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Classic Resource.

ByBerislav A. Bošnjakon April 25, 2014

Very informative resource, but not enough emphasis was on the dangers in PNG. Everything is locked, with armed guards standing in front of hotels in Port Moresby. In Mt. Hagen we were bussed 100 yards from the airport to the place where small Cessna planes took off for our lodges. In Tari, we were bussed, again, with police escort, to the airport and locked behind the gates to protect us against "rascals." Karawari lodge on Karawari River and the Ambua lodge in the highlands are well described in the book, while the prices are correctly stated. Seems that travel in PNG is not recommended with security problems throughout the country and prices of $800 per night, as quoted for the Ambua lodge.
Mailed several cards from the M/V Caldonian Sky, a cruise ship, paying 16 pounds sterling (the ship is British registry), but the cards never arrived to the States or to Europe. The ship's agent was to mail the cards. The ship's crew would not let us walk to town to visit the post office. Too bad, the stamps from PNG must be nice, but the country is dysfunctional.

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Each edition gets shorter and less informative making oldsters like myself miss the Tony Wheeler days when the PNG ...

ByJBon October 31, 2014

The guide is OK mostly because there is nothing else available. Each edition gets shorter and less informative making oldsters like myself miss the Tony Wheeler days when the PNG guide was simply outstanding. As well as changes in the Lonely Planet approach, this likely reflects the collapse of most tourism in PNG and the Solomons.

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Each edition gets shorter and less informative making oldsters like myself miss the Tony Wheeler days when the PNG ...

ByJBon October 31, 2014

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The only game in town for practical PNG guides

Byshepon May 21, 2015

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LP is pretty much the only game in town for PNG, and it's not bad.
While many sources over-exaggerate the hazards of Port Moresby and other towns, LP makes light of the crime problem. Certainly all the locals and expatriates who I met warned me over and over to be careful. The truth lies in between LP and the dire warnings.
In the villages, where we were taken in by local guides, we had wonderful welcomes.
PNG is very expensive to visit (lots of plane travel to get to places, and absurdly high hotel prices) but it's a perfectly fascinating place and one of perhaps 2 places on the planet (the other being the Amazon jungle) to get a sense of life in stone age times. The remote villagers are changed less than one might think by 80 years of exposure to European culture. Recommended for experienced travelers.

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fast & clean

ByJere Broh-Kahnon March 20, 2013

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good summary - I have not much more to say. Lonely Planet does what it sets out to do for a reasonable price.

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Not very helpful or informative

ByCinzenon April 9, 2013

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Did not find the Guide especially well done or have the information that would have helped me during my travels there.

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pretty helpful in general

ByBryan Hesson August 13, 2014

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pretty helpful in general, I am working in POM which is a little different than "traveling" there but still a good resource.

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Quite good as an overview

ByRobbie Thomsonon August 25, 2014

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Quite good as an overview. The book is quite thin on the Solomons...which is where we went. At least it gave us a bit of a steer.

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What a terrific place for photography

ByAmazon Customeron January 15, 2016

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I was in PNG last year. What a terrific place for photography. The LP guide was a super aide to me for 3 vacation weeks I will never forget! Highly recommended! I hope to use it again in the near future for a trip to the Solomon Islands!

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