MAKASSAR Gateway to Eastern IndonesiaText: Fabio ScarpelloPhotos: Makhfudz K.Published by: Tadia Komunikasi Indonesia, 2005

ASK people with sense of the past to name the great historic ports of Asia and likely you will get as answer, Singapore, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Shanghai. Ask them to name Indonesian ports that have been historically important: Batavia and Surabaya. Scratch a little further and you might just get the response: Makassar.

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