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Border Crossing: Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands

By Thomas Sindberg on November 23, 2014

So, you wanna cross the border between Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands, but are not planning on flying or using your own yacht? Its quite possible to do this using local boats, now that the situation in Bougainville has become much more calm. It also seems that the immigration laws in the Solomons have …

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Day 78 – The Panguna Mine and the Liberation of Bougainville

By Thomas Sindberg on November 18, 2014

Apart from the rats haunting the Barike Lodge in Rabaul, my stay there was great and gave me a welcome opportunity to explore the lost city of Rabaul. I spent a full day at the vulcano that took out most of Rabaul in 1994; Mt Tavuvur, and on the ruins of the old city. I …

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Day 67 – Paradise and the Search for Lost Soldiers

By Thomas Sindberg on November 6, 2014

Early in the morning on the 19th of september 1994, where people in the picturesque city of Rabaul, were still fast asleep, a rumble as deep and loud as thunder could be heard. This was no thunderstorm though, and within minutes it was clear to even the most sceptical, that Mt. Tavurvur, the dormant vulcano …

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