COWBAY KID
Great piece of work....great reading. Like some other mate said ...call your agent and then your publisher!
Nearly 20 years ago I drove my Aztruck once around the pea patch..took off to the east and returned 24 days later from the west...and part of the adventure was getting back across the BIG pond. Fuel dictated the Japan-Kurils-Aluetians route.
We went Bali-Darwin-Alice-Sydney(the halfway point) and planned to return via Brisbane-Pt Moresby-Biak-Manila-Hong Kong-Nagoya. We arrived in Pt Moresby at midnight and after a lot of screwing around got to a "hotel" about 2am wondering if the plane would still be there in the AM. We were going to north towards Lae and along the north coast to Biak but after onsidering the weather forecasts-mid June-and the terrain and lack of suitable airports decided to go Daru-Nabire-Biak. Overflying some of that dense jungle around the southern route and reading your account of the interior reinforces the idea that the best way is overwater.
Thanks for your great account....write some more.