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                    <title>Banda Islands  our third trip</title>
                    <description>Drawn once again by the magical allure of the Banda islands The famed spice islands of old and  just what they were seeking when they discovered America. The richness of the place the history and the undersea world overwhelms me and makes every new visit fresh and thrilling.I am not disappointed that getting here and getting back off again remains an adventure in itself and that the main topic of </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Maluku/Banda-Islands/blog-559423.html</link>
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                    <title>Pasola Sumbas hard fought Harvest Festival</title>
                    <description>PASOLA Lamboya 18th FebruarySo we set off again after the false start on 15th We choose to start late missing the ceremony on the beach and the Nayel worms heralding the commencement of the initial battle between 2 riders before the whole Pasola starts in earnest up on the field. Previous experience of the dawn start with traditional ceremonies had resulting in us standing a wood for hours with t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumba/Waikabubak/blog-389428.html</link>
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                    <title>Sumba Ikat Beetle nut and the Ancestors.</title>
                    <description>A visit to the beautiful Indonesian Island of Sumba the people here are largely Christian but the Christianity seems to be lightly laid on top of the traditional system of ancestor worship.We had to fly into Waingapu in the East of the Island the Flight we had planned for the 13th to Tambulaka with Transnusa had been cancelled. I arrived in Denpasar to late for Merapati airlines flight which uses</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumba/Waikabubak/blog-388536.html</link>
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                    <title>Paulu Weh Huge Boars and giant pythons in a Snorkelers paradise.</title>
                    <description>On to Palau Weh otherwise known as Sabang What a stunning island fantastic but even now with most of the NGO staff gone from Banda there is an accommodation problem especially at weekends.  We arrived at the ferry port and locals sort the transport out part of the way in a bus then they unloaded us into a Taxi. Nice driver who is the main driver for Iboih beach. We wanted to stay at Gapang so he t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Pulau-Weh/blog-289670.html</link>
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                    <title>Banda Aceh impressions of tsunami aftermaths</title>
                    <description>Arrived in Banda all very organised with the Taxis set price 90000Rp fixed from the airport all set up for all the NGO people the number of which are now dwindling. Banda seems OK. First impressions of the Tsunami aftermaths personally I cant just go to such a place and pretend nothing has happened. We talked to many people about the tragedy people who experienced it people who were there alr</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Banda-Aceh/blog-289334.html</link>
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                    <title>Bouncing to Tangakahan</title>
                    <description>Iwan the our guide from the Jungle Inn had been suggesting we take a trip to Tangakahan About 2.5 hours from Bukit Lawang it took about 3.5 in the end we can go for a day trip allegedly. Well thats possible but who would want to. Not wanting to spend so long travelling in one day we decide on an overnight. This is where we screw up having got friendly with Iwan and liking his good knowledge a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Bukit-Lawang/blog-285945.html</link>
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                    <title>Bukit Lawang Backpackin Jungle hang out</title>
                    <description>Arrived at Bukit Lawang what a lovely place with the rustic bridges across the river and the little backpacker style restaurants and guest houses. You have to walk all the way up to the top of the village for the Jungle in which is by the boat crossing near the ranger station at the top.Jungle inn is stunning we went for the big room one floor down from the top as we took it for 5 nights it was </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Bukit-Lawang/blog-272531.html</link>
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                    <title>KL Sumatra and travel to Bukit Lawang</title>
                    <description>This trip started well Ellie and I were meeting up in Schipol with her coming in from home in the UK and myself travelling direct from work in Africa via Paris and London Heathrow. then on to KL through Schipol. First off AF didnt get my bag from Paris to London and being AF couldnt get it until the next day this was early in the mourning with dozens of flights available to get the bag to </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Bukit-Lawang/blog-272511.html</link>
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                    <title>Derawan and surrounding islands</title>
                    <description>Derawan Island group off Berau Kalimantan Paradise how long.We arrived at Derawan the main island in the group and went first to stay at Lestari losmen As others have commented the best rooms are over the sea on stilts rooms up the back not so nice and pretty stuffy. There was a long walk to the toilet at the back which didnt go down to well in the middle of the night. Main problem for us wa</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Derawan/blog-221509.html</link>
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                    <title>Kalimantan journey to Derawan</title>
                    <description>Recently back from a trip to Derawan its a pain to get to but worth the effort.Arrived in Indonesia by our usual route to Jakarta taking the Air Asia flight to Balikpapan the next day booked well in advance and costing only about 200000Rp a bargain for sure. Took a taxi to Samarinda 200000 Rp locals said we were being ripped off but not to badly it did take 2.5 hours to get to. Taxi driver sai</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/blog-220447.html</link>
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                    <title>The Spice Islands Kora Kora Racing</title>
                    <description>Blogged already about getting down to the Banda Islands Great place definitely worth the trouble. As luck would have it we arrived at the right time for the Kora Kora races of which more later.We arrived at Bandaneira with all the bustle of the ferry docking horn echoing round the island street stalls set up selling food every Ojek and Becak driver on the island  waiting for a fare porters run</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Maluku/Banda-Islands/blog-137461.html</link>
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                    <title>Muluku security observations</title>
                    <description>I write this because I know the issue often comes up when people are planning to go to Eastern Indonesia. I have just returned from a holiday in Maluku 3 weeks in November 06. While I do not have Bahsa we meet up with some knowledgeable people on the subject of the conflict. Dutch Mulukans local English speakers Europeans trying to run businesses in the area People who came there for Holidays ev</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Maluku/blog-132666.html</link>
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                    <title>Pelni for Virgins</title>
                    <description>PELNI FOR VIRGINSIt was our first time on a Pelni boat some folk do it often and choose whichever class they want if thats applies to you then no point in reading this I write as a first timer.Finding out when the boat was in didnt prove to be easy Bahsa would help lots of course. But even fluent Bahsa speakers seemed to suffer a fair amount of confusion.As we only booked 2 days in advan</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Maluku/Ambon/blog-132066.html</link>
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                    <title>Journey to the Bandas What a Journey</title>
                    <description>Journey to the Spice Islands  Spice Islands Indonesia AsiaBy Dave StockingWe recently returned from a trip to the Banda Islands previously the mysterious Spice Islands. The islands have both a European and a local history. They have long been a major point of conflict for their riches. Getting there is an adventure in itself. This is our trip with a few tips. We are in our mid to late 50s do</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Maluku/Banda-Islands/blog-130387.html</link>
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                    <title>Wow what a show</title>
                    <description> Pattaya  Just spent a few days in Pattaya and have a few observations sitting in one of the rock and roll bars on walking street looking around whats to see. A multi sensory assault is what I get.  On one side a Thai boxing match what action why do people watch those fat fancy dressed chumps on WWF poncing about when these guys kick hell out of each other with real action for a few hundred Bh</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Pattaya/blog-146083.html</link>
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