International Traveller in Australia recently ran a story called “Spice of Life in the Banda Islands” about a SeaTrek Sailing Adventures cruise to the exotic eastern isles of Indonesia.
Quotable quote: “I am cruising through Indonesia’s Banda Sea, home to the fabled Spice Islands, and it feels like I’ve taken a passage into the history books as we navigate pristine waters where explorers before us landed on these exotic islands . . . a pulsating trade center for spices more valuable than gold during the 16th century.”
Read the rest of the story by Lynn Gail here

