Teop sunrise

I’m not usually up early enough to catch the sunrise, but fortunately one morning Emily got up early and took these sunrise photos looking towards Teop Island.

Teop market with Mum and Dad

Mum and I walking along the aisle, looking at what’s available:

Some smoked fish:

Mum and I choosing some choko shoots to buy:

Teop market with Emily

The Teop market is our small local market which happens on Thursday and Saturday mornings. Here are some photos of the Teop market from Emily’s perspective…

The overall view of the market area:

Smoked swordfish:

Smoked shark – this is one of my favourites! I always have to buy it if it’s for sale at market.

Buai (betelnut), spring onions, snake beans, long beans and aibika:

Buka market

Buka market is our big town market. It is nowhere near as bit as Kokopo market – just one shelter, although there are areas for certain items, for example, the smoked fish at one end, then as you walk down there is the other cooked food (eg. kaukau, tapiok), then fruit and vegetables and at the other end there is the sort of tourist section where they sell a lot of shell necklaces, baskets and other items.

Lots of things in this picture – you will need to click on it to view it larger if you want to see everything well. Here we have: Aibika (greens), mature coconuts, drinking coconuts, bok choy, cucumbers, tomatoes, Mum’s legs, pawpaw and cooking bananas.

And here is a wider shot of the overall market under the shelter.

A selection of necklaces, earrings and bracelets/armbands:

Market series – Kokopo market

With having visitors in July to take photos, I have some market photos from various markets, so I’m going to post a series of market blog posts.

First up is the Kokopo market (near Rabaul). It is really nice and it’s HUGE! There are different shelters for different categories, eg. Fruit, Vegetables, Crafts.

Now for the photos…

Bananas, greens, coconuts, peanuts and kaukau:

Shelter and food in the aisles – spot Dad and me!

Lovely bright display of small capsicums:

Greens, long beans, spring onions and green beans:

Chopping firewood

It’s been really good having visitors lately (Emily and then my parents in July and August) because it means I have other people who can take photos of me, which I can then put on my blog!

Chopping firewood is something I’ve done quite a lot of times this year, but only now do I have some photos to share with you.

Here I am in action chopping firewood:

We actually took those photos after we’d finished chopping firewood and realised that we hadn’t taken any photos of us doing it, so most of the thicker branches had already been cut and I’m just cutting a fairly thin branch here.

Here is my little backpack of firewood to take back to the village:

And here I am carrying it:

Kokopo pier and volcano

When walking along this pier at Kokopo, you want to make sure you look at where you are putting your feet.

It’s a slightly scary pier to walk along.

But at the end of it, you can get a good view of the Rabaul volcanoes.

The way back to land - doesn't look so scary in this photo.