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posted August 21, 2008 by Robyn Eckhardt
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My neck aches. I've spent a good part of the last three days staring at a computer screen. I've got deadlines stacked up to here and right now I'm feeling their weight on my shoulders. Work, too much work. But in truth, and relatively speaking, not much work at all. This is work, real work, the sort of back-breaking labor you don't see much of in parts of the world where most everything is mechanized. These guys are loading cargo at Sunda Kelapa, a Jakarta port that dates back hundreds of years. It's the docking spot for mammoth wooden cargo boats known as Bugis pinisi schooners (after Sulawesi's ... read more