A friend of ours lives with the Korowai people, the infamous tree-dwellers. Last week our amphibious plane was finally back in action and able to deliver our friends canoe to his village. The river was a bit low but they were able to make a landing. This boat will make it easier for PJ to travel to other nearby villages.
This is my lady Ibu Sina (Seena). She comes about once a week and sells me bananas and pineapple. A while ago a relative died and she travelled back to her home village. She had to fly to Wamena first, take a taxi for a couple hours and then she had to walk for a day to reach her village. Incredible! She lives just down the road from us and works hard in her gardens on the mountain.
3 comments:
Oh yummy fresh pineapple!!! I bet Hugo loves that. Nothing like it.
Is that the plane that took so long to get parts for and fix?
This is one of the airplanes that was down for a while. It needs a new engine. We had to get a loaner shipped while they look at the broken one. There's often hang-ups with customs in J*akarta and then no one wants to fly the parts here and they aren't allowed to go by boat because of the corrosion factor. Always fun....
It looks like moving that canoe was a big community event :)
Have a great weekend!
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