If you like weird festivals in obscure places then you really cannot beat the Tamatama Festival in Bougainville. Basically it is the Bougainvillean version of a cultural show in the ilk of Mount Hagen. In fact, it used to be held in the same week as the Mount Hagen Show, until I moved it. YOU’RE…
t’s rare that I get blown away by food in Indonesia. In fact, I have been quite disparaging about it in the past, BUT eating Ayam Jamur at Bakmi Kota 21 in Chinatown, Jakarta, just blew me away. Situated right in the heart of the city, this hole in the wall eatery is obviously as…
Recently I was lucky enough to travel to New Britain in Papua New Guinea, where I stayed at Kokopo Beach Bungalows. Now, not only was this a baller place in a great town, but I got to eat at Hauswin Restaurant, which might well now be my favourite in all PNG. Why so? Well, an…
