ParamaTour Adventure Boat # 117
This was the largest of three boats in the company that sailed this route. It could hold up to fifty passengers, but this is off season, so there were only twenty of us, plus a half dozen crew members. Plenty of space to move around. We had a cabin, but I slept mostly on the deck with a number of other travellers, because the cabins were hot and the fresh air on the deck was far more inviting. It was a great boat, but hardly a luxury liner. Still rustic, but in a good way.
The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more 
