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kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:07 PM

A few years ago I rode a bike with a group, starting at Kavieng and we rode down to ?????. Spent about a week in all. Really beautiful, wish I'd had time for the diving as well though, since it is meant to be excellent.

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:08 PM

an evening stop by a river opening to the ocean

locals were ever so friendly

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:09 PM

discussing route plans

while the girls wait...

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:10 PM

our trusty motor mechanic

a hulking wreck along the coast, apparently still in use...

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:13 PM

On the way down the coast we stopped to visit a woman who feeds eels for tourists. Cathy Hiob, used to be an international air hostess with Air Niugini but decided it would be more fun to look after eels at her village, Laraibina, which is about a 45 minute drive from Kavieng in the New Ireland Province. (actually she told us her mother died, and her tribe was matriarchal, which meant she had to go home to take over! Cathy also operates accommodation for backpackers which mainly caters for the cyclists which frequent New Ireland.
New Ireland Tourism Bureau - Papua New Guinea

AnywAY, we could hand feed her pet eels!

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 07:14 PM

TBC

*3.5 minutes left on the computer battery, and not a plug in sight, sorry. besides off to see Avatar!

kingwilly · 19-12-2009, 08:24 PM

New Ireland Bike Ride,... 19-12-2009 08:57 PM Chairman Mao blondie.

thanks mate, any more constructive criticism ?

Stinky · 19-12-2009, 11:25 PM

Nice Thread Willy, looks good, any more photos?

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 10:39 AM

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 10:41 AM

some more beach pics...

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 10:42 AM

we found a little water hole for a much needed cool break!

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 10:46 AM

some more riding, it was damn hot.

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 11:02 AM

still messing around in that waterhole.

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 11:04 AM

This fella took us fishing one day, i think it was a rest day.

Stunning chain of mountains along the way, new ireland is basically a backbone of mountains...

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 11:08 AM

One could always get a lift with the locals when the going got too hard...

glad I rode all the bladdy way....

We made it to Namatanai,

Stinky · 20-12-2009, 12:04 PM

Looks like a nice trip Willy, do you know if it's changed much over the years?

kingwilly · 20-12-2009, 12:07 PM

I think a King tide innundated much of the island a year or two back, but other than that I doubt very much anything has changed. You'd probably still be able to find that same fellow and the same truck still going.

Stinky · 20-12-2009, 01:02 PM

The fisherman is a lumpy looking fellow, how are the local females? any lookers?

slackula · 20-12-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingwilly

New Ireland Bike Ride,... 19-12-2009 08:57 PM Chairman Mao blondie. thanks mate, any more constructive criticism ?

A red for a photo thread? Too funny..

Propagator · 20-12-2009, 01:37 PM

Looks like the fellow on the left is having a 'Chukka'

hawkeye · 20-12-2009, 07:50 PM

Stoped over for a night in Kaveing once in 1980. At the local hotel we sat and ate crayfish for hours..........memories crayfish and SP, the local beer and a decent one to.
HAWKEYE

patsycat · 20-12-2009, 10:16 PM

Why is it called New Ireland? Nice pics - are you the one dangling off the rope?

Marmite the Dog · 21-12-2009, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by patsycat

Why is it called New Ireland?

It probably reminded Cook (or whoever) of Ireland. I guess it was raining at the time. Also, after renaming most of the world, they were probably struggling to come up with new names for places.

kingwilly · 22-12-2009, 04:47 PM

The first travellers from the ‘old world’ of Europe to see New Ireland were the Dutch, The first European ship ever to sail around, and name, Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America (earlier ships had sailed through the Straits of Magellan to reach the Pacific since Magellan in 1521) was the Dutch sailing vessel Eendracht. Jacob le Maire, with his pilot Willem Schouten then sailed across the Pacific Ocean and on June 24 1616, sighted the Anir/Feni islands and named them St.John's Island, because it was that Saint's day. They continued NW along the coast of New Ireland, thinking, such were the difficulties of determining longitude at the time, they were on the north coast of New Guinea island. They carryied with them New Ireland’s first recorded, and probably reluctant, overseas traveller. He was nicknamed 'Moses' by the crew and had failed to be ransomed by his people for food, following an attack on the ship in which three New Irelanders were captured. He went with the ship to Jakarta where it was impounded and no more is known of 'Moses' fate.

magpie · 15-03-2010, 09:07 AM

Give us the dirt KW. Who fucked who?

