Rainied day on Selayar Island

Located at the most southern end of South Sulawesi, the quiet and now isolated island of Selayar, with its swathes of pristine white sand beaches and crystal clear tropical waters, in fact, used to have an illustrious past. #selayar #sulawesiselatan #indonesia The pre-Islamic kingdom of Selayar must have been a trading hub, visited by merchants from China, the Philippines and Thailand, having left evidence of its existence in the many precious artifacts excavated here.