Alex Resture, Seluka Resture and Isopo Sokomani said they chose to buy a Highlands string bag known as a bilum in Papua New Guinea pidgin among others to take home to show to their relatives.
Resture said the string bag cost them K80 to buy from a crafts trader from Enga.
The three athletes who are members of their country's tennis ball team in the SP Games also described Port Moresby as "a giant city in the Pacific" besides Australia and New Zealand with world standard sports facilities that are capable of hosting the Commonwealth Games.