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Real Name: Glenn Brown
Lives In: Regina, CA
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Transportation: Highlands Highway
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  • Goroka - Rock Slide on the Main Highway
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    Getting TO/AROUND: The Highlands Highway from coastal Lae, Papua New Guinea's second largest city, up into the mountain ranges was quite a good sealed road. It started out along the Markham River valley and then veered up and into the mountain ranges as it split away from a lesser quality road that continued north to Madang.

    It was always fun winding our way up Kassam Pass to the higher elevations where we were treated to both amazing views and very pleasant cooler temperatures! Twisting its way through the mountain ranges as the highway did, there were bound to be cases where mudslides and rock-falls had their say in the matter. However, it usually was not too long before heavy equipment arrived to re-open this vital life-line into the heart of Papua New Guinea.

    We decided to take a break from the Landcruiser and stretch our legs at this particular slide!

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    Comments for Bwana_Brown about Goroka
    cachaseiro Mon Aug 24, 2009 17:57 UTC
     wow man. you have really been off the beaten track there.
    lynnehamman Tue Jul 14, 2009 08:18 UTC
     Another interesting PNG page, Glenn. You must have many good memories of this part of the world. Love the intro picture.
    shelnlin Tue Jan 8, 2008 03:22 UTC
     This is great information, looking forward to heading there at some stage this year. Thank you for sharing your pages with me! I enjoyed it alot :-D
    shoma Wed Jun 27, 2007 18:15 UTC
     even now in nepal, india and sri lanka very colourful clothes are worn all the time. we have such wonderful varieties of cotton and even the designs are so cool for hot tropical weather like ours, tight security at airports notwithstanding !!!
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