Geography Now! PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow  5 лет назад +2436

    Over 850 Languages, naturally blonde dark skinned people, volcanoes, masks and legends of dinosaurs. DO NOT Miss this country. Oh and hire Kaleb.

    • @fluttercordfanatic4448
      @fluttercordfanatic4448 5 лет назад +16

      When you you guys doing Scotland

    • @DamnAbhishek
      @DamnAbhishek 5 лет назад +10

      Their Cricket Team Sucks 👍

    • @jadalihassan5365
      @jadalihassan5365 5 лет назад +8

      I love this channel

    • @tannerwilson4843
      @tannerwilson4843 5 лет назад +10

      fluttercord fanatic It’s still the United Kingdom right now. Scotland would have to officially declare independence and have it recognized by the international community first. I could see soon it if Brexit get’s crazy after October 31st (current deadline).

    • @ermisntaskas2414
      @ermisntaskas2414 5 лет назад

      It says this comment was posted 7 hours ago

  • @cthulhuheadjt1372
    @cthulhuheadjt1372 5 лет назад +3809

    I feel so sorry for the A countries. Their vids are soooooooo flat comparing to nowadays vids.

    • @EuropeanMapper
      @EuropeanMapper 5 лет назад +358

      I know I wish their videos were updated.

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +168

      @Cthulhuhead JT The first half of the “B” nations aren’t better either. At least we saw some vlogs of Paul in Bolivia from his original channel Paul Barbato there, it’s a really cool channel as well.

    • @brandon3872
      @brandon3872 5 лет назад +263

      They'll probably update all the videos when they've finished Z.

    • @brendo9672
      @brendo9672 5 лет назад +103

      Australia :(

    • @Tamaraalkhateeb
      @Tamaraalkhateeb 5 лет назад +4

      Haha frrrr

  • @watutman
    @watutman 4 года назад +245

    I lived in PNG from age 0 to 15. During that time I went through four currencies. First the PNG pounds and shillings, then the Australian pounds and shillings, then the Australian dollars and cents, then the PNG Kina and Toea.

    • @chanaii5178
      @chanaii5178 3 года назад +15

      That definitely deserved a mention in this video....a lot of young people in PNG don't know that

    • @debdutta7569
      @debdutta7569 3 года назад

      liar 😂

    • @kellykwaisu201
      @kellykwaisu201 2 года назад +3

      @@debdutta7569 It's so true

  • @ms_scribbles
    @ms_scribbles 4 года назад +746

    And thus, Bougainville voted 98% to leave, with something like an 88% voter turnout. They reeeeeeally wanted independence.

    • @VivaCristoRei9
      @VivaCristoRei9 4 года назад +63

      StormWolf you know how school bullies reflect their abuse by their parents onto other kids? Britain was the abusive parent, Australia was the bully, and New Guinea was the victim.

    • @jordanbutler6276
      @jordanbutler6276 4 года назад +19

      And for anyone else now watching looking for an update. Things are still up in there air a little bit, with questions being asked of whether they’re even ready to be their own country.

    • @m.e.l.saniepic3419
      @m.e.l.saniepic3419 4 года назад +3

      @@jordanbutler6276 However Nato technically recognises them so if you live in one of those countries their independence is legitimate but if not eh... Just don't bring it up and people won't get angry. Not so luckily right now I'm stuck in america but it means that i get to say bouganville is independent without lying or sounding like a idiot.

    • @paulfrancistorres7144
      @paulfrancistorres7144 4 года назад +10

      Apparently, it’s up to the Papua New Guinea government to decide whether Bougainville gets to have independence or not, regardless of the vote

    • @metallica708
      @metallica708 4 года назад +9

      @@paulfrancistorres7144 But if they don't give it to them that would make it abundantly clear that they never intended to do so in which case the referendum was kind of pointless, was it not?

  • @AlbertBoris
    @AlbertBoris 5 лет назад +1230

    One of the most interesting countries ever

    • @chinmaythekingoftheekingdo2686
      @chinmaythekingoftheekingdo2686 5 лет назад +38

      @@sippycupslid5170 it has isolated tribes

    • @gittevandevelde2208
      @gittevandevelde2208 5 лет назад +34

      @@sippycupslid5170 That's necessary sometimes. Because it's an island there aren't a lot of big animals, and the people who live more up north in the mountains therefore don't get enough nutrients of certain kinds otherwise. In that case, cannibalizing your enemies is a good solution.

    • @subswithoutavideo-ne6mr
      @subswithoutavideo-ne6mr 5 лет назад +1

      Nah

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 5 лет назад +8

      @@gittevandevelde2208 Makes a lot more sense when you think about it.

    • @muhammadjamaluddin5976
      @muhammadjamaluddin5976 5 лет назад

      Which one?

  • @marcinkowalski6171
    @marcinkowalski6171 5 лет назад +1113

    I think many people have learned about the world much more from your channel than from school...

    • @Sirinwara
      @Sirinwara 5 лет назад +16

      Judged by your name you must be Polish (Hungarian here).
      I think you and us have a lot on common - in school we learn a lot about European countries, some Asian and African ones and the US & Brazil maybe - but for us Oceania is not part of the curriculum... Based on these videos it should be, every country Barbs and co. have covered seems interesting

    • @floridaboigaming6961
      @floridaboigaming6961 5 лет назад

      6:40

    • @floridaboigaming6961
      @floridaboigaming6961 5 лет назад +1

      6:39

    • @fish-zn4mm
      @fish-zn4mm 4 года назад +8

      Basically everything I know about geography and history comes from books/websites/RUclips videos that I had to search for outside of school

    • @christiansvenjimmiekarlsso1876
      @christiansvenjimmiekarlsso1876 4 года назад +1

      Probably because in the curriculum you cant cover this much without leaving out other vital informations, så atteeee

  • @senorswordfish6019
    @senorswordfish6019 4 года назад +61

    Love from The PH 🇵🇭❤🇵🇬

  • @iz2wezzie
    @iz2wezzie 5 лет назад +360

    Ayo, great video! Papua New Guinean (from Bougainville) here 🙋🏾‍♀️ Lae is pronounced like “Lay”. Sepik is pronounced “See-pic”. The “Bou” is Bougainville is pronounced like “bow”.

    • @aryolejandro
      @aryolejandro 5 лет назад +5

      @The Meek cool. Nice to know you

    • @aryolejandro
      @aryolejandro 5 лет назад +8

      Hi. Nice to know you. I am from Indonesia

    • @abracadabrablah
      @abracadabrablah 5 лет назад +18

      Respect from America ✊🏾

    • @timtam3730
      @timtam3730 5 лет назад +18

      Doesn't matter how you pronounce Bougainville because everyone at school calls it Buka anyway, which always gets on my nerves.

    • @TheGreatOne93
      @TheGreatOne93 5 лет назад +6

      Respect to The AbOriginal People's. From America ✊🏿

  • @laowhy86
    @laowhy86 5 лет назад +847

    Love this channel for making me care about countries I never cared about.

    • @sunspotmill1291
      @sunspotmill1291 5 лет назад +22

      @@villa7230 Apparently you do if you had to respond to his comment.

    • @laowhy86
      @laowhy86 5 лет назад +7

      @William Palmeiras sup dude

    • @autismobinch135
      @autismobinch135 5 лет назад +24

      laowhy86
      Love that your so open about your racism

    • @Alternatives_Universum
      @Alternatives_Universum 5 лет назад +11

      I like your videos. It´s always a relief after hearing too much propaganda from my Chinese friends.

    • @k3tarnin
      @k3tarnin 4 года назад

      Oh, C-Milk's here! Nice!

  • @deanster7216
    @deanster7216 5 лет назад +91

    Damn guys you did your research. Well done! Love from a Papua New Guinean 🇵🇬

    • @waloalwynwayne7798
      @waloalwynwayne7798 3 года назад +4

      I couldnt agree more. Loved the presentation. Very engaging.

