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skatzcatz Says: throughout Rabaul like other parts of PNG small curbside stalls are set up selling betel nuts. Chewed with and it also left spat all over the pavements.
skatzcatz Says: The Japanese War Memorial in Rabaul is the largest Japanese WW2 memorial in the pacific. A moving place to visit with some great views overlooking Rabaul. Follow the road opposite the Travelodge and it's a walkable distance from the Rabaul Hotel.
Bwana_Brown Says: Being from New Brunswick, North America's most heavily forested Province or State, I have always had an affinity with trees and nature in general. Consequently, I was 'blown away' when I saw the size of this Banyan tree on the side of the Rabaul-Keravat highway! I had seen...
Bwana_Brown Says: When I first arrived in PNG, my job title was Field Test Engineer, so I got to fix all the technical problems dealing with generators and transmission lines, wherever they were located in the country. I had a staff of expatriate English, Australian and New Zealand...
Bwana_Brown Says: In the evenings we would sometimes do a little sight-seeing, that was one of the great things about my job! Free trips all over this wild and exotic country.As for Rabaul, it had been seized by the Japanese during Second World War and became their main base in New Guinea. I...
Roadside Picnic: In the Balsa Plantation
Bwana_Brown Says: On my first trip to Rabaul, in April 1980, I was accompanied by my Australian boss and one of the local guys from the Tolai tribe, indigenous to this part of Papua New Guinea. We had to check out how things were going at the new power station in Keravat, so this involved a...
skatzcatz Says: The Rabaul Hotel Restaurant is a great place in Rabaul to drop in for breakfast lunch or dinner. offering a Western and Asian menu with service that matches the great food.
Bwana_Brown Says: The Keravat River is just one of many small, brown-flowing rivers in Papua New Guinea. In the heat and humidity of the noon-day sun, and with the sounds of tropical wildlife, I can almost picture myself back here as we surveyed this scene from our picnic site.The one...
skatzcatz Says: For getting around Rabaul when no PMV's are available stand by the side of the road and wait for a lift. Unlike Moresby i felt safe hitching in Rabaul.
Bwana_Brown Says: Not everything associated with the Second World War was a complete write-off. Some of the old infantry landing barges had been converted into small freighters used in the coastal trade that was so important to this area of the world. Here, one of them pulls up to the shore...
Rabaul Bakery & Supermarket: Rabaul Bakery & Supermarket
skatzcatz Says: The Rabaul Bakery & Supermarket stocks a good supply of groceries, fresh fruit, vegetables and bakery products. food and bakery items
Rabaul Markets: Rabaul Markets
skatzcatz Says: Check out the rabaul markets for cheap local produce and arts and crafts. local crafts and food
Bwana_Brown Says: Rabaul was no different than any other place in PNG. The locals made do as best they could under their particular circumstances. Whether it was washing in a river outside the capital city of Port Moresby, or in the harbour at Rabaul, it seemed that the women did what they...
skatzcatz Says: if you do need assistance the rabaul Police Station is on the left entering town on the road from Kokopo
rach_rocks Says: Rabaul used to be such a picturesque city... huge big old trees around the market place, beautiful blue harbour, the backdrop of the close but silent matipit until september 1994. I was in rabaul when the volcanic eruptions began.. The day before the earth was still. It was...
Bwana_Brown Says: The 'betal' nut of the areca palm tree contains a mild, central nervous system stimulant called arecoline. In PNG, it was common practise for the locals to chew the nut on its own or with a pastey mixture of tobacco, lime and a betel-climber leaf ( a vine which is usually...
skatzcatz Says: At the end of Malaguna Road is the Rabaul cemetery. Worth spend some time walking amongst the long forgotten graves and reflecting on what was once a Paradise in the Pacific.
skatzcatz Says: regardless of how poor the families of Rabaul are, the children always have a smile on their face and look to being having lots of fun.
skatzcatz Says: The Beehives are an intersting rock formation in the middle of Rabaul Harbour, worth a visit for some bird watching and the diving.
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Bwana_Brown Says: Rabaul was always one of my favourite places to visit (even if it was for work), along with Lae, Madang and Wewak on the mainland. It was always nice to get off the Big Island of New Guinea to see what the rest of this archipeligo looked like. That, plus Rabaul's beautiful...
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The Rabaul Hotel is a nice place to stay if your into the local WW2 History, diving or for checking out the volcano.
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Rabaul was one of the most scenic spots in Papua New Guinea during my 3-years spent in the country. Located at the eastern tip of New Britain Island, it took about 2-hours by turbo-prop airplane to......
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Located in the eastern province of the island of New Britain, Rabaul is perhaps best known for the role it played during WWII, when Japanese soldiers stole ashore and stashed grenades and artillery in...
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