Papua New Guinea Trips

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Papua New Guinea | Apr 25 06'

by matt and robyn a traveling as a couple, on vacation in Wewak

We are now one week into our stay here in Wewak at the missionaries base close to the airport. Our flight into Port Moresby was great and our small... Continue reading »
A good time for all (except the cow) | Aug 06 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Kainantu

"A brave soul asked one of the older people in the village if he'd ever eaten a human. The old man laughed and said yes"

Our last few days in the village, or 'K2' as many of the villagers called it, were some of the most entertaining. No-one wanted to let us go withou... Continue reading »
Another world | Jul 24 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Kainantu

"Groups of women patted our legs, a welcoming gesture (we guessed) which added to the whole bizarre experience"

Stowing ourselves and our stuff in the back of a friend's pickup truck, we were whisked from Goroka to the village we were staying in a couple of m... Continue reading »
Tsunami | Aug 27 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Madang

"10,000 people got away, only to be left homeless and destitute in a mass graveyard full of bloated corpses"

In mid-August 1998, the inhabitants of Aitape on the north coast of Papua New Guinea felt a mild tremor underneath their feet. Thinking nothing mor... Continue reading »
Adieu to K2 | Aug 09 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Kainantu

"You could grow a foot in height walking from one end of the village to the other because of the mud caked to your feet"

A day or two later and it was time for us to leave. The pastor's wife, Eve, hugged me and cried as we said goodbye (she adopted me as her daughter... Continue reading »
Enter the West | Jul 31 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Kainantu

"Otherwise dignified villagers wore t-shirts saying things like 'Mr Poo'"

My first impression of the village was, in a naive, Rudyard Kipling kind of way, one of a beautiful paradise lost full of wide eyed innocence and u... Continue reading »
Take me to the river | Jul 29 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Kainantu

"The Westerners had a bath, while the entire village stared and wondered why on earth our hair was frothing"

We were in the village for a week before a massive group of Americans came out and joined us, so the four of us got to see a lot more than they did... Continue reading »
Manic Street Preachers | Jul 22 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Goroka

"We would walk past embarrassingly loud and passionate preachers ranting in the streets"

Goroka was yet another stopping point before we got to our final destination, but we still had time for a look around. It's a friendly mountain tow... Continue reading »
Fear and barbed wire | Jul 20 98'

by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in Port Moresby

"Your usual dusty streets lined with drooping palms where apparently partially-sighted drivers weave around pedestrians"

Port Moresby was our first stop in Papua New Guinea. We'd flown from Brisbane Airport, where a security guard had told us we were insane to be goin... Continue reading »
Garden City | Jan 31 06'

by NomadPix a real traveler, on vacation in Lae

Driving nine-mile with a man with a gun brought back memories... tropical. Pretty cool. Lots of potholes. Continue reading »