Kota Ambon
07.-10.11.07
The girls of “Rumah Kopi Lela” where I have my morning coffee every day
Ambon
Sunset in Cafe Panorama in Ambon
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Banda Islands
03.-06.11.07
On the ferry to Banda – you are never alone in Indonesia, never!
A ferry arrives in the harbour of Ambon at night
Pelni ship in Bandaneira Harbour
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Three days only in Banda Islands! Cause there’s no boat the following 14 days, and I have still have to extend my Visa in Ambon.
There are not many boats anymore between and to the Islands of Maluku, since the “accident” in the years from 1999 to 2002 happened, everything has changed (read above in the Ambon part). Traveling in Maluku takes a lot of time which I don’t have, not now.
So I stay only three days, although it’s worth staying here much longer. And I am able to do and to see the Best of Banda Islands. By a fishing boat we sail from islands to island for snorkeling. It’s great. It’s like an f… aquarium! There are drop offs just right on the beach with rich coral garden and plenty of huge and colorful fish. You can see everything here just while snorkeling, what you see elsewhere only when you dive. And diving is very expensive here with 110 USD for two tanks, due to the fact that there’s only one dive shop in Banda that can dictate the prices monopolisticly.
I don’t dive here but always think how it would be in the depth when I see the drop offs only from the surface of the water… well, next time – with more time, more money!
The beautiful Banda Islands – white beaches and corals
Bandaneira with the fort Benteng Belgica
Sleeping volcano vis a vis Bandaneira
View from Benteng Belgica in Bandaneira
hi there!
thanks for sharing your pics of ambon & surrounding islands .. they are very nice pics .. i just returned from visiting some forts in ambon.
Hi,…Nice picture….!!!
Thanks for the great photos. I spent two or three weeks in the Bandas and Ambon nearly 20 years ago. Looks like they haven’t changed very much. I hope to go again someday.
beta like see it ……..
Hi,
just flipped through your album.. beautiful fotos! Enjoyed reading your blog. Will go to Maluku myself this year and was wondering where you were staying in Ambon, Bandaneira or Ai. Any recommendations?
Will visit Rantepao as well. Found out there are quite a few places here in your album I have been to as well in the past. Nice website
Nicole in Hamburg
Beautiful! Just came across this site while doing some Indo research… I’m going in November with 2 friends, thinking about spending a week there. (I suppose you have to be somewhat flexible with the boat/plane schedule.) We’ll be in Indo for a month total… even that’s not enough!
Thanks for the photos– something to look forward too!
Happy travels
Andrew in Boston
i Lovemy citty!!!
it’s beatiful picture…
i like that..
wow!
what a great photos! I’m a Mollucan but I’m not in Ambon right now..
seeing your photos make me feel homesick, more and more.. hehe..
I decided not to go back to Ambon for 3 years since now (to complete my study) and I really miss it.
thanx for the photos..
ambon dan sekitarnya paling indah,mana ikan cakalang banda-nyabos
thank’s for make me feels like home
Hai … would please let me know , which island you think the best for visit if i go to Ambon.
Thanks before friend’s
-cheers-
Cecilia
Hei there, yea i agree about all this picture’s. they are great. I’m my self, are Mollucan but not in Molluca (AMBON)at the moment.
Looking all this pisture’s it making me home sick……making me remember of my time swim at Natsepa beach, Suli beach…much more pantai….. The benteng where you taking picture from it’s nice to be there at sundown!! anyway….thanks for the nice pictures-
and for the rest of orang maluku….apa tempo dong mo pulang ka maluku?
Beta mo pulang tapi masih sibuk deng skola……su lama seng makang papeda…badang badang su saki….ahaai…… AMATO…..
wooww,,,
Im so Proud to be Mollucan….
Now Im not In Ambon… But in SuRabaya…
Exchange Link ???
When u Back TO Ambon ???
Maybe We Can Meet Theree,,,, N I’LL show U …
The greaT IsLaNd,, U NeVer Seen befOre,,,
hehehehehhe
JeLoU (JesUs LoVes U)
it’s unforgetable place isn’t it?? that’s my hometown, thanks for this page and picture. I’ve been leaving my hometown for 2 years, this picture almost make me miss my sweet hometown!!
Hi i would like to use a couple of photos for a Facebook group named Malucu spice, BACK TO MALUKU, Indonesia 2010…maybe you may like to take a look….and there is no problem
Kind regards,
Dianne Kipuw
me gusta mucho Ambon porque es capital de molucas que aunque era habiah guerra pero hay muchos lugares interesantes de Él.
wow..it’s beautiful… banda neira is my fathers birth place..i went there for 5 times, but since 2007 i not yet go there anymore,..look your pictures is very “medically my heart”, that very very very missing Banda Neira… I have much families in there, i live ini SIDOARJO now, east java, INDONESIA… this article is so amazing =) it’s so nice to seeing people like you =)
thanks for those wonderful pics…so nice of you to share…wish i can make it some time…God Bless…
Waw,,, it was great pictures… Hmmm, maybe one day I will visit it. Thanks for all of the picture, u have shown one more great things in Ambon, Indonesia.
I love it very much… (^_^)
I’m chinese-ambonese
born in ambon and proud.
Anyway, I’m not in Ambon at the moment but my family is still is. if you are foreigner that wants to know more about ambon, I can share few tips to make your trip more enjoyable. let me know also if you need some help in Ambon, I might be able to arrange something with locals. If you happen to be there in Feb 2010, I might be able to meet you as I’m planning to go home for about few weeks. Feel free to buzz me: stsantomail@yahoo.com
woowww, awsome shots..hope next time you don’t just visit Banda island, but spend your time also in Seram Island at the north side ‘coz you will see another paradise at there…visit sawai or saleman…
Ambon is my city of my birth place .. so there tumultuous religious war .. I moved to a residence in the island of java. ambon is a city full of marine wealth .. Banda Sea is famous for .. come and enjoy this island paradise .. is now at peace ..
ilike is pulaw seram bt su paling rindu makang sagu .bt di sini makan tempe tahu trus seng lawang makang sagu o..
beautiful pics..i am half dutch ambon lived for 4 years in Ambon and visit also Banda i am a the moment in Holland selamat dan hormat semua