Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia

... population. The closest comparion I can give is that of the Aborigines in Australia though I have only seen them in pictures. Jayapura is a typical Indonesian town---noisy, dirty and crowded and I am well ready for a bit of the countryside. Its also ...

... visa to Papua New Guinea (PNG) so that I can do a visa-run over there, obtain a new Indonesian visa and then return to Indonesia. Other than that I am still running errands which is lots of fun as usual. I swear that at least 500 people say hello to me ...

... re in Indonesia. Wamena is the only major town in the Baliem Valley. Here the majority of the Indonesians are actually from Papua. In Jayapura the majority are immigrants from other Indonesian Islands. On the day of the start of our trek we met up with our ...

... Indonesië, zo werkt het systeem. Het is voor ambtenaren de manier om nog iets bij te verdienen. Een taxi gevonden naar Jayapura, de grensplaats en tevens de hoofdstad in Papoea. Die is 40 km verder. Onderweg nog een paar keer gecontroleerd door militairen ...