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Selasa, 23 April 2013
Nias : Interesting Island to Travel
Lombok Diving Travel
The underwater of  island of Lombok has attracted many tourists to explore and therefore, the dive operators create Lombok diving travel. Lombok diving travel serve the tourists who like to dive. There are many Lombok diving travel because of there are many good dive site off the coast of Lombok island.
Here are several Lombok diving travel spots for you to explore.
Shark Point Lies along the west coast of Gili Trawangan, north-west of Lombok Island and one of most popular Lombok diving travel sites. Â Find black-yellow Bannerfishes swim around the coral reefs, a school of Jackfish or Trevally or sometimes Reef Sharks and occasionaly Rays. Blue-spotted stingrays, turtles, cuttlefish and more colorful reef fish also live here. At this Lombok diving travel site, you can dive at three levels : deep dives, midwater drifts anf shallow dives.
Manta Point This Lombok diving travel site is generally an easy one. Lies at the south-west of Gili Trawangan. This Lombok diving travel site is the best site to see Mantas. In the rainy season, the Mantas migrate here because the waters is rich with planktons. You also can see lobsters or moray eels or cuttlefish in this Lombok diving travel site.
Meno wall This Lombok diving travel site lies west of Gili Meno, north-west of Lombok Island. There is wall that drops from 6 metersto 27 meters. This Lombok diving travel site is good for nightdive. You will see all kinds of nocturnal activities. Sleeping fish rest in coral and rocky holes. Also itâs a good place to see things like Nudibranch, Spanish dancer lobster and crab.
Sulat Drop-off Near Gili Lawang at north-east of Lombok Island, there is the Lombok diving travel site, Sulat Drop-off. This is a dive site from 4 until 40 meters deep. A lot of coral, like brancish and tabulate coral also Acropora coral, are there. You can see a lot of shrimps and crabs. You can find a lot of big fish like Barracuda, Parrot fist and White-Tip Shark. This Lombok diving travel site is good for night dive.
Gili Nanggu This Lombok diving travel site is situated off of south-west Lombok. It is ideal for snorkeling. This Lombok diving travel site is a water paradise with white sand beaches and turquoise water that provides experiences of underwater world amongst thousands of tropical fish and various sea creatures. Here, you watch more a lot of species of marine life living just off-shore.
At last, just to remind you that do not forger the diving insurance for your Lombok diving travel. Have a nice diving ..
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Indonesian Cruises
Indonesia is an archipelago consisting of more than 13,000 islands. And the nature of Indonesia has a good potential for Indonesian Cruises. Although, there are not many Indonesian Cruises, but there have been several Indonesian Cruises which will provide a wonderful experience for you.
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="325"] Ombak Putih ( The White Waves)[/caption] Indonesian Cruises more often wade in the Nusa Tenggara / Lesser Sunda Islands. Lesser Sunda Islands region consists of many islands, it is suitable for Indonesian Cruises. So doe in the Banda Sea, around the Maluku islands to the south. And of course the famous Raja Ampat ArchipelagoOne of Indonesian Cruises sailing in this area is Ombak Putih (White Waves), a Buginese schooner built in 1996/1997 by traditional craftsmen and custom designed in western style. Ombak Putih, the Indonesian Cruises, has 12 twin cabins with shower and toilet for each. The cabin are also equipped by their own air-conditioner. And there are 16 crews who are ready to serve and take care the passengers' needs.
Indonesian Cruises, Ombak Putih, has several scheduled cruises. And these are some of Ombak Putih scheduled cruises.
7 days Indonesian Cruises, Bali - Komodo - Flores This Indonesian Cruises takes 7 days. Depart from Tanjung Benoa, Bali to Labuanbajo, western tip of Flores Island. This Indonesian Cruises will stop at Padang Bai, East Lombok, Satonda and Bima on the island of Sumbawa, Komodo and Rinca Island and Labuanbajo. In Padang Bai, Bali, we will see the tribal life of Bali Aga, and see the village of pottery makers in East Lombok. Beautiful coral gardens and stunning crater lake are waiting for us at Satonda, the remained of an Extinct volcano of the which the caldera was filled with water when nearby Mount Tambora erupted in 1815. At the island of Komodo and Rinca Island, we will see the relic Jurassic, Komodo.
9 days Indonesian Cruises, Komodo, Sumba-Savu-Lembata-Maumere This Indonesian Cruises, starting from Labuanbajo and stop at Komodo Island, Waingapu on Sumba Island, Savu Island, Ende, Lembata and Maumere. On the island of Komodo, we will look at the Jurassic dragon, komodo, and in Waingapu and Savu we will see making the famous âikatâ weaving. In Ende we will make the journey to the stunning three-colored crate lakes of Mount Kelimutu. In Lembata, we will visit Lamalera, the whaling village. Here you will be hard to imagine how to hunt whales with the tools and techniques are very simple from the top of a small boat.
