Tana Toraja... Mountainous, Magical, Mysterious land of the dead, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

 Traditional,  Tana Toraja... exciting and unusual culture in Sulawesi's mountain mists

Traditional Torajan house decoration

Split bamboo, for roofing

Hand hewn planks, drying, spaced by wedges of split bamboo

Traditional house front

Graneries

house front, Bantupune

Fern covered roof on Torajan house

3 types of Toragan graves, left center tomb carved into cliff face. Center, hanging grave, right side modern Torajan mausoleum style.

Hanging grave

Baby graves, large tree on right. (Center tree is being tapped for arak, palm wine.)

Old coffins, skulls, and bones at bottom of ancient hanging grave site.

Village in the mists across the rice paddies

Kete Keso

Le'bo

on the way into Rantapao

Ancient cave burial site

Skulls, bones and ageing coffins

old Torajan burial

Coffin detail

Waiting for the funeral

Chilies

dried fish

buffalo market, Rantapo

Le'bo

fishing

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The Faroe islands... outside Torshavn

 Driving around the islands... an adventurous journey with stunning vistas, waterfalls, and rustic villages. Oh and sheep, lots of sheep.

east coast of Kunoy

Vidareidi from Burdoy Island

Muli, a farmstead mentioned in the Faroese Sagas, Burdoy

Cascade on the road to Muli

Elduvik, Esturoy Island

Ever changing weather, Esturoy

Gjogv, Eysturoy

Vidareidi, Vidoy Island

Boathouse, Funningur, Eysturoy

Funningur church, c 1832, 4th on this site

Oyndarfjodur, Eysturoy

Hellurnar form Oyndarfjodur, Eysturoy

Seastacks Bour, Vagar Island

Gasadular, Vagar

Gasadalur

Bour, Vagar