I left Lae in 1973 for the last time as a 14 year old. It was a beautiful place and so safe. Had thought about returning to see what it was like now and clearly time and influences have not been kind. Thanks for the vision...
is true that until now Papua New Guinea is troubled by a high level of serious crime, particularly in the urban centres of Port Moresby, Lae and Mt Hagen.
is true that until now Papua New Guinea is troubled by a high level of serious crime, particularly in the urban centres of Port Moresby, Lae and Mt Hagen.
i WORK AND LI IVE N MONGOLIA BUT STILL REGARD LAE AS MY HOME. FOR ME LAE IS THE PLACE TO BE...SWEET LAE. PLES MI KAMAP NA PLES BAI MI DAI WAN TAIM. DANGEC NGAYAM LAE..MY HOME..THINKING OF YOU FROM MONGOLIA.
I uploaded my son's video I made (he lived in Lae for 3 years) and I saw this video... It brought a lot of memories -- my husband and I worked there from 1980-1990 for the Bluett Family. Noel Bluett owns a lot of stores/shops like Lae Laundry...i was manageress for all those companies/shops in downtown Lae.. They have gone back to Brisbane..
It is also interesting to hear the comment about the roadblock near (?) Kainantu. In my day, the road blocks were usually at Hengenofi, halfway between Kainantu and Goroka. My neighbour owned a transport company and one of his trucks returned from the Highlands one day with the long-range fuel tanks hung under the deck damaged. The driver said that there had been a road block at Hengenofi and he put his foot down and bashed right over the top of it. Logs and villagers scattered in all directions
The places where we and our friends had problems--mostly with raskols, sometimes with impromptu and unofficial road "repair" crews--were outside of Lae near the airport, in between Yonki and Kainantu before the road was repaved, in between Kainantu and the Kompri Valley, and most commonly, raskol incidents on the road between Kainantu and Aiyura.
The road to Madang was very quiet, even through the 40 km of dirt road through the mountains.
I lived there for a year, but that was in 1971-72, and the place has changed since then. Still, nice to see it again. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
i used to live in lae, thank you for uploading this video. it brought so much memories. i even get to see my mom's work place. and the last secs u were at Eriku brige. hehe really nice video.. too bad i did capture bonderyroad. the house on the hill. hehe that my house. ^_^
btw, when was this taken? cz lae look so clean now. when i left there was so many pot holes. hehe u also captured this at rainy season. cz the ground look so wet. hehe
also, if u from ukarampa.. did u happen to capture LCA?
Lae is a nice place, when i went there in January the roads were a bit rougher than this. The city is well planned and good surrounding scenery, all it needs is good old fashioned dose of TLC.
I haven't heard of Blondies. But then, I only came to Lae occasionally from the highlands, so there were a lot of things I probably don't know. I do know there is a shortage of decent places to go out to eat.
we don't have current information as we haven't been there for a couple of years. We did not walk anywhere after dark, and completely avoided going into the botanical gardens anytime. We used to be more worried about driving the road to Nadzab than driving in Lae. We did not worry too much in places where there were a lot of people, as the Papua New Guineans generally take the side of the victim in a raskol incident. For the most part they are wonderful people.
would love to visit Lae one day!
elfc060286 3 months ago
I left Lae in 1973 for the last time as a 14 year old. It was a beautiful place and so safe. Had thought about returning to see what it was like now and clearly time and influences have not been kind. Thanks for the vision...
one4brett1 7 months ago
wow i know every single corner of that town aye, i really miss home a lot :( wanna go back soon!!!! thx for the video it has made my day!
mcleanb 10 months ago
Glad you enjoyed it. I hope to put more online if I ever find the time to do it.
CMCUkarumpa 10 months ago
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is true that until now Papua New Guinea is troubled by a high level of serious crime, particularly in the urban centres of Port Moresby, Lae and Mt Hagen.
TheNov252008 1 year ago
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is true that until now Papua New Guinea is troubled by a high level of serious crime, particularly in the urban centres of Port Moresby, Lae and Mt Hagen.
TheNov252008 1 year ago
i WORK AND LI IVE N MONGOLIA BUT STILL REGARD LAE AS MY HOME. FOR ME LAE IS THE PLACE TO BE...SWEET LAE. PLES MI KAMAP NA PLES BAI MI DAI WAN TAIM. DANGEC NGAYAM LAE..MY HOME..THINKING OF YOU FROM MONGOLIA.
