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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:31 PM
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Has anyone ever been to New Guinea?
Either the Indonesian side or Papua New Guinea?

I'm wondering what it's like there, and how safe it is for Americans.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:44 PM
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1. No. Nobody has ever been there.
Looks like you're gonna be the first!

:o
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:56 PM
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2. Boldly going
where no Democrat has gone before!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:02 AM
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3. The simple lesson of Indonesia is
STAY OUT OF INDONESIA!

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_2052.html
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chookie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:06 AM
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4. Papua
Pre 911

But I presume it is safe for Americans now. There are lots of ties to US dating back to WWII -- all favorable -- PNG -s a tropical paradise and haven for zoologists amd naturalists and linguists. PNGs love Americans. You can have a luxury holiday for little cost. Things are a bit disorganized, but if you are not on a schedule, you'll manage.

Worse discomfort you shall experience -- apart from culture shock -- is high humidity and lack of amenities if you eave the main city.

Buon viaggio! (or Nice trippy trippy)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:14 AM
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5. Did you go by yourself or with a group?
And were you looking at anthropology or natural history?

(There are a lot of endemic Kingfishers there, and I'm wondering how safe and enjoyable it is for Americans)
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