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Papua and Papua New Guinea

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March 1st 2007
Thanks to the Indonesian government, we had to do a visa run in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to allow us the twenty extra days we needed in this sprawling mass of islands. We headed to Papua to get this mission rolling, by catching a plane to Jayapura. Jayapura, set beside a large, sweeping bay was a dirty, noisy place. It had internet connection, sometimes, and also a book shop where we selected fr ... read more

Oceania » Papua New Guinea

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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