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  1. Laszlo avatar

    RE: Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by Laszlo 27 May 2008

    Read the PNG link in my signo line. Then all those other posts on the PNG branch of Thorn Tree. These should tell you enough about the…

  2. Laszlo avatar

    RE: Getting From Papua New Guinea To Indonesia

    by Laszlo 27 May 2008

    You can get an Indonesian visa in Port Moresby or Vanimo, then cross to Jayapura in Indonesian Papua by land. Once in Jayapura, there…

  3. Patrick_L_H avatar

    Getting From Papua New Guinea To Indonesia

    by Patrick_L_H 26 May 2008

    Hi I am looking to go to Papua New Guinea, but I am looking to see what is the cheapest way to get from PNG to indonesia (not west of…

  4. azraf avatar

    RE: Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by azraf 26 May 2008

    Read the Smithsonian magazine article Sleeping with Cannibals and see what you think!

  5. TheSapper avatar

    Re: Travel Notes from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 2007

    by TheSapper 26 May 2008

    Lastscot - Firstly you should be a writer. Maybe you are. Terrific yarn. I have just landed in Honiara for a 2 year contract building…

  6. Ozziegiraffe avatar

    RE: Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by Ozziegiraffe 22 May 2008

    Azraf, You would have to be a very long way off the beaten track for that to happen now. However, people are still close to their traditions…

  7. azraf avatar

    Re: Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by azraf 21 May 2008

    I would like to go here also and have been researching it. It seems like it would be o.k. if you stayed on the beaten path but if you…

  8. Ozziegiraffe avatar

    RE: Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by Ozziegiraffe 20 May 2008

    Our resident PNG "expert" is travelling somewhere there at the moment, and may not have internet access for a while. Basically, it would…

  9. eyu avatar

    Is Papua New Guinea safe enough to travel?

    by eyu 19 May 2008

    Hello, I need some opinions of those who have travelled to PNG how safe it is to travel there. My local travel agent is saying that PNG…

  10. sneaker_fish avatar

    RE: Problems with Flight Centre?

    by sneaker_fish 13 May 2008

    I have booked four flights on (behalf of other people) within the last year to places which have garnered the response of "WHERE????"…

  11. LungPaul avatar

    RE: bali to sulawesi

    by LungPaul 12 May 2008

    There are many flights from Bali to Makassar (South Sulawesi) -- buses to Tanatoraja take a day so get an early flight from Bali or spend…

  12. pasapropos avatar

    Papua New Guinea June-July... looking for travel partners

    by pasapropos 04 May 2008

    I'm going to be in PNG from the first week of June to the middle of July, based in Madang, definitely headed to Goroka, and looking for…

  13. Virba avatar

    By sea from Indonesia/Papua New Guinea to Australia

    by Virba 22 April 2008

    Hello, I'm looking for any information that can help me to get from somewhere like Singapore Indonesia or Papua New Guinea to Australia.…

  14. Theis2008 avatar

    Re: Sailing between Cartagena and San Blas - recommendation

    by Theis2008 22 April 2008

    We are the previous owners of the vessel 'Stella Luna' and have spent three fantastic years with Hernando in the Kuna Yala. We highly…

  15. markharf avatar

    RE: mali

    by markharf 21 April 2008

    Yes, I remember meeting people like you while traveling in Mali. Since this was one of my favorite countries—for landscape, culture,…

  16. callippo avatar

    current methods of execution, E Asia

    by callippo 21 April 2008

    Brunei : hanging China : shooting, lethal injection Indonesia : firing squad Japan : hanging Malaysia : hanging Mongolia : …

  17. callippo avatar

    most unequal wealth distributions, E Asia

    by callippo 17 April 2008

    http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/145.html most unequal first - world ranking in brackets Timor-Leste (150) Papua New Guinea (14…

  18. Captain_Courageous avatar

    RE: Should Antarctica melt (off this branch onto another...) ?

    by Captain_Courageous 13 April 2008

    Hmmm just one question springs to mind. If Antarctica is removed from this branch, we will then have - Australasia & Pacific - Australia,…

  19. Torremans avatar

    Re: The most beautiful place

    by Torremans 04 April 2008

    1/ Moorea - French Polynesia 2/ Aitutaki - Cook Islands 3/ La Digue - Seychelles 4/ Masai Mara - Kenya 5/ Foz do Iguaçu - Brazil 6/ Gui…

  20. tamsk1 avatar

    In Oz but where to next?

    by tamsk1 29 March 2008

    We are currently in Oz but looking for our next destination. We have thought about going to Fiji, Papua New Guinea or Indo but not sure…

  21. KiwiPaul avatar

    Re: Australian Visa

    by KiwiPaul 28 March 2008

    Not quite right +everyone who is not an Australian citizen needs a visa to enter Australia, except for some Papua New Guinea citizens…

  22. Petrus avatar

    RE: Will Porters carry Backpacks

    by Petrus 18 March 2008

    Karrimor had a hilarious add about a decade ago in an outdoor magazine. It showed a native from Papua-New Guinea carrying the biggest…

  23. Monotheist avatar

    Re: Looking for the CULTURE SHOCK of My Life!!! (Which Country ???)

    by Monotheist 17 March 2008

    India would have to be up there, but for a change of pace I'd recommend Papua New Guinea, a little touristed place full of axe wielding…

  24. bude avatar

    Re: Australian Visa

    by bude 12 March 2008

    The ETA may not be called a visa is still legally a visa. Its irrelevant to this question, but for collectoras of trivia: everyone…

  25. everbrite avatar

    RE: Mac or PC?

    by everbrite 10 March 2008

    Macs are easily russified and you have your choice of keyboard styles. I use a homophonetic board where the Russian п is the same key…

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