Around PNG in 10 days

I hail from Lae today. If you look on a map, it's a depressingly close to Goroka to warrant two flights and a stop over yet that is what we did. By "we" I mean Michael (the regular IT guy) and I.

We're on a techno-tour of PNG. We'll be stopping in 4 cities, at some for less than a day, analysing the IT infrastructure, implementing some quick wins, preparing a report and jet-setting off to the next.

A name like Lae might mislead you by conjuring images of a idyllic little town flanked by beautiful beaches. Lae-zy. Lae-id back. Nogat! It hot, it's busy and, to be completely honest, kind of a dump. Cars have their windows and windscreens covered with metal grills, which, I can only assume, are to keep projectiles off the glass. Potholes a yard in diameter and probably half in depth welcome you at the outskirts of the city and then again around every corner.