Happy Birfday's -- in Goroka!

This last weekend, I trundled up into the Highlands to Goroka! Even leaving off the weather, Goroka is cool because of lots of things n people (I hereby decree) - and I will be back.

So earlier this week I copped an invite to a triple birthday - sweeping up birthdays from across the year, for 3 AVI's who are in Goroka-: Eden, Jason & Robyn. All on the one Saturday night at Eden/Jason's place. Getting towards last thing on the Friday afternoon, I talked myself into not needing to work this weekend, and grabbed an Airlink flight (my luxury purchase for December) one-way to Goroka early Sat. morn. Managed to get the tix 5 min before the office closed - Noice One.

The day was super-relaxing (needed after this week/month!), and the party (that night) was spe-sh-ial. Must've been at 25 odd come through the place, and a lovely bunch of people they are. Great party, replete with balloons, fairy lights, dancin, bbq, chattin n drinks aplenty. The cake bought by Robyn was a bit of a talking point for interpretation!

Sunday morning I was feeling a little delicate(!), Robyn was walking me to the PMV stop, and out of no-where this freak'in dog who was trotting past had a bite at my leg! Nasty thing - ripped up the pants below the knee and drew blood on both sides of the calf...! Anyhoo's - stinging leg, thumping head - jumped a 4 (or so) hour PMV back to Lae.

Worth another post or two is suuuurely Goroka generally & the Highlands Highway return trip (being Nath's first long PMV ride). But not tonight!

So. Eden (Save the Children, doing IT-ish), Jason (Institute of Med Research- multi-media) & Robyn (Editorial stuff-Melanesian Institute) - - are basically "way cool", over and above the fact that they're AVI'ers as well. Cheers for the weekend in Goroka!!