I took my GoPro to Papua New Guinea

Getting flexible for Simpson Harbour sunset shot. Photo courtesy of Jake Warga

Production notes

• All footage shot with a GoPro HD Hero 2.
• Audio recorded with a Zoom H2.
• Music performed by the Karawari Bamboo Band, May 10, 2012, at Karawari Lodge.
• I was hosted on this trip by the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority. Many thanks.

Video annotations

• 0:07 – Sunset view over the jungle from the deck at Karawari Lodge
• 0:38 – Walking out to the beach at Kokopo Beach Bungalow Resort
• 1:00 – Approaching the summit and crater of the volcano Tavurvur, in Rabaul
• 1:20 – Setting up for some snorkeling at Little Pigeon Island, off the coast of Kokopo
• 1:39 – The Honeycombs — rock formations in Simpson Harbour, Rabaul — at sunset
• 1:50 – Fire dance performed by the Baining tribe in the village of Kainagunan, an hour inland from Kokopo
• 2:15 – Paddling up the Dawadawa River (which feeds into Milne Bay) with my local guide, Salina
• 2:43 – A coconut-opening demonstration by Gilbert, our hiking guide at Tawali Resort
• 3:05 – Kids whose game of marbles we interrupted in one of the Hihiyaola villages just upshore from Tawali
• 3:21 – SCUBA / snorkel session over the house reef at Tawali
• 3:51 – Checking out the waterfall swimming hole near a skull cave in the Hihiyaola area
• 4:09 – Boat transport from Alotau across Milne Bay to the village of Wagawaga and Ulumani Treetops Rainforest Resort
• 4:23 – Evening beers on the deck at Tawali Resort, lightning in the distance
• 4:35 – Wrapping up a sweet track from the Karawari Bamboo Band

[For more content from this trip, check out 15 travel realities in Papua New Guinea.]