West Papua - Raja Ampat

I can't read the title, I was going to ask where was this place...

@Infrastellar,

What a lovely series of locations you've shared with is. I think of the set, I'm most taken by the third and fifth images for the simplicity they have and the sense of isolation and serenity they portray. I would also like to select the last one for that startlingly coloured water you show us - it's like drifting through a forest on a sapphire bed!

A beautiful location indeed and one that definitely deserves documenting - and, dare I say, saving for future generations?

Thanks again and best regards, Neil.

Beautiful set. That is a great place to visit, and being south of the equator, they seem to be less prone to typhoons than the islands in the north. Love the fourth and last pictures.

This really looks like paradise! Thanks for taking us with you.
Also for me #3 and 5 are the best, but #4 bis a great capture too.

Wonderful set of images - of a corner of this planet that is rarely traveled.

Yes, #5 is a reduction of an image to the idea of a paradise. It stands out. But #4 and #7 are also marvelous - as portraits of the people depicted in them.

The most amazing image for me is the last one with its strange combination of colors.

Thank you for sharing these images!

A wonderful set from this idyllic looking place.

West Papua is pretty much off the radar for most of the world. In Australia we get occasional reportage of the movement fighting for independence from the Indonesian Government similar to what had occurred in East Timor, but I wasn't aware it offered holiday destinations like this one you were able to visit.

Truly beautiful and looking quite unspoiled.
My favourites are the boy in the outrigger canoe, the pristine coral sand beach, and the turquoise creek in the jungle.

And without wanting to encroach on your post, I remember being fascinated by the remarkable images of traditional West Papuan villagers posted on Dyxum four years ago by member @tenhanlin Wamena Papua Indonesia. Well worth a look - real "National Geographic" stuff.