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Exploring the ‘pirate infested’ Spice Islands


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.


Pamela tells her story of journeying to Banda, a few hours from Ambon, and meeting with Des Alwi, the old scalliwag who runs Banda. Stories bound about this guy! Pamela recalls waking up and seeing Banda for the first time, thinking it was quite possibly the most beautiful place she had ever seen.

Maluku Divers runs trips to Banda, so you can enjoy the tranquil beauty that Pamela raved about. This partof Indonesia and the western edge of Papua, is known to be the epicenter of marine species for the planet.


By Nick | Permalink


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andy | October 11th, 2006 at 1:19 am
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There’s a book called nathaniel’s nutmeg (giles Milton) which gives a really entertaining account of the history of spice islands and of course the colonial history of indo. It also about the greatest real estate deal in in the history of the world.

MARK SPARK | October 16th, 2006 at 4:44 am
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Nick intersting clip from Pamela and i bet the 4 part program on SKY will be intersting.

Will you be able to see that Nick as i am not sure of your TV setup at home and or if you have Satellite Nick.

Rgds Mark

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