Wamena, Indonesia

I am beginning at the beginning ie with my mother -- a world traveler all her life. Born in 1925 she left home at 18 and went to Mexico to learn Spanish and see the ancient ruins. The profile pic was taken in 2000. Part of a small group (I think it was ...

As I don't have lots of time to write another trip summary, here is an excerpt from an e-mail I sent to my friend Katie. ---------------- so...trekking in Papua. Let's see----for starters its expensive like $1000 for 11 days for 2 people, ...

Tomorrow I begin an 11 day trek into the Baliem Valley with a Japanese guy I met, a local Papuan guide and 3 porters. We will be sleeping in traditional huts in traditional villages where former cannibals live. Then on the way back we are somehow ...

Yo, Dans les bouquins, on te parle de la fameuse vallée de Baliem ou les papous, il y a encore 50 ans étaient encore à l'âge de pierre. La vache, ils ont fait un sacré saut technologique. C'est vrai que les vieux sont encore juste en étui pénien mais les autres ...