Poso
Poso is unfortunately the heart of one of Indonesia's unstable regions. In 2000 Muslims and Christians were fighting and slaughtering each other because of an escalated conflict. In and around Poso you can still the remains of burned houses. Since then the region is under strict military and incidents still occur. Too bad, because the area itself is beautiful and is not really explored nor exploited.
Poso, as you can see there's not much left of this ghost-town.
I found this still acceptable to photograph. I didn't take photos of the worst area just outside Poso.
This
is the Poso River in Tentena. Tentena and Poso witnessed several atrocities
since 1998, but the worst was in 2000 when Muslims and Christians began
to start slaughtering each other and dumping bodies in the Poso River.
Deforesting
near Ampana, too bad beautiful Sulawesi starts to see more and more of
that.
Mother
nature makes the road between Poso and Pagimana a very difficult one.
When
I arrived in Ampana I wanted to catch the ferry in Pagimana to Gorontalo
that only leaves every other day. Due to the excellent transport connections
time had gone faster than I expected. The only affordable option was to
charter a motorbike for 100km. After a 4-hour ride on the back of this
small bike, a flat tire and a thunderstorm, I missed the ferry! The captain
had decided to leave one hour earlier!! Can you believe it?
A nice view from the Pagimana lighthouse! Please click here
or on the photo for an enlargement.
I
went to Luwuk on the opposite side of Pagimana on the peninsula and took
a photo of these 2 boys who just caught a snapper.
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