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January 8th 2011

Published: January 8th 2011

The majority of our time in the Maluku region of Indo was spent in the Banda Islands (3 weeks altogether). There were barely any other tourists here due to the difficult transportation challenges to get there (a boat every week or two and only 2 small flights per week). It was exceptionally relaxing to spend the days strolling around the islands, snorkelling amongst the clear waters and beautifu... Read Full Entry

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Svetla & Yasha Zibin

We are off to Southeast Asia!! It is Svetla's first trip "East", actually west from Canada, and the third time for me. We plan to visit Hong Kong for 3 days, then Indonesia for about 7 weeks before Malaysia and Southern Thailand for the remaining couple of weeks. We are pretty excited (and nervous) but all in all it should be a great adventure and we expect to have fun exploring some exotic areas of this marvelous world.... full info

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Part 2 of goats

Baby goats, just a few days old and very friendly.

West Beach of Ai

A storm approaching over the empty beaches on the west side of the small island.

More Beach on Ai

2nd Guesthouse

Our second homestay was with a Muslim family of 4 where we celebrated Christmas, okay no celebrations on this Islamic Island of Ai.

Hermit Crab

One of the millions of little hermits that were fun to play with on the beach while shell-collecting.

Another Empty Beach

Dugout Canoes

Local villagers chopping out canoes from the large kenari trees.

Banana Boats

Our ride back to Bandaneira also doubled as produce transport...and quite overloaded in waves, kinda scary.

Mt. Api From Besar

On a plantation tour of the bigger island, Banda Besar.

Baby!

Okay, so we had a baby while we were on holidays...sorry we didn't tell you.

Local Nutmeg Pickers

Locals

A family processing the freshly picked nutmeg for market.

Village on Besar

Mt. Api from Besar

8th January 2011

svetla
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Sherry, I took this pic especialy for you:)

8th January 2011

Bruce Smith
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life looks rough!
Hi Guys, Looks like your having an awesome time!!! We are going to Mexico on the 27th of January til Feb 10th. I decided ....fuck it, I can sit around down there just as well as here. Keep in touch as usual, I'm jealous! Bruce

8th January 2011

Bob Carlsen
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Banda Island's history
Were you aware before you visited Banda of its historical significance? It was the principle source of nutmeg, which was worth more that gold. The British claimed it, but the Dutch, who controlled all the other Spice Islands wanted it. The British East India Company was vastly outnumbered by the Dutch and suffered as a result. The matter was finally resolved when the Dutch agreed to give up ownship of Manhattan in return for Banda. You can decide who got the better deal.

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