w4hammer 2:07 Mon Jul 15
Papua New Guinea
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..anyone been? I had a job offer there when I was a young un and alto I didnt go ive always harboured an idea to visit.
Watched the Ross Kemp programme on it recently ( the one where he gets threatened with a gun in his face ) and then saw this in the news
ttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/papua-new-guinea-massacre-of-30-women-and-children-is-worst-payback-killing-in-countrys-history
If there really is a more soulless, hideous, scary godforsaken place in the world.i'd be very surprised,
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Boycie
1:47 Sat Jul 20
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there's wave of vegan cannibalism sweeping the country I hear
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stewey
8:07 Wed Jul 17
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Papua don’t preach
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Too Much Too Young
7:40 Wed Jul 17
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ChillTheKeel 4:34 Mon Jul 15
I prefer
Fallout - The Morning After
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icwhs
7:29 Wed Jul 17
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PNG like a bad night out in Ilford
Visited 3 days while in Oz
Stayed at the right places
More rapes than Rotherham mind you.
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gph
7:19 Wed Jul 17
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There are different kinds of cannibalism.
If you eat your parents because you think you will obtain their desirable qualities, you are actually honouring them.
Although you're much more likely to get Kuru.
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Nurse Ratched
7:15 Wed Jul 17
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Yes, I think if you're going to be encountering cannibals, it's nice if they're the humble and gentle kind. :-)
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Gary Darkness
5:59 Wed Jul 17
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Spent a month there for work in 2015.
Port Moresby is a hellhole. Much of rest of country is beautiful, but lack of infrastructure/roads.
Huge poverty, corrupt government.
English widely spoken to a good standard. The people who live there are among the most humble and gentle you will meet.
One of the best trips of my life.
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Gavros
2:36 Tue Jul 16
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the places you get sent to working for a mining firm...
...much as i appreciate HK, Singapore and Ny, if you want to see the world, get wth a mining firm.
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Cheezey Bell-End
12:17 Tue Jul 16
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Despite being close to Australia, hardly anyone goes there except for work. When I worked for BHP, a female colleague transferred there to do IT support for a copper mine. She was given a briefing of what to expect - big spiders, taipans etc - and anecdotes intended to warn her of the risks of befriending the locals.
A shame because it could be a good place for a rainforest adventure holiday.
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Gavros
11:53 Mon Jul 15
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Its good if youre into your adventure holidaying and rich.
Certainly not a suncream and copy of Andy McNab novel territory.
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gph
11:06 Mon Jul 15
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Medical cannibalism was still around in Europe in 1910, when a German pharmaceutical company was still selling powdered Egyptian mummy.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/europes-hypocritical-history-of-cannibalism-42642371/
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Crazy In Cremonese
10:43 Mon Jul 15
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According to my Oz relatives, rural parts of PNG are so dangerous that if you are driving in these areas you don't have to stop if you run someone over! You just have to report it at some point in the future.
Mind you they like Rugby League so not all bad..
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gph
10:24 Mon Jul 15
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Our Celtic ancestors included cannibals.
It used to be thought that it was just Julius Caesar's libel, but several archaeological finds have confirmed his reports.
Not enough data to work out how widespread cannibalism was, but it definitely existed.
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ak37
8:18 Mon Jul 15
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Andy Weatherall did a decent remix of it
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medwayhammer1
8:07 Mon Jul 15
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As Cheezy said Rugby LEAGUE is there national sport and infact Great Britain are playing there in Nov. Remember the last time they played there was mental! Sounds an horrendous place if you ask me and wouldnt be on my to do list...although im sure Gavros will pop on soon to say how he has been there and done it etc!
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w4hammer
4:59 Mon Jul 15
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Moncurs Putting Iron 4:24 Mon Jul 15 Re: Papua New Guinea Future sound of London made it sound quite nice.
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Oh goish yes.. proper jack n jills tunenage ...
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ChillTheKeel
4:34 Mon Jul 15
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Moncurs Putting Iron 4:24
Indeed. Especially when driving around the city at 6am, pilled up. Surpassed only by Carl Crag's - At Les
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Cony Tottee
4:28 Mon Jul 15
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All got mad cow disease.
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Moncurs Putting Iron
4:24 Mon Jul 15
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Future sound of London made it sound quite nice.
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w4hammer
4:24 Mon Jul 15
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Also, the number one sport is rugby league, so it can't be all bad. ____
REALLY?!
Fucking hell - even worse than I thought, then!
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