A beautiful morning

A really heavy storm last night seemed to have washed all the mist and haze out of the atmosphere around the town. This morning was spectacularly clear with none of the usual early morning mist - the whole scene had a crystalline sharpness as if the Wahgi valley had just been freshly made.


Mt Hagen itself (the extinct volcano from which the town takes its name) had shed its usual cloak of cloud and stood out bold and sharp against a perfect blue sky. It somehow gave the impression of being much closer to the town. Shame my camera isn't really up to the job of capturing this remarkable sight, so I borrowed an image from Flickr just to give you an idea.


Reminds me that I'm fortunate to be in such incredibly beautiful, if savage, surroundings.

Mt Hagen from across the valley