Alex Rust 30 November 2010 | Papua New Guinea Leaving the still erupting glow of Manam island behind we were in search of an old marine biology camp near Bogia. It was dark with no moonlight so we resorted to using a spotlights for navigation through the reefs but the water was milky due to[…]
Alex Rust 01 December 2010 | Sepik River, Papua New Guinea We woke to the sounds of a bustling market just a hundred feet from the boat and spread out across the mud river bank and underneath a huge tree for shade. Peter, with hundreds of mosquito bites all over him (reed somehow has not[…]
reed whiting 03 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea After a wavering sleep in the cockpit of the boat, I woke up to multiple men from the village of Tanbanum surrounding the boat and trying to sell us carvings and artifacts. At first I was not too interested in trading as I felt[…]
alex rust 03 December 2010 | 150 miles up sepik river, papau new guinea We woke at sunrise to find all the locusts, mosquitos and countless other bugs were now passed out after thier night of feasting and partying on us which at least kept me up for the most the night. There bodies now[…]
reed whiting 04 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea We came to shore at Kangaraman village early the next morning to the head counselor of the village we met the night before awaiting us. He took us immediately on a short walk towards the spririt house a half kilometer away. One the way[…]
alex rust 04 December 2010 | pagwi, sepik river, papua new guinea By the morning of the 6th we were at the settlement of Pagwi and I was in pretty bad shape with a growing infection from my tailbone to by lower back (making it impossible to lay down) either caused by a cyst of[…]
alex rust, reed whiting 10 December 2010 | Ambunti, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea We were up before the sun and on our way upstream within minutes. The reflection of the neon pinks and oranges of the sunrise danced in our wake as we pushed ahead on the otherwise flat calm river. Morning was the[…]
alex rust 11 December 2010 | ambunti, upper spepik river, papua new guinea With my condition worsening I woke up to the realization that I needed to get to a hospital – fast. I went to land and tried to line up a medical plane, but when that didnt work I knew I had to[…]
reed whiting 12 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea We dropped Alex off in Pagwi and with Mr. Mobo gone and back in the hands of the friendly villagers we felt safe. That night was another tough night of Croc hunting in which we wasted a container of gas chasing 3 ft crocs,[…]
benito the frenchman 12 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea With Alex away at the hospital in Wewak and Reed gone croc hunting up river I am left alone with Bubbles in the remote community of Yenchen. It’s time for me to paddle to shore to make some new friends. I have drifted[…]