    • @yustinushalim1146
      @yustinushalim1146 3 месяца назад

      Good to know that is well researched from a Papua New Guinean. Greetings from Jakarta, Indonesia.

  • @merrymerry2906
    @merrymerry2906 5 лет назад +2878

    *Your Uber is here*
    _Looks outside_
    *Me:* sees an airplane on my lawn

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  5 лет назад +414

      This guy watched the episode

    • @thezombiecreeper
      @thezombiecreeper 5 лет назад +69

      Merry Merry Uber Pilot: That will be 10 dollars. Plus 15 more because it’s a plane.

    • @TylerSolvestri
      @TylerSolvestri 5 лет назад +29

      It's a pretty normal thing that your Uber gets burned by lava

    • @yurichan6557
      @yurichan6557 5 лет назад +4

      *Uber Helicopter*

    • @simpletoast708
      @simpletoast708 5 лет назад +2

      hahhahaha

  • @buro96
    @buro96 5 лет назад +343

    Vety beatiful country 🇵🇬.....respect papua new guinea from Romania🇷🇴

  • @fehhh2972
    @fehhh2972 3 года назад +88

    I love Papua New Guinea from Brazil 🇧🇷🇵🇬

  • @Rakonax
    @Rakonax 5 лет назад +277

    fun fact: there's a small dialect of german spoken somewhere in northern new guinea called "unser deutsch" ("our german")

    • @11karotte
      @11karotte 5 лет назад +8

      what really?! where do you have that information from?
      and do you know why? when were there germans on png?

    • @mikerosoft5745
      @mikerosoft5745 5 лет назад +47

      11karotte The northern half of Papua New Guinea used to be a german Colony named Kaiser-Wilhelmland

    • @11karotte
      @11karotte 5 лет назад +1

      @@mikerosoft5745 oh wow. Thank you!

    • @erikpetrowski8827
      @erikpetrowski8827 5 лет назад +3

      @@11karotte he talks about the north being german at some point in history in the video you know

    • @11karotte
      @11karotte 5 лет назад +5

      @@erikpetrowski8827 well that part was so fast, don't come at me for not remembering every detail^^

  • @LWVH81
    @LWVH81 5 лет назад +561

    I live in Papua New Guinea. It’s a beautiful country! I love it. And your video is a good explanation of it.

    • @yousufrahman8167
      @yousufrahman8167 4 года назад +6

      plz some information of papuya new guniya

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 года назад +18

      Is there dinosaur? I'm just here for dinosaur lol

    • @brog5330
      @brog5330 4 года назад +12

      Isn’t it really dangerous in the mountains

    • @KopunNgalye
      @KopunNgalye 4 года назад +5

      @@brog5330 it is not dangerous

    • @kangaroo4847
      @kangaroo4847 4 года назад +11

      You have internet?

  • @sethvanpelt5707
    @sethvanpelt5707 5 лет назад +327

    American tourists: sees pterodactyl
    American tourists: start taking pictures with it and gasping successively
    Their Papua new Guinea guide: guys calm down it's just our national bird

    • @krisyannuruha5147
      @krisyannuruha5147 3 года назад +7

      Tbh i will start taking pictures if i see ANY national bird.. they usually unique to their region

    • @katahi0749
      @katahi0749 3 года назад +1

      @@krisyannuruha5147 true killing it for unknown reasons Will get U sent U to prison 🤣🤣 like bro respect for this people they sure know how to treat beautiful birds

  • @loveanimals2675
    @loveanimals2675 5 лет назад +160

    When you spoke about Rugby were talking about the wrong sport. PNG are obsessed with Rugby League not Rugby (Rugby Union). From a neighbour down the road 🇦🇺

    • @timtam3730
      @timtam3730 5 лет назад +4

      Jackson Gordon: Nah bro. Every one is obsessed with Avatar the Last airbender

    • @bw8669
      @bw8669 4 года назад +3

      Jackson Gordon ah that’s right, but we also enjoy rugby union, but it splits the nation when it comes down to the Aussies and the Kiwis

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад

      Lol you Right. We are obsessed 😂😂😂😂🤭🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇵🇬✊🏿❤️

    • @purushottamkumar5769
      @purushottamkumar5769 4 года назад

      🇵🇬

    • @rossittanotere6258
      @rossittanotere6258 3 года назад +1

      Yeah I never even heard of Rugby Union,until now

  • @thistletea
    @thistletea 5 лет назад +266

    Man! you didnt mention the Poisonous Bird that lives only in papua newguinea!!!

    • @aytestarose8903
      @aytestarose8903 5 лет назад +14

      Wait what!???!!!! Wtf

    • @johnnycsperu1907
      @johnnycsperu1907 5 лет назад +2

      That would have been a goal

    • @denzmo1139
      @denzmo1139 5 лет назад

      와우 😮

    • @1PA13_DionisiusAbraham
      @1PA13_DionisiusAbraham 5 лет назад

      OMG How Long is it? 🤔🤔

    • @knrr3767
      @knrr3767 5 лет назад

      "I sooo want to go there!"
      ...reads this comment...
      OK maybe I will think about it. (Kind of phobic for birds and that's sounds like a nightmare)

  • @susmitamohapatra9293
    @susmitamohapatra9293 5 лет назад +311

    Love to Papua New Guinea, the most diverse country, from India!
    Our motto is Unity in Diversity, but you take it to a whole new level!

    • @gabrielmakenmuno4165
      @gabrielmakenmuno4165 3 года назад +14

      Thank you incredible India. Much love from PNG.

    • @triagustinwahyuningrum1565
      @triagustinwahyuningrum1565 3 года назад +7

      Wait, this motto isnt from India.

    • @hanffamr
      @hanffamr 3 года назад +5

      Unity in diversity but still can't make peace with Kashmir

    • @埼玉-u6l
      @埼玉-u6l 2 года назад +4

      @@hanffamr Please don't comment without having prior knowledge. India took the Kashmir issue to UN and it was decided that elections would be conducted in Kashmir for knowing which country the people of Kashmir wanted to join India or Pakistan or remain as an independent nation. But there were conditions that India and Pakistan must remove all their army while India was allowed to keep a fixed amount of police force to ensure conduct. But Pakistan never complied to these conditions therefore Kashmir is still an issue. So who's mistake is it ?

    • @LordSmallest
      @LordSmallest 2 года назад +5

      I never knew Indonesia and India have the same motto

  • @AZYugiohVillage
    @AZYugiohVillage 5 лет назад +242

    In 6th grade I had to do a country report and out of my entire 6th grade class I was in the last 10 to be picked. I chose Papua New Guinea from my remaining options and it was a challenge! Happy to see it be represented here! Been waiting a long time! By the way, I got the “A” 😏

    • @jordannyblossom655
      @jordannyblossom655 4 года назад +6

      Good job! 😊

    • @Jusfurkicksandthevikins
      @Jusfurkicksandthevikins 3 года назад +5

      Thats great, proud you did your work

    • @KIZZBATABOL
      @KIZZBATABOL 3 года назад +6

      ❤🇵🇬🇵🇬👍👍❤

    • @Noah73827
      @Noah73827 2 года назад +1

      Congrats

    • @vastcast200thsub9
      @vastcast200thsub9 2 года назад +6

      For as long as I can remember, Papua New Guinea has always been my absolute favorite country. Everything about it just attracts me. 🇵🇬

  • @benj-_-8299
    @benj-_-8299 5 лет назад +266

    Finally I waited the whole day for this

    • @electric_eel
      @electric_eel 5 лет назад +4

      zoro ultimate I’ve waited my whole life for this

  • @travelwithNadeemAries
    @travelwithNadeemAries 4 года назад +80

    *love Papua New Guinea from PAKISTAN* ♥️

  • @holahola29311
    @holahola29311 5 лет назад +137

    Love Papua New Guinea from El Salvador best country 💖❤

    • @Usmansow01
      @Usmansow01 5 лет назад +11

      the country is too greener I love it.

