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Sunset reflected on the clouds |
After another gruelling 2 day journey involving local boat
from Kadidiri to Wakai followed by a 5 hour ferry trip to Ampana,
ojek (motorbike) ride to hotel where we
overnighted before heading off the public minibus to Palu the next morning and
finally an hour’s taxi ride to Donggala.
We were more than relieved to reach the Prince John Dive Resort situated
in Tanjung Karang on mainland Sulawesi.
In Dutch colonial times, Donggala was the major port in this
part of Sulawesi before the harbour silted up and they started to use the
harbour at Palu instead. Nowadays Donggala
is a sleepy little town with lots of old traditional houses which we saw as we
passed through on the taxi ride to the resort.
It is a town of little colourful houses and a small streets and it is
hard to reconcile it with its important role in days gone by.