Papua New Guinea – Day Nine (Aug 17)

When I left my room at seven a.m. on the morning of day nine, our tour director, Deb, stopped to tell me that there was a crocodile on the deck outside. It was a dead one. As it turned out, a local merchant – Ronny – had planned on stopping by the Sepik Spirit earlyContinue reading “Papua New Guinea – Day Nine (Aug 17)”

Papua New Guinea – Day Eight (Aug 16)

On day eight, the electricity in the Karawari Lodge went back on at six in the morning, starting-up the ceiling fan above my mosquito-net draped bed.  There was a beautiful view of the Karawari River from my room, with the sounds of birds and insects and who knows what else.  We’d been told, though, thatContinue reading “Papua New Guinea – Day Eight (Aug 16)”