1. A village toilet
I have been trying to post something cultural every now and then. What better way then to start off again with the lik lik haus (toilet). The lik lik haus in villages are pretty much all the same, a pit toilet enclosed by a little hut. But the design can vary so much from appearance and lcoation through out PNG. My favourite are the ones that hang over water. Mind you there are some intersting swimming stories from POC.
2. Close up
This lik lik haus is the one from the village Bang that we spent two nights in during the three day hike. I dont have a strong sense of smell, but man is it bad. You just have to go as quicky as you can. And while squatting you have to try and keep the door closed some how. Plus if you hate spiders you have to mind all the spider webs and spiders in the roof. One thing that you take with you where ever you go in PNG is a bottle of water. An addition to this would be to take some hand sanitiser whenever you go out to a village. Also there is no day pass if your a guy to do a number 1 (using a tree, even though there is plenty). It is culturally appropiate to use the Lik lik huas for all situations. So there is a little culture for you, hopefully will keep these coming.
July 13th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Hi there,
Thankyou so much for the photo of the liklik hause. i am from GKA and have 6 children under 11yrs. i left png 5yrs ago and live in country NSW. Since then have not returned home. we’ll be flying to GKA in November 2009. They have been very excited, and have been asking allot of questions one main one was the liklik haus, which i was able to show them what it was like with the photo you have on your site. Would definately be an advanture and an experience. Thankyou
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