Recent Stories
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Banda Besar
Pulau Banda Besar the big island at the south of the Banda group. Not surprisingly, “besar” translates as big. Banda Besar…
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Banda Cooking Class
Our arrival at Banda Niera was noted by many of the local tour operators, some of whom came by boat to…
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Fort Belgica
In the 17th century, Banda Neira was the only place in the world where nutmeg was grown. European power fought wars…
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Corals over Lava
The big island to the west of the anchorage in Zonnegat Bay is the volcano Gunung Api. While it was quite…
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Banda Neira
From the island anchorage at Pulau Gofa, it is about 50nm south to the Spice Islands of Banda, where we head…
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Pulau Gofa
From Kianlaut at the eastern tip of Seram, we headed around the corner into the Banda Sea to get a shorter…
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Kianlaut on Seram
After we were battered by a strong storm on our overnight trip down from Misool, the anchorage off the SE tip…
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Misool
After a few days at Harfat in the northern chain of Misool islands, the limited time left on our visas has…
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Harfat Logging
Hafat, on the northern chain of islands off Misool, has far more villages in the area than I had realised on…
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Harfat Peak, again
After the run down from Sorong, our arrival at Misool was at Harfat, which we visited back in November last year…
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Passage to Misool
After months in the Raja Ampat regencies to the north of Sorong, we must start moving south again. It’s only a…
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Kasauri Beach Sorong
The use of the scooter while we were at Tampa Garam gave us the freedom to explore other places that are…
