A bastard of a place

Our trip to PNG was fantastic (a selection of pictures here) – we even had a two day extension courtesy of Air Nuigini. We were meant to come home on Friday but they cancelled our flight so we stayed at the resort an extra day and ended up with a day in Port Moresby. Apparently cancelling flights for no apparent reason is quite common in PNG so it seems we truly had an authentic experience. The day in Moresby we could have done without as it is considered unsafe for non-locals and unfortunately for us it is very obvious that we are not locals. It is recommended that you do not go outside of your gated complex unless accompanied by a tour guide or armed guard - no kidding. Unfortunate really, as our hotel was only minutes from what looked like a beautiful beach. That said, we did get a brief tour of the city before we left so at least we can say we saw it.

As you would expect, we spent much of our holiday diving. While diving we had the chance to swim with dolphins and sharks and take a few pictures with our new macro lens (Thanks Mom and Dad). We did manage a few hours above water during which we went for a walk in the village, a mountain rainforest walk, and a trip to the hot river (43C).