Gabagaba

We ventured outside the city for the first time yesterday. A couple of guys that work with Lori are into Kite Surfing and they found a great spot a couple of hours away from Port Moresby, so we tagged along. The place is known by a few different names, depending on who you ask, but my favourite is Gabagaba. Traveling outside of the city involves a fair bit of planning and preparation. We traveled in a convoy of 6 vehicles plus an escort. Most of the drive was on paved roads, but we did have to follow a trail through the jungle for about 30 minutes.

We only got lost once. It was interesting when 6 SUV's had to turn around in the jungle.

Eventually we made it to the beach, where we had a 20 minute drive to the small resort we were visiting.

Once we arrived, it didn't take the guys long to get their kites together and out on the water.

Lori and I did not go kite surfing however, we brought our snorkel gear with us. It was a sandy bottom so there wasn't much to see, except for starfish. We saw hundreds of starfish. It was just nice to use our gear again, it's been a few years since we've used it. After Christmas, we are going to take some refresher training and start diving again. Yesterday reinforced our desire to get underwater.

We were there at low tide, so the beach was huge. It allowed us to get away from the shore so I could take some great pictures of the shoreline.

There was a family of dogs running around so Lori was able to get her doggy fix. Those dogs ate well yesterday.

Here we are, in the middle of nowhere, and we run into a couple from Calgary. They work for another oil company and they go kite surfing all the time. Their kids love it out there.

The weather wasn't great yesterday. We've been here for over 2 months and we hadn't seen a drop of rain until the day we go to the beach. Go figure. It didn't spoil a great day though.

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