Holiday Inn Port Moresby

... first night I was there, the person who runs the mission I was staying at was running a couple of staff back to their home in one of the settlements so I jumped in the back of the pick up with them and went along for the ride. It felt good to be able to see the city at night in relative safety although the settlement was pretty desperate whichever way you look at it.

On Friday I flew to Madang on the north coast ...

... was shut down just a few days ago. In any case, I can’t see anyone trouble us. We don’t look Chinese.

After more reading and relaxing, it was time to go meet our plane. No one seemed to disembark, but, on the return flight, we were joined by three Aussies who had just enjoyed a bit of rest after doing the Kokoda Track – and two locals.

Some good views of the fjordlands on the way back. Also of what appears to be ancient ...

... The Fijian rugby team sat at a table near us – their dress clothes are an oxford shirt and dark blue lava-lava.

Could barely keep my eyes open at the end of dinner. We went back to the room to try to stay awake until 9am. Best part of the evening was a serenade by a group of male singers, singing what sounded by hymns, upbeat, folk hymns, not as upbeat as gospel, but very beautiful and pleasant. Do the Fijian ruggers also sing in two-part harmony? I’m impressed.

... before my movie viewing began. i eventually gave up and watched; -Journey to the Center of the Earth - with Brendan Fraser's crazy facial expressions. -Hancock -Wanted -The Dark Knight - R.I.P. Heath Ledger - amazing acting. The hostesses brought around juices - but as we were towards the back of the plane we didnt get much choice. Amba opted for the LAST orange juice, which left me with "Mandarin" juice. Def not my cup of tea so to speak. It was ...

... allé mais finalement il y a pas eu de problème donc du coup on va y retourner les autres soirs. Papou by night. J'ai aussi rencontré 2 expats philippins, ca fait 8 mois qu'ils sont ici, les seuls endroits où ils vont sont les restos des grands hôtels ou le supermarché pour expat. Leur seule sortie consiste en des soirées karaokés mais pas dans un bar, non, chez eux. Quand je les ai eu au téléphone pour qu'on se retrouve au resto du Holiday Inn et que je ...

... found it and was poking at it with the broom when it crawled inside the broom handle! In the process of trying to get the bug out by beating the broom on the walkway she bent the handle of the broom and I have the whole thing on video! It is almost the funniest thing I have ever seen! Ok, well, we all survived the roaches and I have only seen one dead one since. On Saturday we, the interns, were all going to go to this "resort area" called "Island Adventures ...

... morning Loopie was sick and Logan got sick also! I was the only one still well in the house, but thankfully Susan, the lady that helps clean the house, came and helped! It was finally decided that Baylee and Bethany had malaria and the rest had a stomach virus. I still have not gotten sick, but now Luke and Daniel are not feeling well! We did get some stuff done, but most of it was being done by Luke, Daniel and me. We are in the middle of trying to get kids signed up for ...

... back to his house. They will let them dry, I think, and then sew them all together on different long sticks to layer like shingles to make a new roof! Chopping enough leaves to make 6 bundles only took us two hours, since there were eight of us working, so after we finished that we went back to the house and got cleaned up to go out to eat! There is a place called Masserah that serves food buffet style and is really good! We won a big box ...