I am in Indonesia for a couple of days. Back on the surrounding islands. It always amazes me how different things are just a short hop from Singapore. If you take the exemple of the Pangke village pictured above, it is a real and typical indonesian fishermen village that is so far in its customs and habits to the life experienced by millions on the other side of the channel in the big city state that is Singapore. And it is also a lesson in fate as it is believed that Stamford Raffles had considered Karimun island instead of Singapore island when looking for a settlement. It is quite disturbing to think that things could have been the other way around with Singapore remaining a fishing village and Karimun being developped as a big manufacturing, engineering and industry crossroad.
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