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Pare Pare

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Sleepy town where friendly people compensate for the lack of tourist sites.
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Paotere harbour – Makassar

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Here is where the schooners and the fishing boats congregate, resulting in a great harbour and an even greater fish market.
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Gowa – Makassar

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An impressive wooden palace and a peaceful cemetery are all that is left of the old Gowa Bugis empire
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Makassar

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Despite a shortage of tourist sites, Sulawesi’s biggest city makes for an attractive place with a great trading atmosphere
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Visa extension and travel agency in Gorontalo

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Should you need to get your visa extended whilst in Northern Sulawesi, Gorontalo is a much better option than Manado: a smaller, less busy immigration office, and easier to find a sponsor. Visas can be extended in 24 hours, and Wahab Tirtawinata can help, telp. +62 853 98727779 or +62 853 42133888 and email: gorontalotravel9@gmail.com. [...]
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Renting a boat in Pendolo for Danau Poso

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Lita, telp. +62 852 36366411, who also runs one of the restaurants along the road just south of the Mulia Poso Lake Hotel, can arrange a boat to cross the Danau Poso from Pendolo to Tentana, or anything else. Lita and her family are extremely nice people. The Mulia Hotel itself is somewhat run-down, but [...]
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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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accommodation and food in Pare Pare

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The one hotel with attached bathroom, hot water, good toilets etc, that we have been able to identify in Pare Pare, is the Pare Wisata, in the centre of town, close to the night market, and, more importantly, opposite the Dynasti Restaurant, a Chinese restaurant with excellent fish and shell fish. The people in the [...]
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accommodation in Polewali

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Polewali does not feature in many travel guides. A good place to stay is the Lilianto Hotel, on the road coming in from the south. Attached Western-style bathrooms with hot shower, and good, free wifi, in the rooms. All this for around 300,000 Rupias. And there is a quite acceptable restaurant with Indonesian fare, as [...]
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