| Today, 2 million of people - out of 200 million of Indonesian- live here, in small villages. Only Ambon, the provincial capital of the Molluccas, now called Maluku, is of sufficient size to be called a city.
Like most of Indonesian off the beaten path, the islands of Maluku provide an endless series of attractions for those with a true spirit of adventure. the possibilities range from tough inland trekking into jungle-clad mountains to basking on white sand beaches a short distance from a comfortable hotel. |
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| Those islands... you couldn't see them in a lifetime. Not in two lives. Some are great countries, and some are three coconuts, and the ocean is full of them. they are like stars in the sky. There's thousands of them.
- C.M. Thomlinson, Tidemarks |
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| More than 1000 bits of land are scattered in the straits between Sulawesi and Irian Jaya to comprise this miniature archipelago, a gathering of islets that for ages have been better known by their nickname of the "Spice Islands". Although they have long been the haunts of explorers and merchants, the majority of these small pieces of paradise are still for the most part uninhabited, their lush, quiet hills intermingling with volcanic peaks and curving coral atolls to create the perfect setting for true tropical adventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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