Tues. 12 May 1953 Baiawa to Kwagira. Alarm went off at 4:00 A.M. Rolled our swags for the mountain. Folded our cots for the last time & stored in rest house. Dawn very lovely - thin slice of moon + Venus over the grassy hills in back of rest house. Mts. clear & touched with rose glow, cool. Breakfast at 5:00. Carriers up about 6:00 to take remaining boxes to out- bigger canoes. Safely loaded this time. Left about 6:30 + set out for head of Moi Biri Bay (to west). All mts. standing out against horizon. Morning light clear. Took pictures of other canoes against mangroves + mts. Poled part way. Finally reached Moi Biri Creek at 7:30 & then spent about 3/4 hr. Poling along narrow channel lined with mangroves. Saw fair sized python in branches. G. did not collect. After reaching landing "orderly" confusion for a few minutes before our motley collection of carriers from various villages (4 women also - carry in net bags) picked out loads & lashed heavy ones to poles. Then off on the muddy track thru wet lowland rainforest. Geoff & I left landing at 9:00 and arrived at Kwagira at 10:10 A.M. K. is located on bank of a beautiful fast running Mt. fed stream - gray green water. Rest house small but comfortable - at one end of the rest- angular village. Ground well swept & clean; however, the usual pigs + scrawny dogs were about. Boys built New Guinean beds for us. Tied our swag cover thru eyes & put poles thru which in turn were lashed to cross braces - just like stretcher. Went for swim later in day. Cold & deep enough for a few strokes. K. policeman a fine type. Saw Areca palm - betel nut growing for first time. Ken met us in village to pay off men. Down from Binigun