[Howlin]

But isn't it beautiful?

[shaggy eel]

,,, from the air, I've never seen such a lush and dark green dense jungle. Maybe that's beauty. However, if you're a whitey working there, you are armed, the doors of your SUV have kevlar lining and the cops don't mind if you ice "rascals" - local armed gangs of criminals who are kept out of compounds by barbed wire and high security measures. It's the back door to the world but if you stay out of card games you come out of the experience with a good bank balance.

[PoisedWoman]

Swell place!

A neighbor of mine had been WW2 pilot, stationed in PNG. He could curl your hair with stories of deadly bugs, snakes, and even treacherous natives not far removed from cannibalism. A well-fed healthy American serviceman, he picked up some bacteria there that infected his gums and caused all of his teeth to fall out at 22. Shaggy, tell your friend for me to use gallons of Listerine, if not stronger stuff.