Indonesia photos: sulawesi

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Tau-Tau Effigies at Londa Nanggala (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Tau-Tau Effigies at Londa Nanggala

Crested black macaque

Yellow and brown toad in Sulawesi (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Yellow and brown toad in Sulawesi.

Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)

Pomelo (Jerunga) fruit (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Pomelo (Jerunga) fruit

Black crested macaque

Crested black macaque

Rainforest guides in Sulawesi

Forest and coconut plantation in North Sulawesi

Crested black macaque

Sulawesi rainforest

Giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus) (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus)

Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi

Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig

Palm fruits (close up) (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Palm fruits (close up)

Deep red millipede on forest floor (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Deep red millipede on forest floor

Infant Crested Back Macaque

Umbrella plant in Sulawesi

Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi

Crested black macaque

Top breed white water buffalo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Top breed white water buffalo

Sulawesi sunset

Rainforest in Sulawesi

Palawa village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Indonesian rainforest

Crested black macaque

Crested black macaque

Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls

Colorful house among green rice paddies (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Colorful house among green rice paddies

Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe. These bamboo tripods form bungkas, large man-made circles of floating vegetation. These serve as fish traps, attracting fish during the rainy seaons. As water levels drop towards the dry season, a fine bamboo fence is built around the bungka, trapping the fish.

Orange orchid with magenta spots (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Orange orchid with magenta spots

Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja

Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi

Mother tarsier and baby

Rice fields (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Manado Tua volcano

Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi

Little girls at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Little girls at Lemo

Rice fields near Batutomonga village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice fields near Batutomonga village

Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi

Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings.

Tombs carved in a rock face at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Tombs carved in a rock face at Lemo

Rice fields at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice fields at Lemo

Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)

Mother tarsier and baby

Crested black macaque

Dusk on an Indonesian island

Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike

Rainforest below Dua Saudara

Sulawesi rainforest

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig

Sulawesi rainforest

Silk threads (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Rice paddies at Batutomonga (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice paddies at Batutomonga

Bear Cuscus and baby

Figs in Sulawesi's rainforest

Londa Nanggala cave with wooden funeral effigies and hanging coffins (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Londa Nanggala cave with wooden funeral effigies and hanging coffins. This is the burial custom of the Sa'dan Toraja people of upland Sulawesi.

Mother tarsier and baby

Crested black macaque

Dawn on Bunaken

Rainforest tree roots

Rice and mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Rice and mountains

Sulawesi rainforest

Crested black macaque

Crested black macaque

Sulawesi limestone mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Sulawesi limestone mountains

Fishing boat on a beach near Batuputih

Sulawesi rainforest

Sulawesi sunrise

Crested black macaque

Bunaken sunset with Manado Tua volcano in the background

Male and Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix)

Crested black macaque

White mushrooms in the rainforest

Coconut plantation aside forest below Dua Saudara Mountain

Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill

Eastern Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier)

Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi

Crested black macaque

Sulawesi rainforest

Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa. Orange and black-brown paint has been used to color the art.

Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)

Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills

Sulawesi rainforest

Wooden effigies of the dead at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Wooden effigies of the dead at Lemo

Crested black macaque

Black crested macaque

Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi.

Crested black macaque

Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village

Spectral tarsier

Roots of a rainforest tree

Oriental vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)

Rice fields planted on former mangrove forest land (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Rice fields planted on former mangrove forest land

Sulawesi rainforest

Rainforest in Sulawesi

Tarsier Hunting

Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang

Pair of Sulawesi wrinkled hornbills

Spectral tarsier in Sulawesi

Crested black macaque

Red flowers growing out of a tree trunk

Crested black macaque

Spectral tarsier

Spectral tarsier

Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao

Dive boat off Bunaken

Sulawesi black *ape*

Crested black macaque

Rainforest in Sulawesi

Tulip trees and coconuts in Sulawesi

Rainforest below Dua Saudara

Crested black macaque

Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)

Crested black macaque

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig tree

Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi

Looking up the inside of a strangler fig

Crested black macaque

Tulip trees in Sulawesi

Black sand beach on the Lembeh Strait

Tidepool on Bunaken Island with Siladen in the distance

Flying dragon displaying its wings

Sulawesi rainforest

Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina)

Indonesian rainforest

Colorful flower buds

Black butterfly with white markings (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Black butterfly with white markings

Mountain peak in South Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Mountain peak in South Sulawesi

Young blacked crested macaque

Wooden effigies of the dead in cliff walls at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Wooden effigies of the dead in cliff walls at Lemo

Rainforest guides in Sulawesi

Black crested macaque

Green cacao pods still on the tree (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Green cacao pods still on the tree. Cacao is cauliflorous, meaning the fruit grow directly out of the tree trunk and branches.

House gecko on yellow-orange background (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

House gecko on yellow-orange background

Orange praying mantis with green eyes

Crested black macaques

Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill

Rainforest canopy leaves

Sulawesi rainforest

Black crested macaque

Infant Crested Back Macaque

Spectral tarsier

Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi

Mangroves and seagrass on Bunaken Island

Orb-weaving spider

Male and Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix)

Red flower buds

White butterfly

Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)

Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese

Vines and lianas

Looking up the inside of Sulawesi's famous strangler fig

Fisherman working at sun down in Indonesia

Rainforest leaves

Terraced rice fields of Batutomonga (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Terraced rice fields of Batutomonga

House gecko (Sulawesi (Celebes))

Sulawesi rainforest

Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint

Sulawesi rainforest

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)

Rice paddies near Batutomonga village

Corn and rainforest in Sulawesi

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