PNG

**typing is torture...pls look and enjoy**
part one

airport welcome


met in lae


4 hr boat ride to village



island pit stop where we ate turtle meat and sago palm tree boiled into a starchy jelly.




1st nite welcome in bau village and intro to kids.



divying up supplies we brought


the way to school. the kids just swim.


villagers and school kids coming out to meet us at eu school.

at welcome ceremony:






they presented us with so many things. the head-decorations and necklaces are made from shells, seeds and flowers.






in bau village...

no lighters, only boy scout fires.


their feet are unreal.


he's swinging a bull roarer, a disc on a string attached to a stick. it's the male half of traditional implements used to summon women with food to feed tribal committees.



before. not enough desks for students, little paper, few pencils.



wanna go somewhere...make yourself a canoe then.

some of my fave girls...joanna and sara

eiya village. 30 minute boat ride away but different language, different facial features and many different customs.


those are wild boar tusks in his mouth.



angerina and i


before and after




werina



made from the seeds of some fruit i've never seen before. tastes like runny tomato sauce but you have to spit out all the seeds which is a pain...and it leaves your mouth looking like this...



smoking fish...absolutely delicious


drama performance


ensheila and her mom gave me this clay bowl. mom said daughter saw me looking at one and asked if they could give me one of theirs. tear-jerk.