Escaping Gnasher

Trip Start Feb 06, 2008
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Thursday, May 8, 2008

We have just returned from a weeks stay working on Karkar island.  It's a volcano actually! The guest house we stayed in was bizarre.  No sitting room furniture or lights just red and yellow strips at one end of this huge living room with shiny wooden floor. The kitchen was equipped with the bare minimum but did have a white light strong enough to be able to sit and eat our food at one corner of the living space.  There are two bedrooms and wet room which have louvre windows and mossie nets unlike the main living area which has mossie nets!  A pair of scissors and the whole island could join us on the dance floor.  There were a couple who acted as housekeeper and gardener who were very helpful but I think I offended Nicola when I said I wanted to do my own cooking, my therapy. 

The house is right on the beach with stunning views and we both felt safe, well nearly Karkar
Karkar
 ! Bob was rather alarmed when one of the dogs snuck up behind him while he was absorbed in taking shots of Manum smoking away in the distance. It barked and he yelled at the poor beastie who then became known as Gnasher.  Hee hee hee !

We were taken to the local school on school transport.  A blue lorry with a smashed window screen where a coconut had landed. ( Bob has all this documented on camera and may get around to sharing some of the pics soon.) The kids just pile on the back with laughs and the lorry arrives later in the event of a storm!  Time is not quite the same for people in PNG. We were well received at school and on departure given a bilum each.  We now have 5!  Bilums are bags used for carrying massive loads or for hammocks for the baby.  Women here must have incredibly strong necks as the straps are often just looped around their heads with the load hanging down their backs. 
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