More fast facts – PNG

I’m plagiarising again here – but was reading through my Lonely Planet ready for some travel and visitors coming up here. Travvvveellll – hurrah!

This was in the margin of the first few pages:

PNGPopulation: 5.7 million
GDP: US$3.6Billion
GDP Growth: 2.3%
Inflation: 7.5%
Languages spoken: 867
Language spoken per adult: 3
Land border with Indonesia: 820km
Parliamentary political parties: 18
Indigenous counting systems: More than 50
Number of airports: 559

It’s the same Lonely Planet which covers the Solomon Islands. Apparently the CIA phrase for government in the Solomons is: “Parliamentary democracy tending towards anarchy”.

I’m off to Mt. Hagen later this week with work – which I’m looking forward to greatly. Unfortunately John & Della aren’t going to be in town at the time, but should be good. Next-: Kimbe for the New Guinea Islands diocese – covering all those islands off north of mainland PNG. Coming up after that will be Dogura! (bonus points if ANY Aussie knows where that is in PNG).