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Papua New Guinea
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Madang and Morobe are two provinces of Papua New Guinea, making up for the north eastern part of New Guinea, and is home to some of the highest mountain peaks in the country, and has a large number of volcanoes.
Morobe
Lae can be reached from the PNG Highlands by the Highlands Highway.
Apart from the Highlands Highway, road connections are limited in Morobe, with the exception of a road that branches off the Highlands Highway to the left to go up to Wau and Bulolo.
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claims to be the prettiest city in the South Pacific but this should be taken with a pinch of salt; nevertheless it has some fine scuba diving, attractive carvings to buy, a picturesque harbour and good quality accommodation
a pre-war goldrush town. You can still pan for gold. Eight river dredges used for prospecting were abandoned and some can still be seen. Now a major forestry center.
Papua New Guinea's second city and main economic hub; beginning of the Highlands Highway
another goldrush town that was site of important World War II battle in 1943; home of the Wau Ecology Institute and beginning of the Black Cat Trail to Salamaua
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