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[sojourner1]

I haven't gone, but want to. It's the land of the, "birds of paradise," and cannibalistic tribes though some say cannibalism is no longer practiced. It is said to be the most heterogeneous country on Earth when it comes to both people and animals. It is said that only 70,000 foreign tourists go there each year, but yet it's one of the most fascinating though risky places to travel. It's not far from Bali and Australia, but so isolated yet is a real magnificant cradle of life on the Earth.

Let's talk about some really exotic international travel.

Anyone know anything about this land and traveling to and within it?

[Axiom]

[sojourner1]

It is true that PNG has a very high HIV prevalence, but so does much of the world. HIV is pretty much everywhere which gives us all a legitmate reason to cautious, even fearful, of having sex, getting tattoos, and any medical procedures done.

I would venture to guess that these business men in your article were cheating on their wives while in PNG.

It's too bad that crime and disease runs rampant in PNG as it's a very fascinating place. I take it that those 70,000 visitors each year are wealthy guys paying a fortune for guides and air charters.

I'm curious if anyone on Daves have went there and what they experienced.

[Teachurrrr]

Sojourner 1, check out lonely planet and wikitravel websites if you haven't already.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/papua-new-guinea/

Click on

When to go
Sights
Money & Costs
Getting there & around
History

http://wikitravel.org/en/Papua_New_Guinea

Good travel info.

I tried to find a documentary I saw maybe 6 months ago about two extreme bikers (dirt bikes) who hooked up with a local extreme biker. The three of them rode bike trails (or at least blazed a few trails) through the rain forests of Papua New Guinea while visiting and staying at different villages. Sorry, I couldn't find it, but maybe there is more "off the beaten path" activities there than mentioned on these travel sites. Good luck with your search. Cheers.

[moosehead]

I saw some video once from a peace corps volunteer who had been stationed there - and yes, it was interesting.

however, now it's supposed to be getting clear-cutted pretty badly and I've heard a lot of the land is being pillaged like Indonesia - a lot of hard wood there

you might find it difficult to travel - there are some interesting areas tho and a lot of different languages and cultures.

good luck; I've wanted to go myself - knew someone who went diving there also - is supposed to be great for that - I'd like to know if you go - can you pm ?

[re:cursive]

I have not been to Papua New Guinea but did just spent the month of August travelling independently and solo in West Papua. I'm not sure if you are interested in hearing anything about that considering it technically is not the same country?

If you are interested, I will post some things when I have a bit more time.

It was the most challenging and amazing travel I have ever done.

[rickvaughn]

I was in PNG in 1992, but maybe it's changed since then.

The following links may be somewhat usefull:

Australian government's travel advice for PNG: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Papua_New_Guinea

United States government's travel advisories for PNG: http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_996.html

Canadian government's travel report for PNG: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-en.asp?country=234000

British government's travel advice for PNG: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/papua-new-guinea

[moosehead]

[cruisemonkey]

I was in Rabaul, PNG in 2002. Loved it! Mt. Turavur was active and it's quite a spectacular setting with volcanos on either side of the harbour entrance.

If you get there you must go to the volcano observatory and Yammamoto's bunker.

[charles.steve]

Hi

Here are some findings more about Papua New Guinea. This country is really a diversity of tribal. You will meet the people speaking more than 700 languages. This is the most fascinating country for the visitors. Here you will see many wrecks of the 2nd world war aircraft, lies in the forest Haus Tambaran. Houses are built with different kind of wood with modern facilities in a variety of styles.

Port Moresby
This is the biggest port of Papua New Guinea and the name of Capital. There is a National Parliament, National Museum containing the botanical garden and catholic cathedral.
Excursion
Kokoda Trail and Sogeri are the major attractions of Port Moresby. If you travel through, you will see the rubber plantation, village art and many other beautiful types of scenery. There is also a Crocodile Farm, Sea Park, Wairiata National Park and Loloata Island.

Lae & Morobe
Lae is the 2nd biggest city of Papua New Guinae. This is the capital of Morobe province. This city is famous for its botanical gardens. Here is a Mount Lunaman in the center of town that gives beautiful view of Huon Gulf and Markham Valley.

This is a gold mining center. A Wau Ecology Institutes, small museums, zoo and many other attractions for the visitors. Here are accesses of Kangaroos, crocodiles, paradise of birds, rhododendrons and native butterflies. This is one of the beautiful places of New Guinea.
Other attractions are Tami Islands, McAdam National Park and Kaindi coastal town.

Madang
This is a capital of Madang Province, Madang is an ideal preliminary place for many of the tours round the islands and up the Sepik River. There are many shops, hotels, restaurants and markets, where storyboards depicting myths and legends can be bought. In nearby Bilbils and Yabobs, traditional pottery-making can be seen.
Other popular things are: islands, river, mountains, coastal etc. the houses are built on sago trees and toddy palms with leaves.

The Sepik River
This is one of the longest river of Papua NG. this is the famous trade rout of this country. It comes from the mountains near the border of Irian Jaya. There is no delta system and water flows directly into the sea. This is the main source of cultivation.

The other attraction of Papua New Guinea are Simbu Province, Western Highlands, Southern Highlands, Enga Province, The Islands, New Britain, New Irelands, Noth Solomons and Milne Bay.


Charles Steve


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[cangel]

My uncle's brother and wife were Christian missionaries in PNG back in the 60s. They had, as one would expect, some crazy stories regarding the natives. In one such story, they were caught in a tribal clash where several people were shot with arrows and then hacked to pieces. There were rumors amongst the missionaires that canabalism was still very much a part of their culture but never directly observed.

[charles.steve]

[visitorq]

I heard Port Moresby is perhaps the most dangerous city in the world (though not including special cases in war zones such as Baghdad) in terms of violent crime and lack of security, and that the odds of you getting assaulted or killed and robbed there are quite high. Could be an exaggeration, but it sounds pretty sketchy.
I had an Aussie friend who just stopped over at the airport there and said it felt like he was inside a green zone with soldiers all over guarding the doors carrying heavy machine guns...

[visitorq]

I stand corrected... apparently Port Moresby is a much worse place to live than even Baghdad, and is in fact ranked the worst in the world (scoring highest on this unit's "hardship" table): http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/22/population.davidfickling

Guess I'll cross that one off my list...

[sojourner1]

That's too bad that PNG is one of the most dangerous corrupt places in the world as it's an extremely special place.

Maybe the violence is caused by injustices the rich have done there over the years. The rich waltz in with their teams and do what ever they want like steal natural resources. Their forests are being logged and sent to China for processing and then end up in products sold in America and Europe. Land owners are being violated by getting their land raped of the forest by force. That's too bad that it's corrupt and they're being thieved of what's theirs instead of the international community coming to agreement with them and compensating them for what is taken. Instead, it's corruption at it's finest.

That's too bad it's got to be this way, because it shouldn't be.