Survey

My two teammates and I got dropped by helicopter in the Saruwaget mountains in Morobe province on March 8. It was a kind of funny feeling watching the chopper fly away.














We spent the next 18 days hiking through the most amazing mountains. We could usually see where the next village was, just across the valley maybe 3 or 4 kms. But the trail went straight down to the bottom of the valley and then straight up the other side! We probably gained and lost more than 1000ft a day. We were able to finish the survey 2 days early, I was very excited to see Heidi sooner than planned!



















On our way out we took a PMV (public transportation) as you can see the road had seen better days.The corner was a litte too tight and the river was washing the road away, so they just threw a few branches down and drove across! We made it but I was holding my breath.














The survey went really well and we are now back in Ukarumpa. I'll try to post a few pictures at a time and some brief explanations. Thank you for your prayers, none of us were injured apart from a few scratches and many flea bites...