Alotau International Hotel

... to be going out on my own, but I'm so glad I did. Everyone in this little village was so kind to me and made me feel welcome. After I got settled in my guesthouse, a lovely little bungalow on the water, I arranged for a local guy named Jeff to take me to a nearby island called Yamba in his dinghy. Before we left Jeff's wife came and introduced herself and her nephew who was also coming along, assured me that I was safe and wished us a ...

Next I headed to the coastal town of Alotau in Milne Bay. I spent the first day looking around town. There was a colorful market with lots of fruits, vegetables and fish, and of course everyone's favorite here-betelnut, which gives the locals a buzz when they chew it and also makes their teeth red. There's a lot of WWII history here. The battle of ...

Hey guys and gals! I cannot believe that this will be my last update from PNG! Time has flown by so quickly that it completely amazes me. We leave tomorrow afternoon and will stay in Port Moresby, PNG tomorrow night. We will fly to Brisbane on Sunday morning and from there will take a train to Sydney! I don't think I will be able to send out another update until I get home, but maybe. We will fly out from Brisbane to LA on Sunday morning the 29th and ...

I'm back in Alotau: Hey to one and all! I cannot believe that this summer is almost over! We fly out of here on Saturday (21st) and will be in Australia til the next Sunday (29th). We will fly out of Brisbane at 11:00am on the 29th and land in LA at 7:00am on the 29th! We will land in the USA four hours before we leave Brisbane! SOOO confusing! This week is being called our "dis-orientation week." We have a going away dinner tomorrow from the church members at ...

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a great week! We have been busy getting stuff set up and ready to be here for the next 7 weeks. I cannot believe that we have been here for a week already! It is Monday night here, but I'm not sure what time it is there! This past week we got to know several people who live around here. The land is really fertile so no one goes hungry unless they just don't do anything! The men just stand around all day and don't ...

V zadnjih dneh smo ... - imeli ene 42 krajsih dezevij - sli vsak vecer vn (razen v sredo!) - iskali nove mangrove in se specializirali za vzpostavitev informacijskih centrov v oddaljenih predelih :) Ne vem kje sem koncala, predvsem sem ponedeljek, torek in sredo prezdela v pisarni in pomagala, tko da k prides domov iz 'sluzbe' ob 4.30 in je vse zaprt ... V ponedeljek smo sli direkt iz ...

Uff... kje naj zacnem?? Morda tu, da sem v Alotau in da si se vedno nisem opomogla od soka, ki sem ga dozivela v PNG - sam da se ne boste ustrasli, sok je samo pozitiven in vse kar se dogaja zaenkrat je pravljicno. Ker trenutno nimam interneta in ne vem kje sem nazadnje koncala bom zacela tam, kjer mislim, da je najbolj primerno. Z opisom kraja. Ce pogledate v atlas sveta in poiscete PNG je prva stvar, ki jo opazite, da skoraj ni cest, da ima ogromno otockov s smesnimi imeni, da je ...

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 Territory Officer's vacation place.
As a consequence there were some good facilities for enjoying oneself. The island summit was the home of the Samarai Hotel or Lodge, where the mostly Australian ...