Papua New Guinea from December 2003 to June 2004 Photo Gallery by Rene Little at pbase.com

Papua New Guinea from December 2003 to June 2004

Photos taken during our stay in Papua New Guinea from December 2003 to June 2004. We mainly lived in Mt. Hagen but also travelled to Madang (on the coast), Port Moresby(the capital), Kimbe (in West New Britain Province) and Lae (in Morobe Province).

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A stunning display of colour	Christmas Lunch 2003	Rose and Rene Christmas Day	Carving and Carver outside hotel
Kani and Rene at the Airways Hotel Port Moresby PNG	Dave feeding Cuscus.	A little tree lizard - Madang Resort	Little boy fishing on side of river
Elaborate Local House of PNG	Midtown lookout	Local Cemetry	Coast Guard Memorial Madang PNG - World War 2
Bats everywhere	Cuscus	View from Madang hotel room	Rene and mask
Deer at the Madang Resort Hotel	Ship through the palms	Taken from the plane	Ceremonial Dancing at the Highlander
Local lady in ceremonial dress	Beautiful traditional costumes of the Highlanders of PNG	Ceremonial Dancing at the Highlander Mt Hagen PNG jpg.jpg	Traditional Mt. Hagen ceremonial dancers
Closer view of the stunning feathers	Girls doing their wonderful dance	One lady was very interested in the magazine	Local bags bilums for sale at Mt Hagen airport.jpg
Dave say cheese	Our boat for the weekend	Paul who looks after the boat	Who said I cant row
Arrived safely	Catch of the day mainly tuna	Dave and Mopsie standing on jetty	Dave and Phil at Salamaua
Local girls walking home after washing dishes in river	Where the river meets the sea	Salamauas local Church	Church and graveyard
House in the village	Mopsie's house in the village of Salamaua	A bit of local history of Salamaua	A World War 2 Japanese generator located in the hill of Salamaua
A Chinese graveyard in the mountains of Salamaua	Another World War 2 leftover in Salamaua PNG	Rene sitting on the verandah after a long day on the boat	View from the house at dusk
View from the house at dusk 2	Local Salamauan Fisherman	Mopsie and Rene standing on the jetty	View from the house just before dark
Mopsie	Mopsie with her Family	Reading a book at Goroka airport waiting for the fog to lift on our way home to Mt Hagen	Flying in Papua New Guinea
We are flying at a high altitude there are very high mountains in Papua New Guinea	12 to 15 seater in country plane	New Guineas rugged mountains from the air	Landing in Mt Hagen
Bird of Paradise outside the Highlander Hotel in Mt Hagen	Local Highlander from PNG	The beautiful Bird of Paradise of Papua New Guinea	Bird of Paradise
Starting the fire for the Mumu	Mumu preparation	Rocks being added to cooking fire	Sisters
Still a long way to go	The rocks are almost ready	Chewing a beetlenut	Dave with Elder Rumints (Shorty)
Elder Ruminitss House	Preparing the food	Having a laugh with the gang	Elder Rumints and Family
The Butcher	Such a small kitten	Sisters with their kitten	Preparing the hole in the ground for cooking the pig
Now the banana leaves	Almost ready for the hot rocks	The rocks are almost ready	The kitchen is separate from the house
The experts at work the food is nearly ready for cooking	The local butcher	What a fire	First rock being laid
Only way to pick up the hot rocks	Everyone pitches in to help	Think I will stay away from the fire	Now we add the sweet potatoes
Pig follows with lots of fern type leaves	A lot of discussion about placement of greens leaves	Almost complete	Having a well earned rest
Smiling because the work is finished	Pigs are a show of wealth in PNG	Pig pen	Elder Rumints with his horse he is considered quite wealthy
The young always respect the elderly	Beautiful butterfly	Little girl carrying her sister in the bilum	Speeches before eating the Mumu
The Workers	Will I or won't I - eat the meat	Speeches before eating the Mumu	Think I will stick to the sweet potato
Pigs heads	Critter	Little tree lizard - Madang Resort	Facial tattoos are very popular in Papua New Guinea
Freeding Frenzy	Feeding Frenzy	Feeding Frenzy	New Guineas Home Grown Beer
Trench at Highlander Hotel in Mt Hagen	Butiful red flower	Bug and flower from the Highlander Hotel Mt, Hagen	Breakfast-Lunch Area
Local carving	Older kids joining in the footy clinic	Mel Michael from Essendon (Aussie Rules football) giving a footy lesson	Expert advice from an AFL expert
Flying high	Giving good advice	Little Legends	Mel and the gang.
Mel with the youngest kids.	Mels Father Peter Michael	Older kids joining in the footy clinic	The beginning of a good kick
Signing autographs	Aspiring AFL Football Player	Cute little tacker - concentration plus	Old Man
Ladies selling billums outside the airport	Little boy minding the Eske in the departure lounge at Hagen Airport	Sunset from the plane 8 April, 2004	Sunset over Papua New Guinea 8 April, 2004
Sunset from the plane 8 April ,2004	Our accommodation in Kimbe 9 April, 2004	Little boy fishing just outside the hotel grounds	Cuscus - I hate seeing these lovely animals caged
The Cassowary a rare bird in PNG	The hotel is home to a number of animals	This little bird was so tame 9 April, 2004	SP the local beer
Our hotel room	Dave ringing home for Easter 9 April, 2004	Hotel grounds	Hotel grounds
Hotel grounds	Hotel grounds	Local goats	Local goat
Beach and picnic area	Kimbe Papua New Guinea	Kimbe Papua New Guinea	Caged waiting for a feed
Palm plantation	Palm plantation	Hibiscus	Dave enjoying a beer at the hotel
A tiny Wallaby	This looks like a Toucan but not sure	Idyllic setting for a holiday	Sunken boat
Local residents looking on	One of the WW2 memorials in PNG	One of the WW2 memorials in PNG	One of the WW2 memorials in PNG
One of the many WW2 memorials in PNG	Local lad climbing the palm tree 11 April 2004	Local lad climbing the palm tree 11 April 2004	Beautiful palm trees shame about the fence
Dave and George at the Mt Hagen Bowls Club 14 June 2004	Paul and Peter at the Club	Paul, Peter Rene and George	Preparing the food for the Go Finish Mumu feast
Preparing the food for the Go Finish Mumu feast	One of the village elders giving a speech 3 July, 2004	Listening to the speeches at the end of the project	Mumu Feast
Preparing the Feast	Elder Rumints giving a speech	Paul after receiving his cap	Peter after receiving his cap 3 July, 2004
Dave receiving his cap	Dave after receiving his cap 3 July, 2004	Rene after receiving her bilum 3 July, 2004	Dave giving a speech congratulating everyone on a job well done
Audience listening to Daves speech	Wearing their new caps	Lining up for the food	Go Finish Mumu 3 July, 2004
Enjoying the mumu	Peter and Dave with Dave in the background	Elder Rumints and his wife	Enjoying the mumu
Dave and Rene 3 July, 2004	Dave and Mary	Paul with his food, Dave admiring the artwork	Food on offer
Paul	Enjoying the mumu	Sitting and enjoying the food	More local craft
Paul being given some of the local craft	Dave being given some of the local craft	Admiring the craft	Enjoying the mumu
George and Co	Showing off the bilum	Rene and Mary 3 July 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004
Plane crash on the runway August, 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004
Plane crash on the runway August, 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004	Plane crash on the runway August, 2004

joseantonio		26-May-2011 13:03
Very nice work

Buba Jafarli		03-Feb-2009 04:48
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

amnon		28-Apr-2004 04:36
I like your woork

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