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2nd day. Trekking to Hitugi village.

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Last night while I was writing my blog I dozed off for a couple of times. When I woke up I continued writing nonsense. Literally anything I wrote didn't make sense. Now fresh and rested I can finish my notes about previous days. Its only 4.30 am. Pastor was already outside, cutting the grass for babi (it means "pig" in Indonesian). As it's still very early, the weather is a bit cooler. The fog is covering beautiful mountains and green fields. The grass is still wet from raining all night and the yellow flowers around us are getting brighter while  the sun is smiling behind the clouds. Almost like in a fairytale. Ester changed her clothes for more festive ones. I think the dress she put on is only for special occasions, like going to the church. All family gathered together to take photos with us. Such a beautiful moment, it almost felt like we are part of the family. Its time to say goodbye to this lovely family and continue our journey. Before we...
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Let our adventure begin. Day 1

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It was raining heavily all night. I'm wondering, is it gonna be like this all the time? We heard it was rainy season here, but deep down I was truly hoping it was not going to be like that. We slept well. Finally a decent sleep after a long travel. Its not even 7 am yet and we hear very loud music coming from outside. We are wondering is it a alarm clock for all the village or maybe to send the hikers on the road. For breakfast we are having porridge and a cup of coffee. We brought some porridge from Estonia and muesli batons with us. Last night from the little shop in the village we got some noodles and coffee- we wanted to be prepared because we knew there were no shops on top of the mountain.  Now we need to figure out our exact route and distance between the villages. As Mr. Derek doesn't speak much English we are lucky that Leo is coming over. We only have a small printed map with the Baliem villages on it. We are thinking we shoud have bought a local sim card i...
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