Senggigi Coast

The Senggigi coast, that was located on the north of the Ward, was the most popular coast and already famous would his beauty. The coast that was located 12 kilometre from the north-west of Mataram, the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Lombok this, be unfolded almost along 10 km with the white sand carpet that appeared to tempt you to sit above and to for a moment forget all your life routine, the density of the city traffic, and took a walk in the fresh air by enjoying coloured scenery of sea water blue green gradations as well as enjoyed the beauty of the sun sank in the Senggigi coast.

There were several alternatives to reach the Senggigi Coast, that is: From Bali; arrived in the Lembar Port, you could at once head the Senggigi coast by using the bus 3/4 or chartered the car with other passengers. From Jakarta and the other city; arrived in the airport, you could get on the taxi that will deliver to the hotel where you spent the night. From Ampenan, you could climb onto Bemo that was available began struck 06,00 days to 06,30 the PMs to around Rp. 1.500 routes of Ampenan-Senggigi, or Senggigi-Ampenan

Around the Senggigi Coast often was gotten accommodation that could be made the choice in accordance with your requirement. Starting from when the hotel had stars, resor, the jasmine hotel to the lodging. Several places spent the night that could be made alternative was Holiday Inn, the Oberoi, Sheraton Senggigi, Melati Dua Cottage, Pool Villa Club, Panorama Cottage, et cetera. All along the edge of the coast, lined up restaurants that provided various typical Lombok serving kinds and the other serving kind. During was in Lombok, don't forget to taste the Taliwang Chicken and Plecing Kangkung.

If you wanted to surround the Senggigi coast but not want to fast tired, you could climb onto cidomo the "typical NTB transport that was pulled by a horse." Or And You Too could surround the coast in a proceeding manner foot. Many activities that could be carried out by you here, as swimming, played the canoe, dive, snorkeling or just sunbathed and enjoyed scenery. All along the Senggigi coastal route, often was gotten the shop cinderamata that offered typical Lombok handicrafts like the painting, the handicraft, Lombok woven cloth, pearls jewellery et cetera.

Tips :Don't forget to bring cream of the solar curtain and to bring clothes extra. Don't forget to bring swimming clothes. When you swam, please careful because in coastal outskirts often was gotten the coral stone.

Nias... The Surfing Heaven

Nīas (Indonesian: the Nias Island, Nias language: Tanö Niha) Is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias (the Nias Island) Is also the name of the archipelago, containing the Hinako archipelago. It Is located in a chain of islands parallel to the coast that are separated from Sumatra by the Mentawai Strait; Simeulue Is located about 140 km northwest, and the Islands Stone are located about 80 km southeast. This chain, which resurfaces in Nusa Tenggara in the mountainous islands of Sumba and Timor, Is the forearc of the South Sumatra Basin along the Sunda Trench subduction the zone. At Nias the oceanic plate Is being obliquely subducted under the Asian Plate at the rapid rate of 52 mm a year (Milsom). Nias Island Is located at 1°6′N 97°32′E/1.1, 97,533, and covers an the area of 4.771 km² which Is mostly lowland the area of approximately 800 m. above sea the level.

Nias Is the largest of the islands off Sumatra that are part of North Sumatra province. This the area consists of 131 islands and Nias Island Is the biggest. The population in this the area Is about 639.675 people (including Ono Niha - the native inhabitant of the Island, Malay, Batak, and Chinese). Until 2003 Nias anxious an administrative regency (the regency), part of the province of North Sumatra. In 2003 it anxious split into two regencies, Nias and Nias Selatan (Southern Nias). The Dalam gulf Is the capital of Nias Selatan. Gunung Sitoli Is the capital city of Nias and it Is the center of administration and business affairs of the regency.

Nias Is an internationally famous surfing destination. The best known surfing the area Is Sorake Bay, close to the town of the Dalam Gulf, ounce the southern the tip. Enclosed by the beaches of Lagundri and Sorake, the bay has both left and right-hand breaks. The USA they wait for waves, surfers can often see sea turtles swimming below. There are also two consistent, world-class waves in the nearby Hinako Islands, Asu and Bring. Many lesser-known, high-quality surf spots with low crowds await adventurous travelers. Nias anxious part of the famous Hippie trail of the 1960s, particularly travelled by surfers, which lead to Bali. Some claim that the waves at the southern beach of Sorake are better than ones in Want. It has been the site of several international surfing competitions in the past, particularly before the 1998 Indonesian Reformation Movement. Despite the storied history of surfing in Nias, international surfing in Nias has slowed down especially (note boots specifically) due to the recent earthquakes. [1] [2] The situation Is slowly changing, however.

