Four corners : one woman's solo journey into the heart of Papua New Guinea / Kira Salak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salak, Kira, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papua New Guinea--Description and travel.

Papua New Guinea.

Salak, Kira, 1971---Travel.

Salak, Kira.

Salak, Kira, 1971-.

Travel.

Travelers' writings.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 401 pages : map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, [2001]

Summary:

A story of extraordinary danger and adventure follows a very young woman who attempts, alone, a trip across Papua, New Guinea, as she follows in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion.

Contents:

1 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 3

2 Independently, Without Prior Arrangements 21

3 July, 1992

The Road to Tete, Mozambique 33

4 Salvation of the Lost and Sinful 67

5 Barbed Wire, Attack Dogs and Lessons in Emergency Response 81

6 Bush Mary 109

7 Damsel in Distress 151

8 The Silent War 181

9 Long Way Too Much 239

10 Mozart and the Cockroaches 263

11 Hungarian Delights 283

12 Making Rain 299

13 Rafting the Sepik 325

14 Time Travel 353

15 Hands and Feet 377.

ISBN:

1582431655

OCLC:

46793102