Today’s stop on my whirlwind tour is Makassar, on the island of Sulawesi. Sulawesi is that very weirdly shaped island next to Borneo in Indonesia. Perhaps the most well known thing about Sulawesi is that its home to the unusual Tana Toraja culture.

Tana Toraja is about an eight hour drive from Makassar, which is on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, so I won’t be seeing it this trip. Maybe next time.

Makassar itself is home to an old Dutch fort going back to the late seventeenth century. There’s a few pretty little islands dotting the harbor, and there supposed to be the remains of the old kingdom of Gowa just a few minutes outside of the city, with a rather interesting old palace thats now a museum. I should be coming back to Makassar again soon, so there’s lots more to see next time.

Tomorrow it’s back to Jakarta, and then back to Bangkok on Friday. Whew! What a week!