Haus Poroman Lodge Mount Hagen

... nuts, firewood, chicken, garden fruits and vegetables, there was an area with lots of dart boards lined against the fence – and young men playing at all of them. In the park, a man was preaching religion.

We soon left town behind and headed to Asaro, home of the famous Mudmen. Along the way, we drove through a few villages. Here, the houses are round and not elevated. The thatch roofs are topped by top-knots, which are used to keep the rain from running inside the house ...

Saturday 28th February - Day 46 - At Sea We are presently on a northerly course towards Guam our next port of call in two days time. We are passing through he Bismark Sea and are approximately 750 nautical miles (1.15 land miles) south of Guam. The sea has a very gentle roll to it albeit the ship is moving quite a bit. We crossed the equator just before mid-day today which probably means that from now on throughout the cruise the air temperature will decrease and when we ...

Hi Folks, I hope you're all enjoying a restful and happy holiday season.  I've spent most of this day finally putting this "last" Papua New Guinea blog together.  Most of the photos are from July and August of this year.  I've been meaning to get this together since then...but just haven't had the spare time to put the entry together. Although the vast majority of the photos are from PNG, there are about 15 or so shots at the end which were taken when I arrived back in Canada and ...

Et oui, pour ceux qui suivent depuis longtemps mes galères, j'ai la chance de croiser des boulets lors de mes treks...mais celui-là, je ne m'y attendais pas. Donc, te voila parti dans la région de Simbu pour finalement faire l'ascension du mont Wilhem, 4509m, ce qui n'était pas prévu. T'es dans un petit village, Kerowagi et tu as un guide de confiance, un des rares papous déjà venu en France (il est stupéfait qu'il ne faut pas acheter de femmes en ...

... sont très fortement déconseillés par tout le monde...mais bon. Inch hallah!! Comme, je l'ai écris dans mes emails, les papous sont super gentils et serviables. Il y a juste ceux qu'on a appelle ici les raskals qui sont des bandits de grand chemin qui arrêtent les voitures et dépouillent les gens. Nous voila parti à 6h du matin sur une route ou tu vois des petites villages perdus au fond des vallées. A 12h, arrivé à Mendi, une ville où même ceux qui ...

also entitled: "why PNG is developing backwards" 1. As mentioned before, the roads are unpaved, rocky and poorly maintained, but really who needs infrastructure when... 2. Landslides occur frequently and the government could care less when the poor majority can't afford to contact the government in Port Moresby, when... 3. Flying is the only efficient way of transportation 4. Therefore, "parliamentary democracy" is a complete farce run by a corrupt ...

Also entitled, "It's Just After the Next Ridge" Saturday/Sunday we climbed Mt. Wilhelm, PNG's highest peak at 4509 meters (~15800 ft). What Lonely Planet doesn't tell you: - To get to Mt. Wilhelm you actually have to traverse through 5 OTHER peaks - They describe it as a "walk," but there is actually no trail and a large portion of the trek consists of loose rock, sheer cliff falloffs, rock faces and mud - You have to start your climb at 2am with flashlights ...

Land in Port Moresby, it takes a whopping 2 hours to get through customs, immigration and ck in for my domestic flight to Mt. Hagen, in the highlands. Flight delayed, as per the usual here. I'm told I'll be lucky if it actually takes off. My flight, fairly uneventful except for the mother wiping down her daughter's creepy head scar, drunk man in the exit row behind me who had to be forcibly moved ...

Hey folks, I'm going to write this in snippets, otherwise I'm sure it will take forever to keep this entry up to date. Today is April 15. I'm in a 450-person camp in Moro in the midlands of the Southern Highlands region for another day. I say "person", but in reality, since >90% of the workers here are men, I'd say describing it as a "450 man camp" is a pretty fair description. Tomorrow they send me up in a chopper about a half-hour into the hills to the ...

... of Chad,s dads friends from his time in New Guinea, his name is Neil, and what a character this man is.....a 51 year old white man, with a 36 year old PNG girlfriend, 3 kids and a 4th just born....the man has been busy. He is connected to the Leahys, the first men who came to PNG and discovered gold in the highlands in the 50s. He was born in Cairns and at 2 weeks old came to PNG and never left......he speaks Pidgeon )and many other dialects) better ...