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Ujung Pandang Harbour
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Makassar is the historical port for much of the spices trade for many hundreds of years. This was early in the morning after the rain was just lifting. An idyllic harbour in many ways.
The gateway to Sulawesi is the historic port of Ujung Pandang. Long known as Makassar, Ujung Pandang is one of the few Indonesian cities to embrace the sea. The focus of the town is a long esplanade curling along the bay, with swaying palms, wide sidewalks and colourful shophouses their second-storey terraces offering a commanding view of the beach, bay and tropical sunsets. While this growing city has sprawled into the surrounding hills during recent decades, commercial and social activity remains centered within a few blocks of the waterfront. In the late afternoon and early evening hours most of the population seems to gather along the esplanade, strolling and chatting, snacking at any of the scores of teashops and roving food stalls, or simply enjoying the fresh sea breeze as the setting sun touches the horizon, silhouetting the masts and billowing sails of the schooners cruising the bay.
In modern Indonesia, Ujung Pandang has become the primary port and airline hub of the eastern archipelago, the thousands of remote islands being developed and incorporated into the mainstream of Indonesian society and economy. As in previous centuries, when Makassar was the commercial heart of Southeast Asian trade, Indonesians, other Asians and Europeans rub shoulders in the narrow alleys and jostle in the shops and markets. A trained ear will pick out dozens of languages on the streets, and a casual browse through the shops on Jalan Sumba Opu will reveal goods, handicrafts and antiques from all corners of the archipelago. More than any other Indonesian city, Ujung Pandang evokes the great age of maritime discovery, trade and adventure.
Makassar was for centuries the main port of call for spice carrying ships. This harbour town most famous in the 15th century, has lost none of its allure. Today renamed as Ujung Pandang, this colourful now modern city is the capital of the Province of South Sulawesi, has first class hotels and is the entrance to many attractions in its hinterland.
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I like the cloud formation and the panoramic view, I guess the photo would be more dramatic in black and white, cheers Murray.
Jeffrey
Hi Murray,
Scenic view, greatly composed, but you captured it a bit too far, lost some details.
Ben Lakitan
Bonjour Murray
splendide vue panoramique, couleur bleue trés belle
bravo
amitiées
jojo
Hi Murray
A peaceful spot, I found it a little hard to find a focus in this shot thought ... I tried a workshop, I'd be interested to know what you think?
regards
Rew
- Emma
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Hi Murray,Gread work,good coposed Sky,water and clouds,very good blu colours.
Greetings.
Eva
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