Stuck on the Sula Islands

Love it
that sunset looks rad! I also love those travel moments, where you aren't stuck somewhere for hours ... but days. And you start to have that moment, where you are all "Um, have i accidentally moved here? Is it easier to just give in and live here forever than to try and ... you know ... leave now?" I'll put Sula on my list!

Sounds about right for Maluku...
Thanks for taking time to write about your voyage through Maluku - reminds me of my trip through there back in the 90's! Of course, I only visited Ambon and Bandas, but getting around the Banda Islands once out of Bandaneira was pretty much a crap shoot. Even the flight out was crazy - at the airport they just look out the window to figure out if there's going to be a flight that day! Have fun, the best discoveries are those when you are lost/stuck...

Maps
Great description of the role of maps Ralf. I too found maps were "my starting point, a place of dreams." There was a really good map shop in Sydney from which I purchased 3 maps for our drive down the Andes in Patagonia. Planning what was possible and what was not. At one point in the wilderness I needed all 3 maps to find a way out of there. I like to hold maps, to mark where we have been, to be a record of our wanderings. The map shop has closed. I fear the internet while a great source of info, it does not replace holding our journey in our hands, marking our path for others to see.