The last (almost) two weeks in Papua New Guinea have been an incredible eye opener into a country I knew next to nothing about. Papua New Guinea, or PNG as most people refer to it over there, is one of the last relatively untouched and mysterious places in the world.

I was invited by the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority to visit and see what life was like over there – and what I found was a very different world to what I’m used to, and one I think is totally underrated among British tourists.

What is Papua New Guinea Like?

Who’s been to Papua New Guinea?

Now I know a lot of people who travel for a living, and yet only two people who’ve been to Papua New Guinea. Just that fact made the country all the more intriguing to me – I wanted to know more.

– Conquering a waterfall walk in Tari, nothing to be scared of

Before I went I was nervous – I had no idea what Papua New Guinea was going to be like. I Googled of course, and old damaging stories online seemed to override any positives. When I announced I was going on my Facebook page I had many messages from travel friends telling me to ‘be careful’ – they never normally do that when I go off on my adventures.