The metropolitan hustle and bustle have not been enough to make all Makassar residents dissolve in the will of the times. Among the dominance of concrete buildings, some residents are still loyal to traditional houses on stilts.Marjuni Amiruddin, 53, was relaxing under his stilted house located in an alley on Jl. Yos Sudarso, Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Monday (21/3/2022) afternoon. A neighbor also...

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Indonesia has always been high on my travel bucket list. Most travelers flock the popular islands of Java and Bali, but with more than 17,000 islands stretching between Malaysia and Australia, this vast country has limitless possibilities to offer. When I heard that Makassar was on the itinerary of our 11-day Trip of Wonders media trip, I just couldn’t pass up the chance to finally set...

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Fort Rotterdam (Benteng Ujung Pandang as it is now called) is an Old Dutch colonial fort in Makassar, overlooking the harbor. It is one of the top attractions in Makassar. The current fort was built by the Dutch around the year 1667 but the first defensive structures consisting of a simple dirt wall where built here a century before in 1545 by Raja...

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Takapala Waterfall has 109 meters high with huge volume of water that pour out daily, and becomes bigger during rainy season. The outpouring of water that hit the big chunks of rocks in the bottom causing a roar and a splash of water that form a thin haze as far as 20 m. Not far from Takapala there are also other waterfall names...

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