This footage was taken over a year ago when traveling to Goroka from Mt Hagen on a PMV (Public Motor Vehicle) on the Highlands Highway. It is missing a few things like people chewing betel nut and spitting, smoking, being stopped to pay road tax (someone else did), and the amazing scenery. I had fun making this video and one scene made me laugh a lot. But overall I hope it gives some insight what it is like traveling for people by road in PNG, if there is a road.
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Posted by Matt @ 4:10 pm
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November 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Thanks, must have been Ayrton Senna behind the wheel.
Having driven the road seeing those washaways brought back memories. We were following a petrol tanker and it went around a corner out of sight. We rounded the corner and although it was a long straight ahead the tanker had gone. It had gone alright, over the edge. The driver survived and ran away. I am sure you will understand that we didnt wait around.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Congratulations, Matt. Pass that on to the other guys as well!