| Page Views: 5,076 Last Visit to Pulau Morotai: March, 1950 | MOROTAI - My Birth-place by RoyJava - last update: Apr 23, 2005 |
These are my parents. They fell in love in Surabaya, West-Java, and married in Mojokerto, West-Java. After World-War II they moved to Sorong, Papua New Guinea, at that time named "Nederlands Nieuw Guinea", still a Dutch colony. But they had to wait on the island of Morotai before flying to Sorong. At that romantic time after the war I was born. Under the palm-trees ... not even in town ...
The same palm tree (Palmaceae) that have been termed the "Princes of the Vegetable Kingdom". Thanks for visiting.
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|  | Pulau Morotai & Palm-trees Nothing else I could tell about Morotai, except a trip to this palm-island has to be worth of it, if you can find the time. Last news about Morotai is that Morotai became "International Business Zone".
It was about plans of the Provincial Government of North Maluku to utilize Morotai Island as an "International Business Zone". Once Morotai was home to US troops (fighting against Japanese troops during Pacific War, 1942-1945). To support the proposed zone, the Provincial Government placed an emphasis on infrastructure development, especially on transportation and telecommunication infrastructure.
There are currently two fast ferry services which serve several cities in North Maluku province. There is also an airport which was used by US troops. (Source: Kompas Newspaper, February 20, 2004 , Regional Development Section , pp. Page 29). |
Palm Island
waving palm-trees
white beaches roaming waves
sun and moon
do it
under the palm-tree
wherever you are
do it with those you love
who ever they are
any hour of the day
any moment
during the night
like breathing
heavenly - divine - blissful
do what ?
a holiday under palm-trees
have happy holidays
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| Pros: | "palm-tree island, good diving places, historical resting places of planes, tanks & ships" | | Cons: | "difficult to reach, difficult to get away" | | In A Nutshell: | "Oh Island In The Sun, Morotai Must Be Fun!" |
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DidiBeachBum Sat May 30, 2009 11:31 UTC
I wanted to go to Morotai this year after Lebaran but I've changed plans to go to Bandaneira instead :D Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate, Tidore are still on my wish list :D | ddekoster Mon Mar 19, 2007 23:36 UTC
Ik heb je site bekeken en gelezen. Het toeval wil dat ik in novermber 1946 in Morotai geboren ben. egerd. In 2008 ga ik met mijn vrouw en twee kinderen naar Morotai. Heb jij wat tips voor me. Met vriendelijke groet, Dave de koster ddekoster@zonnet.nl | SLLiew Sun Feb 25, 2007 04:26 UTC
Roy, A less travelled destination. Hope you get to go home soon. Send me a postcard from there :) | belgianchocolate Thu Apr 7, 2005 05:56 UTC
Well at least it is easy to visit the virtual way. Thanks. I found a great story how the first palm tree was born...but I'm not too sure where I'll ad it. ;-). frank. |
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