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...

Karkar Island - the third most active volcano after Manam in the world [and we did Manam a few weeks ago!! We, meaning my colleague Ben and I the last remaining Education volunteers in Madang Province. I trust that I can do justice to this exciting trip as to be honest I am now knackered and ache all over. Oh for a deep hot bath with loads of radox! Instead it was a cold shower or none as we had no water at times. Anyway it was thrills and excitement all the way....

Another good day and although more than two hours on a banana boat I can sit down this time!!! Different skipper and to be fair better conditions. And what's more they dropped me back on my doorstep!! I reckon the lads wanted to do some fishing or should I say Marshall our support man who travels with me especially if by boat! Have tried to download my photos but only one went through. I then found a message from two of my grandsons which was so lovely. Trip ov...

Here I am alive and well on the volcanic slope! All wet of course! Brilliant trip to Malala and Bogia to visit two schools. Rained most of the time though. Guest House really good. made from local materials but room spacious and very clean and not pests!!! Power was left on most of the night and manager, his wife and cook couldn't have looked after us better. Food was amazing but far to much for me even though I was hungry most of the time! Took the opportunity ...

Second episode on Sunday 28 February [you can telI I have nothing to do!!] Have had a great morning with 3 hours of free internet! Then after doing first BLOG I realized that I have not said anything about my "sink school" Raikos. Well I have spent ages this morning trying to download some great pictures [well I think they are!] of the three banana boats being loaded with the PCs and printers for the school. Only three came down the rest were "inv...