20100813

the Coke side of PNG

Have you ever taken one of those photos that looks like it came right
out of a commercial? Well, a few weeks (months?) ago, I took one of
those and sometimes you can't keep those photos to yourself... So, I
went online and found some free fonts that resembled the fonts used the
real adds. This was the result. Almost looks like I took it straight
out of a magazine or something.

For a little back information: Coka-Cola is the only soda company in
PNG. Years ago Pepsi was here, but between a very good add campaign and
other things there is no longer any competition from other companies and
we're left with Coke as the official soft-drink of PNG. I don't think
it hurts that the red and white fits right in line with PNG's colors.
They also have these really nice billboards and wall sized adds that
read: "Coke and Kai"... Kai-kai means food in pidgin.

It's pretty common to see Coke cans and 500ml bottles around. Most
little trade stores sell them. The cans can also be recycled at various
places but for about a kilo of aluminum you only get about 4 Kina (a
little more than a U.S. dollar), and it takes a lot of cans of Coke to
add up to that. That doesn't mean no one recycles them... And it's
always fun to see a couple hundred cans lying in the roadway to make
aluminum pancakes.

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