DERAWAN ISLANDS, UNDERWATER HEAVEN IN EAST BORNEO

Indonesia - as an archipelago - has an area of mostly water. Then, it is so obvious, when Indonesia has many islands tourism potential. Indonesia has many unspoiled islands. Because of that, I often get confused about what I am going to write about :)

Travelling to the remote islands has unique challenges. In order to get to such kind of tourism spot you have to travel overland, sea, and even air. Facilities available are not as complete as in big cities. Trips to Derawan Islands, Berau, East Kalimantan (Borneo) is among one of them. Derawan Islands consists of four islands destinations, they are Derawan Island, Sangalaki Island, Kakaban and Maratua Island. Each island has its own beauty.

View from Derawan Island

Ande Ande Lumut

In a village there is a knight named Ande Ande Lumut. At that time he was looking for a girl to be appointed as his wife. He was handsome, smart, wise, has a good attitude. Therefore, many village girls speculate to be his wife. They propose Ande Ande Lumut as her husband. However, there are noone deserved to be his wife. In another village there are three sisters who also wanted to apply Ande Ande Lumut. they are Klenting Abang, Klenting Ungu and Klenting Kuning.

MASK (DANCE) IN INDONESIA

As a multi-cultural nation, Indonesia has many local languages​​. In Indonesia, the term kedok, tapel, tapuk, toping, topeng, partapukan and many other terms used to refer to the concept of the mask. Equal with the number of terms to mask, its variation in Indonesia is numeruous.

Dadung mask from Bali

TOUR DE SINGKARAK, ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF WEST SUMATRA WHILE CYCLING

Tour de Singkarak is an international Bicycle Racing event. The name of Tour de Singkarak is derived from the name of a beautiful lake in Wes Sumatera. Singkarak Lake is a lake that stretched across two regencies, the Solok regency and Tanah Datar regency. This volcanic lake has an area of ​​107.8 km ² and is the second largest lake on the island of Sumatra.

Tour de Singkarak: Above the Singkarak Lake

SUBAK, AN EXTRAORDINARY IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN BALI

Bali is located in Indonesia, which is close to the equator. Since then, Indonesia has a tropical climate. Weather in Bali, as the weather in all parts of Indonesia, only gas two seasons, rainy and dry seasons. Bali weather conditions allow rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. Weather conditions in Bali as it is also allowing Bali gets lots of sun. Coupled with geological conditions Bali has many volcanoes, make Bali a fertile island. So do not be surprised if the Balinese people initially worked as a farmer. To date, the majority of Balinese people are farmers, although Bali is famous for its tourism industry.

Subak temple surrounded by fields

SAILING CROSS 0°00'00" IN RIAU ISLANDS

This year Neptune Regatta which is the only Cross Equator sailing event in the world will sail the seas of Indonesia again. Neptune Regatta is scheduled to take place on 10th-16th February 2013. This activity offers a challenging sailing experience. Neptune Regatta consists of yacht rally, family cruiser yacht, catamaran or motor yacht. The race is designed for luxury and exclusive super yachts to race across the equator.

Nongsa Point Marina