Bali Nusa Penida Rock Lagoon

On the way to recorded the beauty of Indonesia over the Bali air with heli, we found this unique spot of unusual location in Nusa Penida Island, Bali. a rock lagoon in Nusa Penida beach Bali another bird view of Nusa Penida rock lagoon From the air, we can see a hole in a peninsula that is like a small lake. In fact,  it was an underwater cave which formed by nature. The Indian Ocean's wave that hit coastal cliffs over the years making this underwater cave more bigger. It then tear down the land above it and forming  into lagoon.  an exotic place in Nusa Penida on the maps Nusa Penida is an island located in the southeast of Bali,...

Liang Beach Hunimua Ambon Moluccas

Hunimua Beach or better known as Liang Beach, presents the natural beauty of exotic beaches of Ambon Moluccas. It is one of the exotic Indonesia. Liang Beach is famous for its white sand and blue clear water that always tempts visitors to stay longer to play and simply relax and enjoy the blue ocean. Liang beach has the longest white sandy beach in Ambon Moluccas. Located at Liang village, it is about 40 km from the city of Ambon or about 40 minutes drive by car. In addition, the beauty of Liang beach come with its quite and tranquil. And you will see yourself that Liang Beach is the more stunning panoramic that you can imagine. the...

The Green Rice Field in Indonesia

Indonesia the Agricultural Country In agricultural country like Indonesia, rice or paddy fields are the most commonly found here. The layout of the green rice fields became a great view when you visit several regions in Indonesia. Agriculture plays an important role in Indonesia. Not only its supply food, but also to the countries industry. A strong agricultural industry in Indonesia shows its stable food source. As having stable food source is one of the major requisite of a nation. Added to that, it also creates more jobs to work in farms and factories. And with modern technological advancements, better methods are now being used, making harvesting...

Lake Singkarak on the map

Lake Singkarak on Panoramio Lake Singkarak on Google Earth Lake Singkarak Solok West Sumatra - more views Lake Singkarak The Second Biggest Lake of Sumatra ...

Lake Singkarak Solok West Sumatra - more views

More views of Lake Singkarak Solok West Sumatra one of the beauty of lake volcanoes in Indonesia. Lake Singkarak The Second Biggest Lake of Sumatra | Lake Singkarak on the ...

Lake Singkarak The Second Biggest Lake of Sumatra

The Volcano Lake in West Sumatra Lake Singkarak is the 2nd biggest lake in Sumatra after Toba, located in Solok of West Sumatra Province. The beauty of Lake Singkarak is the the stunning view of its scenery with blue clear water surrounded by mountain. Since long it has been accepted that Lake Singkarak in Central Sumatra is nothing else but a remnant of a gigantic volcano - the Singkarak volcano - which once blew off its top to form a lake. Singkarak also known for its endemic, the Bilis fish (Ikan Bilis or Bilih). The Bilis fish (mystacoleucus padangensis) only live in this lake. Direction to this place: Padang...

Cirata The Lake Reservoir for Fish Farming

In some reservoirs and lakes, the fish farmers usually utilize water as a commercial fish farming. They use a system commonly known as Keramba Jaring Apung (floating net cage) or floating fish pond. Lake Cirata the Floating Fish Pond This cage has several benefits. The presence of fish in it will be more secure, making it easier for maintenance. In addition, the limited size of the cages, the fish can be harvested with ease. Its economic value can be directly calculated by fish farmers. The fish farming of Cirata contributed the fish consumption need of Jakarta and West Java Lake Cirata for Fishing Spot People who visit Cirata...

Lake Cirata - The Floating Fish Pond

A view of freshwater big area surrounded by the mountain is one of my favorite place. Indonesia has many destination place like this, from a natural lake that occur because of volcanoes and artificial lake that made for reservoir. Lake Cirata or Reservoir Cirata located in Ciranjang Cianjur, West Java, is a potential hydropower dam. In addition, Cirata also used for fish farming using floating fish pond. Basicly, this floating fish pond made to produce economical fish, Lake or Reservoir for fish farming. But in Cirata, we can see that floating fish pond also can be use as floating restaurant. Lake Cirata Many local tourist who visit...

Farming in Indonesia

The Exotic Places for Agricultural More than 60% of Indonesia's population work in agriculture, this is why Indonesia called as an agricultural country. There are two types of agriculture are predominant in Indonesia: permanent irrigated rice farming ( sawah ) and rotating swidden or slash-and-burn ( ladang ) farming of rice, corn, and other crops. The former dominates Java, Bali, and the highlands all along the western coast of Sumatra; the latter is found in other parts of Sumatra and other outer islands, but not exclusively so. A lot of interesting things that can be seen in the paddy field, such as: The farmers who row to the paddy...

About Indonesia

The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Muslim traders brought Islam, and European powers fought one another to monopolize trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery. Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization...

Where is Indonesia?

Foreign tourists were mostly only familiar with Bali without knowing in what country is Bali located. This article shows that the famous island of Bali was a part of the Indonesian Archipelago. Thus, know further about Indonesia is a must if choose Indonesia as your Destination Archipelago. Geography of Indonesia Indonesia lies between latitudes 11°S and 6°N, and longitudes 95°E and 141°E. It consists of 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited. These are scattered over both sides of the equator. The largest are Java, Sumatra, Borneo (shared with Brunei and Malaysia), New Guinea (shared with Papua New Guinea), and Sulawesi. Indonesia shares land borders with Malaysia on Borneo, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea, and East Timor on the island of Timor. Indonesia shares...

How do you spell Indonesia?

I gathered some of Internet reference pronunciation word 'Indonesia', pick the easiest way for you to pronounce the word 'Indonesia'. Indonesia:in-do-ne-sia, en-do-ni-shia, een-dough-nay-see-ah, enn-duh-nay-seah, indo-ni-ziya, indo-nay-seeya, ˌɪndəˈniːʒə, ˌɪndoʊˈniː...

Prologue - a destination archipelago

Indonesia - a Destination Archipelago In the world of tourism, Bali is more known around the world than Indonesia. In fact, Bali is one of 33 provinces in Indonesia. While Bali has been marked as an exotic destination, other provinces will soon to follow. It is because Indonesia as the world's largest archipelago - which consists of 17,000 islands - has a lot of exotic places for tourist destination. I build this blog as a gallery of Indonesian archipelago. I will show you wonderful places to visit, unique buildings, studying cultural diversity, and meet the friendly people of Indonesia. I hope this blog will help you to know more about Indonesia, The Destination Archipelago. Enjoy & fol...