Farewell PNG - Last Post

So, after 60 days, 30 books, 55 alcohol free days (if I'm meant to have one AFD a week then I've saved up a years worth), 55 make-up free days (and you thought I couldn't go without my red lippy), I'm home.

In typical PNG fashion the plane from Mt Hagen to Port Morseby was over an hour late and had been downgraded to a Dash 8......with propellers!! I had dinner in Port Morseby with friends of Judy's so it was a nice farewell to PNG.

It's been an interesting and worthwhile experience and I've met some wonderful people and made some new friends. PNG has a lot to do and I hope that they can get their act together because its a beautiful country.

My photos have finally been uploaded so you can now see where I've been and what I've been doing!!! Click on the link www.flickr.com/photos/karyns

What will she be doing in Mt Hagen?

The question as to what I will actually be doing while I'm in PNG has arisen a few times so here it is.

I'll be based at the Church of the Nazarene Bible and Teacher Training College (let's hope they can cope with a heathen). The library is small and the staff are not library trained. My job will be to provide training and to develop training manuals and also to advise on IT solutions for managing the collection.
I'll be living in at the college which is couple of kms from town. What the accommodation is like and how often I'll get to go into town I'm yet to find out.
Mt Hagen is in the middle of coffee plantations so I'd better be able to get decent coffee. It's a large town of 40,000 people and from all accounts has a touch of the wild west about it.....(I've just watched season 3 of Deadwood so I'm up with the lingo and the social mores!)