Papua Highlands 9 Smoke Was Painful To My Eyes

We slowly made our way up. We passed through a small village growing various vegetables like garlic. A bit past the village, Penius decides to take a nap so he finds a bit of grassy area lays down and goes to sleep for 30 minutes. Meanwhile it was starting to rain with rain clouds obviously moving in. You could see them coming through the valley. Eventually he gets up and we move on. We find the next village where we would stay. It was a mix of western and traditional homes. 

He didn't seem to know where to go (which was strange as he had been here dozens of times before as I found later). Eventually he figured it out as the children came out to watch us. He found what passes for a hotel here.

As it was still only drizzling I headed out for a bit, and wandered into a walled home area, but the rain picked up so I headed back. Penius did the same as the day before cooking the same things in the little hut. I tried to stay but the smoke was painful to my eyes. 
Ralf Kreuze
(to be continued)