We are visiting the land of forest
burners. We flew to Makassar on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. It
was a 3 hour flight almost due west of Singapore and we flew over the
haze all the way. The haze is much less noticeable in Makassar
than in Singapore.
 |
| Local style cargo ship |
 |
| Shipwreck off the end of the pier |
We had heard about the small boat
harbour in Makassar where the smaller locally built boats are moored.
Although we had the correct name we still got dropped off at the
wrong harbour – the ferry harbour. When we realized what had
happened the local drivers guides/ brothers, pimps... latched on to
us until I went into a mosque to take pictures. When we came out we
were harassed again by the same guys. I told them to go away and I
started walking, they followed until Joan told them to go away. That
worked! I then asked a warehouse guard where to get a taxi and some
guy fired up his big black SUV and drove us to the harbour we wanted.
He drove us right past the guards and we didn't have to pay the
tourist entrance fee. Then he refused all money and drove off.
The harbour was colourful and
entertaining.
No comments:
Post a Comment