Isolated yet worldy, the Nias Island chain has been trading with other cultures, other islands, and even mainland Asia since prehistory. Some historians and archaeologists have cited the local culture as one of the few remaining Megalithic cultures in existence today. While this point of view is hotly debated, there is no doubt that Nias' relative geographic isolation has created a unique culture. As a culture of traders, the people of Nias find tourists to be a welcome - and historically familiar - phenomenon.
Nias best known for its remarkable diversity of festivals and celebration. The most well known events are War Dances, performed regularly for tourists, and Stone Jumping, a manhood ritual that sees young men leaping over two meter stone towers to their fate. In the past the top of the stone board is covered with spikes and sharp pointed bamboo. The music of Nias, performed mostly by women, is noted worldwide for its haunting beauty.

Gunungsitoli is home to Nias's only museum, the Museum Pusaka Nias (Nias Heritage Foundation)[3], which houses over 6000 objects related to Nias's cultural heritage. The museum had recently built a new building and had improved their storage and exhibitions when the 2004 earthquake and tsunami occurred. The museum suffered some damage to the grounds and collections, but museum staff are working to recover from this devastating event[4]
The predominant religion is Protestant Christianity. Six out of seven Niasans are Protestant; the remainder are about evenly divided between Muslim (mostly immigrants from elsewhere in Indonesia) and Catholic. However adherence to either Christian or Muslim religions is still largely symbolic; Nias continues into current day celebrating its own indigenous culture and traditions as the primary form of spiritual expression. The people of Nias build omo sebua houses on massive ironwood pillars with towering roofs. Not only were they almost impregnable to attack in former tribal warfare, their flexible nail-less construction provide proven earthquake durability.
Nias is home not only to a unique human culture but also endemic fauna which differ from other areas of North Sumatra because of the island's remote location separate from Sumatra.

To reach Nias, there is a weekly ship from Jakarta to Gunung Sitoli; there were ferries from Sibolga to Gunung Sitoli, Teluk Dalam, or Lahewa every day; before the Asian financial crisis hit Indonesia, there was a daily flight from Medan to Gunungsitoli. This became less frequent following the crisis.
Since the 1998 Reformation, however, transport links on and to the island have become poor. Internally, the road system is in a very bad condition. Externally the air and ferry links are unreliable. There are two ferry terminals (Gunungsitoli and Teluk Dalam) and an airport (Binaka, near G. Sitoli [5]) on the island, serviced mainly from Sibolga and Medan respectively. However, local ferry companies regularly go out of business (or their boats sink), so only one terminal may be active at any given time. Since the 2005 earthquake, transportation has improved to cope with the increase in travel needs for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. Susi Air, SMAC, Merpati Air and UNHAS are the airlines that fly to Gunungsitoli.

On December 26, 2004 the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake struck a few kilometers north of the island, creating tsunamis as high as 10 meters. 122 people were killed and hundreds more rendered homeless.
On March 28, 2005, the island was again hit by the 2005 Sumatran earthquake, initially presumed to be an aftershock following the 2004 quake, but now regarded as the second-most powerful earthquake in the world since 1965 and twelfth-most powerful ever recorded. At least 800 people were reported dead, with the possibility of more than 2,000 casualties. Hundreds of buildings were toppled and many thousands were made homeless. In 2007, almost two years after the earthquake, there are still tens of thousands of internally displaced persons living in camps throughout Nias.
Nias's coastline has changed markedly with the tsunami and earthquake. [6] In some areas, the coast has moved over 50 m inland. In other areas, as much as a further 100 m of land is exposed from the sea. The uplift of land has been recorded as being as much as 2.9 m.
Following the earthquake, many international aid agencies have moved in to assist in rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. Oxfam, Giving Children Hope, Save the Children Fund, World Vision, Surf Aid, and Caritas International are some of the international NGOs represented in Nias. UN agencies represented include UNORC, UNDP, UNICEF, UN-Habitat, WFP, IOM and UNIDO. The Indonesian Bureau of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (BRR) has a branch office in Fodo Village of Gunungsitoli.

The Holy Bromo Mountain

Mount Bromo (from the language of Sansekerta/Java Kuna: Brahma, one of the main gods Hindu), was the volcano that still was active and most was known as the tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo became interesting because of his status as the volcano that still was active.

