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Tomohon Indonesia

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I am writing this during a 4 day reprieve from traveling at a dive center where we snorkel and laze around, sitting on our balcony overlooking the Manado sea. As we stupidly burnt our skins to almost unbearable tenderness on the very first snorkeling trip, we are really just reading, writing and sleeping. So the below was concocted in 3 or 4 "stop start" attempts. And in the end I consider it mediocre in content. As always the pictures will have to save the show. Well, here I am at long last, in the city my parents, brother and I left in 1950, as the transition to the new Indonesian government was complete. The country side of this 27,000 plus people town is lush, abound in flowers, because we are at 800 meter or 2500 ft plus elevation above sea level. We are almost on the equator and between rainy seasons, but at this height temperatures are cool. (Mt Lokon towers above Tomohon at 5130 ft or 1500 plus meters) (Original homes on "dutch hill" from when we liv