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[status] It was an interesting day yesterday. The locals here are very generous. We had a canoe pull up to the boat with 35 fresh green coconuts. They insisted we take them as a gift. They would not accept any trade items. Later we had a family give us a stalk of bananas. Same thing, I told them we would be happy to trade some kids clothes for the bananas. They insisted for us to keep the bananas, and there was no trade. We have not been to a village like this in a very very long time. They people are just generous with what they have and don't ask for anything. We are still in mild shock at how nice they are in this village.

The kids here go to school from 6am - 3pm. We've never seen a village do this much school with their kids. It's part of their local culture to educate. They even have a decent library on the island. In addition, their English is excellent. Better than most villages we have visited. Our first impressions of PNG are excellent. I am sure however, this is due in part to us going to the remote areas that are not influenced by the larger islands where we know it can be not as safe.
[weather] 60% cloudy skies, 28C, 1006.5 baro, 10-15kts SE

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