Niugini... very interesting country... been there almost 1 year... very very interesting place.
but those Highlanders.... wah!! sio mchezo!

It's actually not that bad for Africans For white people... sorry Australians? watakipata pata but generally speaking it's fine for Waafrika. I don't mind going there any time... I was actually was there less than 2 weeks ago and may be there in the next 2 months or so.
They seem to be fair to some extent. While they have their ukabila they seem to have more wazunguz as MPs than most people and some are quite popular. I have had some interesting experiences in Port Moresby. That betelnut (buai) is harmless... just disgusting to look at but it's like their miraa.

Flights are fairly dependable to the provinces from Moresby. They are really the only way to travel around that place. It's rather mountainous and people have land issues and so road construction is difficult. so the clip is right in that way - to move to the highlands or the northern areas - flying is the only way. Air Nuigini is fine (it had an issue jana in Micronesia... but it's fine). Kuna PNG Air - it's fine. PNG is very expensive... most of the stuff is imported and so make sure you get enough Kina on you. use BSP ATMS coz they work with our cards - the others don't.
I usually sleep at Ela Beach hotel it has a great view of the coral sea and very close to supermarkets and the old down town. it cost me 475 kina for a night last time I was there.
There is a kenyan community there - not to big but tunajuana kwa vilemba! they make the place very easy to live and show you around. They will give you the proper security assessment for Africans - wachana na hizo vitu za wazungu. I know some africans who have set themselves up well. Biashara e.t.c. Most work for NGOs and Telcos. I ride taxis and go out as much as I want when I am there. I am a runner so I have run around that city and hakuna mahali sijaenda on foot seeing people. So while it's insecure - it's not the same for everyone. plus robberies happen in Nairobi too so... live your life. I wish you well in the land of the unexpected.

Thanks for the enjoyable read. Kumbe Wananchi have colonized that place as well. Kweli we are everywhere on this here our planet. The strangest place I ever met a Kenyan was in transit at Zurich Airport. I made the mistake of wearing one of those Kenyan scarfs that The Don (Kipkorir) likes to wear. WHile checking in for the onward flight I see a sharply dressed black guy and a Swiss lady behind the counter doing the checking in chaparing very serious German; chugudu chugudu chuguduu. I assumed the chap is a Swiss born black, he even looks like them. When it came to my turn wacha even before I unleash my passport the guy says "habari ya nyumbani ndugu" in proper Kiswahili. Kumbe he was from kwetu. But he must have lived there at least 20 years to have that complex German speech. Even his English had a German accent to it. Kengine was at JKIA when a pretty young lady was leaving for China with what appeared to her Chinese hubby. I just heard her saying chwi chwi chwi chwi chwi (speaking in Chinese) and I was amazed that Kenyans are truly everywhere.

Thanks boss. I have a cousin somewhere up in the highlands there,and i want to give him a visit,one of this fine days

Wow. They even have yachts and malls and stadiums. Trust bazungu to only show the bad side of a black country.

Beautiful city...

that's the most interesting thing about Niugini...when they do something they do it fairly well. they follow traffic lights, when they recarpet a road - it will be done well. it may take time before it's re-carpeted again but first time inafanywa sawa. when they are developing residential areas sio kuuza tu mashamba... they do proper survey,have road access, water, sewage before building. Kuuza shamba unaweka kwa gazeti for people to bid. They do have lots of land issues because most of the land is communal but once gava gets it - it's done fairly properly. It's a land of contradictions and the unexpected. You cannot just deposit money into your account ovyo ovyo... for large sums utazunguka... very strict. They do have issues with poverty and life is expensive. but unaweza ona an ungroomed, jamaa na sleeve-less, meno red imejaa buai, buai imemwagika kwa kifua, in shorts and slippers queuing behind you in a bank... halafu atoe 80K kina (over 2M) kwa account na aende.

Some of those boats at the yatch club are houses for people. They figured it's cheaper to buy a boat -park it and live in it then sail home when you are done. There is poverty and crime as well. brazen robberies to establishments... cafes e.t.c. possibly because of the inequality but having said that... I never experienced negativity from the citizens my issues were always from Australians... they are racists of the worst type - they don't know they are racists.

Masukuma umeenda sana.
Bet you have been to pagopago..

Whats the food like? those guys have taste for a diff. kind of meat..