Move to Ukarumpa

This week we finally made it: We have arrived in Ukarumpa, our new home for 1 year. After having packed for several weeks, we loaded up our Cara-van (aka moving van) and flew, with a 4-day layover in Mt Hagen, Eastbound past Goroka to Ukarumpa in the Eastern Highlands. Here Niklas will visit 3 years of High School and hopefully Joelle will join him next year. 

We now stay in a ex MAF hostel (boarding home) with 11 rooms looking after our kids and a friend's teenager, hoping that the newly hired dorm parents will arrive Q2 2022 so that we can move on.

Steven giving Lucien a briefing

Moving with a plane: Cara-van

Fully loaded cabin

Ukarumpa

Bischoffs and Sachh in front of the hostel

70th Anniversary: MAF Papua New Guinea

On 7 May MAF celebrates its 70th anniversary of operating in the country of Papua New Guinea. This makes it the longest continues air service in this nation.

Back in Telefomin

Today we finally made it: after 11 months we are back at our Telefomin base. What was supposed to be a 5-month trip to Switzerland turned into a double-the-time journey due to COVID delays. Now, we are glad to settle in our own house again and stop living out of suitcases.  

Welcome party in Telefomin: MAF Staff

Departure for Papua New Guinea

After a 2-month delay we are now on our way to Papua New Guinea. We were fortunate enough to catch a ride with a World Food Programme Charter from Kuala Lumpur to Port Moresby. 

Waiting for departure in Zürich

En-route to Doha - Kuala Lumpur - Port Moreseby