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- latest picture:
March 23, 2018
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1253 Our LandCruiser starts its sea journey from
- Seram to Ambon in the hull of the “KMP Dolosi”
- ferry. Its neighbors are mainly motorbikes
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1254 A ship's passenger leans relaxed at the
- railing of our ferry “KMP Dolosi” and enjoys
- the coastal scenery of Seram passing by
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1255 Emil tracks the GPS
course of our 4½-
- hour crossing from Masohi/Amahai on Seram
- to Ambon on his tablet, accompanied by
- 3 hours of deafening karaoke din
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- Tiny villages with dominating mosques and churches crouch at the
foot of steeply sloping forested mountains.
- Its residents are connected with the outside world partly
only by boats
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1259 The fisherman just can let him drift. He
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1260 One of the little floating “bird-houses” on
- the Seram Sea that are used for special earmarks
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1261 The eastern tip of
the Island of Ambon is
- in sight.The little pavilions in the turquoise shining
- sea at the Liang beach of Hunimua look inviting
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1262 We approach the ferry port of Hunimua
- on the Island of Ambon – beside of it the Liang
- beach. It is situated about 22 miles [35km]
- from the center of Ambon City
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1263 The impressive Merah Putih bridge over
- the Ambon Bay connects the city of Ambon with
- northern villages. It is 3'740 ft.
long [1’140m]
- long and was inaugurated on April 4, 2016
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1264 The attractive
two-storey mosque Raya
- (Al-Ukhuwah Kapaha) with its silver dome near
- the Commonwealth War Cemetary adorns
- together with many others the bay of Ambon City
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The main Raya Al-Fatah Mosque with
- its golden dome stands side by side with the
- green “Masjid Jame” (left), the old “Friday”
- Mosque in Ambon City
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Ambon’s facade of Saint Francis Xavier
- Cathedral, also called Ambon Cathedral, shows
- many fine Saint statues
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Cycle rickshaw owners are waiting
- for customers in Ambon’s city center. It is
- amazing how they manage to maneuver
- safely through the heavy traffic
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- View across the sprawling city of Ambon from the 7th floor roof
terrace of the City Hotel. Ambon with its barely 400'000 inhabitants
is the capital
- of the Indonesian province of
Maluku, consisting of the Central and South Moluccas. The
North Moluccas with Ternate as the biggest city and Sofifi on
- Halmahera as its capital is
a separate province. The Moluccas (also called Spice Islands)
with its sectarian war (Muslims 50.8% - Christians 48.4%)
- from January 1999 to 2002 have been split up in October 1999
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1268 Towards the Jenderal Sudirman Street
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1269 Towards the bazaar
- Samping Puskesmas Rijali
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opposite of the city,
- lies the northern forested part of the island
- with the 22 miles [35km] distant airport
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1271 “Happy Birthday Emil”! Emil beams in front
- of his burger, French fries and coleslaw salad at the
- rooftop terrace of the City Hotel in Ambon. He is
- not particularly fond of Indonesian food; therefore
- already a burger makes him happy! We toast with
- an Indonesian Bintang beer
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1272 On the menu card of the City Hotel
- is also the appetizing sandwich. Just looking
- at it is mouthwatering .....
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1273 ….. it is Emil’s next
choice. We wonder
- how long Bintang will be available in Indonesia
- when looking at the noticeably Islamization
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1274 Nice encounter with Swiss Maggie and
- Dani who follow us on our website already since
- quite some time. Themselves travelers (with
blog
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in Italian) they are now on a three months’ tour
- through the Spice Islands and spotted our
- parked LandCruiser and phoned us
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1275 At our “Everbright” Hotel in Ambon City
- meteorologists are having a seminar. A couple
- of them gather around our LandCruiser for a
- picture. It's amazing how many seminars are
- constantly held in a lot of hotels!
