MIK 4,763 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZnvKSLpYCU&list=UUG1HK4n6Cp3bo6JpvjjN8Uw Here a wee video of me in a chopper heading up the Purari river its nearly 300 miles long flowing from the highlands down to the south pacific ..you cannot imagine how vast this place is 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 lucky man! do you ever get the chance to fish while your over there? or is it all work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
budharley 945 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 That's superb I'd love to visit a place like that , are you working out there mate or just seeing the worl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,973 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Excellent footage,I was in borneo earlier this year going up a similar river by boat with a mate,thick rainforest. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,445 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Looks great mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Heres another vid me heading to another camp ....you see the river ...I never managed to fish it but it reminded me of a medium salmon river up here with some crakin pools and lies one of the lads had a 20kg black bass 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Excellent footage,I was in borneo earlier this year going up a similar river by boat with a mate,thick rainforest. I spent a bit of time in Brunie this year some very thick jungle there ...big fukin snakes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,973 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Yeah,the worlds biggest Rousette fruit bat colony is a couple of miles away from here,its in the guinness book of records 1.8-2 million bats,I have visited it quite a few times and its nothing unusual to see pythons lurking around,christmas day in the jungle for you mik? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 No Christmas at home with the family Mackem ....It was a bit of an adventure getting back I left the jungle last week and it took me 4 days to get home I took a chopper ,small aircraft ,mini bus ,boat ,boat ,mini bus ....then got to Port Moseby airport no aircon ...I was sweating like John Terry at the MOBO awards ,,,sitting on the plane for an hour then they tell us to get off as the plane is broken so had to sit in the airport for 5 hours ......then flew to singapore ....couple of more taxis flight to Schippol ..gets there and my flight to Aberdeen is cancelled so had to fly to Heathrow then Aberdeen ....going to NZ on the 8th of January if my Visa comes through if not Vietnam on the 15th , 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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