Comments on: Reflections from Papua New Guinea: Making ‘friends’ and the desire for ‘white men’

By: Le Kedu

Le Kedu — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:39:09 +0000

I've worked and lived in 25 countries and every country where there is poverty, real poverty/not what the USA calls poverty, the women want out and seeing a white man and his life style are their tickets out.
PNG people as a whole are not racist. The usual question is not your race but where you are from. This is refreshing coming from a country where the promoters of racism are the government and media.
The safety fear broadcasted by the media that PNG is not a safe place is somewhat correct. It depends what part of the country you are in. In the USA you could get killed at a movie theater, elementry school or by a mailman going postal. You just need to know where and where not to go.
PNG is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It compares to Alaska and mountians in Columbia. I would have no problem with calling PNG my home, mostly because of the people and the nature.
God Bless PNG

By: Le Kedu

Le Kedu — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:38:43 +0000

I am a white American man living in PNG and the "American Dream" to these girls is real. I've dated many PNG girls and all would love to be married to a white American. Though our values are somewhat different the girls are loving, caring and make great companions.

By: Ami

Ami — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:35:38 +0000

A politician in the Solomon Islands retecnly announced that poverty breeds corruption'. The latest audit of government finances found that across the board, SBD$433 million (approx. AUD$64 million) was missing' from the government coffers. I think that the politician has the wrong end of the stick. Corruption breeds poverty.

By: Marian

Marian — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:47:36 +0000

Great article. It clearly dipicts what the life is like at the moment in PNG. Well written, keep up the good work