Madang

Dear Family and Friends, We hope you'll enjoy the stories and photos of our travels to Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. First we'll be heading to Australia cruising around with our campervan in the Melbourne, Alice Springs and Darwin area. ...

Hello, hope you are all well. I hope this site is an easy way for people to see what I am up to and look at some photos occasionally. Chok Dii Khrap (Thai for Good luck / Best wishes). Paul

... basic. Most of the country's population still live in primitive conditions on small islands or in the mountainous interior. In Madang everybody seemed to speak passable to excellent English in addition to a native tongue, of which there are apparently ...

... wait for spaces to be freed up for unloading. Yesterday there were 5 waiting. They were joined by a cable layer which will link Madang to the undersea optic cable from Guam. Broadband is on its way! The Copra processing factory backs on to the wharf, ...

... tiny plane and no security which was wierd, just hopped on and off for 10mins each stop. an experience.   We landed in Madang to a terminal which was a shed, with no pick up from our hotel Jais Aben, but the airline called them and the manager ...