Huli boys are removed from their mother’s household at a young age and handed over to the father. He progresses to full manhood with many ceremonies along the way, culminating in the “bachelor’s ritual” in his late teens. (I was definitely afraid to ask what that ritual consisted of and decided to use my imagination.) [...]
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One Last Huli Village and Back To Civilization in Papua New Guinea
April 20th, 2007 
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“First Contact” In The Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
April 19th, 2007 Sheila Simkin After dinner, Ambua Lodge screened a documentary, First Contact, relating the story of the first contacts between Highlanders and Europeans. In brief: In 1933, Michael Leahy (an Australian) led a series of gold prospecting expeditions into the Highlands and initiated the first contact between the Huli and Europeans. You can just imagine the shock of [...]
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Access The Huli Wigmen Through Tari In New Guinea Highlands
April 18th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The Highlands are made up of fertile valleys and rugged mountains which form the backbone of Papua New Guinea. This is the most densely populated area and is divided into five separate provinces. Tari was in the Southern Highlands and that is where we were headed. Europeans didn’t discover the Highlands until 1933 when Michael [...]
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Karawari Lodge, Papua New Guinea
April 17th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The last day was spent moving on up the Karawari. So quiet with absolutely nothing around to disturb the stillness. The river was constantly changing. At times, nice and wide and then you’d suddenly be traveling through narrow areas with little villages on the banks surrounded by palms, breadfruit, betel nut trees and grasses. We [...]
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Another Day On The Sepik River in New Guinea
April 16th, 2007 Sheila Simkin A haus tambaran is one of the most famous elements of middle Sepik art. The house is built of thatch and split bamboo, decorated with maks and carved pillars (resembling totem poles) and is the high-roofed spirit house that serves as a sanctuary for ceremonial life in each village. It is also used as an [...]
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Cruising Down The Sepik River in New Guinea
April 15th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The Sepik Spirit was heading down the Middle Sepik River into the Blackwater Lakes area with a very old culture. The channels are only navigable during certain periods of the year cutting down on the amount of outsiders who visit. Even though the vessel was specially built for this river there have been times when [...]
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Cruising On The “MV Sepik Spirit” in New Guinea
April 14th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The surprisingly luxurious Sepik Spirit was constructed in 1989, and has a shallow draft to allow passage into the heart of the Sepik River through areas not accessible to larger vessels. It was recently refurbished in 2006 with a new interior and improved noise insulation. The Sepik Spirit only accommodates 18 passengers in twin bedrooms [...]
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One Night in Port Moresby, New Guinea
April 13th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Flew from Brisbane to Port Moresby via Air Niugini, had a private transfer to the Gateway Hotel, very close to the airport with excellent facilities. The Gateway has a free shuttle but a private transfer was included in our tour. Our guide warned us not to go outside the hotel perimeter because of the high [...]
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What You Need to Know About Planning a Trip to New Guinea
April 12th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Satisfied that most of our questions were answered… Air? Air is usually the major part of travel costs especially flying such a great distance. We combined Tasmania, Australia and New Guinea into one trip, starting in Australia, trekking the Overland Track in Tasmania and flying to New Guinea via Brisbane, Australia. Extremely complicated and you’ll [...]
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More New Guinea Information
April 11th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Some more reading through brochures and whatever information I could get my hands on. Nobody I knew had ever visited New Guinea. Now you can just surf the PNG Tourism website…much easier. ex-Marine still kept asking about Michael Rockefeller, youngest son of Nelson Rockefeller ( presumed dead). He “disappeared” during an expedition in the Asmat [...]
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