PNG trip

Apart from some work on the water sluice/pond I'm not up to much in the garden yet.

Here's some PNG photos :

Alotou (Milne Bay) Tree panadanus

Panapompom- copra drying shed

Panapompom -vegetable garden

Panapompom was our first village visited - it is in the Louisiade archipelago.
The vegetable gardens are moved regularly as the soil is quickly depleted of nutrients with the heavy tropical rains. Note the fence to keep wild pigs out.

Egum Atoll -  traditional village - children waiting for empty water bottle

 

 

This village was set on the edge of a white sandy beach - talk about idyllic.
Our cruise ship was only the third to call in 10 years and some of the children had never seen white people. The children sang for us in the school (the PNG national anthem) and bought a tear to most of us -it was so beautifully sung.

Tom