March 15, 2009

Pictures from the weekend

waterfall in the highlands

rainforest ferns in the highlands

flowers at Eric's office

rainforest ferns in the highlands

flowers at Eric's office

The 25 passenger helicopter coming in to pick us up to take us to the lowlands

flowers in the lowlands

butterfly in the lowlands

 March 13, 2009

Last night we hosted an illegal pizza party.  It's not that the party was illegal; it was the ingredients for the pizza. The governor of Papua made it illegal to import pork onto the island because of the fear of importing "swine flu".  Eric's parents flew across the world to visit us, and we turned them into criminals because we asked them to bring us pork products (pepperoni, salami, panchetta, ham) from Bali.  Is conspiracy to import pork then an illegal act, too?  I can hear the "Law and Order" attorneys saying with an air of pity, "I guess desperation makes people do illegal acts like this."  Ahh, it was so worth it to have REAL PIZZA.