It’s in one of the world’s most populous nations, on Australia’s doorstep and a former centre of global trade. Yet the Maluku ...

An 8-foot-long wooden map of Indonesia spans a wall just beyond the entrance of Indo Spice on West Passyunk Avenue. It showcases just how vast the country is: It’s the world’s fourth-most ...

The Banda Islands, better known as the Spice Islands, are ten tiny specks in the Banda Sea. Ian Williams / for NBC News July 29, 2017, 5:41 AM EDT / Updated July 29, 2017, 5:42 AM EDT ...

Dive Worldwide (0845 130 6980; www.diveworldwide. com) has a 17-day Undiscovered Spice Islands trip, including six nights on Pemba and seven nights at a beach hotel in the south of Zanzibar.

Location map. Introduction. The tropical Indian Ocean is home to the Spice Islands. Characterised by beautiful sandy beaches, fringing coral reefs and coastal mangrove forests, ...

I am losing Sudirman. At 7 a.m., the Indonesian port of Surabaya on the island of Java is a bright mosaic of sailors, vendors, prostitutes and police, and Sudirman, a kick-boxer turned cargo-ship ...