A Year in Papua New Guinea

Friday afternoon session at our mess. Scanning the trees for any sign of birds  while having a couple of glasses of red. Since returning from East New Britain we have been trying to organise more training and a holiday (or two).  We still need to deliver our training programs to the NARI staff at Aiyura (near Goroka) and Tambul (near Mt. Hagen). Our security restrictions here mean that we can't drive up to Aiyura (as all other NARI staff do) and Mt. Hagen is a major problem even if we flew up there. We have made several suggestions to NARI and AV management but the solution we have settled on is to run the training here over a couple of weeks and bring staff down to us. The next problem is when. The accommodation here is booked for several weeks so the earliest we can fit our training in is the third week of June and the second week of July. With not much else happening we decided to use some of our leave. I found a well-regarded lodge near Mt. Hagen and we applied for permiss...

View across Blanche Bay towards Rabaul and the Mount Tavurvur volcano. Last week Jenny and I went to Port Moresby to deliver our training programs to NARI staff from Loloki Research Centre, the Chemistry Labs and the Insect Collection. It was all a bit chaotic and we never knew exactly who was going to turn up. We had good numbers and I even had to put on my Scientific Writing course a second time. We stayed the week at The Sanctuary Hotel which is fine but the menu has become a bit unexciting so we had a couple of dinners elsewhere. We had Friday off so we were able to pop into the AV office to collect Jenny's passport which had been with PNG Immigration getting a Visa extension. We also visited a big supermarket for a few treats and the huge Theodist store (think OfficeWorks). We have a Theodist in Lae but it is small. Jenny running Leadership training at Loloki. Organised chaos at Port Moresby domestic terminal. On Saturday we flew to East New Britain. The queue at the Port More...