Makassar Travel

Sulawesi is one of the islands in the archipelago of Indonesia, is the most unique in how the world is like the petals of orchids caused geological work of two ancient continents, Laurasia and Gondawana land that unifies the other over millions of years ago.

Sulawesi was known as Celebes, derived from the Portuguese language means pirates because of the inhabitants of the southern part of the island attacked the Portuguese spice traders when it passes through the sea of the island of Maluku.

Sulawesi today is divided into six segments, each segment is a province with its own capital and their own government led by a sub-chairman. There are from 23 ethnic groups living on the island have their own culture and beliefs.
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And we come to Makassar, the capital of Sulawesi Island

Happy because for once we had been sighted and hotel booked, so we drink and we avoided the depletion of starting the search. And glad of hotel, despite its sinister characters and be the chestnut that was when we saw the city. Chaos, dirt and nothing. Although it is true that not everything was bad. The smell of the sea that flooded the city heralded the feast that we were going to take before bedtime. Three succulent fish, fish that were only an hour before, a serving of fresh shrimp facts such as fish, grilled, plenty of rice and various sauces. The most amazing thing is that once again we were without a camera, but the ridiculous price we paid.

The next day around town looking for his only point of interest, a Dutch fort not found, and a walk in the hot sun along the boardwalk. Everything to make time to catch the bus on the way to Rantepao.

8 hours a night bus with wide seats, air conditioning, three people sleeping on the floor and one in the trunk. A long night. At 7 o’clock we reached our destination. Rantepao is the ideal city to travel around Tana Toraja, a mountainous region with a magical landscapes and huge and beautiful buffalo.
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The town is located in Ujung Pandang has a myriad of tourist attractions, like beaches, some islands with charm oseanorium relic of Japan, the tomb of the king, an old mosque and temple architecture and souvenir center Somba Opu.

Losari beach is very famous and became the pride of the local community. This beach offers beautiful scenery, especially at dusk sunset. In the vicinity of this beach there is a shopping center and souvenir gold craft along Somba Opu street, there are also many lodging facilities ranging from guesthouse to hotels. Also on the Barombong Beach you can enjoy the natural bathing facilities and water sports. This beach is famous because of its uniqueness as a black sand beach.

In the northern port city of Makassar, there is a boat named Paotere. One port “tempo doeloe” folk heritage that still survive and is testament to the Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo heritage since the 14th century, when the dispatcher about 200 boat fleet Phinisi to Malacca. Paotere Port currently still used as a port of the boats and people like Phinisi Lambo and also became the center of commercial fishermen.
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A time for visiting the Citadel also Ujung Pandang, built by the Dutch Trading Company (VOC). For nearly 300 years this fort became the center of Dutch rule in South Sulawesi. In 1937 Fort Rotterdam handed over to civilian use as a center of culture and arts, among others, to house the Foundation Matthes, a famous library on the history, language and culture of South Sulawesi. Ujung Pandang Fort now managed by the Center for Preservation of Archaeological Heritage of Makassar, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, while Lagaligo Museum located in this fort, under the management of the Government of South Sulawesi province. This area became one of the cultural attractions of Makassar.

In addition there is also Soma Opu Castle complex built around the Kingdom of Gowa. Built in the XV century by the King of Gowa to Tunipallangga-X, who reigned between 1548 and 1566. Or rectangular with walls as thick as 12 feet, walls or fronts the west side there is Baluwara Southwest Middle Baluwara, and Northwest Baluwara that is also called the Great Baluwara (Groot Bolwerk). In this Great Baluwara placed very powerful cannon that were once owned by Indonesia, namely Meriam “Son of Makassar,” which weighs 9500 kg with a length of 6 meters and 41.5 cm in diameter or caliber.
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If you can’t afford the finest 5 star hotel centro Parigi, don’t think you won’t have the time of your life in Paris. Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world for good reason, France probably has more recognizable landmarks than any other city in the world.

