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North Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010

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chin:
In late March 2010, we went to Indonesia and spent a few days in North Sulawesi. We stayed at the Hotel Santika near Manado city, and visited some sight seeing spots by car.

The following Google map image shows Jakarta in the Java island (pin on the left), Makassar in South Sulawesi, and Manado in North Sulawesi (top right pin).

chin:
The direct flight from Jakarta to Manado is too early for lazy bumps like me. So we took the later flight that transit via Makassar in South Sulawesi (the middle pin in the above map.)

I got the window site, and the sky was clear enough that I took lots of pictures. On approach to Makassar, I can see lots of villages. Almost all houses are tin roofed (or some kind of iron sheet, as many are rusting.)

This picture is interesting also in the sense that, even at only 10000 meters or so, the earth is beyond any doubt not flat.

chin:
More sky pic.

I am now using Aperture 3 to organize and process my photos. One of the new features of the new Aperture is the incorporation of Google map. It was very easy to find on the satellite image where I took this picture. The 2nd image is from Google map, and my plane was flying South-to-North and I was sitting on the window seat on the right side. So looking from the pins toward right, you can clearly identify the landmarks - the forking river, the roundish clear space near the river, the 4 rows of warehouses.

Anyone can be a spy now.  ;D

chin:
There is no story to this picture. It just shows that I was bored at Makassar...  ::)

I decided to show this, because after close inspection, I found that the plane's outline was distorted either by the rain or something else.

chin:
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world by population. But northern Sulawesi is an exception. You cannot help to notice the very in your face display of Christianity EVERYWHERE. It's more so because Easter was only a week away.

In most villages, the nicest building in the village would be the church. Every single home has a paper cross for Easter. And many neighborhoods had their designated color or decoration scheme for the crosses, as you shall see in later in this thread.

I speculate that the strong display of religious affiliation may have something to do with Christians being minority in this country, thus a strong label and identity. A label that everyone else has is not exactly an identity.

"Selamat Paskah" means happy Easter. 

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