Anyer Beach - Banten - Indonesia

One side in Anyer Beach

Play Banana Split on Anyer Beach

Anyer Beach Sunset

Night in Anyer Beach

Storm In Anyer

Anyer Kidul is a city in the province of Banten, on the Indonesian island of Java.

Anyer area is around two hours drive from Jakarta through highway.

You can get around with your car, cabs, or rental cars.

Anyer is basically a beach. Its really pretty during sunset. There are many resorts; one of the famous ones is called Putri Duyung resort (mermaid in English).

On the beach, many people sell stuff. The most popular one is Emping. It's cracker, but it's made out of Belinjo and is really good. It needs to be fried before you eat it, also sprinkle a little bit of salt will make it better. warning: kind of bitter but the salt will make it tastier.

Source : Wikitravel

Maharani Cave - Lamongan - Eats Java - Indonesia

Maharani cave is a natural cave, is located in Tanjung Kodok sea tourism area. Maharani cave found by 4 labourers who being led by Mr. Sugeng. This cave had found on 6 Augusts 1992. The name of this cave had selected by the situation of the beautiful cave like a palace from a beautiful queen. Before the invention, one of the members, had dream, she had met with a beautiful woman who had a beautiful as the property of a queen that called Maharani. The queen seems to be a head time door of the cave that had found. The name of this empress has specified by the fact of this cave condition. In platform of the cave named Paseban Maharani, there is stone which has crown form, the property of a queen, which named “Selo Mahkota Maharani”. This beautiful cave room also alike an empire palace of subterranean that is full of graven pillar and roof.

Source : http://www.eastjava.com/

Surabaya Town - East Java - Indonesia

Surabaya is the capital of East Java, Indonesia, the 2nd largest city in Indonesia.
The name of Surabaya supposedly comes from the word Sura, meaning shark and Baya, meaning crocodile. With over 3 million people, unpretentious Surabaya may be the second-largest city in Indonesia, but it's a little lacking in sights.
With the tropical climate, you need to wear casual clothes. T-shirts, shorts, sandals or shoes. Remember, don't wear eye catching accessories in public places. During the rainy season (November-April), be prepared for occasional flash floods and traffic jams, even though it's not as bad as Jakarta.

You can get in Surabaya Town by plan, Surabaya's Juanda Airport is one of the busiest in the country, with very frequent flights to Jakarta and other major Indonesian destinations, as well as some direct international flights to destinations including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Bandar Seri Begawan. A new, fairly spiffy terminal opened in 2006, with all the facilities you'd expect (ATMs, car rental, etc), and international and domestic flights now depart from the same building.

Officially, you're supposed to buy fixed-fare taxi coupons from the "Prima Taxi" stand for the 18 km trip into town, around US$5-10 depending on your exact destination. In practice you may be able to get a driver dropping off passengers to pick you up. If you're going further away (eg. Mount Bromo), it'll be cheaper to a rent a car with a driver instead. There is a sketchy and infrequent Airport Bus service to the Bungurasih bus station on the southern outskirts of the city.

Malaysia Airlines (+60378433000) - flies daily to Surabaya.

AirAsia - flies daily to Surabaya.





You can also get around on Surabaya Town by Taxi, Bus, Minibus, Train or Becak.

In your trip you can see :
* Grahadi. The colonial-era residence of the Governor of East Java. You can watch Reog dance, a vigorous traditional dance at the nearby 'Balai Pemuda' (Youth Hall- one historical building in Surabaya) every Sunday at 11 am.

* G-Walk located in west Surabaya (CitraLand). There are many food stalls and bazaars at night where you can find a lot of good food. It gets very crowded at night and it's a place for a lot of young people to hang out.

* House of Sampoerna [4]. Situated in "old Surabaya"‚ this stately Dutch colonial-style compound was built in 1862 and is now a preserved historical site. Cited as the top tourist destination in Surabaya, the complex offers a museum, an art gallery, a cafe as well as souvenir shops. Check out the timing for the museum's main attraction: hundreds of girls hand-rolling Indonesia's most prestigious cigarette, Dji Sam Soe, using traditional equipment. They do it at an unbelievable speed. A must see!

* Kya-Kya Kembang Jepun is now defunct. At night the Kembang Jepun area in Chinatown is transformed into a street bazaar of food stalls. An interesting show of Indo-Chinese culture and atmosphere.