It would be a shame to miss seeing the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe Elysee Palace, Place Vendome and Notre Dame Cathedral, a landmark made even more famous by the novel of Victor Hugo entitled Hunchback of Notre Dame, simply because you thought you couldn’t afford to see the city in style, never even looking for a hotel economici parigi centro. Yes, Paris can be very expensive but there are affordable accommodations in the city centre.

Don’t think you’re being shortchanged by looking for a hotel economici parigi centro, lots of people prefer to save money on their accommodations are use it for visiting places like the Louvre where breathtaking artworks such as the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Mil are housed instead. Be saving money on your accommodation, you use that money to take French cooking lessons, splurge on a fine French meal, or indulge in some of the world’s finest shopping. Which memory do you think you’ll cherish more, learning how to make a crepe from a real French chef or the lobby of the fancy and very expensive hotel you choose instead?

If you’re looking for Edinburgh self catering apartments online, you’re probably finding lots of advertisements online. There are many agencies online that specialize in Edinburgh apartments for short term rentals catering to people looking for a holiday apartment or business travelers. You’ll want to stick with the larger agencies that will assist you should you find something is not as advertised when you arrive.

Don’t waste your time looking at listings for an Edinburgh accommodation that are not comprehensive. The apartments description should include information about the surrounding area, a list of every room in the apartment, and the facilities within the rooms. Clear photographs of each room should be provided along with a photograph of the exterior of the building. Photos of Edinburgh apartments are very important as most people are renting sight unseen.

Make sure that you will be met by the owner or a knowledgeable representative. Not only will you need the keys to your Edinburgh accommodation, you’ll need to know how to operate the appliances, how to get WiFi if it’s offered, and where to put your trash, etc.

Expect to pay a security deposit. Landlords request this in case you damage any furnishings. Most apartments have rules which include no smoking, no parties, and no additional overnight guests. Inspect the apartment when you arrive and note any damage you may see so you won’t be charged for it.

Bira is a beach paradise, a haven of peace and tranquility where one has little to do or need to do, because the place itself is everything. It is a large beach filled with coconut trees and crystal clear waters where every evening at sunset, leaving fishermen with their traditional boats to fish not far from the sand.

Here are all “Bugis” considered one of the best builders of wooden boats. Currently under construction are three and the smallest of them has a length of 22m and a width of 9m. All the work is manual with the exception of the occasional help of chainsaw.

Go to Bira was a success first by the place itself and second because the second day I was fortunate to meet a ferry which unexpectedly went to Luabanbajo (Flores). Although Flores was completely discarded my plans, it was possible to reach Lombok by sea and land transport and having enough time to visit Bali and The Gili and saved me around 600,000 rupees instead of going by plane.

Take the decision to take a plane to Makassar (capital of Sulawesi) and from here a bus to Rantepao, not wanting perdeme Tana Toraja, the land of the Toraja.

Tana Toraja is famous for the Toraja culture, for the construction of their houses, the traditional way to give their land but not stone dead … but if anything have become famous for their traditions has been funerias and mostly because water buffaloes are sacrificed. But Tana Toraja is not only that, for me it was more. Toraja Land is located in the mountains of southern Sulawesi in a stunning natural setting of forest, water and rice. The Toraja are people worthy of admiration for his smile his kindness and hospitality. So I will not hang the pictures or the dead and the sacrifice of buffaloes, who wants to see you pass by my page flicker.

Six days in Rantepao which also coincided with great people, both as passengers and Toraja which I hope to someday return to run into in the short path of life. For me a place if you visit imprenscindible Sulawesi (but of course this is as always I like but not like you)

One of the most interesting things about travel is certainly see how in each region, area or country means the world and everything in it happens in a way that can be completely opposite to yours, which requires you to have an open mind, away from prejudice and never position yourself not as easy and as wrong as ethnocentrism. Often, if not in most instances, Manichaeism resulting from those traveling to the Western mind and prejudices can be certainly sad and desolate. That “good and bad, we do things right and they are barbarians, uncultured and poor, we have come to save them from their ignorance, they swim by having nothing else to cling to. They live in shacks in this country is an absolute mess, dirty and poor, while in my country people live in flats and houses, the city is clean, there are good cars, movie theaters, television … poor things, I am see them (like a zoo, I would add) but really comes to judge …. ” Good. Whoever travels to a country of those not considered the first world (even some exotic themselves are the first world but with a culture totally alien to our own) and think such a thing falls into the ignorant traveler’s own ethnocentrism: that moving hoping to find in India, Bolivia, Tanzania and Indonesia which have their own country. Nen, think again. If you travel with your mind totally clean, ready to make the effort to try to understand behavior, culture and even the beliefs of those who live there, then you better stay home, look at a documentary on exotic cultures 2 and do the ridiculous.

