With My Own Eyes Recently, I went to Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), the other half of this great island and I finally saw a "new tribe" with my own eyes. Well, at least they were a "new tribe" until recently. They didn't speak one word of Indonesian and still used...

When the Third Time Was Not A Charm The smoke was getting thicker as the three men puffed repeatedly on their cigarettes while walking rapidly in a small circle around the fire pit in the center of the hut. In their hands were fragrant wild taro leaves that each man...

By Sam Christiansen Bob and I watched the Yembi Yembi video and sneaked pieces of hot elk steak. "You'll be a different person when you come back," he said. I didn't tell him what I was thinking, but I knew better. I don't change that easy. In fact, I was so divided...