he buildings lining its flower-filled streets comprise some fine examples of gracious, old colonial architecture, many now crumbling under the pitiless tropical sun. On a plateau above Banda Neira is ...

Dancers greeted the cruise ship's passengers as they stepped ashore on Neira Island, Banda Islands, Central Maluku, Maluku, on October 18, 2025. Tempo/Nita Dian Banda Neira is located on a small ...

That little brown nut you grate into your meat curry or favorite sweet or drink, and which fills your kitchen with its heady, inviting aroma, is exported to the world out countries like Granada and ...

AT MIDNIGHT on my last night in eastern Indonesia’s Spice Islands, I sat on a sea wall with my feet hanging over the waters of the Banda Sea. Behind me, the veranda of Hotel Maulana, on the island of ...

The dinghy glides across the 100 metres that separate the islands of Banda Neira and Banda Api, and moors under the flanks of the cone-shaped Gunung Api, “fire mountain” in Bahasa Indonesia. My ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the home of nutmeg awaits a heady blend of history, culture and marine life. How much longer, wonders Michael Gebicki, will Banda ...

Good thing the Abui tribe no longer headhunts. Although on Indonesia’s remote Alor island, a village elder menacingly pointed a rustic bow and arrow at me, his time-etched face stoic and his white ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As many as 500 students participated in the Banda Education Festival held at the Banda Neira Mini Palace complex in Banda Sub-district, Central Maluku on Sunday, November 27, 2016.

The quiet, peaceful region of Banda Neira Island in Maluku province, home to around 9,000 people, faces a narrow strait and the conical-shaped, menacing Gunung Api volcano. The buildings lining its ...