After sailing to Bira on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, we explore the world of the Bugis people, once fearsome pirates and the origin of bogeyman myths, now famous worldwide for their amazing skills handcrafting massive traditional wooden ships The Bugis are the predominate ethnic group on southern peninsula of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and are one of the most skilled and well known sea-faring people in Southeast Asia. Back in the Seventeen Hundreds the scary bogeyman was no myth but very, very real murdering plundering, pillaging pirates creating havoc along the spice routes plied by ships of the Dutch and English colonial companies. "Beware of the bogeyman" was a phrase used to motivate sailors of these colonial traders to be watchful and ever alert. These bogeymen, the Bugis, weren't imaginary ghosts but rather a very real, dangerous threat to ship and crew. The modern day Bugis are no longer fearsome pirates but are still master mariners and skilled ship builders almost totally responsible for Indonesia having the largest fleet of timber cargo ships in the world. In addition to that, there is now an also impressive fleet of traditionally constructed timber sail and motor boats catering for the exploding adventure tourism and live aboard dive markets. Visiting this hub of traditional wooden ship building had been on our bucket list for a very long time and fully lived up to our anticipation.

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We sail to a complex of reefs in remote Sulawesi, Indonesia and discover a great anchorage at a tiny island. Here we are enthusiastically welcomed by the villagers, who tell us we are the very first westerners ever to visit their stunning home. They proudly showed us around their small but truly beautiful island where seaweed farming and fishing are the central way of life. After an all to short stay, we sail further north to Bojowe Harbour on the Sulawesi mainland where we race to anchor before a fierce monsoonal storm that strikes with big winds and driving rain. Did we make it? Let's call it a draw. We have just begun our exploration of this, the world's 11th largest island but already we have fallen in love with sailing this remote area populated by such warm, welcoming people. Thank you so much for watching. You're the guys and girls who float our boat and keep us motivated. Ko-fi https://www.ko-fi.com/dreamtimesail (Note: Ko-Fi has become our preferred platform for support as they take no commission from Crew Member's contributions) Patreon https://www.patreon.com/DreamtimeSail Our Books are available via Payhip HERE - https://tinyurl.com/2p89u5zp All music provided by Epidemic Sound. SOCIALS We're on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DreamtimeSail Follow our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dreamtimesail/ We've been blogging since 2011. Check it out at https://www.dreamtimesail.blogspot.com You can find Karen's recipes and tips from Our Galley at https://dreamtimesail.blogspot.com/p/our-galley.html #sailing #indonesia #travel

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We sail 'Our Dreamtime' further north in Indonesia to Bojowe Harbour on the Sulawesi mainland. Here we race to anchor before a fierce monsoonal storm that strikes with big winds and driving rain. Did we make it? Let's call it a draw. We have just begun our exploration of this, the world's 11th largest island but already we have fallen in love with sailing this remote area populated by such warm, welcoming people. If you'd like access to our live-tracker to see where we are in real time, receive almost daily Sit Rep updates when we're sailing via an exclusive crew Facebook Group, early, add free access to our episodes, free or heavily discounted downloads of all our e-books plus other exclusive benefits, you can become a member of our Dreamtime Sail Virtual Crew through either Ko-fi or Patreon. The funds help us offset the cost of upload data, music and editing software subscriptions, storage hard drives plus camera and audio equipment to improve the quality of our shows. Thank you so much crew. You're the guys and girls who float our boat and keep us motivated. Ko-fi https://www.ko-fi.com/dreamtimesail (Note: Ko-Fi has become our preferred platform for support as they take no commission from Crew Member's contributions) Patreon https://www.patreon.com/DreamtimeSail Our Books are available via Payhip HERE - https://tinyurl.com/2p89u5zp All music provided by Epidemic Sound. SOCIALS We're on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DreamtimeSail Follow our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dreamtimesail/ We've been blogging since 2011. Check it out at https://www.dreamtimesail.blogspot.com You can find Karen's recipes and tips from Our Galley at https://dreamtimesail.blogspot.com/p/our-galley.html All music in this episode is by Epidemic Sound. #sailing #indonesia #travel

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