Papua+New+Guinea

= Papua New Guinea =

Getting an airline ticket to Papua New Guinea is expensive because not many planes go directly to there, so you have many stops before you actually do get there. The price ranges are all around the same range. These are the cities that you can depart from to get to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea:

-New York, New York.
 * Cathay Pacific 841 airlines.
 * Costs $3,356.
 * Total of 23 hours and 40 minutes on an airplane.
 * 11,207 miles to get there.

-San Francisco, California.
 * Air New Zealand airlines.
 * Costs $3,407.
 * Total of 20 hours and 25 minutes on an airplane.
 * 9,577 miles to get there.

-Chicago, Illinois.
 * United Airlines.
 * Costs $3,610.
 * Total of 25 hours and 35 minutes on an airplane.
 * 10,200 miles to get there.

When traveling here, it is a very warm place, so you might want to pack shorts, sandles, t-shirts, and some sun screen!

Papua New Guinea has some very interesting foods, that you just have to try. One is called Papua soup. The main ingredients are snake,onion, salt, chili and pepper. The people here, love their meat. So, if you're a vegitarian, try the salad that includes: radishes, green lettuce, tomatoes and carrots. Papua New Guinea has many other types of dishes, so when you come here, be sure to come out of your comfort zone and try something new.

**Attractions:**

If you want to see some historical sighting, go to Central, oro and Milne Bay provinces - The eastern provinces of Central, Oro and Milne Bay have it all – dazzling reefs, an arsenal of WWII historic sites, jungle-clad mountains and, most endearingly, good-spirited and genuinely hospitable people. Those who love the outdoors will find plenty of it here and ample opportunity to scramble over, fall down on, dive into, and swim through it. Need something fun to do? Go diving!

But even if you don't climb the hill, you simply must go snorkelling or diving around the rotting piers of the Samarai Island Wharf, which has become a world-famous muck-diving site. The marine life is incredible and as you drift carefully between the piers you'll be surrounded by schools of brightly coloured fish. Below them, pipefish and various odd nudibranchs can be seen. Be sure to bring a snorkle and mask!

At Kaibola village, at the northern tip of Kiriwina, you can swim and snorkel at the picture-postcard beach, though much coral has died recently. About 1½ hours' walk from Kaibola is Kalopa Cave, near Matawa village. If you're the adventure type, this is a must visit place when coming to Papua New Guinea. There are several deep limestone caves housing burial antiquities and skeletal remains. Stories are told of Dokanikani, a giant whose bones are said to be buried with those of his victims in one of the caves.

= = The Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery is the “spiritual house” for the rich natural, cultural and contemporary heritage of this country. The museum is owned by the people of Papua New Guinea and to date has well over 30,000 anthropological collections, more than 25,000 archaeological collections, more than 18,000 natural science collections, more than 20,000 war relics and more than 7000 contemporary art collections. It is hard to single out the most impressive kind of landmarks in this land of wonders - but it is possible that this country has got the most impressive caves in the world. Papua New Guinea also has some of the largest sinkholes of the world, very impressive gorges, canyons and cliff walls, as well as possibly the most powerful in the world. Papua New Guinea contains diverse volcanos, several geyser fields, hotsprings and other exciting landmarks related to volcanism .

= Money: = The Kina is the national currency of Papua New Guinea. The coins in circulation are in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 20 and 50 Toea as well as 1 Kina. Banknotes that are in circulation include the 2 Kina, 5 Kina, 10 Kina, 20 Kina, and 50 Kina notes. As of March 6, 2012, one Kina was worth 0.4878 U.S. dollars.

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