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This morning we had another early start as four of our vehicles moved over 20 trekkers to Ower's Corner for the commencement of their trek. Trek 296 – Guide John Derick Eroro
As a fair bit of rain had fallen in the Sogeri area, the road was wet and a little slippery at times but ok and we made it all the way to Ower's Corner.
Trek 296 A Trekkers included:
Mark Pearson; Jenny Pearson; Jai Tobin; Tracy Tobin; Frank Tobin; Shannon Tobin; Jane Boswell; Reiner Heller; Dominic Letho; Daniel Letho; Susan Scarpella; Kenneth Garrett; Rohan Letho Trek 296 – Second Trek – Separate Guide
Trek 296 B Trekkers included:
Tracey Williams; Dean Basham; Andy Miller; Scott Miller (13 year old); Kathy Garnaut; Patrick Garnaut ; Judith Simpson;
Matt Simpson and Peter Mant.Photograph – Group Pic shortly before they all headed down their first big hill:
Ower__s_Corner_Group_Photograph.jpgThe morning started with all trekkers being picked up from three separate hotels after which we headed off to Bomana War Cemetery for approximately an hour.
Photograph: while waiting for our trekkers to be ready to head off to Ower's Corner, our porters decided they wanted a group photograph, below is the result. The guy on the far right back row by the name of Roger was not walking with this group, he is a motor mechanic by trade and drove for us yesterday when our permanent driver went down with Malaria:
KTL_2_nicer_pic.jpgOn the way up to Sogeri, we stopped off at the Sogeri Lookout and trekkers took the opportunity to take some pics of their own.
Trekkers seen here with Rouna Falls as a backdrop:
Lookout.jpgWhen we arrived up at Sogeri, we stopped at the monument area and our trekkers paused for another photograph. Not all were present as some had gone ahead in our troopcarrier.
Kokoda_Trail.jpgAs trekkers moved off we took another photograph…..trek 296 B. In this photograph we have two 13 year olds walking with their parents, isnt that great? One was carrying a football and you could tell he couldnt wait to start kicking it around wherever they stopped that night and thereafter.
Ower__s_Corner_2.jpgTrek 296 A
Ower__s_Corner_1.jpgJohn Derick Eroro will have his hands full with such a large group so we engaged for him two assistants, Chris Suma and Crissley Boropi.
Photograph: John Derick Eroro pauses on top of the first hill before he caught up with his group.
John_Derick_Eroro.jpgUpdate 22/04/07: This group is going along just great. Trek 296B spent last night at Menari and today their guide Chris Suma radioed in to say they were at Brigade Hill. All trekkers were doing just fine.
Brigade Hill:
IMGP0263_Brigade_Hill.jpgUpdate 22/04/07: Trek 296 A spent last night in Efogi at Landy Noel's guesthouse and today will move onto Kagi. They too are doing ok
Efogi Guesthouse area:
IMGP2014.jpgUpdate 27/04/07: We met up with trekkers from this group at the Gateway Hotel and they all had a great time on the track and with our KTL boys.
Thanks for choosing Kokoda Trekking – we hope to see some of you again!
Photograph taken at Kokoda Airport 26th April, 2007:
IMGP3463.jpgPhotograph taken at Kokoda Airport 26th April, 2007:
IMGP3466.jpgHello everyone at Kokoda Trekking from group 296,
We can't thank you enough for the wonderfull time we all had trekking with your magnificent team of trekkers.
We could not have been looked after better and considering there was so many of us it could not have been easy.
We will never forget you all and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our trip a journey of a lifetime.
I cant believe we are back home and we miss all the beautifull people of P.N.G already.Thank you once again and who knows maybe we will be seeing you,
Tracy Tobin x
Thanks Tracy for your nice comments regarding your recent trek.
From the Management and staff of Kokoda Trekking (KTL) we thank all trekkers of 296 for choosing to trek with us and trust that you have many fond memories of your time in PNG and on the Kokoda Track.
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