DOZENS of cars, buses and cargo trucks, large and small, were seen passing in front of Hotel 88, Parepare City. The two-year-old hotel is located on the side of Jalan Bau Massepe, one of the major roads connected to the Palopo-Makassar Highway along South Sulawesi's western coast. "When you're traveling from Makassar, this would be the first hotel in sight," said Muhammad Akbar, the hotel's assistant manager.

To the north, Jalan Bau Massepe is connect