Did you ever wonder, “where is the biggest buffalo market in the world”? Well, if you did, the answer is Bolu Buffalo Market in Rantepao, Sulawesi. If your next question was “why”? We shall delve into that in this article. The very short answer though is that buffalo are extremely important to Torajan culture, for…
When you start asking around for restaurants to try local food in Rantepao and Toraja, there is one name that keeps coming up – and that is Warung Pong Buri. And this was coming from people I spoke to and continuously on TikTok. Therefore, when I went to check out the Rantepao street food scene,…
The Phoenix Hotel is the worst hotel in Goroka and I have been screwed over so many times by them I would rather stay anywhere else in Goroka. This includes Diwai Lodge, as well as pretty much anywhere else that is not a crack den. Yes, there are worse digs in Goroka, but at least…
While there are bugger all international franchises in PNG, such as KFC, there is at least one brand you will see across the nation and that is Big Rooster. Now while the default opinion would be to assume it is just a KFC knock-off, the history and indeed taste say otherwise. The brand itself actually…
