I am going to start the Kokoda trail on Tuesday as part of the Kokoda Youth Challenge run by the RSL clubs of NSW. We are no longer catching a charter plane from Port Morsbey to Kokoda, we are taking one of the regular daily Air Nugini commercial flights to Popondetta and then catching a bus to Kokoda to start the trek. I was very scared and hestitant of going after this crash, but since our travel details have been changed, im much relived.

My condolences to those lives lost in this crash.

Editors Note: There are no buses to take you up to Kokoda. What you will more then likely travel on is what we refer to as a PMV (Public Motor Vehicle), ie a truck with seats in the back much like our own truck, pic below. You will also have to get across Kumusi River on a tyre tube which might be a lot of fun but I wonder how much safer then catching a plane. I stand corrected if in fact these days they are driving buses up to where the bridge has been washed out at Kumusi River but I doubt it.
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