See Part One of Oke’s adventure gem hunting in Papua New Guinea here. Anyways – on to the gem hunting. We began immediately after dropping bags at the house, by visiting local villages. Each village consists of a family group… Read More ›
Port Moresby
Our Semi-Annual TSA Rant
(Note: the author is a Canadian living in PNG and Chile, and travels the world for business and pleasure.) Trigger warning – The rant contains commentary about the events of 9/11 that some may consider contrarian. So – I travel… Read More ›
Goroka Sing-Sing, Papua New Guinea Independence Day
Papua New Guinea is an incredibly diverse country, with an estimated 800+ identifiable groups / communities / traditional societies of people. For a country of only about 6 million, the results are a riotous melange of languages, traditions, costumes and… Read More ›
Hashing in Papua New Guinea
What is Hashing, you may well ask? Well, Hashing, or being part of the Hash House Harriers, is a fun activity best described as a drinking club with a running (or a walking) problem. Started in the mid-30’s in Malaysia… Read More ›
Weekends Relaxing in Papua New Guinea
This past weekend, I went to a small village about 30 minutes outside of Port Moresby, out close to the large Liquid Natural Gas project. There are four villages out this way, which are deriving economic benefits from being close… Read More ›
Living and Travel in Papua New Guinea
Our friend and sometimes travel companion Oke Millet, a Canadian now living in Santiago, writes about working in Papua New Guinea. We look forward to more stories of his adventures around the world! Earlier this year, I got an incredible… Read More ›