{"id":2017,"date":"2012-07-09T22:34:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T12:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2012-07-09T22:34:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T12:34:31","slug":"they-dont-do-these-things-in-america-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/2012\/07\/09\/they-dont-do-these-things-in-america-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"They Don’t Do These Things in America – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living here in Papua New Guinea gives our boys the chance to do some things that they’ve never done in America!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke and Titus, like lots of other boys the world around, like to climb trees.\u00a0 Normally when you think of a good climbing tree, you think of one with lots of branches, right?\u00a0 Well, the boys do like to climb trees like that.\u00a0 But since we’ve been here in PNG, they’ve also learned to climb a different kind of tree.<\/p>\n

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The red papaya tree in our back yard (it's taller than our house!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Papaya trees (or popo as they are called here) can grow to be pretty tall and the branches, leaves, and fruit are all at the very top.\u00a0 In order to enjoy the fruit, someone has to climb up to get it.\u00a0 If you wait too long, the fruit bats will start helping themselves!\u00a0 It is not an uncommon thing here to see people shimmying up a popo tree (or even taller coconut trees) to get some fruit.<\/p>\n

So, here are a few photos of our boys honing their skills of climbing a popo tree.\u00a0 By the time they get to the top, their arms and legs are usually pretty tired so sometimes they take turns climbing up and trying to twist off the papaya.<\/p>\n

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Luke beginning his climb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Titus taking his turn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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"Here comes the popo - hope Dad is ready to catch it!"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Often people here use a little help to make the climb easier.\u00a0 They make a loop, often out of dried banana leaves, to go around their ankles and feet.\u00a0 So one day the boys tried climbing that way.\u00a0 It was a little awkward at first because they weren’t used to it, but they did say that they weren’t nearly as tired by the time they got to the top.<\/p>\n

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Notice the "rope" around Luke's feet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks for reading.\u00a0 Time to go enjoy a papaya\/banana\/yogurt smoothie!<\/p>\n

Check back for Part 2 about banana trees, machetes and coconuts!
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Just today we saw this man from the neighboring village up in this really tall coconut tree!! He must have knocked down more than 20 coconuts while he was up there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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