Background: The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
February 21st 2008Oceania » Papua New Guinea » Morobe Wow. What can I say. After nine days of sailing from the Philippines we arrived at our first port in the counrty of PNG. It is amazing. We arrived in the port of Lae which is the second largest city ... 11 photos[full story]
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