Have only just got home from Goroka (had to have an extra day in Port Moresby for a meeting). This is a quick look at the attractive capital of the Eastern Highlands Province.
As you can see the town grew up around the airstrip and has a good range of facilities. It also has some excellent artifacts which I purchased with much glee!!!
With an altitude of 1600m the town has a lovely cool climate (the mornings were freezing actually) and is a lovely change from the humidity here.
Wow. These are excellent photographs and remind me of Argentina a lot and the ranches there. I like to see these scenes because of the war that went through the islands and of those time and how those people could not begin to imagine how things might look these days.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe the change in climate between your joint and Mt. Hagen. But at 5000 feet that's got to be at least 10° cooler to start with. I suppose that 20° during the day would seem freezing after your climate. I wonder if you got the boys some of those great hats. I reckon a bright lime green one would suit Benson !
ReplyDeleteGreat views!
ReplyDeleteThat looks quite refreshing up in the mountains, Jules.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, with our cold summer rain (today I have the heating on!) I could do with a bit of your coastal heat!
Lovely views!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be able to move to a town or city with a higher altitude too. But not while I still need this job, lol!
Looks nice, glad you're getting some coolness.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing your artifacts.
SO many different landscapes!! Happiness to you sweetie!!hughugs
ReplyDeleteGreat views Jules... and it's nice to have you back. I look forward to seeing your pictures.
ReplyDeleteTom
Beautiful views.
ReplyDeleteWow that is a beautiful view of the clouds and the mountain.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful scenery of the town. You are a great traveller and always have nice photos to share.
ReplyDeleteSo many different landscapes and changes in the weather too!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful.Paradise on earth again. You are too lucky. But maybe you dont have any handsome taxi driver there? :-))
ReplyDeleteMy father spent time in PNG during the war and I have a number of faded photos. I did not think that one was allowed any more to collect "artefacts". Are you allowed to take them out of the country?
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my place ...
Glad you are home! These views were well done! I imagine the cooler weather was a treat!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great shot....don't you love having to put a sweater on every now and then?
ReplyDeleteHaving lived my whole life in flat places, the mountains move my soul. Sixteen hundred meters... about a mile high by my calculations. I have never lived anywhere that had a spot higher than the overpass.
ReplyDelete"Louis", being an avid student of WWII history, is very familiar with Rabaul, Port Moresby and PNG, even if he's never been there. "Louis' is currently reading a biography of General Douglas MacArthur, so your locations are prominent in this book.
ReplyDeleteAre you in a chopper or something for these photos, you seem up high.
ReplyDeleteHi All
ReplyDeleteKris - no I was on top of a hill in town with a Telikom tower!!
Kelly & Neva - yes the cooll was very refeshing and invigorating!!!
Julie - the term is used quite loosely for souvenirs and craft items. They are not that old or of historical or cultural significance.