{"id":3,"date":"2010-01-12T01:34:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T01:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/christinehoover\/?p=3"},"modified":"2015-05-17T01:38:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T01:38:51","slug":"journey-halfway-around-the-world-in-60-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/christinehoover\/2010\/01\/12\/journey-halfway-around-the-world-in-60-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey around the world in 60 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before a week ago, I had never been on a plane for more than probably 8 hours.\u00a0 In fact, I was antsy trying to sit still flying to Europe a few months ago.\u00a0 Needless to say, it took more than 8 hours to get to Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 After a 16 hour flight from Newark we made it to Hong Kong where we had a 24 hour lay over, which was just enough to get out, sleep in a hotel, and see Noah\u2019s Arc.<\/p>\n

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We stayed in a very nice hotel that oddly had mirrors everywhere and a glass bathroom that provided no privacy.\u00a0 Strange indeed!\u00a0 Then we were able to take a double decker tram and a ferry to a separate island where they had a life-sized replica of Noah\u2019s Arc.\u00a0 Very cool but not nearly as Biblically based as you would think.\u00a0 The theme was loving life and loving yourself.\u00a0 The best part of the day was traveling around Hong Kong.\u00a0 What a strange city so squished and packed with people!<\/p>\n

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From there we flew on to Papua New Guinea, which was another 7 hours of flying time.\u00a0 Port Moresby was our entry point where I had my first breath of warm tropical air, and what proved to be a very interesting 6 hour lay over.\u00a0 Port Moresby is the largest city in Papua New Guinea and the biggest airport in the country.\u00a0 That being said, it was so small it made the Columbus airport seem as massive as O\u2019Hare in comparison.\u00a0 We went \u201cdowntown\u201d for lunch at one of the nicer hotels then spent the rest of the afternoon at the \u201ccaf\u00e9\u201d in the Port Moresby airport, which was of course the only place to eat or drink anything there.\u00a0 Yes, everything in quotations because it isn\u2019t what you would think of for a downtown or a cafe, but I just don\u2019t know how to describe the place.\u00a0 However, they are a country full of amazing coffee and tea and that was our first day to experience it.\u00a0 Cheap airport coffee at the run down cafe – amazing!<\/p>\n

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Until this point everything had been moving smoothly.\u00a0 We missed the crazy guy who shut down Newark airport by 2 hours and all our flights had surprisingly been on time.\u00a0 That was, until we tried to leave Port Moresby.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure how to describe this airport. After going through security a couple times, we found ourselves in a large room full of people in chairs.\u00a0\u00a0 At the end of the room were a few doors.\u00a0 One by one a flight would be called and the people would line up in front of one of the doors.\u00a0 When it came time for our flight, though, no one called for it.\u00a0 And we continued to wait.\u00a0 No one said the flight was delayed.\u00a0 No one said it was cancelled.\u00a0 No one told us anything.\u00a0 Finally, about an hour later, lo and behold, they called our flight number and off we went.\u00a0 Still no explanation.\u00a0 When we landed in Mt Hagen, we all went into a room together and our bags were brought to us by forklift in two big piles.\u00a0 Really it was a bit of a free-for-all in there.\u00a0 But guess what, all of our bags made it on all four flights! We didn\u2019t lose anything! (For anyone who doesn\u2019t know our previous adventures, yes, this is big news.)<\/p>\n

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The last part of our trip was a short 45 minute drive with Jeff to Kudjip.\u00a0 Driving through the Highlands of Papua New Guinea was such an amazing contrast to Hong Kong.\u00a0 Yes, there were people everywhere walking down the road.\u00a0 But the people weren\u2019t packed together.\u00a0 They had space to breath.\u00a0 And the buildings were few and far between.\u00a0 I felt like I could breath again too.\u00a0 And that is how we made it to Kudjip Nazarene Hospital about 60 hours after leaving Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0 : )<\/p>\n

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Please pray for the patients, doctors, and staff at Kujip Nazarene Hospital.\u00a0 Pray for health for Ryan and I.\u00a0 At the moment I can\u2019t stop sneezing of all things.\u00a0 And pray that we would be able to learn the lessons God has for us here and be able to participate in God\u2019s work and be useful to the people here.\u00a0 Thank you all so much and stay tuned for Ryan\u2019s random thoughts on Papua New Guinea\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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