COCKROACHES AND FILTH! 2nd March 2008 Cockroaches still abound, especially at night, so Buddhist principles of loving kindness go out the window I'm afraid, as it's every man for himself in these parts and they get stamped on with remorseless venom!Last night was a classic.You can hear the critters scuttling across the bedroom floor (that's why they don't put Wilton carpets down - you wouldn't be able to hear the b....rs!) I'm such a light sleeper that they wak...

Hi All from PNG! We're having great difficulty accessing a computer at the moment and when we do it takes two days to get an internet connection, which is driving us NUTS! Consequently we won't be doing any more entries here until we get to our placement, which could be next week, next fortnight maybe - who knows? In Country Training - It's a hard life but someone has to do it! At last we have access to computer facilities - the last time we tried, it took an a...

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN! February 3rd 2008 The packing is horrendous - only 23kg!! John is charging around, keeping on the move in fear of being packed! I have this dastardly plan to remove some of his stuff from his case when he's asleep and slot in a few more of my shoes and face creams etc. He'll never notice until we arrive and it's too late - I'm not sure how divorce is viewed in PNG!! We heard yesterday that we have a house to go to. On stilts, (is that ...