Shopping in Papua New Guinea
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Beyond Art
In Town, Beyond Art is small and pricy.
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Lae Sports Store
Sells masks, flippers, snorkels and T-shirts.
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Port Moresby Grammar School Craft Market
A monthly event with good crowds and a party atmosphere.
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Obweria village
Obweria village specialises in intricately carved walking sticks and bowls.
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Chambri market
Chambri market on Boram Rd sells buai (betel nut) and a few artefacts.
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Main Market
The main market is a lot more fun than the supermarket and the vegetables a lot fresher.
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Steamships
Carries pretty much everything you might need, including bush knives, kerosene lamps, food, and clothing.
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Dagua market
There is also Dagua market which sells buai, pitpit and sometimes woven pandanus satchels.
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Nuigo market
There is also Nuigo market which sells buai, pitpit and sometimes woven pandanus satchels.
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Bwetalu village
Bwetalu village produce particularly fine stools although these can be quite bulky and difficult to transport.
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trade stores
Limited food and, mercifully, beer is usually available from Kokoda's trade stores; send a runner ahead to organise ice.
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Food Mart
You will think you have died and gone to supermarket heaven at Food Mart, especially if you have just come in from the bush.
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Cash & Carry
The large Cash & Carry stocks pretty much everything you might need, including bush knives, kerosene lamps, food, and clothing.
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Christian Bookshop
The Christian Bookshop sells the 1:500000 East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces detailing the Sepik in all its coiled, twisted glory.
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Kreer market
There are several other markets around Wewak, of which Kreer market, on the airport road just before it turns inland, is the most interesting.
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PNG Arts
The long-running PNG Arts warehouse has a huge collection of wares from all over the country. The prices are reasonable, credit cards are accepted and freight and documentation can be organised.
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Ning's Trading
Apart from its friendly people, there is little else to recommend Kerema. As a stop on a journey into the interior, however, it does have a useful couple of trade stores, including Ning's Trading.
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Kavieng Market
The bustling Kavieng Market has a good range of fresh fruit and vegetables including the giant, yellow hand grenade-like pandanus fruit. You'll also find several well-stocked supermarkets in town.
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Ralf Stüttgen
Ralf Stüttgen has a vast array of Sepik carvings collected over a lifetime with pieces from 50 different villages. His artefacts are for sale, or he can tell you where to buy particular pieces on the river.
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artefacts shop
There's an artefacts shop near Mendi Motors that sells hand-loomed products, baskets and weapons. Mendi dolls make a good buy, although they are now rarely in the traditional designs, which had religious significance.
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Ela Beach Craft Market
This is the best market in PNG, with all the paintings, carvings, baskets, shells and weavings you can poke a koteka(penis gourd) at. Barbecued food and traditional dancers (about 10:00) contribute to the carnival atmosphere.
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Andersons Foodland
This supermarket is on the pricey side, but well stocked, including a wide selection of Australian imports. It also houses a neat kai bar just past the entrance, which rustles up tasty toasted sandwiches and stews. Good ice-creams too.
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Dive Milne Bay
Trobriand Islanders come to Alotau to sell their carvings and they'll find you around town. Dive Milne Bay has the town's best collection of Trobriand lime pots, walking sticks and bowls; all reasonably priced. There are small handicraft shops at the top hotels.
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Le Riche Colours
It's worth stopping at Le Riche Colours if you're after some original souvenirs. Artist Nathalie Le Riche has very colourful hand-painted T-shirts, tribal stickers, gifts cards, placemats and other gifts that feature tribal portraits, market scenes and underwater compositions.
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Market
Bilbil clay pots are a local speciality, Highlanders come down with some bilums (string bags) and hats, and you'll see Bukaware and items from the Sepik. Have a look through the market, which also has fruit and vegetables as well as some clothing, and local shell jewellery.
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