What a week this has been. I've been so busy and too tired to write in the blog. We've been getting back to camp around 7pm. By the time i have dinner and get cleaned up it's time for bed. All week the weather has been in the low 30's Celsius (90 degrees F) with high humidity. It's frustrating to go outside and have my glasses fog up because of the humidity. It's been cloudy during the morning but by 10am it's somewhat clear and 29 Celsius (85 degrees F). Except for today. The temperature rose to 46.1 Celsius (115 degrees F) with 45% humidity. Right now it is 7:15pm and it's 32 Celsius (90 degrees F). It was real difficult to work in the heat today. Thank god for all the meetings I had this week allowing me to stay in cool places.
Next week is going to be fun. I get my PNG drivers license on Monday. From what I understand, I go in to the license bureau and pay 60 Kina. They take my picture, my letter of recommendation, a copy of my drivers license plus passport and I will have a class 7 drivers license. A class 7 is a commercial license to drive anything from a scooter to a crane. It takes about 30 to 45 minutes and no written or driving test. I have to have a drivers license to get a driving pass on the job site. And, before I get my driving pass I have to take a driving awareness course for 2 hours. I also have to get my permit to work from the embassy. Currently I am an illegal working here. I have to get my permit to work so I can get my proper identification card to access the work site. I have a temporary pass right now. If the embassy works on PNG time (whenever they get around to it) I should be legal by the time I'm ready to come home.
Let's look at some pictures. I have a couple more from the mall I wanted to show you first.
There is a large market very similar to Walmart at the mall. It has everything from groceries to furniture. Here is the produce section of the market.
This is looking down one of the isles from the front to the back of the store.
In the fish department there are whole fish for sale and in the case were these squid. They're huge compared to ours at home.
Well that's it for the Mall Now on to some sights.
This is the rugby field in town. All the people enjoy playing rugby here.
Driving into town we pulled up along side a local bus. For those that like to take local transportation, here's what you ride in.
This is a shopping center for the local people. This is a place tourists or expats do not go. Very dangerous here for non-locals.
Along the main road was a small shack and these crops. The trees on the left are banana trees and the plants on the right are Casaba. They'll grow this small crop to sell at the local market.
In the Village just outside of camp were these school boys on their way home. Most people I came across loved to have there picture taken.
At the top of the hill past the city dump we stopped to shoot this picture of the bay and ships.
We drove through the dump area again. These women are rummaging through the bags for food. They live across the street from the dump.
This is the front of a house across from the dump.
This is a man that just came out from the hill. I think he lives here at the dump also.
Just past the dump was this ranch style house and land. This was one of the nicer places there.
This is the local meeting place for the village of Baruni.
Well I'll leave you with this one last picture. The sun was going down and lit up the clouds over the job site area. I wish I had my other camera to get better pictures. The sunsets are fantastic here.
Take care,
ken
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