It has been only a few days since we’ve been back from PNG, and let us tell you. It is good to be back, to have Internet access, a nice big bed, Privacy, a lounge.

But it is also a bit sad! We definitely loved our time in PNG, even though it was quite confronting.

Port Moresby was probably the weirdest city we’ve flown into so far. Even from the air you could tell that PNG is different. Smoke was rising from numerous huts, we saw more dirt roads then normal roads and you kind of knew that…. it is not too well off.

We got picked up and drove about 30 minutes to the ship, but even a couple minutes from the Airport roads just ended.

Once on the ship and once all the 48 volunteers had arrived we sailed another 26 hours into the Gulf Province. We sailed up some rivers and anchored at a village of about 1000 people.

The village was called Karati and we (that is the Ship) had been there last year, so people knew us, where expecting us and were pretty stoked to see us. They had a massive Welcome, including dressing up in their traditional clothes (leaves) hijacking a boat we used to get on land and heaps of speeches.

Then we set up our Dental and Primary Health Care Clinic on land, while getting ready for eye surgeries on board.
Over the next 2 weeks we did a total of  over 1500 services including 43 eye operations,  469 Immunisations, 359 Dental procedures, 132 spectacles given and 726 Primary health care services

So much happened during our time there. We hope to share a few more stories, and to also get some videos online. Have a look at some of the photos Johannes took while we were there.