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Old Aug 10, 2003 | 9:33 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by letiole:

Dang, I wish I knew this last year, but I'll definitely do it next time. When you say POM is dangerous, what kind of danger are you talking about? </font>
Rape. Stabbing. Shooting. Sliced with machetes. Or all of the above. And that is just in the daylight hours.

Honestly - Port Moresby is the most dangerous city in the Pacific by a long way. Think Kingston Jamaica with a pidgin accent.

Wow ... and we sometimes think getting awards on United can be tough.

Read of my exploits an hour ago with Qantas re (not) getting award seats in ANY class on a range of days to back home from POM.

We were happy to route via Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, Cairns or Canberra ... but no dice. Infuriating. It is not school vacation period, nor our summer.

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