From the sea to the highlands.  So much to see along the way.  That’s why I have 400 photos.  It was hard to pick and choose.

  Lunch stop Parepare 

Our guide Rusli could join us for lunch here because it is a Muslim area so he knew there would be no pork in the dishes.  First, though he went off to pray and them came back and shared the vegetable and potato salads, squid and fish Randal and I had ordered.  Rusli requested rice because to him it is essential to a meal.  He explained that Asians don’t feel full unless they have had rice.

Rice field work of art.  The gleaners.

  Puncak Lawakan (Bambapuang)  Seen behind the red chair, Erotic Mountain  is called that because of its likeness to a certain unmentionable part of female anatomy.    It seems that the Sulawesi people are a bit less Puritanical than New Englanders in lots of ways.  And to quote Gump, “That’s all I’m going to say about that.” 

  The scenery at our hotel!  I loved the red flowers.

Terraced rice fields further up the mountain from Tana Toraja.  This area made us regret that we didn’t have a week to spen here hiking the mountains and relaxing in the clear clean mountain air.

  Rice fields near the “bones” cave burial site.  Too bad about the cell tower in the mid section.

I wish pictures didn’t take so long to send.  I will copy all of the photos from our Tana Toraja trip and send them to Audrey for the photo album.

Just one last note.  Any delays in the construction of our website are all caused by my role in getting it up and running.  Communications at sea and in remote parts of the world takes time.  Audrey has been patiently waiting for me to comment on the site’s construction and it takes me a week or more to respond.  So any parts that are “underconstruction” are still underconstruction due to my slowness, not Audrey’s.  www.mydoramac.com  Check it out and share it with friends!!