This bridge was partly washed away, but people still walked
across it to ‘seven kona’ (seven corners). It was a long way to town (for me!)
but people walked it everyday to work, even in the regular deluges. Amazing to see (in the pic above) where the 2 rivers met, one quite clear until it meets the one full of sludge and silt from the mine. Amazingly, helicopters used to fly under this bridge, but the silt has
accumulated to such an extent that the river is only a few metres below the
bridge.
with no cars able to get across, people carried any materials needed for building across. ouch.
betel tabu long tabubil - you weren't allowed to chew betel nut in tabubil town (a sackable offence!) but there were still colourful splats here and there. I should have tried some.
some things were larger than life: these tyres were higher than 2 people standing on each others' shoulders.
We all wished we could swim with these gorgeous boys, but a preggy white lady was interesting enough without taking her clothes off!
This bridge was partly washed away, but people still walked
across it to ‘seven kona’ (seven corners). It was a long way to town (for me!)
but people walked it everyday to work, even in the regular deluges. Amazing to see (in the pic above) where the 2 rivers met, one quite clear until it meets the one full of sludge and silt from the mine. Amazingly, helicopters used to fly under this bridge, but the silt has
accumulated to such an extent that the river is only a few metres below the
bridge. 
with no cars able to get across, people carried any materials needed for building across. ouch. 
betel tabu long tabubil - you weren't allowed to chew betel nut in tabubil town (a sackable offence!) but there were still colourful splats here and there. I should have tried some. 
some things were larger than life: these tyres were higher than 2 people standing on each others' shoulders.
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