Bungkai

To welcome me to PNG the beautiful people I live on the compound with hosted a bungkai. A bungkai is basically a pot luck dinner. Bung means meeting and kai means food. So literally bungkai is 'meeting food.' A fabulous word for a potluck dinner because that's what you're doing - coming together (meeting) to eat food! Everyone at the compound came along and brought a dish along - except me, as I was considered a guest at this event :) 

Everyone includes - the Wildeboer family: Ian & Nadia, Jono, Karlyn, Caleb, Ben and Ava; the Steenhof family: Chris & Nicole, Elisabeth and Adele and the Wallis family: Freddie & Alo, Louisa, Francine, Alosiena and baby Nicole. It was a really fun bungkai of chatting and relaxing together - while sweating crazily :) Fans are always on full force here!!

My new 'family' spread out in Ian & Nadia's house

Caleb giving the food a thumbs up!

Louisa, clearly loving her meal

Ben, with his marvellous lego house

The left overs from a delicious meal - rice, traditional PNG greens, roast veges, soup and chicken. Delicious!