    • @rossittanotere6258
      @rossittanotere6258 3 года назад +3

      Awww. You love my country ? I also love yours you know, since the age of 10.😮😘

    • @jack-buckhilll5428
      @jack-buckhilll5428 3 года назад

      @@rossittanotere6258 Cool! Well said...

    • @williamseneka9959
      @williamseneka9959 3 года назад +1

      Hola! Hi from PNG👌

  • @ชายหาดแห่งนี้
    @ชายหาดแห่งนี้ 3 года назад +184

    🇵🇬Papua New Guinea flag is very creative and very beautiful😍.
    Love from Malaysia

  • @nahidsharmin
    @nahidsharmin 5 лет назад +150

    I’ve always died wanting to go there someday!!! Love PNG from BD 🇧🇩 🇵🇬

    • @DohKyungsooMyLove
      @DohKyungsooMyLove 5 лет назад +10

      Nahid Sharmin how many lives do you have?

    • @sakhawatsajib829
      @sakhawatsajib829 4 года назад

      Seems you r from Noakhali

    • @nahidsharmin
      @nahidsharmin 4 года назад +2

      To ‘die’ for something is a figure of speech, you know. Better brush up our language skills :’)

    • @HNL99439
      @HNL99439 3 года назад +1

      Damn

    • @Jusfurkicksandthevikins
      @Jusfurkicksandthevikins 3 года назад +2

      Happy to read that people want to see our country

  • @pastorcoreyadams
    @pastorcoreyadams 5 лет назад +207

    Lae is pronounced as Lay. At least every person in Papua New Guinea when I was there pronounced it that way.

    • @wetplant1748
      @wetplant1748 5 лет назад

      Lays

    • @jeremiahoakaiva6484
      @jeremiahoakaiva6484 5 лет назад +3

      Correct. Its pronounced "lay"

    • @markwilliam9143
      @markwilliam9143 4 года назад +1

      The origional name is Lahey, from the Lahey brothers, but due to local pronounciation and dialect it is pronounced as Lay (Lae).

    • @bw8669
      @bw8669 4 года назад

      Corey Adams Hahaha, yes it is, I was gonna comment on that. Lol

    • @nelsoniolanakokoa2538
      @nelsoniolanakokoa2538 4 года назад

      Thank you

  • @MrDragon1968
    @MrDragon1968 3 года назад +65

    This bought back a load of memories for me. I backpacked through PNG - for about a month by myself - in 1996. I made the journey up - as I went along - using a Lonely Planet guide and advice I got from locals. I flew to Port Moresby from Cairns and got a flight to Goroka where I stayed at a Christian mission (they put people up and it was also safer at the time) where I made friends with a local guy who took me to visit the Asaro Mudmen you see in the pic at 12:28. He also took me to a local school where I gave a talk to the kids about the UK (which was kind of fascinating for several reasons). After that I got a PMV to Mt.Wilhelm and found a guide - at a local lodge part way down - who took me up to the summit (about half a day's climb - but there's a path): I had to acclimatise first as it's about about 4500 metres. There was a tiny cabin at the top that you could stay in, if you contacted the right people beforehand to get a key. I stayed up there for a couple of days, on my own, wandering around just below the summit and taking pictures. It's above the clouds with a basin below, so the views are stunning- especially if you get up early to watch the sunrise. When the clouds clear you can see right into what was then called Irian Jaya (the Indonesian side of the island). On my way down the mountain I bumped into a load of villagers (dressed up in tribal gear) who'd got together to great PNG's Tourism Minister who'd just arrived in a helicopter! He was on a trip around the country to get local villages to open for tourists. It was total luck, because he took me in (he wanted to me to tell people about PNG when I got home) and I got a couple of days tour of the Highlands with his entourage and even went to a mass Sing-sing gathering. I then stayed in Mount Hagen for a few days at a place called Haus Poroman (which I don't think exists anymore). It was a lodge with these lovely roundhouses you could stay in and had stunning views. The woman who owned it was of mixed Papuan/white heritage and the daughter of one of the first Australians who went into the interior of PNG. She was absolutely fascinating to talk to. I then PMV'd it to a place called Tari and organised a charter flight, with a couple of other travelers I bumped into plus some locals, on a Twin Otter (a stunning flight across the Southern Highlands) to one of the villages where you find the Huli wigmen (pic at 12:26). I stayed a couple of days in their village where they gave a tour of their culture/face painting etc. For the last leg of my trip I flew to Wewak and (with a Norwegian guy I'd met in Tari) traveled to the Sepik where we found a local guide with a motorised long boat/canoe who took us on a several day trip on the Sepik and tributaries. We stopped at villages, during the evening, where they'd give us a place to stay (one night was in a 'spirit house' where they keep their carvings). Some of the villagers had only ever met maybe one or two other white people before (usually a missionary). It was quite an experience. At the end of the Sepik trip we crossed into the vast Chambri Lake which has 'villages'/houses literally built on stilts in the water several miles into the lake - it's almost unworldly and like something out of a sci-fi film. Finally I flew to Madang to fit in a day's dive trip (diving out of Madang is stunning with fantastic coral, sunken WW2 ships and a Japanese Zero fighter). I stayed a couple of nights on a small island in a little thatched bungalow run by locals (it was very cheap) and got the local dive operator to pick me up in the morning from their much more expensive hotel resort. I then flew back to Moresby and got a flight back to Cairns.
    It was an amazing experience. A little hairy at times - you have to be careful in PNG traveling alone (or at least you did then) - but I found the local people very friendly. If you make the effort to talk they'll take you in and go out of their way look after you (part of their culture). It wasn't cheap though. I was backpacking across the Pacific, so tried to keep my costs down to a minimum, but still spent a significant chunk of my budget on the four weeks I was in PNG. But it's something I've never forgotten or regret doing. I still have some of the local mask carvings I bought (I had to ship them back to the UK from Mount Hagen as I couldn't fit them in my rucksack).
    Couple of facts: A/ a lot of those areas you show in red *are* accessible by land transport. They're just not the main roads, but more dirt roads. I traveled on a load of them by PMV or an open back truck. That's how locals get around. However some of these roads you may not want to always travel on for convenience or (at least at the time I was there) could be dangerous. Some places are totally inaccessible by road and you need to get a charter flight in a small aircraft, but overall road accessibility is not like what you're suggesting. B/ The problems in Bougainville (at the time) also had a lot to do with western mining companies in tandem with the Papuan govt: who'd gone into the area and promised the locals to build infrastructure (schools, roads etc) in exchange for mining on their land, but hadn't kept their side of the bargain or just made a complete mess of it. This also massively contributed to the violence. C/ You mention the crazy PNG birds, but no mention of Cassowaries!?

    • @drededninja13
      @drededninja13 3 года назад +2

      I can't imagine, meeting up with a total stranger from Norway in Tari, then teaming up with him to canoe the Sepik River, staying with locals overnight. This is backpacking at its extreme. Thankyou for sharing such an epic account of your trip. I wish one day, this becomes more common. Truly brave. How old were you then?

