This man makes these drums, those are his sons, he is starting them early in their music career. The drum maker has traveled to the U.S. for some music performance in Washington D.C. a few years back.
A group of art students I met while visiting with their instructor, Mike, the man behind me & to the left of me in the photo. Mike works for the hostel I was staying at in Makasar, a good painter who recently had a show in Japan, (www.newlegendhostel.com) you can view some of his artwork on their website. The prices for rooms can be divided by 10,000, so the range is about $4 to $10 a night, with good breakfast.
On the Puspita (ferry to Wakai, Togean Islands, Sulawesi)...I was extremely tired, had just completed a 30 hour bus journey, about 4 hours pulled over on the side of the road to sleep in the bus because of a BAD storm: fallen trees, floods, boulders in the road. Some people actually got off the bus, I am still not sure where they went. I arrived at 6 a.m. waited a while for the ferry to depart and met this woman, cannot remember her name, once we were on the ferry, she actually gave me a massage, feet and all!!
Look closely and you will see that there is a person at the top....
Brave and strong!!