I’m working on texts, the chapters on the North East of Malayasia, Kelantan and Terengganu. These are some of the pictures I made. The geolocation tagging function helps identify some of the locations, as well as confirm, so to speak, that I had, actually, visited the places that I am writing about. It’s a fascinating,…
Tag: Pulau Duyong
Sitting out the Last Days of the Monsoon on Pulau Duyong
The artisanal craft of boat-building in South East Asia is dying
Nusantaran Boat Building and South East Asian Maritime Trade Routes
I arrived at Pulau Ketam a day after a completed boat had been launched. What remained were remnants of the craft. The workers had all retired to the Kampung in preparation of the evening prayers. ©ismaillagardien Sea explorers from Nusantara set foot on the African Continent through Madagascar since the early days of Christian era…