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Travels in Papua New Guinea by Christina Dodwell (Paperback / softback, 2005)

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This is the story of a young Englishwoman who set out to travel alone through the highlands, jungles and rivers of Papua New Guinea. It is the remarkable tale of a two-year expedition which included an eventful two-week walk and a thousand-mile journey on a stallion (in a country where almost body knew what a horse was) during which Christina witnessed a tribal fight with bows and arrows and a pig-killing celebration. She was accosted by bandits, sank into swamps, fell through rotten bridges and got stuck in a ravine. For the fourth stage of Christina's journey she bought a dugout cae and spent four months paddling alone on the Sepik River and its tributaries. She met Stone-Age tribes and ventured through swamp forests; she spent four days with a team of crocodile-hunters and learned how to skin the animals; she was arrested as a spy and experienced an earthquake. In a remote village on the Blackwater tributary she arrived during preparations for the initiation of some boys into manhood. She stayed during a week of celebrations leading up to the boys' initiation, which took place in the spirit-house and included a bloody skin-cutting ritual dedicated to crocodiles. Christina's journeys around this remarkable country have become legends which endure to this day.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Long Riders' Guild Press
ISBN-10
1590481550
ISBN-13
9781590481554
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104818529

Product Key Features

Author
Christina Dodwell
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Biography: General

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Date of Publication
11/11/2005
Country of Publication
United States

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