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Tondok Bakaru

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Traditional village with well-kept tall houses, including many intricate details
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Tuson

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Village square, made up of visibly old, traditional houses
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Loko

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Village with many old, traditional houses and a fabulous view over the valleys below
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Taupe

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Traditional village with houses for several social classes, and an extensive cemetery.
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Mamasa

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The Mamasa Valley combines scenery and authentic traditional architecture with a genuinely friendly and hospitable people, which more than makes up for the lack of facilities
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Transport from Mamasa to Tana Toraja

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Although everybody in Mamasa claims that there is no transport from Mamasa to Tana Toraja, there is in fact a Jeep, and perhaps more than one, that leaves Mamasa on market day, Monday, for Ponding (from where you can get bemos to Bittuang and Makale and Rantepao). Pak Agusilam, tel. xxx, and owner of the [...]
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accommodation in Mamasa

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Mamasa Cottages doesn’t operate anymore – an empty shell – and the much touted Mantana Lodge is a sad affair, cockroach infested and run down. Three options seem quite reasonable, although, as every place in Mamasa, all quite basic. (1) There is a Wisata of which I cannot remember the name in the centre, very [...]
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38. the jeep

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Somewhat unexpected, and adventurous journey across the mountains from Mamasa to Tana Toraja.
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37. Mamasa Valley (2)

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More photos from traditional houses in Mamasa Valley, just because they are so nice, and authentic.
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36. Mamasa Valley

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A walk in the mountains north of Mamasa, to Taupe and Loko, provides brilliant views and lots of traditional houses.
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