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Papua New Guinea – Chapter 8: Mt. Hagen

Friday – Sunday.  August 10-12, 2012. We rose at 4am to catch our 6am flight to Port Moresby and connected (without delay!) to our flight to Mt. Hagen.  We were met at the Hagan airport by Pym Mamindi, owner of Paiya Tours, the organizer we chose for our highlands tour.  The baggage claim experience was […]

Papua New Guinea – Chapter 6: Ambunti Crocodile Festival Day 2

Wednesday.  August 8, 2012. In the pre-dawn light we slipped and slid our way down the muddy incline to our canoe.  We motored a mile or two down the shore to a location in the dense rain forest where birds of paradise were known to gather high in the canopy.    Hacking our way along overgrown […]

Papua New Guinea – Chapter 5: Ambunti Crocodile Festival Day 1

Tuesday.  August 7, 2012. Before breakfast the next morning, Pomat and Steven went for another bath in the pre-dawn light.  The rest of us were too lazy, even if we were already sweaty and could have used the cleansing.  Breakfast included pancakes made from tasteless Sago palm flour which had been mixed with fresh bananas […]