Cheaper Fruits And Vegetables In Papua New Guinea

So, you want to buy cheap fruits and vegetables in Port Moresby (POM) but you'are afraid to risk safety?

The cheapest items like fruits and vegetables can actually be found in open markets and Malaoro Market is one of them. If an expat wishes to go there, I recommend that it is with the presence of a local friend or a staff in your company. Although this is not necessary, the local friend can serve as a guide and can be of help if something unfortunate happens along the way.

If an expat is still conscious about safety then there are stores like Tango, RH Hypermart, Boroko Foodworld, Vision City or SVS that meet the safety standards. They usually have a sufficient number of security guards to see that peace and order around the store is implemented. But one must expect the prices to be a bit higher (around 4 to 8 Kina difference) which is reasonable after considering their operation expenses.

An alternative market for fruits and vegetables is found in Murray Barracks compounds. The Green Fresh (TGF), as my local friend refers to it, is a warehouse-like store which sells goods at a lower price. They have apples, oranges, broccoli or carrot. Unlike the big names that I mentioned beforehand, TGF didn't have much to offer but the idea of having to pay less compensated for the lack of other things to sell.

I cannot assume that only a handful of people know the place, but I can use dactylonomy to count other customers wandering around. Finding one with a happy thought isn't difficult either. I, for one, am for sure and the lady behind me.

Literally speaking, cheaper by the dozen means to buy more and get a discount. Applying the idiom with a much deeper sense, my colleague and I could spend less by combining our purchases to offset the loss in fuel consumption to personal expenses comparative ratio.

A container like this serves as a gigantic chiller to provide yet an another secret shop to fill your stash from.

As I walk through the shadows of stockpiled chillers, I held my purchases closer to my chest feeling triumphant for having enough goods to last me a month.

And here I am trying to quench the thirst with water spilling out from a hydrant nearby that doesn't close well.

My Unforgettable Trip To Lea lea Beach

Four years have passed since the first time I set foot on Papua New Guinea, and since then I was starting to wonder what it's like beyond the self-imposed limits that I had put myself into.

What it's like outside the 4 corners of my room? Well, technically, it was a patio which was changed into a canopied aisle, but beyond the patio and what's behind those hills in the horizon is still unknown to me.

What's preventing me from exploring POM is something that must have originated from various unsolicited advice that tells me it's not safe to go out there . There's probably an elephant in the room and I can only guess that the answer closest to reality is being afraid of uncertainty.

Well, I was given a chance one day, when a persistent cousin and his brave friend visited me and Harold (my cousin and an office mate) to brave those anaphoric warnings of don't go over there, don't  lose your life. They want us to try a place where they had previously 're-discovered' unintentionally.

Living off the grid is the metaphor for that day. So we didn't try to bring anything but the camera. We nearly tried, as I believe, Harold and kuya Jun bought their phones anyway only to find out that they were almost useless later on.