A journey into the unknown wilds of Papua New Guinea where extremely fashionable cannibals abound!
Logs
Water on the Brain
by Steve Strommer •
For the last few months I’ve noticed a plethora of products all geared towards treating water so as to render it potable for travelers…
Commentary
2008 Worst Destinations
by ROB •
Yet another year of carnage has come to an end with the close of 2008 and yet again, we are doomed to see many familiar faces on Polo’s Bastards Annual Top 10 Worst Destinations. We’re sure some of these countries are beginning to get a complex, but luckily for them there are also plenty of…
Africa
D.R.C. – In The Footsteps Of Stanley
by Lee Ridley •
PATIENCE, LUCK and cash. Those are the three things you need most if you are going to travel through the Congo. No matter how crap things look when your riverboat breaks down or your bush aircraft does not turn up or the road you are driving along is suddenly swallowed by the advancing jungle, a…
Books
Book Review: Blood River – A Journey To Africa’s Broken Heart
by Lee Ridley •
It’s a widely accepted fact that there are few places left on the planet that have yet to be penetrated by the great white explorer. Some hidden corners of New Guinea and Ecuador may still throw up hoards of xenophobic, stick-wielding natives, but no longer do our world maps still have uncharted territories marked as…
Africa
D.R.C. – Down In The Kivu’s
by Lee Ridley •
On the day of departure, we received an e-mail from our friend in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which simply read: ”plane crash in Congo”. A humanitarian flight, with Air Serv, had crashed in the mountains near Bukavu the day before and it meant a good deal of changes in our travelling plans.