Catching up: Still the last weekend in February, and I am invited to a wedding, this time Bugis style, in Samarinda Seberang as a guest of our office manager and all-round office hero, Andi and her family. On the way home, we took the "alternate route" which allowed us to stop at the first mosque in Samarinda...built completely out of wood with no nails.

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