Philip and Jacob set off for Kendate, a Mekwei village on Tanah Merah Bay. But the road stops at Tabla Nusu--one village short--so they parked the car at one of Jacob's relative's houses (he has relatives everywhere) and went to see if there was a boat to take them the rest of the way.
The Kendate residents are grumpy with the Bupati (like a state MP) for only bringing the road (and development) as far as Tabla Nusu, which is his village. Here is his house, and the small tourist resort he's built behind.
A backyard processing plant - squeezing water through sago tree pulp to make the Papuan staple, papeda (which looks and tastes like glue). A sago tree matures at 17 years and the pulp will make enough papeda to feed a family for a few months. It will be eaten with fish, farmed in nets in the lagoon behind the village.
That brown vertical line on the far hill looks like a landslide but is actually meant to be a new road they're trying to build to Kendate from the other direction. Hard to see who'll ever be able to get up it..or down it without ending up in the drink.
No boats today, so they trek over the headlands through the jungle.
A dug-out canoe, made where the tree is felled, then carried (a good deal lighter!) to the sea. This tree--by good fortune--grew just next to the bay.
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