巴布亚新几内亚 Papua New Guinea

去巴布亚新几内亚之前，我读了《雨林的消亡》。最初吸引我的，是书里关于西米的一个细节；真正留下来的，却是海上的孤舟、雨林里的羽饰、学校教室、村庄孩子和船舱里的仪表。直到旅程结束，我还是没有吃上西米。旅行有时就是这样：你以为自己是为了某个答案而来，最后记住的，却是那个没有完成的小遗憾。

Before going to Papua New Guinea, I read The Lost Rainforest. What first pulled me in was a small detail about sago; what stayed with me were the lone boats at sea, feathered bodies in the rainforest, schoolrooms, village children, and instruments on a ship bridge. By the end of the journey, I still had not tasted sago. Travel is sometimes like that: you think you came for an answer, but what remains is the small regret that never quite closed.