Dugout 9
Floating Houses
There are a variety of versions of dugout canoes in Papua New Guinea ranging from the small, paddle-driven ones to the long-hulled versions now propelled by outboard motors. The common feature is of course the single piece wooden hull carved out from a huge tree trunk.
Along the coast of Daru Island in the Gulf of Papua, dugouts also boast of other accessories including single-side outriggers, canopies, and an occasional sail aside from the outboard motor. The trader owners of the boats in the photo install the canopy and convert their dugout into a temporary home while they are in the island waiting for their jungle merchandise to get sold. And when they have sold all their goods, they fold the canopy and head to their real home in a village somewhere deep in the jungles of the mainland.
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The drag of endless mental work in a strange land takes its toll. Fatigue can kill so petty escapades provide hopeful deviations from the brewing madness. An aging DSLR keeps good company to a walk around the neighbourhood, a short drive to a scenic place, or a silent recollection in a quiet nook granting that the host community and the elements of nature would allow one a safe passage to solitude and contemplation. Loneliness quickly turns to joy when something exciting gets captured by the cam’s shutter then set free into the laptop’s screen followed by electric words that rush from the fingers to the keyboard in an effort to describe the moment. Alas, the brain is alive once again!
i like the way you explain things. thank you
Thanks, Alessandro.
Love the different shades of blue … in the picture – just now listen to – a whiter shade of pale … so my day a bit of blue.
Love that song as well, viveka. But it can make you blue as you said. Thanks for the visit.
Great photography!
How can a country of 800 plus languages and 700 plus ethnic groups unite to form a country, impossible but possible for PNG!
Greetings from the other side:
http://damantigui.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/patagonia-photos-enes
Hope you like it
Loved it. Great photos and writing you have in your blog.
A pleasure to have you visit mine. Cheers.
My pleasure!
Wanted you to know how much I enjoy your photography!
Thank you so much for letting me know. You made my day.
I enjoy the insight into the lives of hte villagers
Thanks.
Such wonderful blue tones, Jessie!
Thank you so much, Tricia.
Beautiful picture but such a hard life; ingenious though.
Hardship, just like beauty, can be found everywhere — if we only look more closely. Thanks for the comment, Annie.
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