BABIES!

Well, I delivered my first Nuiginian into the world yesterday! Woman was a prim and post dates and baby was covered in meconium (spew!) and wasn't breathing, so as well as delivering the baby had to resuscitate it too. Although it was a bit touch and go as couldn't find suction bottles, then there were no suction catheters. Meanwhile little baby is going blue and is not breathing. Then to make matters worse, oh, the oxygen cylinder has run out! Was slightly stressful to say the least! Mother and baby are doing fine today though. I went into see them today and asked if they had thought of a name meanwhile thinking, "call it gary, call it gary, call it gary"! But alas it was some name that i couldn't pronounce and they seemed pleased anyway! I will have a baby named after me some day... i will!

Humidity has also shot through the roof and I am struggling to move at all, to make matters worse I have a six pack of cold SP beer at my feet which I am scared to bring out in case I am pounced upon by alcohol-thirsty "raskols". Will have to wait until I get home :(

Found a new internet cafe which is randomly situated at the back of a car garage, although it is so cheap compared with the international hotel, however just as painfully slow!

I have booked the boat to go to Goodenough Island, I am saying I have booked it but I have told the lady in the shipping office I want a ticket. She just told me to turn up at the wharf at 8am next tuesday for boarding... i'm not holding out much hope! Goodenough is the northern most of the three d'Entrecasteaux islands and is home to Goldie's bird of paradise which i hope i will see! I will be visiting a small missionary hospital in the north called Wateloma. (i would have inserted a link here to a nice pretty picture of where that is, but i would be probably be here until midnight trying to download it!)

My flights back have also been screwed up... it's so annoying. Planes out here are more like buses... sometimes they come, sometimes they don't. So now, my flight to Brisbane from Port Moresby leaves before my flight from here to Port moresby has even left the ground. Yes... i know... so stoopid....that's PNG for you! Have just sent Air Nuigini an unhappy email as now i will probably have to overnight in Port Moresby which i do not exactly relish seeing as all the locals here in Milne Bay dont rate the place very high on the safety front. Oh well, no doubt my flights will change again before then.

Adios... my beer awaits.