Sunshine is the name of a guesthouse in Tanjung Bira, also known as Pantai Bira, a small village on the southern-most point of Sulawesi. It is also the name of a little girl, the daughter of the owner of Sunshine Guesthouse. You could say the guesthouse is named after her. Or maybe it is simply an appropriate name for a very sunny point of Sulawesi. There was a lot of sunshine in Bira. But before I got there I had to contend with the rain of Makassar. Makassar is big. It is spread out. It is chaotic. And when I was there it was very, very, wet. Something to do with the rainy season. It has a sea-side promenade which they call a beach, even though there is nary a beach to be seen. It is
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