The soft breeze blowing in from the Banda Sea tends to induce one to laze the time away under the sun on Kakalungan beach on the uninhabited island of Kapota in Southeast Sulawesi. The hills, thick with pine trees, overlook an expanse of green interspersed with coconut trees stretching for a kilometer across the white sandy beach.

Situated in the gulf of Teluk Usuno, the island is protected from the crashing effect of the gigantic waves roll