By Catherine Frerichs, Visiting Professor of Writing
Divine Word University
On my immediate left, I’m standing by a traditional, white, European statue of the Virgin Mary. On my far left are the upper ridges of the Adelberts. Out over the lower ridges of the Adelberts and across the Vitiaz Strait, I can see the peak of Mt. Konigoi, the dormant volcano on Karkar Island, just above a collar of clouds. On my far right lies the Madang Harbour. I recognize islands from the Saturday morning kayaking I do with my friends: Pig, Little Pig, Long, and a finger of Krangket.
I am enjoying this spacious view from Halopa Station, to which six other expatriate friends and I hiked with our guide, Theodore Baworo of Theo’s Guide & Wantok Tours, and Arnold Sapurie, his assistant. Theo, originally from Milne Bay, is a 2010 graduate of Divine Word University’s Tourism Management and Hospitality program. He has devoted himself to developing PNG village tourism programs (http://pngvillagetravel.blogspot.com) of the type we were experiencing, as well as providing free tourism awareness and education to the potential rural tourism destinations as a tourism consultant.
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