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INDONESIA | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By adventurers | Views [641] | Comments [2]
Dave needs a haircut. We walked into a shop that had a sign out front saying 'salon'. There was a counter with some shampoo and behind that a girl of about 5 sitting watching tv. There were two seats at a bench and no mirror. I asked ... Read more >
Tags: hair cut, indonesia, salon, sulawesi
INDONESIA | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By adventurers | Views [559]
Buffalo are highly regarded in Tana Toraja. They are large, beautiful creatures. Some are albino and worth at least $10,000. Buffalo are slaughtered at funerals and the meat shared among the community.
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INDONESIA | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By adventurers | Views [560]
There are beautiful butterflies and moths here. They are quite large, about the size of an adult hand. We have also seen rhinocerous beetles about the size of your computer's mouse.
Tags: beetles, butterflies, sulawesi, tana toraja
INDONESIA | Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By adventurers | Views [547]
Dave and i met a young German couple and travelled with them all day yesterday in a mini van with a driver. We saw the traditional burial sites of the Torajan people who are laid to rest inside caves and carved out rocks. We stood beside ... Read more >
Tags: burial, cemetery, dead, indonesia. south sulawesi, sulawesi, tana toraja
INDONESIA | Wed, 29 Sep 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [2396]
There's no place like Toraja: huge funerals that last days, public buffalo sacrifices, and unique boat-shaped houses. All this with the backdrop of lush rice terraces.
Tucked in the highlands of South Sulawesi, Toraja is far off the Indonesian ... Read more >
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