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| At the base of the northern peninsula and the mouth of the Palu
Valley, PALU sits in one of the driest areas in Indonesia, surrounded by
fields of bleached brown grass and prickly-pear cactus. There's little
to do here save getting a connection to the beaches at nearby Donhhala.
Palu's centre is a small area on the eastern bank of the river around
the junction of Jalan Sudirman and Jalan Hasanuddin, which crosses west
over the river into a commercial district along Jalan Gajah Mada and
Jalan Bonjol. For an insight into the region, catch a microlet southwest
of the centre to the Museum of Central Sulawesi (Tues-Sun mornings;
Rp200) on Jalan Sapiri, whose front lawn has full-sized concrete copies
of Lore Lindu's megaliths. Inside, you'll find ceramics, bark cloth, and
some beautiful local silks. There are also wooden coffins and clay
burial jars from the Poso Valley's Pamona population. |
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