I fought the law - Buro village

Well at least bumped fists with it.

Whisked along channel between outlying island and Buru Island to the Bugis peoples village on Tengah Island, just off the west coast of Buru (Good luck finding it on a map)!

Greeted by hordes of kids as ever, we were just in time to miss the official presentation from the village. Free to walk around and explore, we were quickly stopped by a scary arsed policeman; red beret, shades, balaclava and small sidearm. And what did he want? A selfie with me. He was called Bringas and he spoke a little English. Agreed it was way too hot to be wearing that kit.

Asked him how they said Hello in local language. "Salaam Alikom"!
Same as in Morocco. Basically Arabic.

Wondered around meeting many many children and others. Highlights included 1 small boy with Chelsea shirt (Pulisic),any fine chickens, reams of kids and some adults wanting a selfie ( usually not a selfie just A photo). , , lots of fish drying, and a boardwalk along the stilt houses. Boardwalk was hugely picturesque, over the waters edge full of anemones and huge schools of small fish, past many fishing boats and a lot of fish drying, and, as ever, plenty of small boys happy to leap into the water for the camera.

The village is inhabited by sea gypsy people, though their stilt houses looked fairly permanent, especially the new concrete ones.Read more