Tropical Zone Gardening: Papua New Guinea, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
Shari, I suppose we have different perceptions of what to us are challenges and which ones excite our sense of adventure. For most of my life trekking/hiking/bushwalking have been a bit of a passion. And the challenges, well some greater and some lesser.

Molamola, I knew it was going to be extremely difficult and my mind conjured up all sorts of combinations of dense jungle, mountain slopes, swamps and rivers. But I concentrated on preparing myself for the challenge. Two weeks before I went two people died on that track, one a 26 year old male, the other a 36 year old woman. That shook my focus, but reinforced my determination.

Braveheartsmom, part of that track collapsed while one of the women with us was on it. She managed to grab some of the vegetation, but the rest of us then had to get across the collapsed section. It was breathtaking in more ways than one. I was the one taking the photos.

This photo is the river crossing on the Naoro River, a fallen tree.