West Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

West Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

Angela slogging up out of one of the endless number of...

Dani men in the Baliem Valley

Dani man in the Baliem Valley

Dani man with the 500 year old mummy of his village's...

500 year old mummy of Dani village chief

Dani man with the 500 year old mummy of his village's...

Day 1 village we stayed at for the night

Day 1 village woman with child at night

Day 1 village woman at night

Day 5 hunting encampment we stayed at for the night and...

Inside day 5 hunting encampment cooking hut

Day 5 hunting encampment and Gupy in red shirt

Day 5 hunting encampment and porters preparing cous-cous

Garry and others after a lunch break on the long day 6...

Gupy after lunch break on day 6 holding some burning...

Morning of day 7 showing the village we had spent the...

Angela on the morning of day 7 inside the hut we all...

Gupy on the morning of day 7 in the village we spent the...

Lani people on the morning of day 7 in the village we...

Lani people on the morning of day 7 in the village we...

Lani boy with the red bandanna I gave him on the morning...

Lani children on the morning of day 7 in the village we...

Rosemary with Lani baby while mother looks on with...

Garry and Angela slogging up out of one of the endless...

Us and our porters climbing up from one of the many...

Walking through the rain forest

Crossing a foot bridge in the Baliem Valley the day...

Crossing one of the many mountain rivers on the trek

Crossing one of the many mountain rivers on the trek

Passing through a farm and heading up after crossing a river

Passing through a village in the highlands on the trek...

Chelsea, Jeff, Stephanie, and porter resting on the trail

In the jungle on Pulau Yapen island

Back in the Wamena after the 2 weeks of trekking in the...

My porter Gupy (in yellow) with another porter on the trail

Gupy crossing a rushing mountain stream

Young Lani boy with porter's homemade guitar

Lani boys watching me squat and defecate

Lani children watching me pass their village

On morning of day 7 children looking into our hut

Day 6 village kids

Day 6 village men

Day 6 village men and me

Lani woman and child

Morning of day 7 village men

Lani girl and dog

Lani men and boys

My porter, Gupy

Lani children I met on the trail

Lani man and son

Lani man on the morning of day 7 in the village we spent...

Me with Lani children on the trail

Lani men and children with bow and arrow

Lani men hugging to keep warm

Lani man making a basket

Butchering a pig

Lani children at pig festival village

Lani man and baby

Me and Lani men

Me and Lani people

Lani woman with pig guts

Lani men and woman at pig festival village

Lani woman and baby

Lani woman and baby

Lani women and woman at pig festival village

Lani women and woman at pig festival village

Porter with Lani boy

Porters singing during a break on the trail

Porters on the trail

Crossing a river

Porters in the village 1 men's hut

Lani woman and baby

Lani woman and daughter

Lani woman and daughter

Lani woman and child

Lani man and children

Angela, Amius, and porter listening to her music cassette

Jeff climbing up a muddy hill on the trail

Jeff and porter crossing a rushing mountain stream

Lani boy with his homemade hat

Lani boys who wanted to help our porters for awhile

Me with Lani people

Me crossing a bridge in the Baliem Valley

Me with porter taking a break on the trail

Our porter, Mouse, with another porter

Butchering the pig

Lani girl at the pig festival

Preparing the fire for the pig

Lani man at the pig festival

Lani man at the pig festival

Lani man at the pig festival

Lani village that had rats in our hut

Amius and another porter

Me with a couple of porters

Porters up in a tree trying to get a look down the trail

Porters on the trail

Porters singing

Porters crossing a rushing mountain stream

Porters on the trail

Porters on the first road we have seen in almost 2 weeks...

Crossing another rushing mountain stream

Rufus, our trekking guide

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