Sulawesi
(Summer 1972): Ujung
Pandang (Makassar) and Polewali
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The cargo boat that took me from
Surabaya in Eastern Java to Ujung Pandang (renamed Makassar in 1999) in
south-west Sulawesi.
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Me on the deck during the traverse.
Ujung Pandang (now Makassar):
Boats in the harbor and the bay of Ujung
Pandang. Most of the larger sailing boats in the following photos are ″padewakang″ (or ″pinisi″),
traditional boats used by the Buginese seafarers of south Sulawesi.
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Fishermen and their fishing nets.
City life near the harbor.
Remains of Fort Rotterdam, a
17th-century Dutch fort. It had been damaged by Allied bombing in WW II and had
not been repaired yet.
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Painting in the former royal residence
of the Sultan of Gowa (?).
Tombs in the cemetery of the Kings of Tallo. (The Kingdom of Tallo was
one of the two kingdoms (along with the Kingdom of Goha)
in southwest Sulawesi from the mid-15th century to the mid-19th century.)
Restaurant along the road between Ujung Pandang and Polewali.
Buffaloes in a dry rice field between Ujung Pandang and Polewali.
Polewali:
Polewali is a small coastal town at the start of
the road climbing to Mamasa in the higlands of west Sulawesi.
In the main street of Polewali.
In the fish market.
Seashore in Polewali
Boat under construction.
Links to:
- Mamasa to Palopo via Rantepao