By MALUM NALU This article was first published in The National newspaper on Friday, April 8, 2022 As my good friend, veteran PNG helicopter pilot Captain James Pima looks for a hole in the clouds, I marvel at the magnificent natural tapestry below. Towering mountains, meandering rivers, cascading waterfalls, green virgin forests (which I hear …
APRIL 10 2022 Maramuni in Enga is a place of towering mountains, meandering rivers, cascading waterfalls, and green virgin forests which teem with wildlife. Amidst all these runs the 57km Maramuni Road, a lifeline to this cloud-covered Shangri-la between Enga and East Sepik, a land that time has forgotten. On Friday, April 1, 2022, the …
APRIL 9 2022 Early in the morning of Saturday, April 2, 2022, as remote Maramuni in Enga is still waking up, I send my drone up to capture the breathtaking scenery. The drone flies over the steep Maramuni Airstrip, which tests even the most-experienced Papua New Guinea bush pilots, over the gorge through which the …