Category Archives: Life in PNG
My Day in Court
Thursday started as most days do, working through a pot of coffee while tackling the accumulation of email that came in during the night. That all changed at 8:30 when the phone rang. It was our lawyers in Lae informing me … Continue reading
Contrasts in Medical Care
By some strange coincidence, my last blog post (way back in May) was about the difficulty that some people go through to obtain medical care, any medical care, in PNG. It was the story about a man who journeyed for … Continue reading
A Health Care Nightmare that Turns Out Well
Following is an excerpt from Monday’s edition of The National describing the ordeal one man went through to get health care for his injured niece. It is hard to imagine having to go through all that but this is often … Continue reading
A Day in the Life
It is Monday morning, 10 AM. Monday’s are always a bit crazy as it seems like there is always a backlog of things to do that have accumulated during the weekend. For some reason this Monday seems a bit crazier … Continue reading
Hauling Stap Isi – Back in the Water Again
On Monday I re-installed the prop shaft and reconnected all the bits and pieces. Everything went back together about as easily as it had come out. Then I sanded the areas that had been patched and gave those areas a … Continue reading