My last night in PNG was a mixture of excitement and sadness. We had all headed to the Madang Lodge (our local spot for nights out) plan was to have some food, and a few drinks. It was great to get a chance to say goodbye to everyone, and a big thank you to all who came. Was fun to look back over the 6 months, and look at all the things that happend while chatting to the vols. It made me see that I had actually done a lot of things. One funny thing we heard about was a tradition in the Netherlands of camel riding, now I am not sure if Jolanada was just so drunk she was making it up, or she was so drunk back in the Netherlands she thought she saw this   I know the dutch do a lot of weird things, so could well believe it !!!

We then had the reminders from the program managers and CD that there was now a curfew in place in Madang, and we had to be all home by 10 pm. They were saying , they would not bail us out. I had imagines of all of us been locked up and giving call in the morning to the office to please come and pick us up   But at 9:30 we started the good byes and all the chatting that goes with, a few other people were leaving as well, and 20 minutes later we were all heading back to the cars and dropping people home. Made it back just before 10 , so my last night was not spent in a cell

The following morning, Sanjay came to pick me up, one of the program managers, I have to say, an excellent manager. Would love to work with him in the future if the chance ever came up. He along with Rashmi (another volunteer) came along to see me off.  At 11:30 the plane arrived on time and was ready to go. Walking up the steps, I said my last goodbyes to Madang, and wondering when will I set foot back here again. An hour later, we were in Port Morbsey. I had a few hours to wait, so met up with Bernard, who was one of the new vols with me. Catch up before I left. Then it was time to make my way to the international airport and catch my flight out of PNG. My 6 month adventure , full of great memories, loads of new friends, and a true scene of achievement had come to an end.