Myristica fragans

This nut not only looks nice but also tastes nice. 
So nice until Portugal sent an expedition to the stretch of thousand islands along the equator in South East Asia in the early 1512 for it. 
So nice until the prolonged struggles between The British and Dutch in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ended with an exchange agreement between the two where the Dutch gained control of the small island of Run in Indonesia, then the only source of the seed, while Britain controlled New Amsterdam in North America which is now known as New York.
And then the story of 350 years of colonization of a country later known as Indonesia begins. From this nice nut, Myristica fragans, nutmeg, simply known as pala in Indonesian.

Teluk Suak - Pulau Kabung

   

  

 

Every morning there are boats leaving for Pulau Kabung transporting the islanders and carrying goods to sell in the island. Between Teluk Suak, the mainland, to Pulau Kabung is a gruesome sea particularly during a high tide season around September-March, the wave easily reaches 2 meter high. My travel buddy also has the same thought and he is an adventurer doing an expedition from June 2009-December 2010 to visit 100 islands in Indonesia. In our way back to the mainland, we even didn't manage to take our camera out to catch the beautiful sunset due to the high wave. Fortunately at the end we survived...from seasick :). 

Ps. Kabung also have very beautiful sea life, colorful fish and corals. Too bad, I didn't have underwater camera so I couldn't take pictures and share them here..