Overview:
In a couple
months’ time I'm heading back home to Indonesia for work. Before that happens
I’m very excited to announce that I’m in the process of organising and will finally get
the opportunity to travel to the little known archipelago called 'The Kei
Islands'. It has been a pipedream of mine to travel to the Kei Islands for some
time and up until now traveling there wasn’t a possibility. This is due to the
distance and the remoteness of the Kei’s. In fact when I first read about the
Kei’s in 2009 there was still no reliable scheduling of flights or ferries
that it wasn't uncommon for travellers to get stranded on the island for lengthy periods. Although being stuck on an island for an extended period of time doesn't sound to bad- who has the time. Since 2010 awareness of the Kei’s and demand for the
flights have increased and now there are reliable weekly flights.
Furthermore, since demand for seats are relatively low, as a consequence the prices of the
flights are ridiculously reasonable considering the distance you must travel.
The Kei Islands are situated in the Maluku’s,
a province in the far east of Indonesia below the province of Papua. It is
believed that the ancestors of the Kei Islanders came from Bali as part of the
expanding Hindu Majapahit empire. Like the rest of the Maluku province, if
was then colonised by the Portuguese which spread Christian beliefs to the
majority of the population. But even today remnants of Animism and Hindu beliefs
are still evident in sections of the population. The islands are famed for its unique culture and it’s
natural beauty. Reading what information I could find about the Kei Islands it is said that the beaches
are supposed to be some of the most magnificent in the world.
I will leave this blog where it is. Expect a
travel report to be posted at the end of August, 2013 when I get back =D
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