Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Author: Kira Salak
A Restless Women Travelers titleFour Corners is Kira Salak’s riveting account of her epic, solo jungle trek across the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea—often called the last frontier of adventure travel. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, confronting the dangers and wonders of a largely untouched world, she became the first woman to traverse this remote….Read More
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