Tropical island paradise aka let’s get my boat from one of Papua New Guinea’s islands

I bought a sailboat in Papua New Guinea before the pandemic and I spent a good part of a year living onboard and getting through the endless list of things that needed to get fixed. Because “boat”, as my smart boat-owning friends explained, stands for “bust out another thousand”. It was an adventure to say the least. Picture remote location and lots of traditional and ancient ways of life and beliefs held by so many peoples of the region. Picture hundreds of languages of this most linguistically diverse country in the world mixing in with English and Chinese along with the encroachment of their respective capitalist interests. It’s a messy kind of situation, to say the least. But then there are pristine waters, the greenest kind of forests I’ve ever seen, birds of paradise and truly breathtaking beauty. I’ve made acquaintances with a number of people whose perspectives thought me a lot (some of them former pirates). I’ve also visited places where most people lived in incredibly slow and simpler ways that were fascinating to experience. So, holiday? We could spend our time exploring the incredible beauty, snorkeling, diving, fishing, visiting little villages (maybe I’ll run into my old mates) and going to check on the good old boaty mc boatface. And who knows, maybe if we are lucky, we could even sail it around the place a little? It has been semi-stolen and while I have some clue where it may be, I have no clue how watertight the thing is at this stage. But wouldn’t it be boring if not for the adventure of the unknown? And then, if my baby turns out to be a shipwreck, I’ll need your caring shoulders to shed some tears on…

Having lived on the boat, I know a thing or two about them. I’ve traveled on a few other yachts too. So if you’re looking for company to join you on your sailing adventures, I can certainly do more than standing there looking pretty ;)