BAU-BAU
An Oasis City on Buton
It has vast green open space with an urban forest, as well as rivers and beaches on the waterfront. The city mayor refused to build a large port.
January 12, 2011
AFTER the hot mud submerged her village home in Sidoarjo, Muliana, 33, was forced to move to find a new livelihood. At first she went to nearby areas and continued her handicraft business but always failed. Then she heard from some friends about a small city at the tip of Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi: Bau-Bau.
To date, the single woman has been in Bau-Bau for one and a half years. “It’s like being caught at the point of no return,” sh
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