* Masjid Al Akbar Surabaya A huge mosque (some say it's the biggest mosque in SE Asia). The mosque has a tower which is equipped with an elevator, so that visitors can see Surabaya from top of the tower, 65 metres (195 ft) above ground level.

* Masjid Cheng Ho, a mosque with beautiful Chinese architecture.

* Monumen Jalasveva Jayamahe A monument on Surabaya's seafront dedicated to the service of The Indonesian Navy.

* Monumen Kapal Selam An old Soviet-built submarine called Pasopati, now preserved as a monument beside the river next to Delta Plaza.

* Pasar Ampel A large Arab market selling carpets and all sorts of other goodies. At the end of the main narrow lane is the mosque and grave of one of the nine Muslim saints of Java, Sunan Ampel.

* Surabaya Zoo (Kebun Binatang/Bonbin), 3 km south of the city centre (near Joyoboyo bus terminal). One of the largest and best in South-East Asia. You also can see the Suroboyo monument near the zoo entrance.

* Tugu Pahlawan A monument dedicated to the fallen heroes of Surabaya during the Independence war of 1945-49.

And you can do a lot of interesting actifity, there is some actifity for you :

* Swim and have fun with water in Ciputra Waterpark [5], a great place for swimming, it has a wave pool, slides, and more. This waterpark is located in the CitraLand complex. It is usually crowded on Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. The waterpark is open until 8 pm.

* Enjoy the local arts at Balai Pemuda, an art center in the heart of Surabaya, near the City Hall. You can watch the Reog Dance and other art performance. The big event is Festival Seni Surabaya (FSS), held every year on June. At Dutch Colonial era, this building was a club called Simpangsche Societeit.

* Get around the Old Town area (Around Kembang Jepun to the port) and enjoy the view of nice colonial buildings.

* Surabaya has several golf courses. Try to golf in Bukit Darmo Golf [6]. This golf course is located in the elite housing area in West Surabaya. This course has 18 holes, designed by Jack Nicklaus II. Another alternative is Yani Golf. This course is built in hilly terrain. Otherwise, you can try Graha Famili golf course (18 holes), inside Graha Famili real estate site, near the Bukit Darmo Golf. Also Ciputra Golf found within Citraland Estate and Pakuwon Golf within Pakuwon Estate. There's also excellent Taman Dayu golf located about an hour drive south, towards Malang.

* Watch movie in 21 Group cinemas, a nice cinema. 21 Cinemas have air-conditioners, and nice seat (But check your seat condition, sometimes the seat isn't clean.)You can know a cinema is a group of 21 from the last name, like Empire 21 or Tunjungan 21. Beware of other cinemas , which usually dirty, unsafe, and without air-conditioner. Vida is also available as a supermarket/cinema. It is located across from the Shangri-La Hotel.

Or you can shooping at :

for up scale :
* Tunjungan Plaza (TP), Jl Basuki Rahmat. Anchored by SOGO and Matahari. The largest in central Surabaya, with four interconnected buildings (TP 1 - TP 4) selling everything. Good selection of restaurants on the top floors and the basement. Enjoy yourself at Stingers, an game area near the food court or Timezone, a popular arcade.

* Mal Galaxy, Jl Dharmahusada Indah Timur (Middle East Ring Road). Anchored by SOGO and Galeri Keris. The largest in eastern part of Surabaya, with two interconnected buildings (Mal Galaxy and Extension). Many luxury things found here.

* Supermal Pakuwon Indah (SPI) and Pakuwon Trade Center (PTC), Jl Puncak Indah Lontar (Middle West Ring Road). Anchored by Matahari and Hypermart. The largest in western part of Surabaya. SPI contains the exclusive part of the mall and PTC for the less exclusive part. PTC has an area that sells pets.

* Lenmarc shopping mall (Mall open May 2009), Jl Bukit Darmo Boulevard. Full glass facade and the first golf-view mall in Surabaya.

* Grand City Mall (Mall open Q3 2009), Jl Gubeng Pojok. Anchored by Metro. Next to Grand City Convention and Exhibition Hall. The luxurious mall in Surabaya.

Mid-range :

* Surabaya Town Square (Sutos), Jl Adityawarman. A shopping mall with the largest cinema studio in surabaya. Open until midnight.

* Pasar Atum & Pasar Atum Mall, Jl Bunguran. A large, indoor Chinese and local market, selling foods, clothes, jewelery, catering to Chinese locals. You can bargain the prices here.

