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| Island time is intrinsic. It doesn't fuss, or hurry, race or worry, it ebbs and flows with the tide and the moon. It is seasonal, it is sensual, it is appropriate, and it is total. Once you arrive in lush Papua New Guinea the mystery of "Now" recedes, enveloped by the promise of tomorrow. The island of New Guinea is the second largest in the world. It was divided by two European powers in 1885. The UK partitioned the south whilst Germany claimed the northern half. Commonwealth ties and proximity saw the transference of the crown's titles to Australia at the dawn of the 20th C. The South Land used the island, including the occupied northern (German) half during the Great War, maintaining suzerainty over the area until 1975 when a fractioned independence was achieved.
A decade of bloody secessionist revolt ensued, finally resolving after the loss of 20,000 lives. Today this temporal paradise is East of Eden and Indonesia, between the South Pacific and Coral Sea. Papua New Guinea is an expansive island, slightly larger than the state of California, boasting a tropical climate and seasonal monsoons. With 5.8 million inhabitants, it is more populated than the Kiwi state of New Zealand but has decidedly less Chinese Gooseberries. A per capita GDP of $2700 dollars make a trip to this tropicality an affordable option on the Oceania travel tour. Expect diversity (850 indigenous idioms), rugged and relatively populated highlands, and a bevy of unexplored, uninhabited regions. Traditional, barefoot, bare-chested, and often uninhibited by the shackles of Genesis garden party guilt, relish the locals, the poetry of laughter, and the song of unadulterated naturalism.
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