Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea

By (author): "Kira Salak"
Publish Date: 2001
Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
ISBN0553815504
ISBN139780553815504
AsinFour Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Original titleFour Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Following the route taken by British explorer Ivan Champion in 1927, and amid breathtaking landscapes and wildlife, Salak traveled across this remote Pacific island-often called the last frontier of adventure travel-by dugout canoe and on foot. Along the way, she stayed in a village where cannibals m was still practiced behind the backs of the missionaries, met the leader of the OPM-the separatist guerrilla movement opposing the Indonesian occupation of Western New Guinea-and undertook an epic trek through the jungle.