Ambua Lodge Tari

... Japan in six days time the temperature is expected to be minus two degrees centigrade. The day took on our usual routine on a day at sea with my visit to the gym whilst Nick responded to some emails he had received. After lunch he attended a lecture given by the Oscar winner Arnold Scwartzman entitled 'Art Deco Architectural Landmarks - Los Angeles', whilst I caught up on writing up four days of my diary (I really should allocate an hour a day rather than letting it ...

... my new motorcycle down to Vancouver from Yellowknife.  I didn't want to start a new blog just for these shots...and I wanted to show off my new hog to you all...so I thought I'd tack the photos on at the end. I've had a REALLY busy 3 last months.  I've been teaching a course at the University of British Columbia, here in Vangroovie.  In fact, I'm now in the late stages of marking my students' final exams...can't wait to get that done in the next couple of days!   The course?   What ...

... Tu mets au point un programme d'une semaine de marche. Plutôt que de trimballer tout le merdier qu'est dans ton sac, tu lui proposes d'en laisser une partie chez lui et il enverra quelqu'un l'apporter a Madang, ville de destination, le dernier jour. Mais non, il soulève ton sac et le trouve très léger et il te propose qu'un porteur le prenne. Ok pourquoi pas. Le porteur se pointe, soulève le sac et te dit qu'il peut courir avec sans problème ...

... et des armes à la main et qui courent en direction du bus. Le bus stoppe. Toi, t'es devant assis à côté du chauffeur, en première ligne, la fenêtre grande ouverte. Et les mecs qui foncent en face, ils sourient pas et brandissent leur machette. Le chauffeur arrive juste à temps à faire demi tour et se casse fissa et on s'arrête à un village 5km plus loin. L'autre français, terrorisé, il sort une machette masaï de son sac. Les papous dans le bus le ...

Salut à tous, Ah, c'est vraiment le bout du monde. Je suis donc parti pour Tari, petit village dans les Highlands papous. Dans l'avion 10 français avec un tour operator donc quand ils sont arrivés tout était prêt pour eux et ils sont partis en mini bus dans la brousse. Déjà dans l'avion, tu vois la piste d'atterrissage qui est au milieu du village et elle entouré d'un grillage. Il y a 2000 papous qui sont là, venus voir l'arrivée de l'avion. C'est l ...

... unconcerned by the fact that... 5. Clan warfare is still commonplace, often spilling out into the streets, whereas gun warfare is isolated to battles in the bush, not on streets. Quite civilized, i must say. 7. Cannibalism is back 8. Life expectancy is a paltry 45 years - malnutrition is widespread, I have never seen so many club feet (or bare feet) in my life. Cleft lip, spine ebbifida, AIDS/HIV, and cancer also plague the population. 9 ...

... order to reach the peak before clouds roll in just after sunrise The drive there is treacherous - unpaved road on the edge of mountains, filled with boulders and stones. I take back anything I ever said about the roads in Cambodia being bad. On top of this, we rode in the back of a flatbed truck piled with locals, groceries and a tub of lard! I managed to sleep through all of this, and was termed catatonic by Kristen & Tim. I did waken when an entire ...

... before peeing on the seat), and the man that tried to get up as we were landing. At Mt Hagen forklifts dumped luggage in front of you in lieu of baggage claim. Outside, I can't find Tim. I approach some backpackers on my flight. They tell me to hop into their truck - and split second judgment tells me being in their truck is far safer than mingling with all the locals loitering in the airport ...

... camp, a much smaller, more intimate place, I'm told. I will be based there for the next few weeks. Some days I will drive out to work sites, other days, when the sites are in the middle of the bush, the chopper will be the only way to get there. I am looking forward to getting to the new location. It will be exciting to get out into the countryside and mingle with bush critters and locals. Unfortunately, most expats working at these camps actually see very ...

... English. Neil put us up at his colleagues house where Neil is staying because he is filling in for this guy whilst he is on hols. the house is bloody amazing, a 2 storey house with polished floor boards, plasma TV, surround sound stereo, leather couches, barbed wire fenced and with 24 hour security guards. For outside the fencing is another world - the town of Mt Hagan has 80% unemployment, and a population of 20,000, so many men particularly sitting ...