Boatman
The mountainous coastline of Papua does not provide many harbors for tropical beaches. But we found one site north of the small town of Depapre, Pasir Harlem, which was simply breath taking. Shallow coral to snorkel, beautiful white sand beach with overhangs of coconut palms set in a bay with a background of mountains, this beach was our favorite. To get there we had to travel two hours over pot holed bumpy roads then hire a boat for a 20 minute ride out to the beach. This photograph was taken as our boatman picked us up for our return trip home.
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