Friday, December 17, 2010

Lombok

Island of dreams – Lombok

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Need a vacation? Or do you need time to relax and unwind? You do not want to go in case there is millions of other tourists to reel for time off from work. Place that you heard on the island of Lombok are. The island paradise found in Indonesia, which may be the answer to your dreams.
What kind of vacation you are looking for? Want to alleviate directly and do nothing? Or maybe you want holiday filled with many of the activities which sounds and intriguing sights. Or maybe you’d have an exotic adventure full of nightlife and shopping. None of these and many others can be achieved on the island of Lombok.
When you visit the island of Lombok you can not get the opportunity to see everything. You will be so overwhelmed by all the activities and events occurring here. You might decide to do anything at all, but simply meditate, relax and get pampered. This can be done here also. Whatever may your holidays be best when it comes to the island of Lombok. A quiet place with incredible beauty and calm waters numb the senses. The colors are so vivid they seem to be painted by the artist. You do not want to leave.
Happy holidays.

Beautiful island

It is based on the tropical weather, hot weather, wet and dry. Due to wet weather, some of the best, even the tourists visiting this city in the rainy season is from October to December.
The popularity of this place where pristine beaches and natural beauty. The emergence of new and comfortable hotels in Lombok else is attractive to tourists who come here and enjoy a luxury holiday. Lombok is a perfect holiday location for the traveler who seeks peace. This is the place where you can relax, unwind, relax and amidst the pristine beauty of destiny to rebuild.
It is off by what the nightlife is concerned. There is hardly any special nightclub where you can enjoy and have fun. So do not wait to enjoy all night during your stay here. Tourists throng to Lombok is mainly due to good water sports facilities. Diving, snorkeling, surfing, hiking and sailing are some of the sports popular among tourists here.
The route can be accessed via flight lands at the airport in Lombok Mataram Selaparang. Lombok airport is connected to places like Denpasar, Surabaya, Jakarta and international destinations such as Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Among other modes of transport between the slow boat and regular fast ferry service between Lombok and Bali. For transport in the city, have called Bemo mini-vans, taxis, horse carts, boats and bikes.
Some very nice Lombok attractions, including beaches, volcanoes and natural scenic beauty. Several must-see places here can be named as Tanjung Aan, a beautiful place near the beach of Kuta. This pepper is a popular place only as sand. Among other attractions Narmada Park, Fountain of Youth, etc. Another very important that customers love to do in Lombok receive the message of traditional therapy. Lombok food is also great as this city has many wine and food choices.
A large number of good hotels in Lombok offers comfortable accommodation for tourists. A variety of hotels, lodges diverse holiday etc. Most of the hotels are equipped with modern facilities and serve customers with a true friendship, hospitality and especially warm welcome. For the budget traveler, the lowest rated city several hotels and resorts with facilities for the discerning traveler.

A Glimpse of Lombok

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If you are on long holidays to Bali then escape to be a bit more to do on holiday in memory. The best choice for this purpose Lombok. Separated from the narrow Bali, Lombok is easily accessible by a short tour make up escape during the night worthwhile. I would recommend at least two nights though.
If Bali Kuta and Sanur, Kuta and Lombok Senggigi. Bali Nusa Lembongan is If, Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan, Lombok Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno. If you are Bedugul Bali, Lombok has Pusuk Puncak. If you are Mount Agung in Bali, Lombok is Mount Rinjani. If Cascada Gitgit Bali, Lombok is Sindang Gill, If betutu ayam Bali, Lombok is taliwang Ayam.
Covered by the shadow of Bali, Lombok is less developed and others less so, compared to Bali, however, within a holiday facilities, you have something needed, including resort to the five star hotels. And in terms of tourist attraction, is nothing less attractive than Bali.
Flight from Bali to Lombok takes just 30 minutes on a small propeller plane. Not frequently not available, but in the light of day as the airport in Lombok sufficiently equipped for night landings. Small Planes propeller slightly less comfortable, and even some horrible. And probably because of the age of the aircraft, delays and cancellations are almost certain. The price is quite expensive. The same price you can purchase AirAsia ticket from Bali to Kuala Lumpur.
Accommodation options are available in cheap backpacker hostels, costing less than $ 10 per night five-star hotel operated by chains such as Sheraton excellent and Novotel. If you are pampered by luxury private accommodation Villa in Bali, it is possible to rent Villas Lombok. Not just as Bali, but you can find one for every price range, cheap and luxury holiday accommodation Villas over the sea.