    • @MrDragon1968
      @MrDragon1968 3 года назад +2

      ​@@drededninja13 Hi Yondo, it's a pleasure. Although I don't think I was brave, I was just a young middle-class Brit, who wanted to experience something outside of the norm of what I'd been used to. I was about 26/27 at the time, which I think had some advantages. Ie you're old enough to have a bit of life experience (and usually more money than younger backpackers - PNG is not a cheap or easy backpacker destination), whilst still young enough to not really have any serious personal responsibilities back home. All said, when I got back to Moresby, before I flew out, I bumped into a fifty-something British engineer (pretty hardened after spending his career working in far flung places) in the local hotel bar. I was proudly telling him of my adventures, and he jokingly said: 'so you just did the touristy bits then'. Apparently he'd just single handedly backpacked right through the middle of Irian Jaya (now called Papua), and across the Star Mountains into PNG. Some of these places were where no one else had ever been, other than the remote indigenous tribes who'd been there for a millennia. It kind of put my story into a slightly different perspective.
      Either way, it was a fantastic experience. I've never regretted it. I encourage people getting off the beaten track when ever traveling and actually learn something about the country they're visiting, instead of listening to prejudices from people who've never been there or only gone to some tourist resort. I was told by a lot of Aussies, beforehand, that I was crazy to back-pack in PNG, and certainly not to do it on my own. All of them said I should stay in some protected holiday resort. I ignored them of course. Backpacking in PNG can be risky and I think women may not want to backpack there on their own - although some do. However, I found that using common sense (ie just keeping an eye out for potential problems and avoiding them) and also making friends with local people very much mitigated that. I was met with a lot of kindness. I'm not sure if it's changed over the last 25 years, but I found that once you make friends with local Papuan's they're really interested and want to talk to you. They also often then see it as their personal duty to look after/protect you because of the particular tribal nature of their society.
      I backpacked throughout the Pacific at that time: I flew to the US and then to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Australia, PNG and finally spent a week in Hong Kong on my way home. The trip took about 4 and a 1/2 months. I loved every minute of it (I also worked as a dive guide/deck hand on a live aboard dive boat in the Coral Sea - lots of stories there), but the month I spent in PNG was something completely different.
      As for meeting different people - it really just kind of happens randomly. I've found that all the time when traveling. Traveling on your own can be lonely sometimes, but it also means you're far more likely to talk to other people and make connections. I made a ton of friends on that entire trip.

    • @drededninja13
      @drededninja13 3 года назад +1

      @@MrDragon1968Magnificent. A compilation of stories like yours is what foreigners need to see. Obviously paired with an improvement of societal issues back home, I believe, could spark unrivalled tourism journeys for young travellers who do wanna get off the beaten track. PNG has so much potential. We'll get there one day. I know it. Thanks again for your story mate. Made my day.

    • @lukeattheocean
      @lukeattheocean 3 года назад +2

      Wow, shouldve write a blog about this

    • @drededninja13
      @drededninja13 3 года назад +1

      @@lukeattheocean agreed!

  • @nancywakefield9615
    @nancywakefield9615 3 года назад +23

    My mother is from the island 🏝 and my father is inland. Both mom and dad don't know each others language. Proud to be 🇵🇬.

  • @salkimutkilangit8927
    @salkimutkilangit8927 5 лет назад +67

    Man I love this. Very accurate description of my homeland and the people. PNG is the foundation country for which all other Pacific countries.

  • @kughant5672
    @kughant5672 5 лет назад +141

    PNG🇵🇬 is the land of the unexpected. Thankyou for your effort and time in informing others about my homeland❤

    • @dizzymisslizzy2885
      @dizzymisslizzy2885 5 лет назад +6

      png file

    • @Jarod-vg9wq
      @Jarod-vg9wq 4 года назад +1

      Have you heard of the dinosaur sightings?

    • @luis-tl8it
      @luis-tl8it 4 года назад +2

      PNG 🇦🇽🇦🇴🇦🇮🇧🇼🇧🇳🇨🇦🇩🇲🇨🇼🇫🇷🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸🇬🇺🇬🇩🇬🇪🇮🇱🇱🇻🇯🇲🇲🇹🇲🇪🇲🇭🇳🇴🇵🇦🇿🇦🇺🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇹🇴🇻🇳

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +4

      We have alot of remainings of past animals. Most land are not discovered yet

    • @mohitdubey3146
      @mohitdubey3146 4 года назад +1

      I have been to PNG🇵🇬 a couple of years ago, and I can say I really enjoyed my stay.

  • @margauxderoubaix
    @margauxderoubaix 5 лет назад +76

    Love to Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 from Belgium 🇧🇪

  • @vlogdemon
    @vlogdemon 5 лет назад +132

    Papua New Guinea’s relatively recent independence is interesting. My grandmother was born in 1946, so she grew up in a time when more women were entering the workplace. Her story is that the first job she got with the South Australian treasury was based on Papua New Guinea. She has many interesting annecdotes as you could imagine, being a young woman working in Port Moresby!

    • @sasolei
      @sasolei 4 года назад +9

      Would love to hear about them!

    • @stanlingham7223
      @stanlingham7223 4 года назад +3

      I would surely love to hear about then...

    • @jacobrawlinson12
      @jacobrawlinson12 3 года назад +1

      Does that mean you're from SA? If so it's interesting to catch south aussies on the web

  • @ashekiislambadhon4626
    @ashekiislambadhon4626 4 года назад +32

    Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
    Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

  • @rickgutierrez6328
    @rickgutierrez6328 5 лет назад +209

    Papua New Guinea is such an amazing and colorful country. Wish i could visit one day. Salutations from the U.S. 🇺🇸 🇵🇬

    • @jopathkorowa8538
      @jopathkorowa8538 4 года назад +5

      Rick Gutierrez you should come visit

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +13

      We are very open people, our land is beautiful, people are forever welcoming and you feel tired of shaking hands ,waving and smiling because it's part of the culture .🇵🇬🇵🇬❤️

    • @gusfringberkman9598
      @gusfringberkman9598 4 года назад

      69 likes...

    • @rickgutierrez6328
      @rickgutierrez6328 4 года назад +1

      @@gusfringberkman9598 Nice 😉

    • @sathanancrundee5117
      @sathanancrundee5117 4 года назад

      @Fortunato 9 stfu

  • @phillipaddison3428
    @phillipaddison3428 5 лет назад +27

    Thank you for this episode. My grandparents were in the Peace Corps in Papua New Guinea in from 1986-1988 when they were in their sixties. I still have some letters from their time there. Again, thanks for bringing back some good memories.

  • @flygirl3544
    @flygirl3544 5 лет назад +97

    On God, I waited 3 years for this and you did not disappoint! ❤

  • @sci8865
    @sci8865 5 лет назад +480

    The flag is creative 🇵🇬

  • @timobrownie6198
    @timobrownie6198 5 лет назад +68

    I loved this! And I love Papua New Guinea, my home for 18 years! Thanks for helping people to learn more about this beautiful country!

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +10

      @Timo Brownie It’s indeed really great to learn more information about one’s own nation. I was up in Wisconsin recently, and met a group from Papua New Guinea and for many of them it was their first visit to the U.S. and had a bit of culture shock but we’re getting were adapting fairly well to everything. Anyways I WhatsApped this video to one of them and they love it and learned a lot too! Will be interesting to see the ‘America’ eps, wonder what new things I’ll learn from that.

  • @lordbaf4435
    @lordbaf4435 3 года назад +16

    Yous are the first content creators to get your research spot on. Respect to your team! Much love from PNG 🇵🇬

  • @mihail-_
    @mihail-_ 5 лет назад +275

    Wow, Papua new Guinea 🇵🇬 has a very big and beautiful culture. Respect from Russia 🇷🇺

    • @Sander38rus
      @Sander38rus 5 лет назад +12

      Seems to me like there is no more exotic place than that country. Must be an amazing experience to witness at least some of their tribes

    • @josuaerick9670
      @josuaerick9670 5 лет назад +10

      Your country is also amazing🇷🇺. Respect from Indonesia🇮🇩

    • @wira7518
      @wira7518 5 лет назад

      @@josuaerick9670 alay banget deh kayak ginian..gak guna kontol

    • @aaronfinall5884
      @aaronfinall5884 5 лет назад +8

      Thx I never new people cared for my country

    • @markwilliam9143
      @markwilliam9143 4 года назад +12

      Wow, Russia? Thanks mate, and do you know that Russia did play a role in colonising a part of PNG? That was back in the late 19th centuary, 1860s somewhere around that time a Russian explorer - Nicholai Maclay, shored at Madang Province (Northen part of New Guinea) and settled with the locals for sometimes then sailed back to Russia. Hes decendants after so many decades finds out about Nicholai Macklays explicit discovery and contact with some indiginous tribe during his voyage and after many research they finaly get the location of the country and contact of the local tribe. Sometime later in mid 2000, all the way across the globe from Russia they flew to now Port Moreby city, then to Madang Province all the way to that exact local village along the coast to see and meet with the people whom their great great grand father once set foot and settled with these local tribe. They were totally surprised that everyone knows about who Nicholai Maclay was and his little history with their trbesmen and women of that era which was passed down oraly to the current generation. I heard that his family had built a monument for him before they left for Russia. Theres also a Nicholai Maclay Street in town named after this great Russian explorer. With respect from Madang, PNG🇵🇬

  • @ThomasTheDankEngine_
    @ThomasTheDankEngine_ 5 лет назад +45

    This will probably be one of my favorite episodes, such a mysterious country

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 5 лет назад +1490

    New Guinea has 0.1% of the world's population, but 15% of the world's languages.

