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...

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....