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Lombok

September 7, 2018December 15, 2018

Lombok is located in West Nusa Tenggara, an interesting island to visit and many other beautiful small islands or small islands in Lombok called Gili. Foreign tourists call Lombok as “the second Bali”. Other than gili, beautiful beaches, stunning waterfalls and promontory, there is another beautiful place in Lombok called Mount Rinjani which is the highest mountain number 3 in Indonesia.

Senggigi Beach still feels natural and clean with its blue sea water. This beach atmosphere is greeted by the soft breeze that is soothing. Visitors can also fish on the edge of the coral beach. And coral reefs towering causing large waves breaks in the middle.

Malimbu Hill as the canal of Senggigi Beach. From the top of a vast expanse of white sand and see the breathtaking scenery with the blue sea water. From the height of this hill is tourist can see clearly the 3 gilis. They are Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air.

In Lombok there is a small temple located still in the area of Senggigi Beach called Batu Bolong Temple. Given the name Batu Bolong Temple because this temple is located on a coral that has a hole in the middle. This temple has an impression for Hindus to worship with the sound of waves pounding around the beach.

There are 2 temples on this coral, a temple located under a tree called Ratu Gede Mas Mecaling Temple. The other temple is located on top of a stone which is the main temple and is often called Batu Bolong Temple. Similar to Temples in Bali, visiting this temple should wear yellow cloth while in the temple to honor the temple as a place of sacred worship of Hindus. Several sculptures seen around the temple include Subali Statue, Sugriwa Statue, Rama Statue, Laksmana Statue and Dragon Statue.

Kuta Beach is not only in Bali, but in Lombok there is also a beautiful Kuta Beach. This beautiful beach has a stretch of clean sand also white. The sand is smooth like pepper, so this beach is also known as the Merica Beach. The wavy coastline with corals offers romantic and stunning scenery.

Aan Cape Beach, home of the Princess Mandalika. Aan Cape or Tanjung Aan is in one coastline with Kuta Beach. This beach directly facing the Indian Ocean and has a coastline of approximately 2 Miles. Aan Cape Beach is surrounded by several hills and tourist can easily hike the surrounding hills, so it will look more exotic viewing the scenery around the Aan Cape.

Central Lombok region in the south have many beautiful beaches, clean and still natural. One of them is Selong Belanak Beach which has the form of a semi-circle beach or like a horseshoe, as part of Selong Belanak Bay, this beach has an edge with a length of about 1 Mile and facing directly to the Indian Ocean. On top of that, the white sandy beach with a width of about 10 meters, calm waves and shallow sea.

Foreign tourists call Selong Belanak Beach similar to Hawaii Beach because of its natural shape and also the stalls on the edge of the beach that is still very traditional using thatch and bamboo.

Bali

September 7, 2018December 15, 2018

Geographically, Bali Island has entered the territory of Nusa Tenggara. Located between the island of Java and Lombok, the majority of Bali's population is embrace Hindu religion, while in the world is famous as nautical tourism, art and culture. For foreign tourists, Bali is the second Hawaii on the equator.

There are two temples in Tanah Lot that is located on the coral of Dang Kahyangan temple or Sea temple to worship the gods of the sea guard. Then Tanah Lot Temple or Tanah Lot Luhur Temple as a holy place of Hindu religion. Tanah Lot Beach has big waves, if the sea water is receding we can approach the coral that contain Luhur Temple and Sea Temple.

To the west of the Tanah lot there is Batu Bolong Temple which has the uniqueness of coral shape just standing on the edge of the sea. We can approach it to see the temple up close and stand right on this perforated coral.

In Bedugul there is the second largest lake on the Bali Island called Beratan Lake. Beratan Lake lies 1250 meters above sea level. highlands in the tourist area in Bedugul has a cool air and temperature between 17 ° - 25 ° Celsius. Decorated with hills surrounding this lake and on the shores of the lake there is a temple known as Ulun Danu temple.

In front of Ulun Danu Temple there is a sarcophagus and stone board, the stone comes from the megalithic age of about 500 BC. Beside Lake Beratan, there are twin lakes known as Buyan Lake and Tamblingan Lake which still includes in the tourism area of Bedugul.

Beside turtles, this island also performs the maintenance of other animals such as birds, bats, snakes and various other tame animals. During the trip to Turtle Island from Tanjung Benoa by using a boat with glass bottom boat we can see in the water there are colorful fishes and coral sea.

Turtles are among the rarest animals in the world. In Tanjung Benoa Bali There is a turtle breeding place located in Turtle Island. On this island we can see turtle eggs being immersed, small turtles, teenage turtles up to adult turtles ready to become mothers. Various types of turtles that exist in Turtle Island.

