Travel Photography Photos taken by baluba
From the top of the volcano, Gunung Api, Banda Islands, Maluku
The second crater formed after the 1988 eruption of Gunung Api, Banda Islands, Maluku
I had the tiny idesert sland of Palau Neilaka all to myself for the day...utter bliss! Banda Islands, Maluku
Palau Neilaka, a tiny uninhabited island off Palau Ay in the Banda Islands, visited by Prince Charles and Fergie no less! I had it all to myself for the whole day
Tucking into a juicy coconut. Palau Karaka, Banda Islands, Maluku
Palau Karaka, a tiny uninhabited island, spitting distance from the smouldering volcano. Banda Islands, Maluku
Palau karaka, Banda Islands, Maluku
Hundreds of these things had made the most of being the only living creatures on the tiny island of Palau Karaka, Banda Islands, Maluku
Showing the fruit, mace and nut itself. The fruit is delicious and sold dried or made into jam. Mace is bright red when it emerges from the fruit and dries to its distinctive pale brown when left in the sun. The nutmeg that we use is encased in a shell beneath the mace.
At the pearl farm, Banda Besar, maluku
Banda Besar, Maluku
Banda Besar, banda Islands, Maluku
One of many beautiful buildings been taken over by the jungle on Banda Besar, Maluku
Banda besar, banda Islands, Maluku
When dry, the bright red of the mace turns to its distinctive orangy brown
What was once a thriving nutmeg plantation, now in ruins. Banda Besar, Banda Islands, Maluku
Washed up on a beach in Banda Besar, Maluku
Volcano in the Banda Islands, Maluku
Banda Besar, Banda Islands, Maluku
Bandaneira, Banda Islands, Maluku
Aboard the Pelni ship from Kei Kecil to Banda, Maluku
Tual, Kei Kecil, Maluku Islands
Coconuts being collected on Kei Kecil, Maluku
Kei Kecil, Maluku
Kei Kecil, Maluku