An expedition cruise through eastern Indonesia

Nutmeg, nickel and the question of who owns this sea

Drums, flutes, shouts, ecstasy.
Drums, flutes, shouts, ecstasy.

Eleven nights aboard Le Soléal across the Banda Sea to Raja Ampat – rowers who come out to meet the ship, the islands where nutmeg once grew and nowhere else, reefs home to three quarters of the world's coral species and a yellow coconut leaf that closes a reef.

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Text & photos: Malte Clavin

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