By popular demand, here is an extract from my journals whilst living with the Mek in West Papua. It refers to the events in episode 7: Beliefs, trade, past and future, change and choice… Sorry it’s quite long but love to hear anyone’s thoughts on it… 

Sorry I’ve been offline for so long… been making an investigative series in China, then in Southern Africa and now in South East Asia. Never seem to stop. Ug! I cant quite believe how many people have written to Mark and I about the Mek series! I am completely bowled over and certainly not use [...]

Having survived living with the Kombai Tribe, Mark Anstice (aka. The Captain) and I returned to West Papua to live with a different tribe – the Mek – huge step up from the first series – not to spoil it – but watch out for the old woman when we arrive in a village called [...]