Loloata Island Resort, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Advantages: Great atmospher, Friendly staff, Safe
Disadvantages: Expensive, Staff need more training

...Airways Hotel is one the greatest hotel in Port Moresby PNG. It is located in Jacksons Parade 2-3 miles away from the Domestic and International Terminal of Port Moresby. Airways Hotel have just won another award from The World Travel Awards of being the Papua New Guineas Leading Hotel for 2008 contest. Airways Hotel sets in a land measuring no less than five hectares. The area provides walking exercise to the hotel residents and guests. The security of the Hotel are very tight that make the hotel reputation very good and become the most stayed hotel in Port Moresby. Facilities Airways have all the facilities you will get in any other hotel in the world. Hotel Rooms Airways hotel is build by separates building around the complex. There are self contained Apartment rooms for long staying guest and well design... Read review

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Advantages: Stunningly beautiful, friendly English speaking people
Disadvantages: Dangerous, unless you follow stringent rules.

...I made five one month trips to PNG through 2007. Apart from the small isolated patch of jungle where I worked, my main impression from a visitor's point of view was in Port Moresby, the capital, and Lalouta Island (Dive Centre) about 5kms away. Generally the people are wonderfully friendly. Bad people are referred to throughout PNG by the charming name of "rascals." Their economic woes have of course caused painful unemployent and a dispossessed youth who have turned to drugs and robbery. As all reviews have stated, it isn't safe to walk the streets day or night. Taxis are safe if you order them through your hotel and are not expensive, but you always need to have your eyes looking behind you. ATM cash points are fairly well distributed, but some banks don't take some cards and some don't take others. If you can calculate what cash... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant experience, unforgettable taste of a culture very different from my own.
Disadvantages: High crime rate in the capital city.

...four houses on the main island had telephones. The majority of people cannot speak English or even Pidgin (the language used in most major cities), and it has only been within the past few decades that the people stopped wearing grass skirts and took to cheap t-shirts instead (though a lot of women still go around topless). The main diet includes yams, bananas, coconuts and freshly caught fish. As experiences of different cultures go, I have to say this definitely topped my list. Sadly though, I have to say that my time spent in Port Moresby (the capital of Papua New Guinea) did not affect me in the same way. It is a very ugly, over-populated city, and the crime rate is continually rising. Unemployment rates are ridiculously high - something like 90%, which is why 'Rascals' (PNG term for criminals) abound. My advice is to spend as little... Read review

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