Originally Posted by
greg47
...Pom to Kerema prior to 74 had 7 strips i recall all now closed.
There you have it, prior to '74. Since Independence things have deteriorated to the state it is in now. The promises of great wealth due to extraction of natural resources has come to virtually nothing. The trees are going, the oil is almost gone and there is very little to show for it. Without the billions of dollars in foreign aid gifted to the country since Independence the situation today would be even worse.