SELAMAT
PAGI
INDONESIA
&
its
13
000 ISLANDS
Indonesia,
over 13 000 islands and at least 6 000 inhabited, is a maritime
nation. Most of the nation is based on the island of Jawa and around
the capital Jakarta. Some islands have only small villages where
fishing is the main occupation. There are also houses on stilts with
fishing nets in the middle of a bay. If the multitude of those was
added to the total of inhabited islands the numbers would go
drastically up.
There
is also one more inhabited island, Pulau Ranoh, next to Abang island
which 8 years ago was uninhabited. A resort build on that island
opened in November 2017 and now Pulau Ranoh is quite seriously
populated for a small island. It is full of resort guest and stuff
and also noisy with water sports, jet skies, banana boats and alike.
Indonesia
is a cruising Paradise.
It is joy to see islands lined with coconut
palms rather than palm oil industry monotonous landscape so typical
of other Asian countries.
Some
of the best coral reefs are found here. And there are many, some
hazard to cruising yachts, not very well charted but absolute
pleasure to snorkel on.
Indonesia
and its islands is amazingly scenic and pleasure to visit.
