Yes and no. You could walk around downtown out to Ela beach without too much trouble as long as you don't look well off. Once outside that area, you need a cre

Yes and no. You could walk around downtown out to Ela beach without too much trouble as long as you don't look well off. Once outside that area, you need a crew. When my colleagues and I were traveling there, we would play a game: What is the worst story in the paper during your trip? I think the winner was a riot over cabbages that resulted in multiple fatalities. Also saw stories of people robbed in the lobby of the police station. What is crazy is that PNG was a member of RAMSI, an organization that was tasked with keeping order in the Solomon Islands.