2009 Perth & Sulawesi Travel Blog Photos

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Fremantle Town Hall.
Fremantle Town Hall.
Australian, state and other flags.
Australian, state and other flag…
Swimming beach and marina.
Swimming beach and marina.
Fish and chips restaurants.
Fish and chips restaurants.
Fish and chips restaurants.
Fish and chips restaurants.
Fish and chips restaurants.
Fish and chips restaurants.
S.O.Y.
S.O.Y.
Esplanade Hotel ... every waterfront city has one?
Esplanade Hotel ... every waterf…
Cake of soap ... this is a soap shop specialising in soaps that look like cakes!
Cake of soap ... this is a soap …
Cake of soap ... this is a soap shop specialising in soaps that look like cakes!
Cake of soap ... this is a soap …
Manado from our hotel room.
Manado from our hotel room.
Chinese temple in Manado.
Chinese temple in Manado.
Boats arrive through a clearing in the mangrove.
Boats arrive through a clearing …
Mangrove roots.
Mangrove roots.
Mangrove roots.
Mangrove roots.
Walking out to the dive boats.
Walking out to the dive boats.
Church and village on Bunaken island.
Church and village on Bunaken is…
Going back after our dive.
Going back after our dive.
Heading back to Manado.
Heading back to Manado.
Manado from the sea.
Manado from the sea.
Lionair's onboard prayer card caters for Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, Hindus and Buddists. Very plural ... some airlines only have them for one religion.
Lionair's onboard prayer card ca…
Lionair's onboard prayer card caters for Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, Hindus and Buddists. Very plural ... some airlines only have them for one religion.
Lionair's onboard prayer card ca…
Makassar is home to the famed Bugis people ... seafarers and warriors. Their street sign are also in Bugis script (also called lontara).
Makassar is home to the famed Bu…
Pictures taken fom the internet of crew playing with the crash axe.
Pictures taken fom the internet …
Our bus.
Our bus.
Very spacious.
Very spacious.
Children love to play ... in this case, catching the flies with plastic cups.
Children love to play ... in thi…
One of the first sights at the funeral is the tax counter ... for the government and church. Tax and Death are the two certainties in life.
One of the first sights at the f…
Walking down to the funeral village.
Walking down to the funeral vill…
The bodies are kept on this platform.
The bodies are kept on this plat…
Pigs as gifts.
Pigs as gifts.
Pigs as gifts.
Pigs as gifts.
Walking down to the funeral village.
Walking down to the funeral vill…
Ceremony in progress.
Ceremony in progress.
Girls in traditional costumes.
Girls in traditional costumes.
Gift being brought down.
Gift being brought down.
Pig later.
Pig later.
People take their turns to go up to the reception hall.
People take their turns to go up…
Many guests are seated under these rice barns.
Many guests are seated under the…
Guests are held in numbered sheds waiting their turn in the ceremony.
Guests are held in numbered shed…
Grand children of the deceased couple.
Grand children of the deceased c…
People coming out from the reception hall.
People coming out from the recep…
Meat is customarily cut high up on the platform.
Meat is customarily cut high up …
Meat is customarily cut high up on the platform. See the flies?
Meat is customarily cut high up …
This was a pig.
This was a pig.
In New Zealand abbatoirs, this is called the gut table.
In New Zealand abbatoirs, this i…
This was a water buffalo.
This was a water buffalo.
Gifts of buffaloes being presented.
Gifts of buffaloes being presented.