Before I started my journey to Alotau I wrote a BLOG entry in Word but I couldn't load it. Tried at 5:30am before I left home and thought it had gone but the Internet went down! Brain not in gear I thought I could send from Ken's laptop but obviously my Word documents aren't on his system!!!!! So I will send when we return home that's if we can tear ourselves away from this paradise!

From us both in Alotau! We met one week ago in the very romantic location of the Domestic Air Terminal! Actually it's a nice building. I asked the security guard to let me go through in my heart rending Tok Pisin which moved him to tears! There was Ken oblivious to me as he thought I wasn't due for another 25 minutes. Was looking quite trim! Ok kids no more details! I then went to get my bag and came out with my two travelling companions,Ben and the Lodge owner...

Having had my very first day of sickness I wasn't sure that I would be up to going to my new school but this morning I was on top of the world and raring to go! Vehicle booked out for me and so at 8:30am Marshall and I went to start. Land cruiser engine totally dead. Much advice being offered by all the men, none of whom can drive! They pushed me back up the drive for me to jump start it before I went on to the lawn! I failed miserably! Eventually Gerard did it a...

My Sepik River Trip I had heard a few weeks ago that the boat called Kalibobo Spirit was going to cruise up to the Sepik River over Easter. As I wasn't looking forward to the Easter holiday on my own I booked a place! It was touch and go whether it would happen as I was passenger 7 and they needed 8and then someone dropped out. However, they managed to get 10 people which was a good number. We went on board at 12 noon on Thursday. After being shown our cabins w...

Karkar - second part [before I forget!!!] A more leisurely start to the day and not as stiff as I had expected to be! It was to be my first visit to the High School. There is one road that runs all the way around the island and it says in lonely planet that it takes 4 hours to drive round. [By the way I have just found that the volcano is 1831m high!!]. Now here there are no PMVs but any vehicle will stop and pick you up for free! So at about 8:30 am a vehicle c...