13 days Indonesian Cruises, Maumere-Ternate This Indonesian Cruises depart from Maumere to Ternate. A place of transit is Waienga Bay, Island of Kumba, Tukang Besi Islands, Buton Island, Muna Island, follow the east coast of Sulawesi to Tolo Bay, Morowali National Park, Banggai Islands, Sanana Island, Bacan Island, Tidore Island and Ternate Island. In this Indonesian Cruises, you can go snorkeling in Island of Kumba, make an acquaintance with the Bajau people at Tukang Besi Islands, visit limestone caves with ancient wall paintings in Muna Island, meet the Wana tribe at Morowali National Park. You can also find beautiful sceneries and amazing flora and fauna in Bacan Island, Tidore Island and Ternate Island.
There are many other routes traveled by the Indonesian Cruises White Waves such as:
- 12 days Indonesian Cruises, Ternate-Halmahera-Raja Ampat-Sorong
- 11 days Indonesian Cruises, Ambon, Banda Islands-Tanimbar-Kai
- 11 Days Indonesian Cruises, Kai-Agats-Timika
- 13 Days Indonesian Cruises, Timika-Agats-Raja-Ampat-Sorong
- 13 days Indonesian Cruises, Banda-Ambon-Ternate
Do you want an adventure? Indonesian Cruises is the answer.
Rabu, 10 April 2013
Anantara Seminyak â Bali Indonesia
Travel to Lombok
Wakatobi Marine Park : Another Underwater Paradise
Wakatobi Marine Park is located in the Wakatobi Islands in Southeast Sulawesi. Wakatobi Islands (formerly known as Tukang Besi Islands) has four major islands, namely WAngi-Wangi, KAledupa, TOmia and BInongko, whom the locals called WAKATOBI. And the Wakatobi Marine Park established since 1996.
Wakatobi Marine Park has a high potential of marine natural resources, both the type and uniqueness, with amazing underwater panorama. In general, Wakatobi Marine Park has a configuration of flat to sloping towards the sea, and some areas are steep. Water depth in the Wakatobi Marine Park is also varied, the deepest reaches 1044 meters with mostly sandy and rocky bottom.
Wakatobi Marine Park has 25 clusters of coral reefs, with the greatest number of species of coral reef in the world. This happens because of Wakatobi Marine Park is in the center of the golden triangle of world's coral reefs, stretching from Thailand, Malaysia, Philippine, Indonesia (Bunaken Marine Park, Wakatobi Marine Park, Bali, and Lombok), Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and Solomons. Based on data from the Operational Wallacea, Wakatobi Marine Park has 750 of  850 coral species in the world and 943 fish species, such as grouper, unicornfish, triggerfish, napoleon, snapper, rabbitfish and others. There are also three species of sea turtles that frequent the Wakatobi Marine Park for laying of the hawkbill turtles, loggerhead turtles, and olive ridley turtles. In addition, Wakatobi is also home to several species of seabirds such as the brown booby, malaysian plover, common kingfisher.
Beside Wakatobi Marine Park with its underwater beauty, Wakatobi Islands has also other beauty and richness such as white sandy beach, clear sea water, sunset in every islands edge, historical ruins like ancient fortresses and cannon that spread out in the four main islands, old village with its pillar house, traditional waving, blacksmiths, Bajo tribe and various particular dances. This nature and culture heritages put Wakatobi Marine Park  as the world's famous marine tourism objects.
Wakatobi Marine Park can be reached by sea or air. Being by air, Wakatobi Marine Park can be reached with a plane ride from Makassar, transit in Bau-Bau and then continued toward the airport of Matohara in the city of Wanci at Wangi-wangi Island. Being by sea, Wakatobi Marine Park can be achieved by using ferry, transit in Bau-Bau, Buton Island and then headed Wanci at Wangi-Wangi Island.  And to get to other islands in the Wakatobi Marine Park can only be by sea.
At least there are three resorts are ready to serve you in the Wakatobi Marine Park, namely: Wakatobi Dive Resort, Hoga Island Resort and Patuno Resort Wakatobi.
Have a nice diving trip in the Wakatobi Marine Park .. (*o*)
Selasa, 09 April 2013
7 Wonderful Culture in indonesia
- The first wax is applied over the outline of pattern by using canting (tools that used to draw in batik process) or by stamping. Almost the original cloth is white or beige.
- The cloth is dyed in the first dye bath and the area of the cloth where the wax was applied before will remain white.
- The two process above can be repeated if there are more color want to be applied to the cloth.
- After the coloring process finish, then all the wax that has been applied thus far is removed. This is done by heating the wax and scraping it off and also by applying hot water and sponging off the remaining wax.