Bromo had the height 2.392 metre above sea level that was in four territories, namely the Probolinggo Regency, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and the Malang Regency. The form of the Mount Bromo body was related between the valley and the gorge and the caldera or the sand ocean measuring around 10 square kilometre. Mount Bromo had a crater with the diameter ± 800 metre (north-south) and ± 600 metre (east-west). Whereas the area of his danger of taking the form of the circle with fingers 4 km from the centre of the Bromo crater. For the 20th age, the mountain that was known as the tourist attraction exploded totalling three times, with the interval of time that was arranged, that is 30 years. The biggest eruption happened 1974, whereas the last eruption happened in 2004.

The trip through the west door from the side of pasuruan that is entering from the Tosari village to head towards the centre of the tourist attraction (the sand ocean) was considered to be heavy because the area that must be followed could not be passed through by the wheel vehicle 4 normally this was caused the descendants's road from penanjakan to the side of the sand ocean really steep, except for we leased the jeep that was provided by the tour manager, so tourists many that walked to head towards the centre of the location. However if we through the north door from the side of before entering probolinggo that is to the Tongas area, we will head the village cemoro the gate before descending towards the sand ocean then not too heavy was caused by the descendants from his slope not too steep so as the motorcycle could then go through him. Most of the tourists who wanted to find it easy to reach the sand ocean beyond this route. However when you want to witnessed sunrise that often was put forward in the photograph - the photograph, that often was photographed from the peak penanjakan then you were more practical beyond the west door route.

However when you had the spirit of the wanderer then you could try the rare trip route was passed through by tourists. That is going through your Malang city entered through the small city tumpang afterwards entered the city pronojiwo then will go through the very beautiful nature reserve from here you will encounter the road three-way intersection where to the side of south will enter ranu pane (to the side of the mountain a pagoda) and to the side of north you entered the sand ocean bromo that was on the Mount Bromo back next south. This three-way intersection was named Jemplang. The trip was preceeded with menuruni the hill that afterwards was welcomed with the long meadow kelamaan changed to the sand ocean. This road will orbit Mount Bromo beyond the sand ocean for approximately 3 hours. This route in fact was not too steep and could be passed through by the motorcycle, but needed the spirit of the wanderer because his route that was still rare was passed and was not any the stopover and the inhabitants's house.

We will be true- true was served with the very defiant trip. However you will be rewarded confidentially Bromo that was other, that was very rare was seen by tourists, that is Padang ruput savannah and the very wide flower was overturned Mount Bromo. Truly scenery that berkebalikan to the Utaranya side that was dry and dusty. However must be remembered, better should not go through this route tonight and or in the hazy weather. The route will not be seen in kondidi like this. The sand ocean was the tour mainstay from Mount Bromo, in the wild cool mountains, we could see the desert and the wide field. Whereas that most was expected from Mount Bromo to be sightview when the sun rose and set because indeed will look very clear and very beautiful. Although the trip to Bromo very dusty, but not was felt, because of beauty that was served really extraordinary.

Went on holiday headed bromo could be considered to be practical when you liked the type traveller and went through the north door route. You could carry out the visit in a period of 12 hours then. Definitely when you began him from the Surabaya city, Malang, Jember and surrounding area. The trip could be begun from 12 o'clock in the evening so as you would to around struck 2 - 3 days. Where you could rest beforehand before saw sunrise. The seller of food and the drink in the area of the sand ocean usually is opened around struck 3 days, so as you could have gotten ready - was ready to carry out the climb through the peak step bromo that was famous that. Enjoy scenery up until 9 o'clock during the day and you could then come back arrived in your departure city around 12 afternoon. As the note, if you carried out the trip diareal the sand ocean in the middle of night darkness, as the standard headed the area parked around your Temple could see the marker from the deliberate concrete was given as penunjuk headed the area of the temple, and if you were lost should not panic and continue the trip (moreover in the middle of the thick fog), was waiting because usually from 2 o'clock - 3 days of several rented horsemen passed by area of the sand ocean.

for the inhabitants Bromo, the Tengger ethnic group, of Gunung Brahma (Bromo) was believed as the holy mountain. A year very much the Tengger community held the Yadnya Kasada ceremony or Kasodo. This ceremony took place in a temple that was below foot Mount Bromo north and was continued to the Mount Bromo peak. The ceremony was held at midnight till dawn every month the full moon around the date 14 or 15 in the Kasodo month (the ten) according to the Javanese calendar.