Padang-padang Beach is a very unique place, to reach the beach people has to past a cave located just below the coral cliffs and temples of worship of God Baruna or the God of the Sea. The view of this beach is very beautiful with its blue-green water, its fine white sand and the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore make this place as a recreational place to swim and play water.

Padang-Padang Beach began to be famous around 1996 since Michael Learns to Rock musical group took the filming location of one of his video clips. This beach is more famous through the movie 'Eat, Pray, Love' starring Hollywood actress Julia Roberts to shoot the movie here.

Uluwatu Temple is located at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level with steep cliffs and high cliffs leading to the sea. Temple of Hindu believer as a buffer of the 9 points of the compass. In 1550 Uluwatu Temple was used as a place of worshiping a holy priest who ended his holy journey here and called Ngeluhur, so until now it is called Uluwatu Luhur Temple.

One of the beautiful things in Luhur Uluwatu Temple people can see the vastness of the Indian Ocean, then with the waves that hit the cliff foot and enjoy the view at sunset. Enjoying the sunset can also be done simultaneously by seeing the performance of drama arts called “Tari Kecak”. Another term of “Tari Kecak”(Kecak Dance) is "Cak" dance or fire dance. “Tari Kecak”(Kecak Dance) illustrates the role art of "Puterangan puppet" Rama Shinta. The uniqueness of Kecak Dance is a fusion of art from the sound of the mouth or shouts like "cak cak to cak cak" so this dance is called “Tari Kecak” (Kecak Dance).

Field Terraces Tegalalang located in Ubud is one of the tourist attractions in Bali with a stretch of terraced fields that make terracing here is very unique. Fields arranged so neatly with green color surrounded by trees around the air to be cool not inferior to Terrace field Jatiluwih.

In the resort area of Nusa Dua Bali has three beaches are located very close to other beaches, the beach of Nusa Dua, Geger Beach and Water Blow Beach. Nusa Dua Beach is very clean and the waves is very calm so it is suitable to play water, behind this beach there are some 5-star hotels in Nusa Dua area. Geger Beach is not less interesting, the beach is not too crowded, also clean and white sand with a quiet atmosphere equipped with a curve coral on the beach.

Water Blow Beach is not far from Nusa Dua Beach, a beach with sharp corals that lead to the sea. It was named Water Blow beach because in this beach there is a gap of coral that if the waves hit the coral, water will spurt up.

A long time ago Taman Ayun Temple belongs to the Kingdom of Mengwi, until this day Taman Ayun Temple is a place to pray to god for Hindu people. According to Astadewata, the special god that is adored in this temple is a god in its manifestation of Lord Vishnu and at the top of Mount Mangu lies his palace. This temple is Paibon Temple or temple to worship Ancestors of Prati Sentana / heirs of the Kingdom of Mengwi.

Kuta Beach Bali has been known from the past since the 1970's by foreign tourists. Throughout this beach sloping and up to Legian Beach with a wave that is not very big. There are many luxury hotels and café along Kuta Roadway. What makes this beach romantic is when enjoying the dusk in the afternoon after sunset, then the sun will shine into the sky and turn into Violet, then the lights on the edge of the highway and I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport when the plane lands or fly make the view so enjoyable and beautiful.

Before Pandawa Beach was famous, this beach was a favorite place for foreign tourists called as secret beach. The beach is located behind limestone cliffs and there is no access road to the beach and to become a tourist favorite. Pandawa Beach's original name was Melasti Beach, often held Melasti ceremony conducted on Nyepi feast for Hindus in order to purify themselves from all bad deeds in the past.

Pandawa Beach has a white sand, the sea water also very clean and very clear, the waves are not too big, and it is perfect for playing water on the beach. During the way to Pandawa Beach there is 1 statue of Kunti Goddess from whose mother to Pandawa Knight and 5 knight statues of Pandava which is in chalk cliff. They are Statues of Dharma Wangsa, Bima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadewa taken from Mahabarata story.

The main attraction of Lovina Beach is the activity of seeing dolphins in the middle of the sea. To be able to see the dolphin’s tourist must leave for the sea before sunrise. The dolphins will come in the middle of the sea between the hours of 6 am - 8 am in the morning. beside watching the dolphin, Lovina Beach has diving activities to see the sea creatures

This monument is a form for Bali tourism in Indonesia with a very famous statue. The statue of Lord Vishnu in Hinduism religion is the God of the keeper riding a Garuda. Taken from the story of the Garuda figures about the sense of devotion and sacrifice of the Garuda to save his mother from slavery that finally protected by Lord Vishnu. The statue is made of a mixture of copper and steel with a height of about 75 meters and a width of about 60 meters.