"MOROTAI - My Birth-place" Pulau Morotai by RoyJava

Pulau Morotai Travel Guide: 19 reviews and 25 photos

My Parents

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.

MOROTAI - Intro

Pulau Morotai & Palm-trees

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

palmtrees

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

greetzzz RoyJava

Pros and Cons

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!

Last visit to Pulau Morotai: Mar 1950
Intro Updated Nov 16, 2009
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Comments (8)

DidiBeachBum May 30, 2009 at 3:31 AM Report Abuse

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 Mar 19, 2007 at 3:36 PM Report Abuse

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 Feb 24, 2007 at 8:26 PM Report Abuse

Roy, A less travelled destination. Hope you get to go home soon. Send me a postcard from there :)
belgianchocolate Apr 6, 2005 at 9:56 PM Report Abuse

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.
hunwagner Mar 16, 2005 at 1:53 PM Report Abuse

So are you going back Roy? If so, give my regards to the invisible Moro, who are also said to dwell at Air Kaca on Morotai! ;-) " O Laszlosa sadai o Honggariasa"
Wild_Orchid Mar 7, 2005 at 10:10 PM Report Abuse

nice pages-very romantic! :-)
sachara Sep 7, 2004 at 12:37 PM Report Abuse

Leuk om je Molukse Morotai pagina te zien. The las sunday of august at the Full Colour festival in Emmen we had a lot of Moluccan festivities. Even nog geen foto's, m'n pc is kaduuk.
ukirsari Aug 4, 2004 at 10:29 AM Report Abuse

hmmm, if there's not a local conflict at Moluccas and around, I want to be there also visit Ternate and Tidore. Do you know, half of my childhood I spent at Ambon then Ommen [Netherland] :)