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Passionate Travellers and Their Guides

Passionate Travellers and Their Guides

Being an ardent traveller myself, I was naturally impatient to step out upon the journeys of my ‘passionate travellers’. But self-discipline was necessary. Though in many cases I was already familiar with the landscapes they traversed, before describing their incredible

Trish July 9, 2019September 2, 2020 History, Travel Read more

Sunrise in Kabore

When I was working in Kabore, a remote outpost in Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea, there was not a great deal to do in the evening and I found myself scribbling some amateurish rhymes. I am happy to

Trish November 25, 2016January 17, 2017 Papua New Guinea, Travel Read more

Why No Selfies?

Several readers of Inside the Crocodile have asked me why, among all the coloured photographs, there is only one small image of the author. The selfie revolution had not been invented when I was in Papua New Guinea. I was

Trish June 13, 2016September 26, 2016 Papua New Guinea, Travel Read more

The Ultimate Test of Travel Writing

Authors love to hear from readers. As well as social media comments, I receive regular emails from people who have read Inside the Crocodile. Sometimes they write because they had known nothing about Papua New Guinea and enjoyed the sense

Trish May 24, 2016September 26, 2016 Papua New Guinea, Travel, Writing Read more

Papua New Guinea #photos – critters from Inside the Crocodile

Papua New Guinea #photos – critters from Inside the Crocodile

Papua New Guinea has moths as big as your face. And some colourful butterflies, Shy frogs Not so shy cockatoos And other ‘creepies’, of which this is a particularly small one – they can come as big as dinner plates…

Trish October 28, 2015January 10, 2018 Featured, Papua New Guinea Read more
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