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +61

      True2 ✊🏿🇵🇬❤️

    • @bheemahariharan7142
      @bheemahariharan7142 4 года назад +50

      @@mayreacts8030 I'd like to know more about this country.
      It's soo interesting!!

    • @fredosinsemilla3896
      @fredosinsemilla3896 4 года назад +15

      Cannibalism. What does human meat taste like? I never tried, but I imagine it should be like pork. Eat your ancestors, it naturally is good for environment. Even though toddlers should taste better.

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +44

      @@fredosinsemilla3896 i hope you are eating your grandma right now?? is she in the pot

    • @fredosinsemilla3896
      @fredosinsemilla3896 4 года назад +4

      @@mayreacts8030 She is long dead, but I never ate her. As I said I have never tried human meat, but it could happen if I couldn't find anything else to eat. Through scientific studies I have however learned that the brain should be avoided. I would only go for the muscles.

  • @jasonpade4949
    @jasonpade4949 5 лет назад +32

    My great uncle was an ambassador to Papua New Guinea for awhile. His name was Everett Bierman. He was also an ambassador to Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.

  • @king_blackbirdoutofaus8550
    @king_blackbirdoutofaus8550 5 лет назад +185

    As an Australian if it weren't for the heroic acts of the natives of PnG we wouldn't be whee we are today cheers to you

    • @johnrankin7135
      @johnrankin7135 5 лет назад +8

      I'm pretty sure stone age Melanesians didn't decide any world wars

    • @king_blackbirdoutofaus8550
      @king_blackbirdoutofaus8550 5 лет назад +18

      @@johnrankin7135 wtf Lol?

    • @tommyphillips5850
      @tommyphillips5850 5 лет назад +32

      @@johnrankin7135 They helped relocate injured Australian soldiers in WW2.

    • @johnrankin7135
      @johnrankin7135 5 лет назад +4

      @@tommyphillips5850 did the soldiers not realise they were on the wrong island?

    • @tommyphillips5850
      @tommyphillips5850 5 лет назад +27

      @@johnrankin7135 Am I missing something? New Guinea was invaded by the Japanese during WW2.

  • @eileenodonnell4691
    @eileenodonnell4691 4 года назад +13

    The quality of these videos is brilliantly amazing.

  • @adambergin3957
    @adambergin3957 5 лет назад +138

    WAIT HOLD UP “NEW IRELAND”!!!🤯as an Irish person why wasn’t I aware of this.

    • @Max-ji7fb
      @Max-ji7fb 5 лет назад +11

      Over It well it’s fairly... New

    • @timtam3730
      @timtam3730 5 лет назад +5

      The r in New Island is silent. That's just everyone here at PNG pronounces it.

    • @dopdoit
      @dopdoit 5 лет назад +21

      New Ireland is the emerald of the Bismarck Sea. Truly the most beautiful tropical island paradise province of Papua New Guinea. Irish people should check it out.

    • @Argacyan
      @Argacyan 5 лет назад +6

      Used to be called the Bismarck-Archipelago, "new ireland" was new mecklenburg

    • @lawrencemckenna5093
      @lawrencemckenna5093 4 года назад +2

      My brother in law being Irish said the same thing 🤣

  • @defeatedink0544
    @defeatedink0544 5 лет назад +243

    Can you do a video on North Sentenil Island explained?

    • @kinshutiwari6976
      @kinshutiwari6976 5 лет назад +40

      It would be interesting but there is not much to know. They have no interaction to the outer world whatsoever, their immune system may not be developed to fight modern diseases, Government of India made it illegal to visit and once in a while they kill anyone who tries to. That's it I guess.

    • @ayanverma5746
      @ayanverma5746 5 лет назад +5

      That is in india

    • @djmusicmr
      @djmusicmr 5 лет назад

      Yes! Would love it if you could make a video on rhis barbs

    • @louduck2985
      @louduck2985 5 лет назад

      Yes! That would be so interesting!

    • @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536
      @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536 4 года назад

      Someone notify me when this appears

  • @fuertefarmer5583
    @fuertefarmer5583 3 года назад +75

    As a Papua New Guinean from the highlands region, the tropical dense rainforest is breathtaking. I didn’t travel much around coastal and islands region in my country. Going abroad and seeing other countries geography, of course they are unique but not as natural as Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬. Such a good video liked and subscribed to your channel

    • @icecreambeats101
      @icecreambeats101 3 года назад +4

      The dark skinned black looking people, even though they’re Melanesian are they still considered black?

    • @yogap3149
      @yogap3149 3 года назад +1

      🤡

    • @bentovakuta8554
      @bentovakuta8554 2 года назад +6

      @@icecreambeats101 yes, outside of the country i have had many people assume i am african and many friends view me as black as well. we are the black people of oceania

  • @robertqld
    @robertqld 5 лет назад +83

    Rugby is 'rugby union'
    PNG supports 'rugby league' - a totally different sport

    • @muzikology1018
      @muzikology1018 5 лет назад +2

      Robert Maher not really that different at all

    • @dianileslie4555
      @dianileslie4555 5 лет назад +7

      @@muzikology1018 actually very different

    • @mikeyhau
      @mikeyhau 4 года назад +4

      The two codes split in the UK over the issue of paying players. Rugby league was the professional sport, rugby union was played by amateurs. Because rich people could afford the time for training without needing to be paid, rugby union became the "posh" code, played at private schools (known as "public schools" for some reason), while rugby league was the working class code, played especially in industrial areas. Originally the rules were the same, but they have drifted apart over time and are now quite different games, though they might look the same to an outsider. Rugby union is the big game in New Zealand, while rugby league is played in PNG.

    • @balthazarkomu8232
      @balthazarkomu8232 4 года назад +3

      Rugby union is also played in PNG.

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +3

      You right lol 🇵🇬❤️❤️✊🏿

  • @fishfrogs8231
    @fishfrogs8231 5 лет назад +57

    Papuans you legends! Love from Australia 🇦🇺!

  • @lemmino1846
    @lemmino1846 3 года назад +375

    As as an Irishman I feel I have to make a pilgrimage to “new Ireland”

    • @gideonthegreat6313
      @gideonthegreat6313 3 года назад +11

      You'll love it!

    • @cecilelyons7178
      @cecilelyons7178 3 года назад +13

      The best place to visit, see culture, look at the magnificence of a PNG island is New Ireland and you must go Lemmino. This is where you stay on New Ireland.....NUSA ISLAND RETREAT. See clips of it on RUclips. Perfection, paradise, pristine. I am an Australian who grew up on New Britain Island....also beautiful....but Rabaul was damaged by volcanic eruption in 1994 and volcano continues to erupt on/off. I know New Ireland too. Stayed at Nusa.