Beautiful island

It is based on the tropical weather, hot weather, wet and dry. Due to wet weather, some of the best, even the tourists visiting this city in the rainy season is from October to December.
The popularity of this place where pristine beaches and natural beauty. The emergence of new and comfortable hotels in Lombok else is attractive to tourists who come here and enjoy a luxury holiday. Lombok is a perfect holiday location for the traveler who seeks peace. This is the place where you can relax, unwind, relax and amidst the pristine beauty of destiny to rebuild.
It is off by what the nightlife is concerned. There is hardly any special nightclub where you can enjoy and have fun. So do not wait to enjoy all night during your stay here. Tourists throng to Lombok is mainly due to good water sports facilities. Diving, snorkeling, surfing, hiking and sailing are some of the sports popular among tourists here.
The route can be accessed via flight lands at the airport in Lombok Mataram Selaparang. Lombok airport is connected to places like Denpasar, Surabaya, Jakarta and international destinations such as Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Among other modes of transport between the slow boat and regular fast ferry service between Lombok and Bali. For transport in the city, have called Bemo mini-vans, taxis, horse carts, boats and bikes.
Some very nice Lombok attractions, including beaches, volcanoes and natural scenic beauty. Several must-see places here can be named as Tanjung Aan, a beautiful place near the beach of Kuta. This pepper is a popular place only as sand. Among other attractions Narmada Park, Fountain of Youth, etc. Another very important that customers love to do in Lombok receive the message of traditional therapy. Lombok food is also great as this city has many wine and food choices.
A large number of good hotels in Lombok offers comfortable accommodation for tourists. A variety of hotels, lodges diverse holiday etc. Most of the hotels are equipped with modern facilities and serve customers with a true friendship, hospitality and especially warm welcome. For the budget traveler, the lowest rated city several hotels and resorts with facilities for the discerning traveler.



 

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LOMBOK AND GILI ISLANDS

Gili Islands Lombok

The three Gili islands are located of the northwest coast of Lombok, a little over 37 miles (60km) from Padangbai harbour in Bali, and  20 miles from the most easterly cape of Bali. They...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Indonesia Travel Guide

Mentawai Island 

The World Surfing Paradise in Sumatera – Indonesia

 Mentawai Island - West Sumatera Indonesia

 

 

 

 

Mentawai Island is on the west of Padang province. The beaches of this island are very famous around the world as a surfing paradise with the most beautiful panorama as an extra plus. Mentawai Island has shoreline 758 kilometers. The most interesting of Mentawai Island is the wave. It is very roughly amazing wave for surfing. The wave was found by Australian surfers who found it when they visited this island in 90th. Then they announced it into the world, even they build some resorts to serve the foreign tourist who interested in surfing. It becomes the starting point of Mentawai Island as The World Surfing Paradise.

Geographically, Mentawai Island directly facing Indian Ocean has consistent wave year-round. Usually on April-August is the best time for surfing because the wave can reach till six meters high. It’s the favourite ekstreme wave for the surfer. It is also the same time with summer holiday in Europe. So, that is why the most tourists are from Europe on that months.

Sumatera peta

Sumatera Island
Sumatera Island
Sumatera is the third biggest island in the Indonesia archipelago. The massive Bukit Barisan mountai range which runs almost the entire lenght of the island make up Sumatera’s diverse lanscape of dense tropical forest, rugged coastlines, wide sandy beaches, deep gorges and steamy swamps.  Large of them are protected reserves, such as the Great Bukit Barisan Forest Reserve in North Sumatera.

Sumatera Provinces
Sumatera Provinces
NAD (Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam) is Sumatera’s and Indonesia’s nothernmost and westernmost province. Since the arrival of Islam in the 13th century, Aceh has become a predominantly moeslim region. The Saman Dance for examples, incorporates religious chants with the dynamic movements performed in unison. The fast-paced dance expresses the praise for the Almighty. The body movements require tremendous personal discipline and full concentration from all members of troupe.
In the capital of Banda Aceh, the most striking feature is the black-domed Grand Baiturrachman Mosque with its white marble interior. It is one of the few buildings that miraculously remained erect after a natural disaster struck part of the province at the end of 2004.
On December 26, 2004, Aceh was hit by the worst tsunami and earthquake the world has ever seen with Banda Aceh and areas along the northwestern coast of Sumatera being the worse hit. Since then, the people have picked up the pieces and slowly rebuild their lives, showing the resilience the Acehnese are famous for.
One of the region’s riches is its wild life, largely concentrated and protected in Mount Leuser National Park. The reserve is home to a variety of primates, such as gibbons and orangutans, the Sumatran rinocheros, tigers and elephants.
Whether sea or river, Aceh offers some of the most exciting water adventures. White water rafting down the rapids and bends of Krueng Tripa and the River Alas is an experience that will have you soaking wet and breathless.
Under the sea is an ideal environment for snorkeling and scuba diving (with 25m visibility), such as around Pulau Weh (Weh island) off the nothernmost tip of Sumatera, and Rubiah Sea Garden.

