Trek 162 Update;Yes as previously updated by aussie, the group will spend the night at Isurava village tonight and head down to Kokoda tomorrow.All trekkers are fine, although there have been some tough climbs and descending, all have done absolutely terrific these last three days. No problems or injuries.They spent the night at Iora Creek…[Read more]

Trek 162 Wednesday Update;After spending the night at Efogi, the group headed out early hours of Wednesday morning to get to their next destination.Although the weather did not look ok that mroning, the track was manageable.This is what their guide Kingsley said when he updated me then;?All trekkers are ok, so are the porters, no injuries or…[Read more]

Due to some faults made by the Telikom workers here, our telephone lines and internet sever has been out since Wednesday, as a result, I was not able to give an update, and we apologies for the delay. However, Telikom?s managed to get it back on today.

Trek 162 Update;The group spent the night at Menari village last evening and today they will be heading down to Efogi 1 village where they will camp for the night.There are no reports of injuries; all trekkers are doing extremely well, so that?s good news.Although the weather doesn?t look too pleasing at this time, all trekkers including their…[Read more]

Update 22nd October, 2005;Trek 109Although its been raining this last few days on the trail, which is pretty much hard to walk, as the ground is very slippery and they have to be very careful how they maneuver their steps when descending or climbing up hill. So far no bad news, all have done really well. Despite the bad weather and hard walking,…[Read more]

Update 21st October, 2005;Trek 109The group arrived safely at Efogi 1 village yesterday evening and this morning headed out as early as 7am. They will head on up to Brigade Hill to be followed by Menari where they will have lunch and proceed on to New Nauro; there they will camp for the night.All trekkers are ok, have done really well these past…[Read more]

Update 17th October, 2005;Trek 68Around 4:30pm Monday afternoon, the group guide Bevan gave us call here at the KTL base to inform us of the group?s condition and their latest update.?We are now at Menari village, all trekkers are ok and doing fine. There have been no problems or injuries, we?ve all walked well and have safely reached our campsite…[Read more]

Update 14th October, 2005;Trek 68Haven't heard from the group since this morning, but I'm sure everyone is ok and doing great. They are probably heading towards Eora Creek, somewhere in the middle of Alola and Eora which is why they can't get a clear reception to give us a call now.However, I'm sure their guide will give us a call later on today…[Read more]

Latest on the trail;Trek 68The group has arrived safely up at Isurava village. They will camp up there tonight and tomorrow will make their next move to their next destination.All trekkers are ok, have done really well up the test mountain, only Russell sprained his ankle, its not serious his ok and has made it up well to the top.The test mountain…[Read more]

Update 13th October, 2005;Trek 68As mentioned yesterday by Gail, the group was up early this morning to start of their first day of walk as planned.Though every single one of them looked nervous as this was their first day and off-cause they knew they?d be doing a lot of mountain climbing and another 7 days of walk, yet the excitement on their…[Read more]

A message from the Bowmans:Thank you all for your messages of support. We have arrived in Port Moresby. Will share all our news when we get home.Have had a great time!

Update 4th September, 2005;Trek 134The group has already arrived in Kokoda. All trekkers are well, made it safely and are now relaxing at Russell's family block. Like Gail said, they were welcomed by the traditional dancing group as they entered the block with smiles all across their faces.I'll probably give them a radio call later on today, and…[Read more]

Update 3rd September, 2005;Trek 134The group now resides at Deniki. All trekkers are ok, no problems or injuries; all did absolutely terrific this last three days and made it safely to all their campsites, so that was good to hear.They will camp up Deniki look-out point tonight and tomorrow will push on down to Kokoda. So yeah, they?ve almost come…[Read more]

Update 3rd September, 2005;Trek 117The group has now arrived. All three trekkers pluse porters and guide are now up at Owers Corner. All well made it safely and are finally out.CONGRATULATION TO YOU THREE ON A SUCCESSFUL WALK.The very last hill to climb before reaching Owers Corner.P1000180.JPG

Update 30th September, 2005;Trek 117The group was at Uberi taking a break when Salvador called in to give their latest progress."We're at Uberi now taking a break. All trekkers are ok still looking fit, healthy and doing grate. From here we will push on to Goldie River where we'll camp for the night and tomorrow head out to Owers Corner," reported…[Read more]

Update 30th September, 2005;Trek 117They now reside in New Nauro village. Although it was a very long walk for them, they did terrific and are now relaxing in the guest-house.They will camp there tonight and tomorrow will proceed on to their next campsite. No injuries or difficulties have been reported, all did grate.Weather's been pretty much hot…[Read more]

Latest on the trail;Trek 134The group is currently located up at Brigade Hill. All going well, no problems, everyone's doing fantastic. It is said they will move down to Efogi 1 village have lunch and then proceed on to Naduri where they are planning on spending the night.Other then that, all is well, everyone's fine and the weather looks good,…[Read more]

Update 30th September, 2005;Trek 134The group camped in Menari village yesterday evening. All trekkers did ok, no problems or injuries all walked well and made it safely. Today they will move on to Efogi 1 village, which I'm pretty sure they will most likely spend the night, but that's not confirmed, we'll just have to wait and get the full report…[Read more]

Update 30th September, 2005;Trek 117Now at Menari village all three trekkers are doing absolutely terrific. They are all fine, still going strong and moving really well.They will have morning tea there and will move a step further to Nauro village where they will camp for the night.There's been no report of anyone having problems or difficulties,…[Read more]

Update 29th September, 2005;Trek 150Earlier on today, I was out touring with other trekkers who had just finished their trek the day before. We toured all around Port Moresby and even went up to the Bomana War cemetery, where I think most of the time was well spent there.During my time out I was not here at the base to get any radio calls from the…[Read more]