Loloata Island Resort Port Moresby

... in big potholes and the shops are really rundown but the location definately makes up for it. I did two dives, one on a reef with loads of awesome fish and coral and the other was on a B15 American bomber which was shot down during WW2. It was huge and almost completely intact with all its guns still in place and the seats and steering columns in the cockpit. I really wanted a photo sat in the cockpit in all my diving ...

... wrong.

This time, we were given newer rooms at the Gateway, so much niver than the ratty rooms of last time. Only problem: rooms were freezing. We dined again in the dining room – it somehow also seemed nicer this time. No large groups; lots of businessmen. Had a brief conversation with two Aussies who fly helicopters here. One said he was recently in a village where they hadn’t seen white men in ten years. I didn’t ask what took him ...

... up watching Disney Channel in JAL - which just replayed the Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode that had the Famous Japanese Opera Singer in it. The episode can only amuse you for so long. Amba felt the window next to her. it was sooo hot! but strange as it was -56degreesC outside. frrrreeeezzzzzing. It was nice watching the flight plan - "this far on the Map". The people on the right side of the plane got to see an isolated island. All we saw was Ocean!

... pour traduire la bible (ils ont du boulot, il y a 800 dialectes en PNG). Et en fait, c'est le bon plan, car ils connaissent tout le monde et tout marche avec le réseau. Il y a des marchés où un touriste seul sera peut être un peu ennuyé alors qu'avec un local pas de soucis. Les gens vendent quelques fruits et légumes, des vêtements très simples mais surtout la noix de bétel que tous les papous passent leur temps à mâcher ; et ils ont tous les gencives ...

... bottom - and the Ua-Ule Creek. From here it was boots off - reef sandals on - as the creek and track cross numerous times - and sometimes follow the same path. It is spectacularly beautiful through here - unfortunately the slower walkers would not see it as they came through here in the dark. When we arrived at the guest house, Bill's group were nowhere to be seen - only Shaz, Daniel and some of the Buna Boys. They had passed ...

... out we are not going. Weather and a problem with one of the planes mean we are postponed to tomorrow - but the Holiday Inn is FULL. Wayne to the rescue! After some brilliant negotiating, we are all off to the Crown Plaza for the night compliments of Airlines PNG and another awesome buffet!

... storm passed. We got to ride out to this uninhabited island on a small glass-bottomed boat and snorkel. We were out there for about 4-5 hours and while we were there we found this big church building that was very old and very overgrown. There were huge trees growing on the tops of the walls! After going back to the mainland, we were able to shower and have more tea (do you see a trend?) and chill while the lady finished up some things. We were there for about 6 ...

... That only left Luke, Siggy and me to get four big boxes of fruit into the hospital after buying it at the market! Well, we got to the house and Siggy really needed to finish something, so Luke and I went! Loopie needed the truck in ONE hour, so we had to hurry! It was nice that there were not many people in the market, but it was about to close so we had to hurry even more! We bought two big boxes worth of fruit and decided that we could not carry any more than that anyway and ...

... it was awesome! The water was SO blue and clear up at the shore and there was plenty of coral reef in the shallow part that I did not have to go to the drop off! Fish were everywhere! There all these bright, and I mean electric, blue fish; half orange and half purple fish; lots of beautiful coral of all kinds; and SO many other kinds of fish that were so amazing! We snorkeled for a while and got basically baked.yes mom, I put on lots of ...

... v misijonarskem hostlu (ok, zdej eni umirate od smeha!), sam da ne bo pomote - je NAJCENEJ (se vedno ful drago - 95K zmnozi s sestdeset sam dobis se zajtrk) in ful varno in so DIVJE PRIJAZNI. sestej vse prejsnje prijaznosti in jih potenciraj na 5 pa to to pribl. to. Ostala bom dve noci. No, edini problem je bil v tem, da te ne poberejo na letaliscu ... in tko men Mary (ki dela tam) rece, ja, sej ni panike te bomo mi zastonj peljali ... in jutri te pridemo iskat, da ti pokazemo ...