15 August 2004 we arrive in the 'Louisiades',
an archipelago southeast of
the mainland of PNG. A beautiful area for sailing and
we meet a lot of friendly people with whom it is nice to trade rice, fish,
pencils and exercise books for bananas, beans,
sweet potatoes and coconuts. After six weeks we leave
the 'Louisiades' and stay a week in Sewa Bay on one of the 'D'Entrecasteaux'
islands. Then Cape Nelson is
coming into our sight with pleasant meetings in Barabara
Village and Tufi Station
and we get to know a bit of the culture of Oro Province.
New Britain is our next sailing destination and in Kimbe Bay
we find a lot of beautiful diving spots.
Double-click on any picture in the gallery for an enlargement.
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Louisiades - Old man with manual drill makes holes in 'shellmoney' |
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Louisiades - Village on Gigila Island |
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Louisiades - Pikinini |
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Renard Island - Joel climbs in palmtree to cut some fresh coconuts |
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Renard Island - Climbing to the top of the tree |
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Renard Island - After cutting Joel's daughter is collecting the coconuts |
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Renard Island - Woman is weaving baskets from natural and coloured strips of pandanusleave |
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Renard Island - Houses in local village |
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Renard Island - Sailing canoes on the beach |
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Bwagouia cultural day - A pig has been slaughtered and is put on the fire for 10 min. to burn off the hairs |
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Bwagouia cultural day - The pig comes from the fire for further processing and cooking |
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Bwagouia cultural day - Isn't this a perfect place to see it all! |
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Bwagouia harbour - Sailing canoe in action |
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The women sold their vegetables on the market and return to their village |
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Have a safe trip and till next week! Tuckboat of the Misima mines company |
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Bwagouia - Traditional cooking |
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Bwagouia - Baking of sago 'pancakes' |
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Bwagouia - Crumbling the sago 'pancakes' |
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Panapompom - Foodgarden with fence |
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Panapompom - In the village |
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Panapompom - Visitors are on their way |
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Panapompom - Sailing canoe |
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When tacking the boom of the mainsail is inverted from bow to stern |
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The boom is attached again, the helmsman uses his paddle to steer the canoe from the opposite side |
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Panapompom - On board a sailing canoe |
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We race through the bay and get soaked wet by the splashing water |
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Good view on your yacht from the sailing canoe |
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D'Entrecasteaux Sewa Bay - Women show their woven baskets and mats |
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D'Entrecasteaux Sewa Bay - Playing soccer on the field of the catholic mission |
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D'Entrecasteaux Sewa Bay - Motorboat for freight and passengers is passing by |
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Barabara Village - Detail of canoe with lashings of 'bushrope' |
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Barabara Village - Hans meets Utikas |
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Barabara Village - Visitors leave to the shore |
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Barabara Village - Preparations for the traditional meal |
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Barabara Village - Pans and dishes are on the woodfires, a woman is grading coconuts |
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Barabara Village - Having dinner together |
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Kofure - canoes with traditional dressed peddlers are waiting to bring us to the shore |
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'Oro oro', welcome in Kofure Village |
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Kofure traditional show - Beautiful costumes and tamtams |
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Kofure - Young woman with facial tatoo's and traditional outfit |
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Kofure - Headdresses with beautiful coloured feathers |
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Elders show how to make rope from the root of the panadanus tree |
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