Advantages
Music of Kebyar
Commoners
Temporal Perspectives
Village Fields
Knowledge
Magnificent
Betutu
Evidences
Tropical
Mahendradatta
Music of Kebyar
Administrative

UJUNGPANDANG

Capital of South Celebes, for hundreds of years known as Makassar. Largest and busiest commercial center in all of East Indonesia. Makassar Bay has spectacularly beautiful sunsets. There are many florist shops, and deer even graze over the city. getting there: Hasanudin Airport is 20 km from the city. Garuda and Merpati fly to Ujung Pandang twice weekly from Bali; try for a student's discount. Or take Bouraq from Surabaya or from Kalimantan. transport: Bemos travel only a few main roads so becaks are the only way to get around except for walking. Depending upon how far, anything from Rp100-250. Older drivers are cheaper. stay: Cheapest is Pang. Maros, JI. Seram, Rp500; dingy and smelly, better to sleep out on the sidewalk in a howling monsoon. Hotel Nusantara, Rp600, with reliefs of giraffes on the walls and tanks of tropical fish, has a nice 2nd floor public sitting room over the street; harbor is only 1 km away. Many travelers stay in Hotel Alaska, JI. Sungaisaddang 52, Rpl 100 single, Rp1650 double with private toilet and bath. Losmen Linggarjati, just off JI. Sombu Opu opposite the mosque, is Rp900; see the ocean from some rooms. The Ramayana, JI. G. Bawarkarang 121, is expensive at Rp1800 and up for a standard room, meals are about Rp650. eat: There are diverse and surprising markets with hundreds of different kinds of live fish, eels, crab, squid, prawns , lobster, grilled over open fires. Cheaper food is in excellent night markets. The stalls behind the big day market start up at 6 pm; mie rebus, Rp100, cakes, Rp15. Visit Pasar Baru for all kinds of fruits and vegetables (6 different kinds of eggplant). Expect to spend Rp800-1000 for a meal in the restaurants. Asia Baru Restaurant, JI. Salahutu 2, has a good reputation for seafood in a town that's famous for it. Try baronang fish, barbecued squid (cumi cumi), Rp650, or giant prawns at Rp400 each. Also good is Makassar boiled fish in spiced sauce (pulu mare). Empang, JI. Siau, has Indonesian food and baked fish (ikan bakar) at its best. Try soto makassar, a savory super-nutritious soup made from buffalo guts; find it in warungs all over town. Lots of good ice juice places. On JI. Sulawesi 185 is a little Chinese place serving a big portion of good mie goreng, Rp300. On JI. Timur, fresh apples Rp125 each and grapes for Rp2250 a kilo. There are well-stocked grocery stores on JI. Sulawesi selling 56 kinds of fresh-baked biscuits and cookies in glass jars, Australian cheese and wine, Dutch chocolates. There's about 7 separate brands of the sweet peach-like drink, marquisha, in Ujung Pandang; Rp500 a bottle.