different (and sometimes very similar) sounds of PNG.
First of all, at about 4:00 in the morning the day starts
with one, then all of the guard dogs barking. This lasts
until about 7:00 and pops up during random parts of the
day as people walk by where they are chained up. In the
morning, besides the usual sounds of people waking up, you
will get to hear all the beautiful birds chirping. This
in none of the annoying crow sounds you will hear in the
states. Each and every one is beautiful and melodic.
During the day if you are outside you will also hear the
common fly and bee noises as they hover around and on you.
My favorite sound is the rustle of leaves in the breeze.
It sounds a bit different here since it is mostly banana
leaves, but we also have silkwood and pine (who would have
thought there would be pine trees here in PNG?) If you
are inside it is because you are most likely either in
class, sleeping, or at a meal. In class you can hear the
speaker, or during breaks, people playing ping pong or
various instruments, or at all times: the geckos -
they make this "hiss-chirp" noise that is really hard to
reproduce. I never knew geckos even made noises, but that
is what everyone says!
In the evening you will again hear the dogs bark, but that
is nothing to the students. All our walls are paper thin
and everyone can hear everyone else's conversations from
almost anywhere on the campus until really late on in the
night. Last night I even heard some drum beats from the
neighboring village.
Well, I hope that was a little interesting, because that's
all I have time for today. I really have to go now, they
are calling us all for dinner! Yum!
God bless,
Jeniene
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