Hello ASEAN Hive Community,
I hope you are all doing well. In this blog post, I'm taking you to Ambon, Indonesia.
We arrived as a group of 15, participating in a rally of 30 boats. Unfortunately, securing the anchorage proved difficult, as each time we raised the anchor, we ended up pulling up bales of rubbish. It was quite shocking the first time we saw just how bad the pollution was. In the end, we had to tie up to a beached cargo ship, which was secured to the shore with a bowline.
The city is enormous, and if you need anything repaired, this is the place to be. We spent a considerable amount of time here due to a rally event, but returning to the boat was far from enjoyable. Some of my Indonesian friends call it "plastic heaven" due to the overwhelming amount of rubbish. The situation was unbearable, as shown in the photos, with our boat positioned right next to the river, causing all the village's waste to accumulate beside us. It was very disheartening.
Ambon, the capital of Maluku Island, sits at the crossroads of Christian and Muslim regions. The Dutch arrived from the east, and the Arabs from the west, making Ambon a meeting point for these two religions. Consequently, the city is about 60 per cent Christian and 40 per cent Muslim. They coexisted peacefully until a conflict broke out on January 19, 1999. A fight between a Muslim youth and a Christian public transport driver escalated into a full-blown war between Christians and Muslims, resulting in approximately 5,000 deaths. This tragic event posed a significant challenge for the Indonesian government. Many people fled, and the Indonesian army stepped in to assist the refugees.
One sailor recounted his experience sailing around the region during that time, describing it as a war zone with smoke everywhere. It was certainly a significant event, though you might not know about it otherwise. When we went ashore, we spoke to the guard of a church and asked about the current tensions between Christians and Muslims. He refused to answer us. Despite having good English, this just proved to us how significant this conflict was, even though it happened 25 years ago.
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Paul
Based on your pictures, I’ve only seen a populated residences which is quite populated looking maybe because it’s an aerial view. The seas still looks blue. Maybe the sea here in Butuan is worse than that because the water at the beach here turns into orange around 4 pm until evening with floating diapers and other trashes that irresponsible people threw day by day. There’s no beautiful beach here in my place Butuan.
yes I think the aerial views make it look better, I just wanted to make this post to tell people to be grateful for what they have.
Yeah always grateful
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