* City of Tomorrow (Cito), Jl Raya Jendral Ahmad Yani. Anchored by Matahari and Hypermart.

* Plaza Surabaya (Delta Plaza), Jl Pemuda. Anchored by Matahari. One of the oldest shopping mall in town. Beside Delta Plaza is the Monkasel(Monumen Kapal Selam) or the Submarine Monument.

* Royal Plaza, Jl Raya Jendral Ahmad Yani. Anchored by Matahari, Hypermart, ACE, and Index. Another medium size shopping mall in Surabaya.

* BG Junction, Jl Bubutan. Anchored by Carrefour. A lot variety of jewellery store so if you want to buy jewellery you definitely have to go to this place.

* ITC, Jl Gembong. Anchored by Carrefour.

* Golden City Mall, Jl Abdul Wahab Siamin. Anchored by Carrefour.

* Maspion Square, Jl Margorejo Indah. Anchored by Giant. A shopping mall situated in Southern Surabaya.

Budget :

* Jembatan Merah Plaza (JMP).
* Pusat Grosir Surabaya (PGS).
* Darmo Trade Center (DTC).
* East Point.

Speciality :

* World Trade Center (WTC), off Jl Pemuda. Despite its name, the building is actually more famous as the place to shop for cellphones. Beware of pickpockets. For locals, WTC is often referred as 'World Telephone Center'.

* HI-TECH Mall, Jl Kusuma Bangsa. The ultimate place to shop for computers, software, and computer peripherals.

* Plasa Marina, Jl Margorejo Indah. a shopping area for computers, softwares, and cellphones.

* Tunjungan Electronic Center (TEC), Jl Tunjungan.

* Empire Palace, Jl Blauran. A place specialty for wedding and jewelery center.

Market :

* Pasar Genteng, Jl Genteng Besar. Around this market you'll find shops selling bandeng asap(smoked milk fish) and kerupuk(local chips).

* Pasar Ampel A large colourful Arab Market.

Surabaya is famous for the rujak cingur, local salad with sauce and cingur(Slice of cooked cow nose). Try also the sate kelopo, satay with coconut rasp, which you can find in Walikota Mustajab street. Surabaya is also home for many restaurants, from Indonesian restaurant to Western restaurant.



As with any big city, Surabaya never let your guard down, because big cities such as Surabaya have a reputation among Indonesians for a high crime rate. That said, Surabaya has few real dangers for visitors apart from the perils of crossing the very busy roads (the secret is to raise an arm while crossing, and to progress with a predictable speed and bearing, allowing the traffic to flow around you). Don't walk on the streets, especially at night, if you can avoid it since you won't have anything to sightsee and the air pollution is fairly high. Be polite to the people, since Surabayans tend to swear easily. Do not easily trust people you have just met, even if they look friendly.

Losari Beach - Makasar - Indonesia

Welcome in Losari Beach, Makasar City, the South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.

How to get in???

You can get in
By Plane

Hasanuddin International Airport (IATA: UPG) is located 20 km from Makassar and has flights to Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Kendari, Palu, Manado, Gorontalo, Ambon, Ternate, Manokwari, Sorong, and Jayapura. Also to Kuala Lumpur via Air Asia starting 25 July 2008. Fares start at about 500,000 Rp on Lion Air from Denpasar. A taxi to the city should cost about 60,000 Rp if arranged directly with the driver. The official airport charge is 90,000 Rp.

Becak

You can get around at Losari beach with Becak or Taxi

By Becak, Becak is a trishaw, unique design, very minimalist compared to the ones in Java. Fare depends on the distance, usually 3,000-10,000 Rp around town By Taxi There's a lot of taxi company, all have the same fare. and they all charge by meter. By Petepete (bemo) A public petepete should cost 3,000 Rp. Many begin their routes from Makassar Mall. Or you can also, a beachfront just on the side of the road. A very nice sunset view. There's a culinary festival everynight over there Fort Rotterdam, old fortress from colonial age Pulau Khayangan, an island 20 minutes away by small boat from makasar.

