by Ethan | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Wooden boats still load freight to bring to the archipelago nation. The swept prows and broad beams of a century and a half ago toil on into this one, diesel has replaced sail but I saw no navigational systems on the boat I was allowed to board – just a cb radio and a cell phone with gps. A Pakistani businessman inquired where I was from and what brought me down to the harbour. I told him the boats. He told me he was shipping barrels of palm oil to be made into laundry soap. A dusty old, stinking place but it’s a friendly, working harbour and I enjoyed a kopi with a few curious...
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