2 – 12 November
I cannot write enough about the people we met along the way. Their faces have left an indelible mark on us. Here is a gallery of the look of Wakatobi.
![Young Bajo maiden with badak or traditional sunblock on her face](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D3X8553.jpg)
![Muslim lass stands out in her bright colors](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D3X8513.jpg)
![This walking picture vendor will bring Mecca to you](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D703405.jpg)
![A weaver from Runduma Island has her face covered in badak](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D704736.jpg)
![Also from Runduma, this woman weaves a rice container made from young coconut leaves](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D704923.jpg)
For several days in Anano Island, this man fished, salted and stored his catch before heading back to Runduma where his family lives.
![For several days in Anano Island, this man fished, salted and stored his catch before heading back to Runduma where his family lives.](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D704623.jpg)
![He didn't stop to take a break. After fishing in the early morning, he'd be cutting, cleaning and preparing his catch for the long term](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D704711.jpg)
![With hardly any electricity for a refrigerator, salting his fish is the only way to preserve his catch for the long term](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D704722.jpg)
![Our wild fisherman talks to Ma Sugi about being the only shark fisherman in Runduma catching hammerheads and grey reefs only when the sea was flat calm](http://wwf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/11/D705031.jpg)