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Dive For A Palm, Hide For Her Fruit
RoyJava Says: The palm-island Morotai (c.695 sq mi/1,800 sq km) is located in East-Indonesia, and should be one of the Moluccas. Although preferred the Northern Halmahere Island! Morotai is heavily wooded and famous for its palm trees. Morotai produces timber and resin. Morotai has 2 main...
RoyJava Says: You love palm-trees? Enjoying their shade think of next : >>>When places are warm with a lot of sunshine you'll be sure to find palm trees. Some grow in coastal regions, often close to the water. They are found in the Far East as well the Close West, USA, and some...
RoyJava Says: The largest cities are all on the beach and include: Daruba, Dahegila (South), Wayabula (South-West), Sangowo (South-East), Busubusu and Wewemo (East) and Berebere (up North).Daruba is the main port of Pulau Morotai and, once served as a temporary headquarter for Mc. Arthur...
RoyJava Says: There is almost no tourism in this area of beautiful, white sandy beaches, excellent coral and clear water. The life remained unchanged though the Second World War had struck it. Some expeditions write about Morotai Island as a tourism destination for families of the former...
RoyJava Says: The strait separating Pulau Morotai from Halmahera is only 16 km or so wide; famous Wallace concluded that they must have been connected in some remote epoch. With the ten of thousands of coconut palms waving in the wind and welcoming its tourists ...From upmost Southern...
RoyJava Says: Some info about the desa "Wewemo" (east-side).Just after the desa of "Wewemo" there is a remarkable sight; ie. a military graveyard for the 4 persons who had shot down and, their plane crashed into the sea by the Japanese. According to some locals from "Wewemo" 2 of the...
See Marston Matting Fences all over town.
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harvardiv Says: There were RAAF Spitfires here in WW2, and here is a wingtip.
harvardiv Says: Spitfire prop at Morotai airport, what else lies hidden in the high grass?
harvardiv Says: You can try to sneak into the airport, and look around for wrecked WW2 airplanes, but you'd probably detained if caught.
I couldn't get myself to eat the food
harvardiv Says: I didn't eat any of the food, it looked really bad. So we ate ramen noodles for four days.
RoyJava Says: Just because Morotai is my place of birth I really wanna visit this island once again ... So I asked around how to go.Though all informations ended in notices you do need some time to find a transportation, a boat, a fisherman, and especially time herself!Fortunately a VT...
harvardiv Says: Local kids with the mosque, they've probably never seen an American when this picture was taken.
harvardiv Says: You'll meet many Moslems here, so be prepared to hear prayers over the loundspeaker at 1pm, and at 5pm.
RoyJava Says: Whenever visiting Pulau Morotai you must go and see the DAHEGILA village. I was born there !!!Looking everywhere for a material prove this kampung once was a village where Dutch families were stationed, just one Morotai-map showed up this location. And guess what???The...
RoyJava Says: People who never heard about Pulau Morotai may remember this island had played an important role during World War II. It was the famous General Douglas Mc. Arthur (Commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of the Second World War) who started the strategy of jumping from...
RoyJava Says: It is not here to put a multinational company in footlight though to find something about Morotai now-a-days is quite difficult. Morotai is a not that popular destination to leave your footprint. So you have to plunge into your own adventure which will be your undoubtfully...
RoyJava Says: Born on the island of Morotai though, not one memory survived. Just the Morotai facts of "dive into past" and "deep-sea" belong to the same symbol of my now-adays doings. Reading about Pulau Morotai enthusiasm is growing to return to "my" island in the ocean ... What I am...
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You can try to sneak into the airport, and look around for wrecked WW2 airplanes, but you'd probably detained if caught.
Q: any surfable waves in morotai region? looking to travel spice islands start 2006. is it safe or any dangers? thanks
A: dear, the situation in morotai now is very good, no more conflict, very confortable, you are wellcome to visit morotai, and enjoy your trip
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These are my parents. They fell in love in Surabaya, West-Java, and married in Mojokerto, West-Java. After World-War II they moved to Sorong, Papua New Guinea, at that time named "Nederlands Nieuw...
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d'nortest island in north maluku
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