Juergen Freund / Coconut farmers' house on stilts in sea with a mound of discarded giant clam shells. Moromaho Island, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Coconut farmer's house on stilts in sea with a mound of discarded giant clam shells. Moromaho Island, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Bajau / Bajo woman mining corals. These women work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 200...

Juergen Freund / A restaurant in Wanci. The servers brings out all dishes to your table and you eat what you want and pay for what you've eaten. Each table looks like a feast. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2...

Juergen Freund / Late afternoon market selling everything from fresh fish and vegetables to cooked meals ready to serve for dinner. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Vendors selling fish in the Wangi Wangi afternoon public market. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Famous Binongko tukangbesi (blacksmiths) forging machetes from spring steel. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Famous Binongko tukangbesi (blacksmiths) forging machetes from spring steel. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Picture vendor walking along a street to sell his wall photographs. Here he brings Mecca to people's doorstep. Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / Man setting his gill net in the shallows around Tomia Island. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Muslim boys in their prayer clothing outside the mosque in Binongko. Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Women mining corals for a living. They work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.