Our arrival in Madang |
Fruit bats |
Flying fruit bats |
A village market |
Selling Beetle Nut |
WWII Relic |
Family fishing outing |
WWII Grave Site |
Toilet |
Ren |
Incredible palm |
What a beautiful country - and thick jungle |
Rich coconut harvest |
Ciara |
Whitney |
Busy Bee |
Masks from the Sepik River Region |
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Downtown Madang |
Shopping in the Madang market |
Handicrafts |
The market was busy |
Dye for the fibers |
Tobacco |
We tried the corn - nothing like Iowa or Colorado sweet corn |
Visiting the fish market. They catch fish at night and cook it along the waterfront. |
Fresh Yellow Fin Steaks for US $.75 |
Yellow Fin Steaks |
5 Kina = US $1 |
Selling Beetle Nut |
Busy Bee and Molly Bee |
Group shot - Bucky taking the photo |
Visiting a butterfly nursery |
Harvesting Beetle Nut |
RA giving it a go |
It's a long way up! |
Handicrafting pottery |
The pots |
Villager's kitchen |
Clean dishes |
Harvesting mangos |
Kids playing in the sea |
In the village |
Busy Bee explaining |
Ciara working out |
Fresh water supply |
Dye from a local flower |
Dye |
Showing the kids their picture |
Young love! |
Freshwater eels |
Tarzan |
Site of Robinson Crusoe filming with Pierce Brosnan |
Friday's burial site |
Cooking lunch |
Village school |
Classroom |
Church |
PNG wildlife |
Village dance |
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Rabaul volcano - erupting for 14 years |
Pier where we boarded Love Me Tender |
Major Wager is anchored too close to the volcano - ash covers her |
There is blows! |
And you can hear the volcano rumble |
RA's first catch |
Cam's first PNG catch! |
Marlin on! |
Tater's first Marlin |
Whitney gets a Marlin on a fly! |
Walter...been away from home too long! |
Curious villagers |
Tom, Bucky and Ren attending a burial ceremony |
Surrounding villagers dress up |
They bring large rings of shell money |
Sarah with shell money |
Representatives from each village pass out shell money |
All the men carry man bags to hold their Beetle Nut, mustard and lime |
So do the little boys |
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Throughout the log drums are played |
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A typical dowry would be 15 rolls of shell money |
Guide Sarah and her 70 year old father |
Shell money |
Fire dance |
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