After breakfast, Reuben gave me a quick demo of a village drum, housed in the lodge as an art piece…
and then we were back onto the river.
Our first stop was a fishing village, where we were greeted by women in historic dress and appearance, fishing in the traditional ways.
We began a little tour of the village…
stopping first at a house that accommodated three families…
where a woman was preparing the sago staple that is crucial to the village diet…
Next was a spirit house, or men’s house.
Then a stop at the village drum…
before we moved on to another village that had a special greeting for us.
and where Chris gave a detailed explanation of some of the adornment.
We stopped at a nice spot for lunch on the boat…
and then had a demonstration of sago processing.
the drying of fish…
and a fish trap.
Sago pulp is thrown into the “V”, a gate at the base of the “v” is opened, fish are drawn in and the gate is closed behind them.
Throughout the day I got various shots of birds, which I’ll include here.
Dana and Roger Travels 
It appears that a woman is cooking something in the bow of her small boat?
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I think it is in the stern Janet. Several folks use those. They may be for cooking a fish they catch, but mostly to ward off mosquitos when they are fishing, we were told.
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