    • @libbyhime1702
      @libbyhime1702 3 года назад +23

      I'm from PNG but not from New Ireland province, haven't been there but I can tell you from the stories and images my friends who are from there tell and show me, it is stunningly beautiful! Has some of the clearest beaches and their cultural shows are so cool to watch!

    • @helanesian
      @helanesian 3 года назад +1

      Haha💯

    • @rainier_graeme_nii
      @rainier_graeme_nii 2 года назад +1

      😂😂🙏

  • @erenstar5895
    @erenstar5895 5 лет назад +38

    Papua New Guinea love you. I am from Turkey!¡
    🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

  • @danielluke433
    @danielluke433 5 лет назад +125

    I LOVE PNG! I was able to spend a month there on Lake Murray working with Greenpeace and with three clans. I saw things I could never imagine. Truly the LAST wild place on earth and the people are the loveliest! Watch out for the beetle nut though lol ! Great job on the video!

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +3

      😍😍😍🤭❤️✊🏿🇵🇬❤️🇵🇬. Thank you. Love for Papuan New Guinea.

    • @inspirexperience0705
      @inspirexperience0705 4 года назад +2

      I was looking out for that in the video 😂 They have to edit it to include "buai".

    • @doloreskokoani9153
      @doloreskokoani9153 3 года назад +2

      Buai (Betel Nut ) is the best though.. hahahha!! Love from Papua New Guinea

    • @ericmonda5815
      @ericmonda5815 3 года назад +1

      Thanks mate, hope you've enjoyed your stay.

    • @Apis4
      @Apis4 3 года назад +6

      I'm a rural Aussie from the outback who has never been anywhere near Papua....but I was fortunate enough to spend some time in a University town where I made friends with bunch... a lot of the high ranking politicians, military officers, and even many tribal chiefs have had, in the past, very high levels of formal education... usually in Australia.... so they send their children to Australia too for that reason... so most of the Papuans I met, were children of Ministers, Command Level military officers, or Chiefs.
      Well spoken, well mannered, intelligent, educated, people of a "class' far higher than mine, but welcoming and engaging nevertheless. One of was a son of the Chief of the famous "Mud Men' who are often in all the tourism marketing for the place, which cover themselves in a creamy coloured mud head to toe, and make these huge mud heads they wear, another was the son of a one time Education Minister, this sort of thing.
      Nevertheless, almost all of them loved the Betel Nut. Which meant I soon loved the Betel Nut too.....red lips are cool.... I guess.... the ....how shall I say.....energizing qualities......were too, but to this day, I just do not get the LIME thing... I mean... I thought they meant like, I dont know.. they were going to give it to me with fruit.... not the mineral LOOOOOL.
      Lovely people, fascinating culture, but really weird drugs yo :P

  • @brownjay928
    @brownjay928 4 года назад +12

    I'm from Papua new Guinea ( PNG), at last, i love to see you make this beautiful video for my country. God bless

    • @remyphilly5168
      @remyphilly5168 4 года назад

      The people look black to me. Do they identify as black?

    • @TM686K
      @TM686K 4 года назад

      @@remyphilly5168 They identify as black Melanesians. Most Papuans will get offended if called African, especially since there is genetic, linguistic and even scientific evidence solidifying that the last Papuan to ever set foot in Africa was about 60,000 years ago, the same time European and Asian progenitors left Africa as well.

    • @fatimadampha4127
      @fatimadampha4127 3 года назад

      @memento mori How are we closer to Caucasian? 🙄

  • @megamaniscoolrightguys2749
    @megamaniscoolrightguys2749 5 лет назад +221

    I'm an American, and I think I can speak for most Americans when I say that this country is a complete mystery to us. Awesome video!

    • @utkarshg.bharti9714
      @utkarshg.bharti9714 4 года назад +11

      They have oil. Once Biden wins, get to see it up close to spread freedom and democracy.

    • @keturahiyano1980
      @keturahiyano1980 4 года назад +14

      @@utkarshg.bharti9714 , we have oil, numerous amount of gold deposits, copper, etc . Resource rich country. The government is corrupt.

    • @newtfigton8795
      @newtfigton8795 3 года назад +3

      I’m fascinated by it, I’m American too. I think most of us couldn’t find it on a map sadly.

    • @krisyannuruha5147
      @krisyannuruha5147 3 года назад +9

      My country literally sharing border with papua guinea, but we almost never talk about it

    • @droge192
      @droge192 3 года назад +8

      Any country outside the Lower 48 is a complete mystery to most Americans. You're pretty inward looking, culturally.

  • @amodernanthropologist
    @amodernanthropologist 5 лет назад +34

    Was waiting for this ! Great Job with all the info 🇵🇬💖👌🏾 love from Png

    • @bobbyschannel349
      @bobbyschannel349 2 года назад

      Are you PNG? why do you guys look like us, LOL [ I'm black American] I seen some of your videos, I swear to God
      I thought you were a black American woman.

  • @kaylaxharrison
    @kaylaxharrison 5 лет назад +27

    i'm from there and live there and the way you say the names kills me.

  • @yurichan6557
    @yurichan6557 5 лет назад +455

    Indonesia: _"Am i a joke to you ?"_
    Papua New Guinea: *_Yes, because i don't even know who you are_*

    • @turangga2641
      @turangga2641 5 лет назад +166

      Indonesia and Papua New Guinea is just like a neighbour that never talk each other even though their relation is fine

    • @muhammadjamaluddin5976
      @muhammadjamaluddin5976 5 лет назад +5

      @Deva Rafael true

    • @muhammadjamaluddin5976
      @muhammadjamaluddin5976 5 лет назад +35

      @Master Of Fatality there is no Papuan protestors in Jakarta lol.. They're protests in East Java..

    • @sandirocky729
      @sandirocky729 5 лет назад +7

      @Master Of Fatality everything ok i guest
      Mostly some student on malang east java has Refuse to forgive the government for the discrimination it receives
      But all situation on papua has been controlled

    • @ryanangel2361
      @ryanangel2361 5 лет назад

      Who more smarter in future west side or east side 😂

  • @dennisvairevajnr961
    @dennisvairevajnr961 4 года назад +57

    You're exactly right, GOD - RUGBY League - And TOK pisin unite us...💪💪👏👏... Proud to be a Papua New Guinean

  • @prettythang3038
    @prettythang3038 5 лет назад +10

    Thanks for making this video we appreciate it
    Love from PNG🇵🇬🇵🇬💖

  • @alexlowe1804
    @alexlowe1804 5 лет назад +21

    The photo of the Asaro at 12:32 is a pic from when they visited my work a couple of years back. I met those guys. They were lovely and talented people. I bought a bilum bag from them that I absolutely love and treasure and learned how to make a mud mask!

    • @fluffy9875
      @fluffy9875 3 года назад +1

      That's from the Goroka province, I'm from Morobe but i really love there mud mask lol

  • @rook2635
    @rook2635 4 года назад +45

    Theres a new Ireland?! How did that not come up in school that we have a place named after us

    • @shaniastenis5113
      @shaniastenis5113 4 года назад +5

      Yep we do have a New Ireland here😌

    • @grimreaper649
      @grimreaper649 4 года назад +3

      Just us british being lazy with naming places. I mean New Zealand once had 3 provinces which were called new munster, new ulster and new leinster.

    • @aidenbooksmith2351
      @aidenbooksmith2351 4 года назад +2

      @@grimreaper649 the brits named a HUGE part of Australia after South Wales. not even Wales itself. Nope, just south wales.
      It's really lazy

    • @grimreaper649
      @grimreaper649 4 года назад +2

      @@aidenbooksmith2351 we either called places after tribal names, names others gave to it or named it after something in the UK.