And all this preface, for what?, You may ask. Good, because if you have an open mind and you can not see through this humble blog without judging, rather than stop reading this entry. Like there are times when you regret. I try to describe what I saw, being sterile and purpose in the narrative of the facts and away from harmful stereotypes. And try not to fall into the sickness free, simply describe, explain …

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The hours of sunrise or dawn in Makassar is at 6:10:34 and the time of sunset or sunset in Makassar is at 18:05:34.

* Length of day is 12:55 Makassar
* Civil Twilight begins at 5:49:02 and ends at 18:27:07
* Nautical twilight begins at 5:23:59 and ends at 18:52:09
* Astronomical twilight begins at 4:58:58 and ends at 19:17:10

If you want to see the location of Makassar on a Google map or upload to your GPS coordinates, we provide the following information:

* Latitude of Makassar 5 ° 8 ‘S
* Makassar Length: 119 ° 25 ‘E

The exact time of Makassar, is calculated based on time zones in Indonesia will always try to tell what time it is in Makassar as accurately as possible, there may be changes in Makassar exact time dependent on the season in which is the city.

The schedule change is made to adapt Makassar activities of citizens and tourists visiting Makassar cycle of sunlight, so that is less dependent on electricity. For all this, is that it makes a change from hour to Makassar in the summer and another change in Makassar in winter time. Adding daylight time to the afternoon trade benefits to tourism in Makassar, to sports and other activities that favors the presence of light after work.

Sam Ratulangi Drive Jalan 33, Makassar, Indonesia

A model of international standard four-star Sahid Jaya Hotel Makassar will allow you to begin your visit to Makassar in the most relaxed as possible, and all for just EUR € 58.00 per night.

Sahid Jaya Hotel Makassar is a step in the neighborhood of City, on Jalan Sam Ratulangi Drive 33, Makassar, Indonesia, and is the ideal launch pad for sampling the sights of Makassar or for business, sure to be a point highlight of his trip to Indonesia.

We started the series with Sulawesi, the island that have been the last 3 weeks … the truth we did not find how to define this island drawn on a map view and it seems like a joke. And this is so strange that a character has so marked the island and its people, quite different from the rest of the country.

Here the landscape is unpredictable and changing every few miles … the typical dirty and dusty city just a few hours and get to mountains and green valleys full of rice fields, parks with abundant flora and fauna, drawn by a coastline of white sand beaches islands with clear waters, reefs that are home to large marine life.

On the other hand, people we’ve met each other is as diverse as the landscape … Muslims, Christians, Toraja … but all share the same passion for the few foreigners allowed to see these lands. And now the Spanish are in fashion where we go with the theme of the World can make a simple 10-minute walk becomes a long photo session with young people in the area.
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Tana Toraja is a region of central Sulawesi especially known for their elaborate funeral rites. Sulawesi is mostly Muslim but a Christian Toraja area, but are very different from ours to hold a funeral. For them death is normal, even see it as something joyful … a funeral is like a party where you get sadistic enough to meet several people off the area, and usually lasts about 3 days.

For the deceased’s family organize a funeral is very expensive … so much that there are families that can take several years to collect enough money and get to bring the whole family may be scattered across Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia … and you will wonder “and what the heck do with the corpse in the meantime? “… well … I will shoot very easy to doses of formaldehyde and leave it lying in a room of the house …. and Toraja traditional houses have 3 bedrooms: one is the lounge The other is the bedroom of the family and guests and the third bedroom of the dead … that is, if you feel like sleeping with a local family is likely to finish wall to wall with a family luncheon …

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