Past winter, I went on a 3 weeks trip in Indonesia with my brother. We wanted to get ourselves a nice tan for Christmas. Done, crossed that off our bucket list!

One of our stop was Bunaken, a pretty sweet piece of heaven in northern Sulawesi island. To get there, we had to take a boat from Manado: a city that is rogue, wow!

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That was a very warm day at noon-time, the light was very bright reflecting heat on all the harbour concrete.

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We arrived at lunch time and got lucky to immediately find a nice guy who helped us to figure out which boat was bound for Bunaken. Our improvised local guide brought us to a local cheap place to eat where the food was... local. Haha!

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Turned out, we got something like a hour or so before our trip so plenty time to eat, drink, chat and even street photography for my part.

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After lunch, I left my bag to my brother and grabbed my camera to capture the new life style that was swarming around us.

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It seems to use to be so hot outside that all structures are very close to cover the alleys from the sun. I could easily guess that people stay there all day with their friends and family.

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Far away, you could see the Welcome to Manado sign, a local wink to the Hollywood sign.

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From what I saw when I walked around this part of the street, it looks like the Allium market is big here.

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You can't see well from here because of the wide angle but this is the ice-cream delivery guy: the scooter was playing a catchy jingle like the legendary Mister Softee one. Genuine.

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This was a very productive couple of hours in Manado harbour, I'm glad we have stopped there.