Montag, 29. November 2010

A Trip to the Market!!!


For those of you wondering, WE ARE ALIVE AND WELL!!!

We have been busy with school, work, visitors, household work and... of course with shopping... :-)

Every other week, a couple of us ladies here get together and go with the car to the big market outside of Wamena. Last week there was only me and another lady, so I took the whole gang with me. Instead of school we went shopping!?!

The kids enjoyed it, even if it looks like some didn't!!!



On the left are the patatos, on the right are the carrots!!! What a difference...



Hot peppers and peperoncinis of every size and color...



For meat we have the choice between big CUSCUS...  (The cuscus is an animal that lives only in the tropical island of Papua and the Northern forest of Australia. The cuscus is a subspecies of possum and it actually is the largest of the world's possum species.)



... and cute, soft, fury, sweet little bunnies...
WE DIDN'T BUY ANY MEAT!!!



These bananas and pineapples came home with us. Both fruits here in Papua are the best we have ever had. Very sweet and tasty!!!



Deborah asked for some sugar cane and we bought one for 30 cents. We cut it up and she is running around sucking the juice and spitting the rest like the papua kids here...



The ladies here are selling the bananas and avocados above them and the cut up vegetables on the floor. They fill bags with mixed, cut vegetables and sell them for 50 cents a piece.



Noemi and Birgit tried to bargain for a typical Papua NET. Not much success!!! White skin and red hair don't help...


Dienstag, 2. November 2010

Daniel in the Kamov KA-32!!!

Wamena is a place that can be reached only by air. There are no roads going out to other cities in Papua. The roads go out of the town for about 50 - 80 km, but then it's over with driving. Because of this, the Wamena airport is very busy. Everything coming in from people to food, fuel, cars, building material and so on, comes by air. We see here so many different types of aircrafts landing and taking off. Daniel especially, loves it. For the last 2 weeks, a Kamov KA-32, run by a korean company, has been flying everyday for a goverment development projetct.



One late afternoon, Simon and Daniel went to the airport as the Kamov was landing. They said hello and asked if they could take a look at the helicopter. No problem!!! The Korean crew was very nice and Simon with Daniel could check the helicopter in and out. Well, you don't get to sit in a Kamov KA-32 everyday, so they took some pictures...




Montag, 1. November 2010

Our puppy, Rex!!!

10 days ago we received a little, all black puppy!!! Since at home we don't have a dog, it is a special treat for our children to have one here for 10 weeks. So here is our REX!!!



He loves to play!!! You can imagine this ball didn't live very long...



The first night he arrived, Deborah welcomed him with much joy even though he was full of lice and parasites... For the next few days (until we could get some spray and give him a bath), I had a lot of laundry to do, especially girls clothes...



He has two very good caretakers... :-)