Kids in Banda Neira, Indonesia

Children playing at the nut-meg plantation in Banda Neira, Indonesia.

In my series of Faces of Asia, here kids from Banda Neira. In 1998 we traveled for 6 months in Indonesia and we also went to the Banda Neira islands what are famous for their old nut-meg plantations. While walking around there we were met by a group of children playing at the nut-meg plantation.
Location: Ambon, Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia

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