My guide Rul, picked me up for lunch at Coto Nusantara – small bowls of brown soup/gravy arrived with cooked offal and grisly bits served with rice. Mental note to self: must tell my guide, that I only eat seafood!! Off … Continue reading →

Also known as Ujung Padang, Makassar is a port city on eastern Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. A statue of Sultan Hasanuddin (nickname, the “Fighting cock of the east”) looms large at the airport entrance. He was the 16th ruler of the … Continue reading →