Inside Our Roundhouse

Haus Poroman, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)

From Brisbane, we flew to PNG (Papua New Guinea) to attend the annual Mt. Hagen SingSing. We stayed in a “roundhouse” at Haus Poroman, a rustic yet charming lodge, whose staff made their 30 guests from Australia, S. Africa, Europe and N. America feel like family. The lodge is located at 6,000 feet above sea level so clouds descended on us every afternoon. The interior of the roundhouse was decorated with fibre matting and artifacts (masks) that we would see later in PNG spirit houses.