PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA has so many tribes, cultures and languages. Then there is the natural wonders, from tree kangaroos and cassowaries, the might Sepik River and the Highlands, to superb off shore diving.
And yet it only sees 180,000 tourists a year.
Some Australians are drawn to the Kokoda Track, and some visit on crise ships, but this incredible land does not get nearly the numbers that it should. For a great insight into this country, please read Tim Flannery’s “Throwim Way Leg”, which translates as “Make a journey.”
These photos are pretty ordinary. They are from 1987, and were taken with a cheap and nasty point and shoot instamatic camera, the kind of thing you may have bought at the chemist.