Goroka Market, with ready access to produce from the fertile Highlands and Markham Valley is one of, if not the best market in PNG for fresh fruit and vegetables. It is certainly one of its most colourful markets. Continue reading “Goroka Market”
Get a phone connected
During my time in Port Moresby I moved apartments, from a downtown apartment to a new one in the suburb of Boroko.
This move necessitated getting the telephone connected. Continue reading “Get a phone connected”
Coffin bilong dai man
In a separate review on the Aseki smoked bodies I related the rather gruesome ‘burial’ rituals of the Anga tribe in Aseki, Morobe Province. Another earlier approach, within PNG, to ‘honouring the dead’ was endocannibalism, or eating them! Continue reading “Coffin bilong dai man”
Tok Tok Pisin (Speak Tok Pisin)
Time for short language lesson.
Papua New Guinea has a population of less than eight million (2015), double what it was in 1989 when I lived there, yet there are over 700 different languages in use. Given this, it is not surprising that a lingua franca has developed. Continue reading “Tok Tok Pisin (Speak Tok Pisin)”
Aseki Smoked Bodies
In my separate review of the JK McCarthy Museum in Goroka I introduced the reader to the Anga (also called Kuka Kuka) tribe and its rather peculiar and macabre custom of wearing human finger necklaces. Dear Reader, that’s tame when you consider the tribe’s burial rituals for its warriors. Continue reading “Aseki Smoked Bodies”
JK McCarthy Museum – Goroka
I have to admit that, at twenty something years of age, I visited this museum purely because of the macabre nature of some of its exhibits. Continue reading “JK McCarthy Museum – Goroka”
The Asaro Mudmen
While I lived in Papua New Guinea (1989-91) I attended many shows or sing sings, as the locals called them, and in this way became acquainted with numerous tribes wearing traditional dress, performing traditional dances and taking part in other rituals. The annual Port Moresby and Goroka shows were especially good for ‘tribe collectors’.
There was one very famous tribe, the ghost-like Asaro Mudmen, which never turned up at any of the shows I attended. Continue reading “The Asaro Mudmen”
Leave Your suit and Tie at Home
While I was in PNG to work I don’t intend making much reference to work in this blog though there are a few anecdotes worth sharing.
The attached photo is of me (a somewhat younger model) geared up for work in Rabaul on the beautiful island of West New Britain. What a contrast from the formal dark suits and ties I had left behind in Belfast. Continue reading “Leave Your suit and Tie at Home”
Get a job in Papua New Guinea – Instructions!
Herein is the process, pretty unbelievable but true, that I followed to secure a job in Papua New Guinea (you will need one to pay for any extended travel here!) – a step by step guide which may, or may not, work for you. Continue reading “Get a job in Papua New Guinea – Instructions!”
Papua New Guinea – Personal Memories
Join me as I reminisce of times past.
I lived in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from early 1989 to early 1991.
The Rambling Wombat 