NEWCOMER
Time has come to show our newcomers in the scooter collection “Roland Kornhaeusl” – the collection with the most variety on scooters from the 50’s and 60’s in Austria. Some nice scoots were joining the collection like a Maicoletta 250…
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RoKo 007 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Again and in the last moment in the early morning hours RoKo 007 successfully ended a further mission. Just seconds before the deal with the international dealer association under the lead of Yiong Ze Yang (names changed by author) was…
Epiloque
Just something important concerning crocodiles: NEVER POINT WITH YOUR FINGER ON THEM – THEY DONT LIKE IT (from own experience)
The RoKo with the Croco
After long and difficult search and hunt this night we were finally sucessful …. and also something different will be added to our menue – salt water crocodile – look at the catch of the day: around 2,5 metres and 80 kg of proteins…
Foodsupply for the next 6 weeks secured …
Food security for: 6 weeks weight alive: around 50 kg weight slaughtered: around 40 kg of meat and sushi
Brief description about the people in Bougainville (PNG)
… the people here are …. … honest … … and have knownlegde about things which other nationalities are not really sure about.
Approach to Bougainville/Buka
…. and these impressions you will get (suppose it’s not a rainy day) once you are paying us a visit. Very well seen the natural channel which seperates the Buka and the Bougainville Island. Cheers and see you soon, Roland, Amina and MTA
CONTACT OF A SPECIAL KIND
Unexpected and from nowhere, suddenly a group of dolphins appeared. It was a dolphin school – around 50 to 70 animals strong – which escorted us for a while and showed us the way to Christmas Island. Completely surprised, eyes…
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2014
We – the ”family without borders” would like to wish you all Merry Christmas and enjoy the days with your friends and family as well a prosperous New Year 2014 New Blogs will be posted soon – so keep on checking!
BACK (ONLINE) AGAIN
After long time without any information about us we are back with some pics. Reasons for this were that we had major problems with power and internet, I was on a three weeks work trip, lots of work and and…
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
On the weekend we organized a boat trip to an island laying out in the South Pacific. It is called Christmas Island und there no people living on it. It took us around 1 hours of boat drive to get…
BUKA – MARKET
On the market in Buka you can get everything you need – fruits, vegetables, mussels, fish, crabs or even the local fast-food-dish: I just call it „fish-schnitzel” but the people here call it “flourfish”. It’s mostly tuna in dough but…
CHAPATI – TIME
Today MTA wanted to cook for us. She decided to make chapati – our favourite food. And see the result of our little chef!
FURTHER TRIPS AROUND THE PLACE
With our friends Andre, Ute, Andi and his family, Amina and MTA were able to move a little around. They went to Sohano Island and to Bonus beach, a sand beach where children are able to enjoy the sea …….
FEET WASHING CEREMONY
A traditional ceremony was done to us or better to our feet – “The feet washing ceremony” to keep away the bad spirits we might have brought from overseas. Our feet were washed and we got leave necklaces. This was done by…
FIRST ADVENTURE – GOING ACROSS THE PASSAGE
Yesterday we went across the passage – from Buka Island to Bougainville Island (also called “main land”). It’s a quite strong ocean current and sometimes big waves. On the way to Bougainville Island the skipper saw the fear from my Mama and…
MY FIRST DAY IN KAMARAU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
I was looking forward to the first day in school. I got a pink schoolbag, a pink lunch box and a pink water bottle as I told my Mama and my Papa that for girls there is nothing else than pink…
THE FIRST DAYS IN BUKA!
Saturday afternoon – at long last we arrived in Buka – our home for the next two years. Andi S., who is also working for the Diocese of Bougainville, his wife Margaret and their two children, Hapea and Franz picked…
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – PORT MORESBY!
At the arrival we had some misunderstanding concerning the fee to be paid at arrival for entry. The people weren’t sure about the amount – some said that they think nothing should be charged, others were thinking of 500 Kina/Person…
THE JOURNEY!
The day of travelling! The start to a long journey to the far east – to the beginning of the world or to the end – you name it. We said Good-bye to our family, neighbours and friends and then…