Valley of Beauty

Jam Gadang, Sianok Canyon, Mentawai Island 
      jam Gadang                        sianok canyon                               Nentawai island

The cool highlands of West Sumatera is one of the most picturesque regions in Sumatera. It offers spectacular view of volcanoes, fertile valleys and canyons, such as the Anai Valley, Sianok and Harau Canyons. The latter is a nature reserve famous for the rare giant, flowering plant, Rafflesia.

West Sumatera is land of the Minangkabau people, known for their beautiful hand-woven songkets and richly decorated horn-roofed longhouses or called Rumah Gadang.
Bukittinggi is a cool highland town with stunning view of two volcanoes, Mount Merapi and Mount Singgalang. 63Km away, is Lake Maninjau, a huge and beautiful crater lake with complete recreational facilities.
About 10-hours drive from Padang – the province capital – we’ll reach the largest park in Sumatera, Kerinci Seblat National Park, includes its active volcano, Mount Kerinci (3805 m) and several high-altitude lakes. The park contains areas of lowland ranforest home to rhinoceros, tigers, clouded leopards, elephants and wide variety of bird species. East of the mountain, is a botanists’ heaven, a high-altitude freshwater marsh known as Lake Bentu.
On Mentawai Island, people live in comparative isolation and still hold on to centuries old animistic beliefs. Mentawai Island is a chain of islands off the western coast of Sumatera, surrounded by beautiful cotal reefs that are ideal for diving.  Around Pieh Island, a 40m vertical wall rises from a sandy slope and is frequented by a rich variety of fish and other marine animals.

Indonesia : Gem of the Equator

Gem Of Equator
Gem Of Equator

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, consisting of more than 17,000 islands. Spread across 5,120 km of ocean and positioned between Asia and Australia, this country is as wide as the European continent. Four-fifths of the area is sea, with the major islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua.
Unity in Diversity
As the world’s 14th largest nation, Indonesia’s population totals over 200 million, comparising 250-300 ethnic groups that have their own language and dialects bute are united with Bahasa Indonesia, the national language spoken throughtout the archipelago.
The majority of Indonesians are Islam, with Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and followers of Confucianism making up the rest. Since 2001 the Chinese culture has experienced a welcomed revival that served to enrich the country’s cultural diversity.
The Nature
Indonesia’s flora and fauna is diversely rich as its land and people. Asian mammals in the west, Australians marsupial species and birds in the east and the endemic species are in the middle of archipelago.
Orangutans, tigers, one horned rhinos, elephant, dugongs, anoas, komodo dragons are the pride of  Indonesia. The seas around archipelago also hold the country’s treasures, a rich marine environment that holds a myriad of species, from fish, corals and marine mammals. National parks around the archipelago serve to preserve this rich natural heritage.


 


 

Indonesia is a beautiful island country

Indonesia Country

Indonesia is a beautiful island country with billion of scenic inspiration
 
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Candi Cetho (Temple) in Central Java

 Temple Cetho (Javanese spelling: cethå) is a Hindu temple relics patterned end of the Majapahit period (15th century). The first scientific report about it was made by Van de Vlies in 1842. A.J. Bernet Kempers also doing...

Candi Pari

Candi Pari, in the village of Candi Pari, Porong district, is the most majestic temples and beautiful than the other temples in the district of Sidoarjo. Candi Pari best-kept one. The temple was built around 1371 in the era...
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MALUKU

Maluku is the only Indonesian province in which land makes up just 10 percent of the area’s total surface. In many places the surrounding seas could be thousands of meters deep. Maluku is a transition zone between the...
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history “trophy Citra” in the Indonesian film festival

Festival Film Indonesia (FFI) is the highest awards for the film industry in Indonesia. FFI was first held in 1955 and continued in 1960 and 1967 (under the name National Film Appreciation Week), before finally held on a...
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Gunung Salak is a volcano located on the island of Java, Indonesia. This has some mountain peak, of which Peak Salak Salak I and II. Geography of the mountain is at 6 ° 43 ‘LS and 106 ° 44′ BT. Highest peak I...
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Island in the middle of the sea? Ah, it seems familiar. What’s it like to enjoy the island in the middle of the river? Well, if you want to know it, came into the Jade Island, which lies in the middle of the Mahakam...
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BAY Kiluan in District Kelumbayan, Tanggamus District, Lampung, is a haven for dolphins. Vast ocean that every time a pool dance performances. Or not there is an audience. The wind is blowing in the blue sea surface, creating...
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TALANG MAMAK

History Talang Mamak tribe represents one of original ethnic groups of Indragiri Hulu District (formerly Indragiri District), Riau Province, Indonesia. There are two opinions regarding where Talang Mamak people came from....

