New Ireland
View to the west from Ral Island. We went to old Ireland in 2005 so we took the opportunity to visit New Ireland recently. You might wonder why this tropical paradise is named after cold, sodden (but beautiful) Ireland. In this part of the world we have New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, New Hanover, New Zealand, New South Wales, New Caledonia, New Georgia, New Holland (now Australia) and it is hard to see what reminded people of the original places (except maybe Guinea). A typical scene in New Ireland - a coastal village with banana boat. Mitchell and Webb had a take on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfUInbMnHbI Getting to New Ireland from Lae involves two flights going and three coming back as the Port Moresby flight stops at Manus on the way back. I must say that our recent experiences with Air New Guinea have been faultless. Great job team! We stayed at the lovely Nusa Island Retreat , a quick banana boat ride across the channel from the capital - Kavieng, and can th...