Madang Resort Hotel

... north of town (after making a quick stop at the post office). We drove through the Catholic Mission, which is beautifully situated on a peninsula, overlooking the lagoon. There wasn’t much to see – though we enjoyed the fact that the church has, instead of a cross made from stained-glass windows, a cross made from louvered windows.

We had read that, near the mission, was an old World War II airfield, with wrecked and bombed-out aircraft, so we asked if we could ...

... of walking/sliding, we found ourselves amongst some oddly-shaped, jagged boulders (reminiscent of the stone forest near Kunming, China). Upon entering the overhang, we were confronted by three men, dressed as warriors of yore, wearing knit hoods and coats that resembled chain mail, and posed with spears or bows and arrows drawn. We compared the arrows used for hunting pig with the nastily barbed spears used for killing humans.

It began to rain at this point, so the ...

... die vlak bij Kiunga zijn en “zakenmensen” uit PNG. De andere toeristen zijn georganiseerde groepen en die beperken zich tot de grote buitenlandse resorts en hotels Er wordt dus raar naar je gekeken, maar als ze horen wat je doet dan vinden ze dat ook wel weer heel bijzonder. Inmiddels was mijn maag in het vliegtuig gaan opspelen dus de rest van de middag heb ik tussen de kamer en de wc gependeld. Weet niet meer in welke ruimte in de ...

... just flew away! But after awhile you get better in spotting the birds. The lodge where we were staying was pretty basic like the food. Its three days of tinned food and everyday the same. But we were there for the birds! So we went for a hike to look for birds and this is a whole other experience than sitting in a boat looking around. You go into the jungle and here leeches are crawling up your legs trying to find some bare skin, mosquitos are zooming around your ...

... We get left in the wake.
More our size are the ferries and the
copra boats from Karkar which carry people and cargo along the coast
or out to the nearest islands. These are small diesel driven ferries
which are run by Star Shipping Luship and small private concerns. Conditions
are basic, and some of the trips along the coast might be overnight
to places like Wewak, Lae or Rabaul. This is the established system
which was so important before ...

... then charge back to hurl themselves along the slide yet again, bumping into spread-eagled bodies and resting breathless in the mud for seconds, before bursting noisily up and away to start the whole mad rush again. And all the time the rain pours down.Dogs provide lots of amusement. They usually ignore humans and spend time on strictly doggy business. A new pup at school had not yet reached that stage of independence, still linked to the human mother surrogate ...

... hostel which is our usual stopover and walk across the bridge to the MADANG RESORT which prides itself in its adverts as the best resort in PNG. We just spoil ourselves by having a breakfast there, what a treat, but once we got sent there because there was no other room at the inn...you know the rest of the story...except for us there wasn't a stable , it was a building site in the part of the resort which was having a major make-over . It was just like one of the ...

... returned) after WW2. He said he was a coffee plantation manager and I must say managing coffee plantations must be one of the easiest jobs in the world! What was his name? Why, Taffy of course!
The RSL Club at Madang had a very nice swimming pool! Great when we had finished a hot days work. A quick dip and a few scoops of Pacific Lager and the hard days work sank away into oblivion!!!