämligen tvungen att stanna ...
Kanottur på Sepik river
Hej på er Vi kom inte så långt denna flygdag heller, men halvvägs är väl bättre än inget alls?! Planet från Goroka till Port Moresby gick på utsatt tid men anslutningsflighten till Wewak var inställd. Tack och lov var Air Niugini generösa ...
Natur och kultur i Western Highlands
Hej på er! Att inte ta flyg från Tari till Mt Hagen var lite av en chansning, kände vi. Det sägs att vägen genom höglandet är farlig och bussarna stoppas med jämna mellanrum av rånare etc. Vi hade först tänkt ta PMV men vi fick hjälp av Perry ...
Rabaul
I got up and dressed around 6:00 AM to go to the computer lab to catch up at work and check in at school. I returned to the cabin as JoRina started to stir, and the ship found its place off the shore of Rabaul. Around 1997, Rabaul was overrun by one of ...
Madang
... the sun came out mid morning the day became one of the most pleasant of the voyage so far. Our destination of Madang, Papa New Guinea's second largest city, is on the northern coast. Day 53 -Feb 27 Madang, Papua New Guinea (PNG) We awoke to light rain ...
hi mum and dad
hi mum and dad it is josh. well got your letter today and thanks for keeping me up to date with what is going on. well lee and i are thinking of going over to newzealand for xmas, she is getting a bit home sick and really wants to go back. her step ...
"DIM DIMs" leaving Rossel Is bound for Misima
... from chewing betal nut. Talked to their 4th grade teacher, Paul Hora who is very passionate about promoting Papua New Guinea and trying to dispel all the bad reports about the country. Unfortunately the Papua New Guinean government doesn't give much ...
The Frog !
Samarai Island is a very small Trading Post off the SE tip of Papua New Guinea where our ships were able to berth and load with copra mainly, but also various other comodities such as coffee and conch shells. It was also the Magistrate's base and the ...
Approaching the Bismark Archipelago
After leaving Madang we made for the port of Rabaul, in the Bismark Archipelago, where we were to load deep tanks full with coconut oil. It was said that the profit made on the six tanks of this precious oil would pay for the round the world trip. ...
Something about the population.
Papua New Guinea is mainly populated by the oboriginal peoples of the island, with some Melanesian folk from the off-lying islands. Some small pockets of Poynesians were shipped in to help with the work in the past. Also, there were the Chinese traders in ...
Grannies Go To Sea!!
Shadowfax Update #18 > 29/10/05 > Hello everyone, > I spent last Tuesday (when Mike arrived) ferrying the boys back and forth to the shore with their collections of gerry cans and goods as we stocked up again at Misima - thanks Gavin for your tuition ...
CPL
Whilst in Rabaul we made friends with the children of the CPL wharf's German manager and his beautiful polynesian wife. They were cracking kids and we had a swell party one evening in their grounds, where the moother cooked us a great feast in the ...
Leaving Lae
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 ...
DIM DIMs at Misima
Hello everyone, we came to anchor in Bwagaoia Harbour at Misima Island on Wednesday (28/9/05) around 3am but Col didn't want to go in in the dark so we sailed up & down till daylight and motored into the harbour then. Very narrow opening although very ...
Rossel Island - The Shadowfax "DIM DIM" crew
Hello everyone, Since the last update on the 16th a lot has happened - we are finally in the Louisiades, sitting in a very picturesque lagoon in Rossel Island, the most eastern island of the archipeligo. We have sailed 1700 nautical miles to get here & ...
Gilligans skiing at Gigila
Hello everyone, We can't access the internet at the moment, but I've heard a rumour that we don't have a house anymore - Col & I are quite happy about that as we have come to the conclusion that we can live on the boat - with all our extra income we can ...
We arrive at Jacquinot Bay
We arrived late in the evening at our anchorage just of the coast of New Britton and how great it was to have some calm water to settle ourselves in. One thing that amazes me is the skill and experience of Rod our skipper to place our boat within a few ...
The Welsh Guard !
Whilst in Madang we frequented the RSL Club as it seemed to be the only place there! Meeting the locals was quite a rarety as there didn't seem to be too many. However, one very regular 'customer' was a very tall chap with a military air and a small dog ...
The feasting four in Bagarman
Hello everyone, We left Misima Island on the 4th Oct. after celebrating Col's 64!!!! birthday on the boat in the harbour - we decided to wait another day as the weather was supposed to be closing in (not the case in the end). I cooked a special roast ...
Green Ants at Gigila
Shadowfax travelogue no. 17 - 20/10/05 Hello everyone, We've been island hopping since the last update - had a disastrous problem with the anchor in Pana Numara - caught on a bombie & it took at least 2 hours to get it free & then the anchor winch ...