For westerners, this is the other side of the world, where everything is exotic and unfamiliar. Piracy is still a problem on the Java Sea, and English is not widely spoken.
The Java Sea is about 1,600 km long, 400 km wide, and loiters loosely between the islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south, Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east. The equator is a few degrees north, so it's very tropical.
Traveling East from the Java sea, one will encounter the Banda sea, The spice Islands, and New Guinea.
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Just thought I would join this group now that I am a widower. My wife passed away May 28th. She was "The Wind Beneath My Wings". When I met her, I was a drunken, dope smoking, fighting, hell raising biker. She told me if I could get rid of the inner storm within me, that I could be a blessing to people. God placed her in my path to stop me. I have been drug and alcohol free now for 53...
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I would choose an Aegean cruise over Cairo, Rome, Paris, Athens, etc every time. I don't like cities anymore. Island hopping seems like the ideal getaway. Would I trade my cell phone for a good camera? Probably.
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