Papua-New Guinea

The highlands of Papua-New Guinea were originally considered for UNU mountain research, although lack of local university infrastructure prompted concentration on Northern Thailand and the Himalaya. Nevertheless, an extensive reconnaissance in 1979 broadened our mountain insights. It also brought us into contact with yet another friendly mountain people. Poverty and laughter so often go hand-in-hand, at least for part of the time; the dead rat is presumably the boy's treasured toy.

 

  

43  Highland lady and her baby (August, 1979)

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