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19-12-2009, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	an evening stop by a river opening to the ocean locals were ever so friendly

19-12-2009, 07:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	discussing route plans while the girls wait...

19-12-2009, 07:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	our trusty motor mechanic a hulking wreck along the coast, apparently still in use...

19-12-2009, 07:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	On the way down the coast we stopped to visit a woman who feeds eels for tourists. Cathy Hiob, used to be an international air hostess with Air Niugini but decided it would be more fun to look after eels at her village, Laraibina, which is about a 45 minute drive from Kavieng in the New Ireland Province. (actually she told us her mother died, and her tribe was matriarchal, which meant she had to go home to take over! Cathy also operates accommodation for backpackers which mainly caters for the cyclists which frequent New Ireland. New Ireland Tourism Bureau - Papua New Guinea AnywAY, we could hand feed her pet eels!

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	TBC *3.5 minutes left on the computer battery, and not a plug in sight, sorry. besides off to see Avatar!

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	New Ireland Bike Ride,... 19-12-2009 08:57 PM Chairman Mao blondie. thanks mate, any more constructive criticism ?

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Stinky It wasn't me Last Online: 11-02-2012 10:34 AM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Next door to digit Posts: 8,165	Nice Thread Willy, looks good, any more photos?

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	some more beach pics...

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	we found a little water hole for a much needed cool break!

20-12-2009, 10:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	some more riding, it was damn hot.

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	still messing around in that waterhole.

20-12-2009, 11:04 AM	#14 (permalink)
kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	This fella took us fishing one day, i think it was a rest day. Stunning chain of mountains along the way, new ireland is basically a backbone of mountains...

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	One could always get a lift with the locals when the going got too hard... glad I rode all the bladdy way.... We made it to Namatanai,

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Stinky It wasn't me Last Online: 11-02-2012 10:34 AM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Next door to digit Posts: 8,165	Looks like a nice trip Willy, do you know if it's changed much over the years?

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	I think a King tide innundated much of the island a year or two back, but other than that I doubt very much anything has changed. You'd probably still be able to find that same fellow and the same truck still going.

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Stinky It wasn't me Last Online: 11-02-2012 10:34 AM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Next door to digit Posts: 8,165	The fisherman is a lumpy looking fellow, how are the local females? any lookers?

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Propagator RIP Last Online: 08-09-2010 02:48 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, UK formerly Epsom Surrey. Posts: 3,396	Looks like the fellow on the left is having a 'Chukka'

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hawkeye Newbie Last Online: Today 07:22 AM Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 43	Stoped over for a night in Kaveing once in 1980. At the local hotel we sat and ate crayfish for hours..........memories crayfish and SP, the local beer and a decent one to. HAWKEYE

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patsycat purrfect Last Online: Today 04:07 PM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Geneva Posts: 2,790	Why is it called New Ireland? Nice pics - are you the one dangling off the rope?

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kingwilly Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 04:09 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 45,688	The first travellers from the ‘old world’ of Europe to see New Ireland were the Dutch, The first European ship ever to sail around, and name, Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America (earlier ships had sailed through the Straits of Magellan to reach the Pacific since Magellan in 1521) was the Dutch sailing vessel Eendracht. Jacob le Maire, with his pilot Willem Schouten then sailed across the Pacific Ocean and on June 24 1616, sighted the Anir/Feni islands and named them St.John's Island, because it was that Saint's day. They continued NW along the coast of New Ireland, thinking, such were the difficulties of determining longitude at the time, they were on the north coast of New Guinea island. They carryied with them New Ireland’s first recorded, and probably reluctant, overseas traveller. He was nicknamed 'Moses' by the crew and had failed to be ransomed by his people for food, following an attack on the ship in which three New Irelanders were captured. He went with the ship to Jakarta where it was impounded and no more is known of 'Moses' fate.

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