Xmas parties and another POM trip

I don't like going to POM. It's not a pretty city, it's hot and the security issues make it hard not to feel claustrophobic. I will be there for the next few days to assist with the logistics for their move to a new office. One redeeming feature of travel from Goroka is that you don't have to wait for hours at the airport. You can collect your boarding pass and walk back to work and listen out for the plane landing before packing your bags up and meandering over to the gate.

It's Christmas party season. There has been one pretty much every weekend for the past week weeks. There was one with the AusAid gang a couple of weeks back, one at Seraj and Manuel's place last Saturday and a 'Save The Children' one coming up this weekend. It seems Christmas is an even more obnoxious affair in PNG than in the US. "Less tinsel and more bbqs" attitude to Christmas that Australians foster seems to be missing from the legacy of Australian rule.

Next Monday we all leave for Rabaul for a 3 week beach & volcano holiday.