Makassar is filthy and dilapidated even by Indonesian standards (trust me, I live there), and Paotere is no exception. Expect lots of garbage in the water, mud and puddles instead of a road and a bunch of stores and offices that look like collapsing. Only go here if you want to witness the hustle & bustle of seafaring and trading... More

The harbour has a beautiful and colourful mix of all sorts of ships from a little dinghy to large sea going vessels. It's a great photo-op but may be distressing to more sensitive travellers. The day we were there - kids begging for food and money and a couple of dead rats and a new-born kitten whose mother had abandoned... More

Makassar really is not the place you would like to visit, dirty, congested, no real city center, just malls. But if you get stuck there, don't get depressed. There is one sight worth coming to Makassar and that is the old traditional harbour Paotere. Maybe you visited Fort Rotterdam, the most famous sight of Makassar. From there take a becak... More

The old harbour can only be reached by taxi, there is no public transport. Here you can see boats being loaded by hand. Have some food at the warungs closeby and enjoy the wooden ships.

A small fee to enter the harbour and then over Fifity Lamba Pinisi tied to the pier. A great chance to photograph and watch the crews and families and of course these great craft.

I travelled to Makassar to see the port, the site of so much people smuggling activity. Its not hard to see how easily the Indonesians are exploited. Lots of boats, (most seaworthy - just) and lots of impovorished Indonesians for the unscrupulous to take advantage. The harbour is however vibrant with lots of colourful wooden boats. There is a lot... More

Seeing wooden ships and human activities here and take several photos. It was an interesting photo spot, specially for foreigner. But for domestic tourist, i think you might find a similiar area in other location in indonesia such as Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta.

chomp chomp, wet wet all the way at the fish market, interesting sight of fish trading

This is where the traditional Bugis pindisi ships and other smaller ships docks. It is very colourful, with loading and unloading done in manual ways by a lot of people. These small ships bringcargo to and from the myriad of smaller island of the Indonesia archipelago. You can easily spend a couple of hours here, watch the work go on... More