Lorentz National Park

It feels very original, the lake is very clear, very refreshing

To the north of the Australian mainland is a land that is easily overlooked on the map. The second largest island in the world, New Guinea. West Papua in western New Guinea, there is a Baliem valley, the hometown of the indigenous Dani people. We lived here for three days with them and slept. Around this area are Dani, Lani, and Yali people. Here we sleep in thatched huts, their bathrooms are mountains, and the kitchen is a pit on the ground to burn wood. Under the guidance and translator Bob, we say hello to the chief and start tribal life. Bob was our guide this time, working as a private guide in West Papua for 30 years, taking various BBC teams, anthropologists, and National Geographic photographers deep into the jungle to photograph the little-known tribes. When we entered the village, the chief sat at the door to greet us. Every Dani village will have a war chief, the most courageous of his youth. Today, although nearly 80, still walking, muscle lines are obvious. The chief is Asudek, we usually call him Nopase father. As an older generation, he lived very traditional, still insisting on eating sweet potatoes for three meals, drinking water in the river, bathing, naked, only wearing Koteka gourds that cover the key parts. In Dani's turf, every passerby must stretch out his right hand to shake hands with him, and greet each other with "wow, wow, wow."