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    Question - "What does having a dream mean to you?"
    Answer - "A dream is a goal glimmering in the distance; it is an inner calling which, when accomplished,
    serves as the rite of passage into wisdom." Erden Eruç - Sep 17, 2004
     

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    Kayaking begins on Sunday...    October 10, 2009
    I spent three days and three nights on the passenger ship from Alotau to Lae, arriving on Friday morning with our kayaks. With no running water and no food served, the conditions were pretty grim on

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    Back to Lae with kayaks...    October 5, 2009
    After spending a week here in Alotau, and holding a school presentation at the Cameron Secondary School on Saturday night, I am boarding a passenger ship tomorrow morning (Tuesday) bound for Lae. I w

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    I am in Alotau for kayaks...    October 1, 2009
    After the hike ended at the Bukawa Village, I returned to Lae last Saturday morning with my friends Philip and Christian. I made sure that they could check into a hotel within walking distance to the

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    Stopped the hike at Bukawa village...    September 26, 2009 (6.7333S, 147.3663E)
    Four tough days of walking brought us to the Bukawa village near the Hopoi Mission by Friday evening. The wisemen and elders of the surrounding communities were advising against walking the rest of t

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    Hike began...    September 22, 2009 - (6.6861S, 147.8097E)
    We began the walk from the Maneba Wharf today at 09:09 local time. That was the same point inside the Finsch Harbor where I had tied my boat on February 4th. Tonight we will stay in the rain shelter

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    My friends are with me in Lae...    September 19, 2009
    Early on Friday morning, my host Josie Valder took me to the Lutheran Shipping wharf by the Lae Yatch Club. I took the fast passenger boat GEJAMSAO east from there to the Buki Wharf at Dreger Harbor.

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    Found a mouse in my boat...    September 17, 2009
    I finally gained access to my container yesterday. It was Independence Day for PNG and all offices were closed. Stephen Gulf at Steamships Shipping came in to help us, after locating our container n

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    Found my container...    September 16, 2009
    I arrived at Lae's NADZAB Airport on the 14th after being waved through the PNG customs in Port Moresby. Could this have been any easier?

    I had been trying to reach my contact Ray Critch

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