    • @nagorahnieturkovic1359
      @nagorahnieturkovic1359 4 года назад +4

      Yep there is.. fun fact.
      It's named New Ireland and New Britain because the explorer saw the geographical features and the way both islands are situated almost similar to Ireland and Britain...hence, the name NEW Ireland and NEW Britain

  • @itme8266
    @itme8266 5 лет назад +85

    With my grandmas (Bubu or Sasim's) family being from Papua New Guinea I can't say thank you enough for this video on my grandmas homeland. I hope this video can reach more people around the world and I hope they can learn even something they never knew about our beautiful homeland.
    Much love and god bless from a girl with Manus roots xx 🇵🇬❤

  • @hyunjinki1995
    @hyunjinki1995 5 лет назад +37

    And sago is very common also in South East Asian snack and desserts specially in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia
    Tapioca pearl is also a type of sago too
    Thought tapioca starch is from Taiwan

    • @bebekdragon7604
      @bebekdragon7604 5 лет назад

      But tapioca is from cassava not sago tree

    • @poulomi__hari
      @poulomi__hari 5 лет назад

      Also in India. Its called Sabu Dana here.

    • @DENISMURRELL
      @DENISMURRELL 5 лет назад +1

      Sago is only an important food in areas of PNG where it grows such as in the Gulf and Western provinces. Sweet potato [kaukau] is probably the most important food, and these days, rice.

    • @zephdo2971
      @zephdo2971 5 лет назад

      SAGO on context is THE BOBA PEARL

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 5 лет назад +93

    I find it funny how new britain and ireland are part of the bismarck archipelago:P

    • @BeWe1510
      @BeWe1510 5 лет назад +29

      Sizano Green
      Espacially because the islands where called New Pommerania and New Mecklenburg during the german rule. So the British renamed some things and than ran out of ideas or something xD

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 5 лет назад +10

      @@BeWe1510 gotta leave stange geographical stuff up to the brits. Especially conflict inducing straight lines.

    • @DENISMURRELL
      @DENISMURRELL 5 лет назад +1

      @@sizanogreen9900 Not only the Brits. All colonial powers did that.

    • @DENISMURRELL
      @DENISMURRELL 5 лет назад +2

      Well, England is part of the USA--New England, New York, and Holland is part of the South Pacific-- New Zealand. Nothing special. What about New Caledonia? Caledonia is the archaic word for Scotland.

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 5 лет назад +1

      @@DENISMURRELL yeah... true

  • @noahkoralyo5539
    @noahkoralyo5539 3 года назад +7

    Love the way you you said Enga/Endahkali. I'm from the Enga tribe in Papua New Guinea and for a foreigner you pronounced it pretty well. You have my respect.

  • @rexandersen852
    @rexandersen852 4 года назад +42

    Thank you for this video. I never thaught about PNG but now I want to go there at least once in my life. It seems to be very authentic and exotic - at least for someone from Croatia or Europe in general like me. When I think of all the other countries this one seems to be least discovered, least explained and least westernized/globalized which makes it fantastic opportunity to get a glimps how the world once was in sence of diversity. Thank you once again and keep up the good work.

    • @melanesianstory-time7205
      @melanesianstory-time7205 3 года назад +1

      You're most welcome to come to PNG. There are many tour guides around every province as people realize the importance of tourism. You'll enjoy our diverse cultures.

  • @anirudhkumar4507
    @anirudhkumar4507 5 лет назад +55

    Tok pisin sounds a bit like the Jamaican Or Belizian English Creoles.

    • @6ix_paths473
      @6ix_paths473 5 лет назад +1

      That's what i thought. i'm Jamaican can hear some familiar words.

    • @kaydenpat
      @kaydenpat 5 лет назад

      Anirudh Kumar Yes, as someone of Jamaican descent, I could understand it even without the subtitles. Neat.

  • @nesiannnblue2197
    @nesiannnblue2197 5 лет назад +25

    Yayyy!! You finally did my home country! Much love to the Geography Now team

  • @arisolight
    @arisolight 5 лет назад +96

    Love my neighbours! I hope I can visit PNG one day. Love from Australia! 🇦🇺❤🇵🇬

    • @ntube5
      @ntube5 5 лет назад +6

      And I would like to go Australia

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +2

      @Ariso Light A lot of Australians don’t know it but Papua New Guinea is the closest nation in to Australia. Like lots of people in Sydney think New Zealand is the closest.

    • @arisolight
      @arisolight 5 лет назад +4

      @@aymarafan7669 yeah because most Australians don't live close to Papua New Guinea.

    • @rosepeke143
      @rosepeke143 5 лет назад +4

      @Ariso Light my parents are from PNG and we live in Australia we sometimes visit there. If you gonna go there Port Morsby is hot place in summer.

    • @skiz817
      @skiz817 2 года назад +1

      Not too far

  • @andrewosier614
    @andrewosier614 5 лет назад +109

    I'm an Aussie, always had a lot of love for PNG.

    • @maxypriest3130
      @maxypriest3130 4 года назад +14

      We Love Aussie too🇵🇬🇦🇺

    • @syafribansa2726
      @syafribansa2726 4 года назад +3

      Why Papua New Guinea ruled by white man..??
      Why aborigin tribe dont have any power in australia..
      Why Why???

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +8

      I don't know why but we love Aussie too❤️🇵🇬

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад

      @toxic prince LoL true😂😂🇵🇬.

    • @kevinnguyen3087
      @kevinnguyen3087 4 года назад +1

      OI

  • @zahariburgess3660
    @zahariburgess3660 4 года назад +13

    we might be moving to Papua new guinea next year so I am watching this

  • @terry7987
    @terry7987 5 лет назад +459

    Video:Papua new Guinea
    Viewers:indonesian
    Memers:I love decromacy

    • @Dadendrangg
      @Dadendrangg 5 лет назад +32

      Deva Rafael trivago

    • @yaz8336
      @yaz8336 5 лет назад +14

      Not all viewers are indonesian
      Im filipino

    • @saisonofgod2366
      @saisonofgod2366 5 лет назад +1

      @Deva Rafael Trivago!

    • @muhammadjamaluddin5976
      @muhammadjamaluddin5976 5 лет назад +1

      Say No to democracy..
      Khilafah Will Return to Take The Control Over The World!

    • @moka8267
      @moka8267 5 лет назад

      I prefer the tetrachromacy

  • @Johkey3
    @Johkey3 5 лет назад +62

    Papua New Guinea likes Rugby League by the way. Rugby Union is the more popular version of rugby worldwide.

    • @psychic_beth
      @psychic_beth 5 лет назад +5

      and they love League so much that they watch Storm games just because Justin Olam (who is one of the few PNG players playing in the top tier comp) plays in them

    • @ablair37
      @ablair37 5 лет назад +2

      or unles your from the north of england where league is more popular then union

    • @CallanKilderry
      @CallanKilderry 5 лет назад

      alistair blair Australia, that's about it I think

    • @matheuroux5134
      @matheuroux5134 5 лет назад +1

      And Sevens, PNG is decent in Sevens

    • @callumscott953
      @callumscott953 5 лет назад +1

      Its a small mistake that anyone who isn't familiar with Rugby league and union and its terminology and history would make, it is understandable, even though it is a mistake.

  • @nasrul3818
    @nasrul3818 4 года назад +47

    I can watch this all day. So interesting. I can't get bored. Love from Indonesia❤️

  • @alissonrosette1454
    @alissonrosette1454 5 лет назад +133

    I love your videos.
    Actually I learned English by listening to your videos

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +2

      @Alisson Rossette, Woah that is really cool, he like taught two subjects without realizing. What is your national background if you don’t mind me askin’?

    • @fduranthesee
      @fduranthesee 5 лет назад +2

      Lovely.

    • @nicolasmartinez8211
      @nicolasmartinez8211 5 лет назад +2

      same here

    • @alissonrosette1454
      @alissonrosette1454 5 лет назад +5

      @@aymarafan7669 I was born and raised in Colombia. I loved his accent (subtitles helped a lot) and I decided to study for becoming an English teacher.

    • @kassandracox7047
      @kassandracox7047 5 лет назад +2

      @@alissonrosette1454 I'm an English teacher in China, and I use these videos to teach English to my older students! I have to slow them way down though.

