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Papua New Guinea 1999 - an expedition to the Land of the Unexpected |
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This is the story of our adventure in the Land of the Unexpected, Papua New Guinea.
We started to read about the country more than one year before the journey.
Nicklas and Peter studied tropical medicine for the famous professor Stig Cronberg.
Thomas studied the language Melanesian Pidgin. Anders checked medications and
procedures.
Not knowing what to expect, we were very careful to bring high quality equipment including items necessary to handle emergency situations. We had a rough plan to trek between Kerema and Menyamya, but as expected or unexpected we ended up somewhere else. This journey was accomplished with the help of many individuals. With this we would like to express our gratitude to everyone for his or her care and assistance. A special thanks to Jack Karukuru, with whom it all began... |
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I. Arriving |
in Port Moresby, July 1 - 3 | |
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About our trip from Sweden to Papua New Guinea and the first meeting with Jack in
Port Moresby and how he arranged a transport along to coast to Miaru village.
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| II. | Miaru, July 3 - 5
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About our stay at Patrick's place and the great hospitality of the people in Miaru
and how we met John who would become our guide for the rest of the trip.
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III. Into |
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About our preparations in Kerema before entering the rainforest and our first
days on the trek.
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| IV. Between | the mountains, July 7 - 11  |
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About our continuing journey further into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and
our feeling the despair when we realise that it much harder than we thought and how we
met Timo in the middle of nowhere (really!).
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About how we finally reach more inhabited regions where the trek continues along a
small road with villages dotted here and there. Also about the heavy rain
that makes it hard to get food and how we finally reach Kotidanga and
get to taste a cracker for the first time in nearly fourteen days.
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| VI. | Showtime, July 17 |
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About our unplanned stay in Kotidanga and how the people in the village arranged
a state-of-the-art performance with several plays and a sing-sing and how we
as a return of the favour shows the traditional swedish midsummer dance, "Små grodorna".
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About our stay in Kanabea and how Peter fixed the power generator while we were
trapped by the mist and how we "hijacked" a plane to take us to Lae.
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| VIII. | Relaxing, July 20 - 26 |
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About our meeting with Frida in Lae and an urgent visit to
the hospital and about our snorkelling and dive vacation at Beautiful Madang.
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IX. Returning  |
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About our final stay in Port Moresby before going back home and our second meeting with Jack
and a birthday party with a strawberry cake.
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X. Additional information |
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• Maps of Papua New Guinea |
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