The team are currently in Sugapa, West Papua.
Raj had a few minutes to call home as they were barricaded in a school waiting for tribal disputes to be resolved...
It has been a long journey so far including 6 flights over 6 days. The areas they have been travelling through are stunningly beautiful although is almost constantly raining. On arrival in Sugapa they were treated to a 3 hour church service in the local language and have been there for a few days waiting to set off and sleeping in a church (for their own safety!).Shortly before calling (at 1600 local, 0700 GMT) they set off walking but only made it 20 yards before the route was blocked by angry knife-wielding tribesmen.
Choosing discretion over valour they withdrew to the village school where they are currently holed up awaiting the outcome of a tribal dispute over who gets to provide porters for the expedition.
The team hope the tribal trouble will be resolved shortly and they will be on their way soon. The problem is that they are running short on time so may have to march through the night and do some very long days if they are delayed any longer.
They are however in good spirits and fairly optimistic as they now have the local Chief of Police on the payroll.
watch this space!!
(we would like to thank Dominic Porter for helping us keep up to speed on whats going on over there)
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