Papua
Bugalaga
Today we're off to Bugalaga, in Paniai Regency. Bugalaga is too small to have much of a presence on the internet, except apparently there's some kind of video game kids play that lets you land there, and that's all over the web.
Looking at the video game footage, it appears it would be madness to attempt a fixed wing landing at the strip and one should really use a helicopter. I'm up to the challenge. Let's go look.
We'll br flying through those mountains to start.
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And then over the somewhat foggy sea.
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The weather here can change dramatically.
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See what I mean.
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Nabire. Looks civilized. We should probably have stayed here for the night.
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Looks like time to go up.
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We're somewhere near Puncak Jaya, the highest peak in this province.
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There's a valley this way that gets us most of the way.
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Oops. Overshot the airport.
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Try again.
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There we go. Piece of cake. So this was the mountain adventure, tomorrow it's back to the coast.
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