Port Moresby has a plethora of hotels, but they range from the good, bad to very ugly. The Lamana Hotel though seems to exist in that very sweet spot in the middle. And for us it was actually an accident that we found it, with the Crown Hotel being full. This meant that we ended…
While most cities in Papua New Guinea are not hotel friendly, Port Moresby (Pom) is an outlier and has choice. Alas the Holiday Inn Port Moresby, is now at least not all that much cop. This is in contrast to The Hilton, Lamana and even the Crown. What is it though that makes the place…
This year was my second spent at the Goroka Show and also in the town itself. With this in mind what did I think about the Goroka nightlife and street food scene? Well lets just say when it comes to the nightlife Goroka is no Mount Hagen. What the Goroka? Goroka, nestled in the Eastern…
You may well not know, but Papua New Guinea is famous for its coffee, with Kongo Coffee being at the top of the tree. And while it can be purchased it can be purchased pretty much anywhere, the best place to do so is at the factory itself. And said factory and distribution center is…
Siwai Lodge might be my new favorite hotel, bar and restaurant in Goroka, although with scant competition this is not quite the endorsement that it sounds. I was to discover this place at the 2024 Goroka Show, with Young Pioneer Tours, with it being an alternative to our usual Phoenix Hotel. The Goroka Hotel Scene…
When it comes to places to stay Mount Hagen has a fair bit, what with the festival and all, with this including where we stay, Kuri Lodge. Mass though does not always means quality and that is certainly the case in Mount Hagen, with there being good, bad and very ugly. Where though does Kuri…
