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The next few weeks blurred with a more settled life in Papua New Guinea.  There was school and work and play. Some evenings, there would...

On our second Sunday, we were invited to visit a Bush Church, which seems to be any church that you have to walk through the “bush” to...

Through the next week, we settled into a daily routine. Tom left to go work on the EMR system at the hospital early every morning and I...

On arrival to Papua New Guinea we got the chance to get a meeting and tour with Dr. Ben who not only serves as the Director of Medical...

We started our first Sunday in Papua New Guinea by going to Immanuel Church of the Nazarene. This is a church just outside the gates of...

While Tom was getting a start on a plan for implementing the EMR system, the rest of us had a mysterious invite from the Stewardson boys...

Now that we had plenty of food and had unpacked, it was time to find out more about the work we would be doing while in Kudjip. So Friday...

The next morning we woke up at exactly 6 am to what sounded like the shrill buzz of chainsaws nearby. This turned out to be just cicadas,...

We traveled on New Year’s Eve. It was a very early rising and three flights, so a pretty long day. But, other than the normal discomforts...

In planning a long multi-country trip, countries come onto the plan and then go away for various reasons. Some are shelved because the...

Now that we are moving on to the next country, Jimmy, Sammy and Lucy have prepared their North Island "Country Report". They were very...

Our last stop in New Zealand was Auckland.  One of the first things we did here was the Weta Workshop. I know, I know. We did this...

Next, we drove another six hours north to the Bay of Islands. We would spend a week in Pahia. It was Christmas week, so the plan was to...

Next, we headed north to the Coromandel Peninsula, where we stayed at Hahei Beach. We chose this location because it was near to...

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a...

One thing that Rotorua is known for is the geothermal activity in the area. Driving around, you can see random areas where steam is...

After visiting the glowworms in Waitomo, we drove 2 hours east to Rotorua. We would be here for several days.  First up was a zipline...

Our next stop was 6 hours north to see the glowworms of Waitomo.  But first a stay in a super cute Airbnb.  Side note: Building your...

We had not originally planned on booking a Weta workshop tour, as I wasn’t sure my kids were old enough to appreciate visiting a studio. ...

We took the Interislander Ferry from Picton to Wellington. It was pretty easy. We drove right up to and onto the boat. It was just like...