  • @CodPlayerNo77
    @CodPlayerNo77 5 лет назад +142

    As a German "Mumu" is one of my favorite dishes!

    • @mayreacts8030
      @mayreacts8030 4 года назад +4

      Awee🇵🇬✊🏿

    • @watutman
      @watutman 4 года назад +9

      Mumu is not a dish, but a method of cooking, by using a basin in the earth, heating rocks on a fire, covering it all in banana leaves and steam cooking the food.

    • @CodPlayerNo77
      @CodPlayerNo77 4 года назад +1

      @@watutman Obviously you didn't get the joke, but that's okay.

    • @watutman
      @watutman 4 года назад +4

      @@CodPlayerNo77 Since the joke is not obvious

    • @ireneginigin9084
      @ireneginigin9084 4 года назад +1

      oh yes. that's what tolai people do mumu

  • @venessam4907
    @venessam4907 4 года назад +236

    Who else from png laughed when he prounced the province 😂😂

  • @poulomi__hari
    @poulomi__hari 5 лет назад +40

    This is even funnier than the video you made about India. For all I know, this is one heck of a place. I really want to visit this place now!!!
    Papua New Guinea..wait for me!
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

  • @PolarKantele
    @PolarKantele 5 лет назад +65

    Ah, so there are a UK 2.0 and Ireland 2.0

    • @billyroy7812
      @billyroy7812 5 лет назад +2

      Which are as opposite to Britain and Ireland as they could possible be

    • @BluePuffyy
      @BluePuffyy 5 лет назад +5

      Nah they UK 3.0 and Ireland 3.0. America and Australia are 2.0

    • @Shimin2
      @Shimin2 5 лет назад +1

      Please consider altering your nickname as it shows lack of taste in its current form.

  • @Gabrieldones
    @Gabrieldones 3 года назад +10

    "Mi no Save" in Portuguese would be "Eu não sei". "Sei" is a conjugation, in the first person( I ), from the verb "Saber". Quite similar

    • @deanster7216
      @deanster7216 3 года назад +1

      Yes thats true. tok pisin is a creole based language therefore much of the language is made up of Portuguese, spanish, english etc. including local dialects. It became very useful since it helped missionaries and local police to communicate with different tribes across the country.

  • @liamsoyuz9691
    @liamsoyuz9691 5 лет назад +21

    I know something in pidgin - "me lukim yu behayn taym" means "see you later"

    • @hayleyauro1439
      @hayleyauro1439 5 лет назад +10

      It's actually, "Bai mi lukim yu long bihain taim." Or you could just say "lukim yu bihain."
      But most people nowadays just say "kets sampla taim" or just "kets".

    • @justabloke007
      @justabloke007 2 года назад

      @@hayleyauro1439 Liam is partly correct though. As a PNGean you'll still understand what he's saying no need for a tok pisin lesson 😂

  • @godman75
    @godman75 5 лет назад +50

    Congratulations to Papua New Guinea for qualifying for the T20 Cricket World Cup 2020 !! Can't wait to see them play on the big stage :D

  • @koffeemei9852
    @koffeemei9852 2 года назад +4

    This is so amazing!!! Thank you for a well detail and articulated video of my beloved country - Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬🥳

  • @NotJaydenix
    @NotJaydenix 5 лет назад +80

    here's a shower thought: if the guinea pig didn't exist, everyone would pronounce the word "guinea" in countries like papua new guinea, guinea, guinea-bissau and equatorial guinea incorrectly, pronunciations like gweenia and gienaya would probably be common mispronunciations
    and yes i have waited months to comment this

    • @natenjohnson
      @natenjohnson 5 лет назад +2

      Probably something like "gwai nee yuh"

    • @fadlmustafa5302
      @fadlmustafa5302 5 лет назад +1

      I'm gonna be honest, once upon a time I actually pronounced "New Guinea" as "New Jinya/Jenya"

    • @bw8669
      @bw8669 4 года назад

      JKAR03 hahaha love this

    • @restaurasur
      @restaurasur 4 года назад

      @@fadlmustafa5302 😂😂😂😂😂😂 dude, there's literally three other countries in the world with the same word in their names! 😂😂😂😂

  • @righteousviking
    @righteousviking 5 лет назад +235

    "Mine!" "No mine!" "It's mine!" "No it's mine!" "Can be independent?" "No you're mine." Hahahahaha

  • @cheslykobua1114
    @cheslykobua1114 5 лет назад +11

    Love it! You guys did a great job of reviewing my country 🇵🇬. For that you got a 👍, share and a 1+subscriber.

  • @theheadbangguy5985
    @theheadbangguy5985 5 лет назад +18

    This is hands down the most interesting episode so far.

  • @vincent2961
    @vincent2961 5 лет назад +37

    *Bird of paradise* ! 🇵🇬 (my favorite)

  • @jessicacarolyn5906
    @jessicacarolyn5906 5 лет назад +10

    My dad and brother a from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

  • @miguellopes7627
    @miguellopes7627 5 лет назад +16

    I was stalking geography now's facebook page waiting for this episode

  • @manohar9855
    @manohar9855 5 лет назад +17

    the infographics on this video is crazy... well done:)

  • @Anggah-cn6kp
    @Anggah-cn6kp 5 лет назад +11

    Damn! I was waiting for 2 years for this episode!

  • @lynn-chan6937
    @lynn-chan6937 5 лет назад +104

    Came for shirtless Keith, stayed for education

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +2

      @Priscilla Jimenez Someoen at Studio probably advised them not to do it, because RUclips would make an excuse to demonize their channel.

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +3

      @Priscilla Jimenez That’s just my theory, but RUclips bots just don’t care about context of anything, they remove videos for seemingly being “too violent” when they are not, but then proceed to have monetized videos up, of woman pranking miss-carriages and countless plane crash video compilations.

    • @marmot1434
      @marmot1434 5 лет назад

      Priscilla Jimenez oof

    • @aymarafan7669
      @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад

      @Priscilla Jimenez Yeah RUclips is like Hitler and Jospeh Stalin reincarnated, since they are both authoritarian dictators (I just did the H-word now my comments is probably gonna disappear. Hopefully Barbs will make video addressing the absence of the “shirtless” scene and will talk about and lean other RUclipsrs in a revolution to stand up for their rights and protect their freedom to show muscles, nothin’ can stop it once it starts may the revolution begin!!

  • @adrianatgaming8640
    @adrianatgaming8640 5 лет назад +11

    that lake looks so much like a fractal. i've never seen anything like it before.

  • @IsAcRafT
    @IsAcRafT 5 лет назад +26

    Woot, Bougainville is now independent (just need some paperwork and a transition time to be a fully fleshed sovereign nation).

    • @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
      @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 4 года назад +1

      Will it become a separate country?

    • @jack-buckhilll5428
      @jack-buckhilll5428 3 года назад

      @@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 It wont happen, that's for sure! watch...

    • @Alopnaw1
      @Alopnaw1 3 года назад

      It's 2021 now. Still hasn't happened. I'll check in after another year. Lol

  • @aymarafan7669
    @aymarafan7669 5 лет назад +25

    Son of a farther from West Papua but he thinks Papua New Guinea is very intriguing for sure! We are Dutch-Indonesian American and proud! 🇮🇩🇳🇱🇺🇸❤️🇵🇬

  • @lutherlivaiwii3863
    @lutherlivaiwii3863 5 лет назад +17

    Wow! Very fascinating! Very big credits to you guys.. As always i love my country non other than Papau New Guinea in the world.

  • @scottishmapping2750
    @scottishmapping2750 3 года назад +22

    Love Papua new guinea from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇵🇬

  • @benjaminmclaren8782
    @benjaminmclaren8782 5 лет назад +17

    Yay, another country joins the Oceania playlist. Australia won't be lonely for much longer.