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Posted on October 29, 2005 @ 10:30 pm by massimo | Filed under: blog, indonesia, philippines, travel, wordpress

ship pelni indonesia cruise sunset aynaku illustration adobe

I experienced sea-voyages mainly in Indonesia (an archipelago of fourteen thousand islands) and the Philippines (seven thousand islands). In these countries people basically must move by ship and the fares are cheap. Passages are sometimes unforgettable especially if you get a third-class ticket. Here, in the deep belly of the ship, a few hundreds reckless and never resting natives eat, sleep, talk, bet, take care of their goods and animals (usually fighting cocks, at least in the Philippines…). Here, in the belly, you might find a few lonely and self proclaimed “hard-boiled” travellers, lying in their berths (berths on fire…) while questioning themselves on what sort of anthropological urge or chronic lack of money brought them over there!
Nevertheless my broken sleep and the lack of comforts, these cruises have been really formative. In a few days passage I always enjoyed the sunset sea breeze on the deck and I learned a lot about habits, food and lifestyle of the natives.

Illustration Friday’s topic is broken

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I like the overall look to this. Was this done in Illustrator?

Tony wrote on October 30, 2005 - 12:19 am CEST

Gaaaaaaaa! These are all BEAUTIFUL illos! So serene and dynamic at the same time. Loved Neptune fabulous and mythical! I really enjoyed the text that went with them.

LDahl wrote on November 2, 2005 - 9:05 am CET

Your illustration is very well done - crisp and clean! Your writing reminds me of sleeping on boat floors with a hundred others and sliding from one end of the boat to the other :) Like you said - very educational also :)

Anonymous wrote on November 2, 2005 - 11:42 am CET

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