A couple weekends ago I had an opportunity to go to Busama, which is a little coastal village about 45 minutes away from Lae by boat. The Kugler family were going (I teach one of their children) and they invited me to come along with Karlyn & Jono Wildeboer. It all happened in a blur! From the time I received the invite to the time I was sitting in Busama it was less than 24 hours :) Quite exciting really!! It was the first time I had been out of Lae in a long time. It was so nice to see another part of PNG and experience a different side of life. It also meant that I was out of phone range for a few days, so that forced relaxation :)
Busama is absolutely beautiful - a testament to the creative God we have! There are endless reminders of His presence in that place - beautiful sunrises and sunsets, crashing waves, sunny days, swaying palm trees, bright corals, stunning flowers and a chorus of jungle bugs. A chance to sit back, soak it all in and reflect on our awesome God and His handiwork was so refreshing for my soul. What a blessing it is to have a God who knows our every need, more intimately than we ourselves do.
There's lots of photos for you to enjoy to give you an impression of my experience. You can almost imagine that you're there with me!
Travelling by banana boat was fun! This boat didn't manage to get us all the way across the bay though - the engine was faulty so we jumped into another boat in the middle of the open water. Thankfully no one fell in, although was quite a bit of wobbling!
Jono loving the ride
Coming past the markets close to the Biwat settlement
All squished in - happy as can be to be off adventuring!
The coolest little sailboat!!!
See you in a few days Lae!
The sea, the clouds and a mountain range. How wonderful are your works, oh Lord!
Karlyn, me and Uncle Guring - our driver, our caregiver and our Papa Graun (owner of the area/land that we were staying on)
The kids came prepared by wearing their bathers - straight out of the boat and onto the beach to dig, swim and play. Pretty good life, hey!
Can you see how the local ladies carry their bags? I'm learning slowly...! If I had hair like the locals it'd be easier as the curls act as grip for the bag handle :)
Can't get much better than this!
Body surfing!!! Yeeee-ha!
This photo was taken by one of my students who had a play with my camera for a while. I love how the photo is in three sections - sand, sea, sky - three things that immediately make me feel that I'm on holidays. There's nothing more soothing than being able to sit and stare at the water!
I love the sky in this photo. It's hard to tell, but the clouds were running in an almost straight line just above the land in the distance. It was wonderful to watch the clouds twist and move across the sky
One of the houses in the village...
...and then we saw a rainbow!! This is definitely one of my favourite photos from my little weekend away
Karlyn chilling in the hammock
The sunset was beautiful. So very hard to capture how stunning it was, but you can get a small glimpse here. Notice the colours reflected in the water?
We saw the moon rise too! It was full moon, which made it extra beautiful
Our PNG feast for dinner - prepared by Uncle Guring and his family, many of the vegetable and fruit sourced from their own garden. It was absolutely delicious and so much more so because I didn't have to cook - and we all know that a day that I don't need to cook is a good one for me :) Ha!!!
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