Despite ludicrous claims to being the friendliest country on earth, in fact Thai’s seem to have a love hate relationship with foreigners, meaning getting arrested in Thailand ass a foreigner is not all that difficult. In fact even by writing this I may well be putting myself on the chopping block, particularly as it is…
What is Paiawara? Paiawara in Papua New Guinea is the regional variant of firewater, or moonshine within Papua New Guinea and indeed other neat places within the region. Yet unlike in other countries in the world it is both taboo and equally a social phenomenon in equal breath. This means that despite some legal ambiguity…
Papua New Guinea cuisine might not be making waves across the world and it might be quite a simple affair, but not only will you not get hungry when you visit, but you will also be treated to some of the least processed food in the world. Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) food is as diverse…
The Gold Dust Inn in Arawa is the second hotel, bar, restaurant and hotel of note in Bougainville’s main city of Arawa. As such this meant that we stayed here two nights. This was part of our recent Bougainville Tour, which followed on from our tour to the Mount Hagen festival with my travel agency…
Located three or so hours from Tokyo you will find Kurobe Gorge in Toyama Prefecture, one of the most picturesque getaways in all of northern Japan. Here you will find not just Onsen’s, gorges, and a legendarily scene railway, but also a traditional part of Japan that time seems to have forgotten. How to get…
One of the true highlights of the Extremes of Japan Tour was the food, with the culinary element as important as the “weird”, and this is what led us to Shinjuku Takana perhaps the most saught after dessert in Tokyo. This was done at the start of the trip, and just after we had been…
