billt4sf
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I made the original post and I feel it is valid to list such an event (if true) and await comment. I never said no one should go there. I do think we want to think carefully about our safety in a remote location in a third world country.
Like I said before, a one-off incident, though worrisome, would not stop me from going somewhere.
But I would want to know how the event happened, whether it is just ONE SINGLE event, and why it is not a pattern. For example, if it were people that escaped from a nearby jail, that would concern me (a jail nearby to a remote location in PNG). If it were a band of thugs that just happened to come to this place, I might look on that differently. If they came from a boat that is worrisome because such types could come back once they know where it is and that it is vulnerable.
The fact that he had his kids there does not, in and of itself, make me feel secure about it, because I have witnessed parents doing really stupid things with their kids. (I'm not saying he did so).
At the current moment I am inclined to make a reservation - if we could actually get them to respond! I have nearly given up a few times. Does anyone else experience week-long (or more) delays hearing from Tawali? I sure do!
Thanks,
Bill & Emily
Like I said before, a one-off incident, though worrisome, would not stop me from going somewhere.
But I would want to know how the event happened, whether it is just ONE SINGLE event, and why it is not a pattern. For example, if it were people that escaped from a nearby jail, that would concern me (a jail nearby to a remote location in PNG). If it were a band of thugs that just happened to come to this place, I might look on that differently. If they came from a boat that is worrisome because such types could come back once they know where it is and that it is vulnerable.
The fact that he had his kids there does not, in and of itself, make me feel secure about it, because I have witnessed parents doing really stupid things with their kids. (I'm not saying he did so).
At the current moment I am inclined to make a reservation - if we could actually get them to respond! I have nearly given up a few times. Does anyone else experience week-long (or more) delays hearing from Tawali? I sure do!
Thanks,
Bill & Emily