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1276 Rickshaw owners in
front of our
- “Everbright Hotel” are seeking their own shade
- while waiting for guests (from the hotel)
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1277 A nice way to draw the attention to a
- restaurant with a roof of colorful umbrellas
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- picture in front of the governor’s office at
- Ambon's Merdeka Square
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1279 A typical kiosk at
Merdeka Square
- crammed full of snacks and drinks. The square
- is used for everything imaginable, but also
- for soccer games and running
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On the open field in front of the
- Governor’s Office at Merdeka Square the
- festive seating for the Music Festival is set
- in yellow and white
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A quiet pole in the hustle and bustle of
- Ambon City: The Maranatha church at the west
- end of Merdeka Square, a “gift” in 1954 from
- President Sukarno to the people of Ambon,
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#1265)
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This is how it looks the morning after
- the Music Festival at Merdeka Square. Plastic,
- plastic and plastic again! Even if there are rubbish
- bins, things are just thrown to the ground – a
- huge problem, if not the biggest in
Indonesia
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The “Pattimura Monument” at Merdeka
- Square commemorates the national hero
- Thomas Matulessi, known also as “Pattimura”
- – a freedom fighter against Dutch occupancy
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One of the impressing reliefs on the
- “Pattimura Monument” at the Merdeka Square
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The fruits literally grow into one’s
- mouth right on the doorstep: A jackfruit tree
- fully loaded with fruits in the center of Ambon
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- The “Perdamaian Gong” or World Peace Gong in the city of Ambon is
the 35th in the world.
- Among others there are such in China, Colombia, Croatia,
Hungary, India, Laos, Mozambique,
- Switzerland and the Ukraine
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Where does it end? Not only the
- Ambon City center is crammed with motor-
- cycles – they are all over! Woe, if those
- all are going to change to cars
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1289 At the port of Ambon City: The ferry
- “KM Doro Londa” of the Pelni Line is discharging.
- Container and bunches of red bags with tiny onions
- from Surabaya are lowered by the ferry's crane
- from the upper deck. They pile up on the ground
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1290 A dockworker insists to have his
- picture taken from Liliana. As thank you
- he shakes hands with her
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1291 Our LandCruiser is
waiting for our
- ferry, the “KM Dobonsolo” in the port of
- Ambon City. It will carry us to the port of Serai
- on the island of Yapen in the Indonesian Papua
- Province. Sailing time: 2 nights
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1292 The building of the Port of Ambon.
- The unloaded bags with tiny onions from
- Surabaya are waiting to be carried away.
- The air is filled with onion aroma
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1293 Our “KM Dobonsolo” arrives brightly
- lit in the port of Ambon City, freshly from
- the drydock in Jakarta
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City heavily
- armed police are watching the arrival of the
- ferry. One of the guys happily poses for
- a picture with Emil
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1295 After brand new cars and dozens of
- new motorcycles from Jakarta have been un-
- loaded, Emil drives our LandCruiser into the hull
- of the ferry “KM Dobonsolo” of the Pelni Line
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1296 Watched by guys of our 6-bunkbed
- cabin, Emil is eating our own cheese and avocado.
- He leaves the food of the Pelni box behind. For
- our taste, it is unsuitable and will be now the
- same three times a day: Plain rice, fish and a
- little bit of vegetables
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1297 With the sparkling
lights of Ambon City,
- we not only bid farewell to the island of Ambon,
- but also to Central Maluku. The island of
Yapen
- in the Indonesian Province of Papua is waiting
- to be explored. It's a rather unknown place
- in the former Irian Jaya region
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More websites from the
"Borneo-Sulawesi-Moluccas-Papua" trip:
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Part 1: Pictures from Sarawak-Kalimantan-North Sulawesi – Miri/Malaysia
via
Kuching and Balikpapan to
North Sulawesi from Aug. to Oct. 2017
- Part 2: Pictures
from the second part of North Sulawesi
– Tomohon and surroundings, Tangkoko NP
in October 2017
- Part 3: Pictures
from the North Moluccas Part 1 – Ternate and Tidore in
November/December 2017
- Part 4: Pictures
from the North Moluccas Part 2 – Halmahera in November/December
2017
- Part 5: Pictures
from West Papua Part 1 (Irian Jaya) – Sorong and westerly ‘Trans Papua Road’
in December 2017-February 2018
- Part 6: Pictures from
the Moluccas Part 1 (Central) – Seram in February 2018
- Part 8: Pictures from
Papua Part 1 – Yapen in March 2018
- Part 9: Pictures from
Papua Part 2 – Biak in April 2018
- Part 10: Pictures
from West Papua Part 2 (Irian
Jaya) – Manokwari and easterly ‘Trans Papua Road’
in April 2018
- Part 11: Pictures from South Sulawesi-Kalimantan-Sarawak
Part 2 –
South Sulawesi via Kalimantan to Kuching and Miri/Malaysia from May to
July 2018
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