Lombok, province of Nusa Tenggara Barat

Lombok Island is one of beautiful place in Indonesia. It is Bali’s neighboring Island on the east. Lombok’s panorama is as beautiful as Bali island. Many people say that Lombok is Bali in the 60’s. What you can find in...
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Padangbai

Padang Bai is a delightful fishing village and port situated on the East coast of Bali about one and a half hours by car from Bali airport. Despite being an extremely popular holiday destination and world renowned dive base it...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Ambon Dive Centre

Dive Muluccas

Dive Muluccas
Ambon Dive Centre 

         
 What to expect from Ambon?

Dive Ambon

Ambon is a relatively new destination for tourism, Maluku Divers’ always make sure to inform divers that Ambon is not a 5 star destination. Maluku Divers work hard to provide the best possible service, however Ambon is a little rustic and does have it's idiosyncrasies. This rustic nature gives Ambon and the dive experience a unique charm visiting the 'real' Indonesia'. But it is important that divers are aware of what to expect when they join for some great diving.
Please don’t visit Ambon expecting a Bali 5 Star package, but for a unique and adventurous dive experience in an intriguing environment, away from the crowds both topside and beneath the surface .

Getting There; Domestic Flight Services
Maluku Divers offer the rare chance to explore a remote dive destination with convenient logistical arrangements and good flight connections. Four separate airlines operate daily flights to Ambon, with regular schedules through Makassar from Bali, Jakarta, Sorong and Manado. No overnights are required on the routes. Booking these flights is not possible on line from outside of Indonesia, and so, in order to assist divers, Maluku Divers can make arrangements with all necessary domestic connections and hotel requirements pre and post trip.
The Maluku Divers Meet and Greet team will be present upon arrival in Ambon, and will assist with collecting luggage and providing transfers to the resort.

Tours and Top side exploration
Ambon is a very historically interesting region, and Maluku Divers actively encourages divers to tour the island, particularly during the pre flight surface interval. Please discuss possible tours of the Museum, Fort Amsterdam, and the Sacred Eels at Waii. Such a unique and interesting island has some excellent topside natural, scenic photographic opportunities, along with great social interaction in the local villages and communities.
The Maluku Divers team will be happy to assist with exploration, arranging with local drivers and guides.
Please contact Maluku Divers for more information about Ambon experience.


Tourism in Indonesia


Tourism in Indonesia

Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its foreign exchange revenues. In 2009, the number of international tourists arriving in Indonesia climbed 3.6% to 6.45 million arrivals from 6.43 million in 2008. The subsequent economical impact of this tourist influx in 2009 saw $6.3 billion US dollars spent by international tourists in Indonesia, at an average spend of US$129.57 per day and US$995.93 per visit. Whilst the number of arrivals increased in 2009 the total spent per visitor decreased leading to a revenues shortfall of US$1.07 billion when compared to the previous year.[1][2]


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Both nature and culture are major components of Indonesian tourism. The natural heritage can boast a unique combination of a tropical climate, a vast archipelago of 17,508 islands, 6,000 of them being inhabited,[3] the third longest shoreline in the world (54,716 km) after Canada and the European Union[4]. It is the worlds largest and most populous country situated only on islands.[5] The beaches in Bali, diving sites in Bunaken, Mount Rinjani in Lombok and various national parks in Sumatra are just a few examples of popular scenic destinations. These natural attractions are complemented by a rich cultural heritage that reflects Indonesia's dynamic history and ethnic diversity. One fact that exemplifies this richness is that 719 living languages are used across the archipelago.[6] The ancient Prambanan and Borobudur temples, Toraja, Yogyakarta, Minangkabau, and of course Bali, with its many Hindu festivities, are some of the popular destinations for cultural tourism.
Tourism in Indonesia is currently overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.[7] International tourism campaigns have been focusing largely on its tropical destinations with white sand beaches, blue sky, and cultural attractions. Beach resorts and hotels have been developed in some popular tourist destinations, especially Bali island as the primary destination. At the same time, the integration of cultural affairs and tourism under the scope of the same ministry shows that cultural tourism is considered an integral part of Indonesia's tourism industry, and conversely, that tourism is used to promote and preserve the cultural heritage.