Articles tagged ‘Maluku’
Terrorist bomb in Ambon Indonesia
By Nick | March 3rd, 2007 |
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A terrorist bomb has exploded in Ambon, in eastern Indonesia. Ambon is in the Maluku islands, once known as the Spice Islands. As the Jakarta Post reports, a bomb with nails exploded at the port, injuring many people. Terror groups, whether in the Middle East, Bosnia or Indonesia follow the same strategy, that is, to [...]
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.
Moderate Earthquake in Eastern Indonesia
By Barrie | July 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
With Indonesia sitting on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where there is a meeting of the continental plates it is understandable that this causes high volcanic and seismic activity. There are constant movements with the plates and earthquakes are happening continuously.
Unseasonal Weather to Continue: Indonesia
By Barrie | July 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The bizarre and unseasonal weather continues across the archipelago and it makes one wonder just what the heck is going on up there in the sky. Yesterday I posted an article about the dry harvests in the eastern islands and the wet in the western islands.
Earthquake Hits Sumatra
By BootsnAll | June 8th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A 6.2 magnitude undersea earthquake struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday but the state meteorology and geophysics agency said its epicentre was too deep to cause any damage.
Economics often the cause of tensions in Indonesia
By Nick | May 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Indonesia, the worlds’ largest archipelago, has 180 ethnic groups. Some would say ‘lucky them’, others would say ‘ poor them’. Diversity can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be the fault line that people use to discriminate along, in times of economic hardship.
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 [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part IV
By Nick | March 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
Banda and Ternate and a few adjoining islands were the only places on earth where nutmeg and cloves grew prior to the arrival of the Europeans. The spice monopoly secretly guarded for over a thousand years by the Arab, Chinese, and Indian traders was now broken! The [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part III
By Nick | March 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
The tide changed dramatically in 1511. A Portuguese official by the name of Tome Pires was based in the coastal city of Malacca, which now sits in modern day Malaysia. Malacca had been the most prosperous trade outpost in Southeast Asia for centuries and was extremely important [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part I
By Nick | March 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
History has shown that imagination has often fueled a number of outstanding human endeavors. People on every continent and on every little island have had the experience of looking out at the horizon during certain reflective moments and have wondered about life. Perhaps some have tried to [...]
