Articles tagged ‘Banda’
Closing thoughts on wednesday in Bali
By Nick | November 15th, 2006 |
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Here are some thoughts and extra news items fron Bali this wednesday.
History of the Spice Islands: Banda-part II
By Nick | October 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
After the Dutch got a foothold in the Banda’s, they went all out to gain a monopoly on the spice trade. Here’s how it happened.
History of the Spice Islands: Banda-part I
By Nick | October 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Reading through an account of the history of the Spice Islands, the name Banda come up. Indonesia is such a fascinating place, and the European conquest of the country, started with the search for spices. Banda is located in Eastern Indonesia, close to Ambon.
A book I’m reading, about the European struggle for control of the [...]
Exploring the ‘pirate infested’ Spice Islands
By Nick | October 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The Spice Islands of eastern Indonesia, conjure up images of galleons, emerald green jungle islands, amid turquoise seas. Australian comedienne, Pamela Stevenson, journied to Banda, with a gunboat full of bodyguards, to discover the truth about her great, great, grandfather, Salty Sam.
Who wants a piece of an Ambon diving business?
By Nick | August 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Just met my friend Mike Hillis in Sanur. Mike is invilved with a really exciting business, that provides scuba diving in Ambon, one of the premier dive spots in East Indonesia. He alos leads tours into the unexplored wilderness of Seram island.
Merpati Flight Skids Off Runway: Banda, Maluku Islands
By BootsnAll | June 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Short runways and bad weather conditions coupled with poor maintenance on runways at airports in Indonesia play a big part in most air line incidents. Some of the runways on the outer islands of Indonesia are somewhat 'hairy' to land on.
Banda: Caught in a time warp in Indonesia
By Nick | May 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Banda is a part part of Central Maluku province and has an interesting history. Here’s what my guidebook says about Banda. ‘Nine small volcanic islands 160km SE of Ambon on the NE fringe of the Banda Sea, the Banda Group became world famous from the 17th-19th centuries as the original Spice Islands of the Dutch [...]
Learning about Banda in Eastern Indonesia
By Nick | April 10th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This evening I had dinner with Mike Hillis from Unexplored Adventures, a diving / jungle trekking business based in Ambon, in Eastern Indonesia. Mike was out there recently taking his PADI diving course. While he was there he spent a week in Banda, one of the islands the Dutch used for trading. Mike said that [...]
