I was around 14kg with water and I carried my own pack.

We didnt use 1/2 the med gear that we took except for the foot care stuff. But then you never know.Are you carrying your own gear or using a porter each ? I wouldnt worry to much about customs in PNG,no trekkers on our flight had their gear searched, and if they were the customs guys know what you need for your trek so there hardly likely to take…[Read more]

Youve got to pre book accomodation,,you cant go wandering around Port Moresby looking for somewhere to stay, its too dangerous.

We stayed at the Gateway , it has places to leave your gear which are secure.Im sure all of the hotels are set up in the same way as most of their guests would be trekkers.

We are leaving from Lane Cove, we'll have our KTL t-shirts on, keep an eye out for us.

Hi Fluppy.At the Gateway you leave all your small stuff such as wallets passports etc etc in the safe, it goes into a big envelope with your name on it. All of your other stuff such as luggage and other big stuff goes into a secure room which is locked and only a couple of people have keys too.One of the guys on our trek took his passport on the…[Read more]

I had a big blue butterfly land on my soap so it could'nt have been that unfreindly, although it probably flew off, dropped out of the sky from soap poisoning,got eaten by a fish who got poisoned from eating said butterfly. The fish was probably washed up and eaten by a pig who promptly dropped dead and was found shortly after by a villager who…[Read more]

you'll be able to lean against each other the whole way.It could be worse,,,,umm,,err,,no,maybe it could'nt.

you could start rubbing your feet with metho right now up until you go.Welcome to the forum .

I would'nt panic.Its not like you'll lose all your fitness overnight.On the last few weeks before our trek we just did some long slow walks to avoid injury.You'll be ok.

congrats.Peter ,Rhonda and Anne.

Ha Fluppy.When your having wash in some of the NG rivers,have a look at how many tadpoles there are.It reminded me of when I was a kid.There are 100's of them floating about in the water. We dont see many in Sydney anymore,they must have all swum north.

I agree with Fluppy,you should do a book.

just a bar of normal soap.

It certainly beats "The boy stood on the burning deck".I really look forward to your next poem.

you should contact your trekking company and see what they issue in their daily ration packs.KTL rat packs had so much food as well as snacks that we couldnt eat it all and didnt need all the extras we took.

We didnt get a pole.

I think that poetry like this is a good way to learn and remember history.

One last thing about trekking poles, I hear they taste pretty good.

dont forget a proper died is essential,,plenty of hotdogs,doughuts and beer. It worked for me.