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Indonesia's Exotic Spice Islands |
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Islands of adventure
Indonesia is home to some of the most intrepid travel destinations on the planet. Among them are the Spice Islands, also known as the Moluccas or Maluku islands, an archipelago of more than 1,000 islands set on a vast canvas of ocean that today, as in centuries past, is best explored by boat.
The roots of Indonesia’s spice trade trace back to ancient times, when shipping routes between Africa and Indonesia were first initiated (the first people to settle in the Spice Islands are in fact related to the people of Madagascar), and it continued with the Portuguese, Spanish, English and Dutch trade routes in the 16th Century. Today, these islands are still the world’s top producers of nutmeg, mace, cloves and pepper.
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Beautiful Ice Castles In China |
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Entice-ing: Ice palaces create multicoloured skyline at chilly Chinese
festival celebrating subzero temperatures
These frozen wonders are part of a display at the 29th annual Harbin
International Ice and Snow festival held in Harbin, near the Russian border in
northeast China.
The palaces and sculptures are made from hollow blocks of ice and lit up using
LED lights creating a multicoloured glow-in-the-dark skyline on the shores of
the nearby Songhua river.
The festival features work by some of the country's best ice sculptors and
attracts thousands of visitors from around the world who marvel at the wonderous
creations, enjoy the fireworks over the City of Ice or appeal to their inner
child as they take a ride on the ice-slides.
Subzero ceremony: Spectators cheer as fireworks are set off to celebrate the
opening of the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival earlier today
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