http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Papua New Guinea , East New Britain , Rabaul en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:33:11 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:33:11 +0000 Another place for a pin but not much to see here except an active volcano named Turvurvur'. It first erupted in 199495 and almost completely destroyed the town of Rabaul not from flowing lava but because it was completely covered up with ashes. I have enclosed a photo of Turvurvur as it looked when we sailed away last evening. It was in full glory spewing forth smoke and ashes which made http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-377372.html Tuesday March 11 2008 Today was our day to tour Rabaul Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain. We had to wait to get into the port to dock because a cargo ship was late leaving so we were all out on the decks and noticed one of the volcanoes starting to put out a lot of steam. It was very interesting but also a little unnerving. Again we had been told to expect rough roads tour guid http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-255276.html Papua New Guinea PNGNew Britain Island Rabaul Arrived at the pilot station on time 600 am. Waited 30 minutes for the pilot. I guess island time applies even to an island the size of New Britain PNG. While we waited I got a good look at Turvurvur one of the many active volcanoes in the area. We are on the Ring of Fire here and a caldera on the flank of Turvurvur was spewing steam int http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-255234.html March 10 2008The day began with a fitness class and Mass and if that doesnrsquot prepare one for the day then I am not sure what else I can do to get ready. But the programs were about to start first was a program on ldquoMaking the Most of Rabaul.rdquo Our stop tomorrow is Rabaul Papua New Guinea. We have been told to expect very rustic tours meaning no luxury air conditioned buses http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-254978.html Well Welcome to the second port of out PNG time. It has been amazing time. Rabaul is so great. The area is so nice with nature and what not. There was an active volcano about 1 hour walk from the ship. There was also a nice mountain right in front of the ship. I did a bunch of early morning hikes in the past few weeks. Its great get up early before it get to hot and go out hiking I hope yo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-253525.html Hi everybodysorry about the delay of info but finding internet in papua new guinea has been a bit of an ordeal as well as finding anything here. So what has been happening for the past few weeks well after reaching the capital of the soloman island Honeara we all disapeared from the boat for several hours to get on some dry land. Even though there was not to much to do in town we found some n http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-221123.html Rabaul on New Britain Island used to be one of the pearls of the Pacific. Despite frequent volcanic activity the German colonisers and later the Japanese invaders had turned the town into one of the largest and one of the most attractive towns in Papua New Guinea. This reality changed rather abruptly in 1994 when the volcano Tuvurvur exploded with little warning completely destroying Rabaul http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea/East-New-Britain/Rabaul/blog-189038.html