Papua New Guinea Life: "Run Them Down"

An Australian volunteer who was doing whatever volunteers do in PNG.
I was there for 2 years until Dec 2005 .. I hope I made the most of it.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

This country just keeps getting better and better. It is now officially OK to flatten raskols on the road.

"If you see anyone standing in the middle of the road with a gun and who is not a policeman, run them down,"

So says the Lae Police Chief on the front page of the Post Courier.

Situation: Normal

Cross Border Foray
The Astute Traveller, The Postie-Bike Diary, Meeting The Colonel.
My Kokoda Campaign - Part One and Two
Battling along the bloody track.
The Trouble With Tavurvur
Stupidily trying to climb a very active volcano.
Return to Mount Wilhelm - Part One, Two and Three
Back to PNG's highest mountain.
On The Buses
How to negotiate the only local transport and survive.
PNG Tour Guide
Holiday PNG style. Joy-flights, snorkelling, picnics and death-trap buses.
Island Paradise / Working Headache
Crossing the Pacific in a banana boat, a highway of mud and saving small mammals.
To the Top of PNG
Expedition to scale PNG's highest mountain in a weekend.
Highlands Hwy Survivor
Nearly being held up by raskols and providing cover for a police task-force unit.
Liklik Stories
Village Escape, Salamaua Without Malaria, Western Highlands Funeral, Flying Visit To Aitape.

Nomad Tales' Papua New Guinea photoset