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PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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March 18th 2014
New Guinea is a country which has gone from the Stone Age to the Computer Age in the space of 50 years. It is a most unusual place. New Guinea is one of the world’s last frontiers. On this small island, there are over 800 known languages and the population doubles every 20 years. As a primarily agrarian society, most people survive on a subsistence level. We stopped at two ports in this exotic ... read more

Oceania » Papua New Guinea » Madang (province) » Madang (town)

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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 ... ... read more