When I last visited Goroka I was not only recommended Roots Mangyi Ginger “firewater”, but after missing the liqueur store and failing to get any steam was left with no alternative. According to various followers and netizens this was the local equivalent to firewater. Just how true though was this statement? Well there was only…
Is it worth visiting Samosir Island in Indonesia? Well I could be flippant and simply say no, but then this would be a very short article. And in fact the real answer is a bot more nuanced. I personally found myself here as a part of a private trip – that I had not prepared…
Airport hotels tend not to be the most interesting places in the world, but in Kuala Lumpur and Tune Hotel in particular they have made this an art form. I was to end up here (again) due to Air Asia giving me an impossible flight connection. Thankfully it they also provided me with a $30…
Sometimes work takes me to really cool places, and this is how I died up at Tabo Cottages on Samosir Island, the largest “island within an island” and the 4th largest lake island inn the world. Said trip occurred after my late arrival to Medan and involved me getting off a plane and then having…
Despite being a capital city there really is not all that much to do in Port Moresby, meaning that the Stilt Villages are somewhat of a highlight. Why is there so little to do in Port Moresby? Sadly this is mostly down to the fact that Port Moresby, known as POM is just not all…
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…
