Sunday, 28th September.
Today marks half the journey!
Today is Sunday. Neighbours prepare the meal. They fill small palm leaf baskets with soaked rice.
Coconut is grated using a special chair which is found in every house.
The grated cocunut is washed
and the rice cooked in the resulting liquid.
There are different sized baskets.
The rest of the meal is prepared with beautiful vegetables. Everything will be shared with neighbors and friends.
Monday, 29th September.
I'm now in great shape, well rested. Bad luck - it is overcast and raining most of the time.
I go for a walk and take some pictures.
A talking drum - like those in Africa.
The first day I had picked up a piece of coral in the sea.
Since then, all children in the area competed to cover my steps with coral.
They must have been disappointed when they saw that I had left them behind.
Coral is very fragile and I only have a small back-pack.
Tomorrow I go back to Lae.
Apart from that first meeting, I must say that the villagers were wonderful.
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