MegaWotti 1 year ago
ahhh my old stomping ground, Lae, i was born and grew up there before moving to australia in 06 i havent seen it since.
XerxesVaia 1 year ago
Awesome im going in 10 days time, 1st time to Lae n im shit scared.
85Ruby 2 years ago
Thanks for the video. I might be spending 6 months in Lae soon and was looking for some street scenes.
fractalheadache 2 years ago
I hope to do another soon of Madang, and perhaps Goroka. It might be a while though. Thanks for your comments.
CMCUkarumpa 2 years ago
I uploaded my son's video I made (he lived in Lae for 3 years) and I saw this video... It brought a lot of memories -- my husband and I worked there from 1980-1990 for the Bluett Family. Noel Bluett owns a lot of stores/shops like Lae Laundry...i was manageress for all those companies/shops in downtown Lae.. They have gone back to Brisbane..
lquiambao 2 years ago
Has Paul still gots his Coffee Shop in Lae ?
prestontop1 2 years ago
It is also interesting to hear the comment about the roadblock near (?) Kainantu. In my day, the road blocks were usually at Hengenofi, halfway between Kainantu and Goroka. My neighbour owned a transport company and one of his trucks returned from the Highlands one day with the long-range fuel tanks hung under the deck damaged. The driver said that there had been a road block at Hengenofi and he put his foot down and bashed right over the top of it. Logs and villagers scattered in all directions
MarsFKA 2 years ago
The places where we and our friends had problems--mostly with raskols, sometimes with impromptu and unofficial road "repair" crews--were outside of Lae near the airport, in between Yonki and Kainantu before the road was repaved, in between Kainantu and the Kompri Valley, and most commonly, raskol incidents on the road between Kainantu and Aiyura.
The road to Madang was very quiet, even through the 40 km of dirt road through the mountains.
CMCUkarumpa 2 years ago
I lived there for a year, but that was in 1971-72, and the place has changed since then. Still, nice to see it again. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
MarsFKA 2 years ago
Sorry, what's LCA?
CMCUkarumpa 2 years ago
LCA = lae christian academy. the school near tusa hospital and botanical garden, under the hill ^_^
jecofyro 2 years ago
i used to live in lae, thank you for uploading this video. it brought so much memories. i even get to see my mom's work place. and the last secs u were at Eriku brige. hehe really nice video.. too bad i did capture bonderyroad. the house on the hill. hehe that my house. ^_^
btw, when was this taken? cz lae look so clean now. when i left there was so many pot holes. hehe u also captured this at rainy season. cz the ground look so wet. hehe
also, if u from ukarampa.. did u happen to capture LCA?
jecofyro 2 years ago
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jecofyro 2 years ago
Lae is a nice place, when i went there in January the roads were a bit rougher than this. The city is well planned and good surrounding scenery, all it needs is good old fashioned dose of TLC.
tallaganda 2 years ago
Thank you for the footage now I was able to share with my friends a footage of my home town Lae, PNG. I was born here.
Tenk yu tru...
wendalls0312 2 years ago
Watch for more when I get time to put them on.
CMCUkarumpa 2 years ago
I haven't heard of Blondies. But then, I only came to Lae occasionally from the highlands, so there were a lot of things I probably don't know. I do know there is a shortage of decent places to go out to eat.
CMCUkarumpa 2 years ago
Is Blondies still operating?
w23342 2 years ago
Roads are a lot better than they were 10 years ago... I remember a friend losing her car in a 'pot hole' down around the market one year.
w23342 2 years ago
we don't have current information as we haven't been there for a couple of years. We did not walk anywhere after dark, and completely avoided going into the botanical gardens anytime. We used to be more worried about driving the road to Nadzab than driving in Lae. We did not worry too much in places where there were a lot of people, as the Papua New Guineans generally take the side of the victim in a raskol incident. For the most part they are wonderful people.
CMCUkarumpa 3 years ago
What's the situation with the rascals in Lae?
Avantime 3 years ago
i will. thanks for uploading.
Jaylen555 3 years ago
I have a lot more video from PNG I haven't done anything with yet. Watch for more.
CMCUkarumpa 3 years ago
awesome
Jaylen555 3 years ago