Or you can go to shopping at :

• MTC Karebosi (Makassar Trade Centre Karebosi), features: IT Centre (Electronic, Mobile, and Computer), Carrefour Express, Local Shops, Cafes, Playground, CFC, etc.
• Mall Ratu Indah, features: Matahari Next Generation Dept. Store, Gramedia Bookstore, Hero Supermarket, Disctarra, 21 Cineplex, Breadtalk, Excelso,Texas FC, Mcd, Pizza HUt, KFC, playground, Some cafes and boutique, etc.
• Mall GTC Tanjung Bunga, features: Matahari, Hypermart, KFC, other stores
• Mall Panakkukang, features: Matahari Dept Store, Rimo Dept. Store, Hypermart, Diamond Hypermarket, 21 Cineplex, Excelso, Gramedia, Disctarra, Breadtalk, AW, Sport Shop, Dunkin Donuts, Pizza Hut, Rotiboy, Jco, some cafes, boutiques, playgrounds, etc.
• Panakkukang Square, features: Carrefour, Ramayana, etc
• Panakkukang Trade Centre, features: Some local stores
• Makassar Town Square, features: Grand Ramayana, 21 Cineplex, etc
• Ramayana Delta Plaza, features: Ramayana Dept. Store
• Mayofield Mall, features: Mobile and IT Center, some local stores, KFC, etc
• Matahari Makassar Mall, features: Matahari Dept. Store, and some local shops.
• Karebosi Link: features: Carrefour Expess, PizzaHut, etc

Losari Beach Side

Sunset in Losari Beach

Sea rises in losari

To eating and drinking you can choose, plenty of traditional and modern restaurants at there :

• Traditional Cuisine'. Coto, Konro, Pallu Basa, Pisang Ijo, and many more.
• Pisang epe', Losari beach. it's a pressed grilled banana with sauce of durian and melted brown sugar.
• Karoncong, Losari beach. Early morning food. it's like 'kue pancong' from java but different tase .
• Nyuk Nyan, Jl. Bali. said to be Chinese style meatballs but can only be found in Makassar
  
• Restoran Nelayan, Jln. Alimalaka. A very nice seafood restaurant. Very famous among Indonesians. It's nearby the Losari beach.
• Sop Konro - beef ribs soup serve with rice, price rp 15.000 (soup only).

• Sop Saudara - soup of beef innards, taste spicy and delicious, price cheap.

• Ikan bakar - seafood, grilled or fried fish. Fresh and cheap.
• Pisang Ijo - banana wrapped in pandan green served with syrup ice and milk squeezed from coconut.

• Terang Bulan and martabak.

• Donald Bakmi. Jl. Achmad Yani B34. Serve Makassar's style noodle and meatball (bakso), es teler.

• MTC The Eat Place. Jl. Achmad Yani No.49. MTC Karebosi Lantai IV. Food Court with local delicacies.

• Kafebuku : a small cafe-library near the harbor of Makassar is a good place for coffee and some indonesian literature. there's also books in english by the choice of the owner. Jln. Tentara Pelajar no. 141. Phone : (62)411-336108.

So if you were interested... welcome in Losari Beach Indonesia.

source : http://wikitravel.org/

Senggigi Beach - Lombok Island - Indonesia

Senggigi from the air

Senggigi is the main tourist strip of Lombok, stretched out along nearly 10 kilometers of beachfront just to the north of the capital Mataram.

Senggigi can be broadly divided into three parts: northern Mangsit Beach, central Senggigi and the southern stretch near Batu Bolong, with headlands separating the three. Mangsit has quiet resorts and very little other development, while nightlife and other restaurants are concentrated in Senggigi and the Batu Bolong area.

That said, Lombok's post-2000 misfortunes hit Senggigi hard, with many developments halted and a businesses closed and boarded up. Things are starting to improve again, with a few new villas going up, shops re-opening and attracting more tourist who seek the solitude and unspoiled scenery of Lombok. Senggigi is the place to find hotels/resorts with manicured grounds and swimming pools - often a short distance from the beach. Senggigi is not a typical tourist resort town where a day can be spent shopping and socializing at the local bars and restaurants (such as found in Bali). Most visitors use Senggigi as a home base and take day trips to the waterfalls, the Gili Islands, or just exploring the still authentic villages, temples, and jungle habitat found within a couple hours drive.

With Sand in Senggigi

Get in

Senggigi is about 15-20 minutes north of Mataram and its airport. Taxis charge around Rp 30,000 for the trip, while bemos will cover the distance for under Rp 5,000.

If you are frugal or intrepid and take the slow ferry from Bali, it's best to arrange transport in advance from the ferry dock to Senggigi, since the dock on the Lombok side is in a remote spot several kilometers south of Mataram. Travel agents on Bali offer transport from any point in southern Bali to Seggigi, including the ferry ticket, for about Rp 140,000

Play on Senggigi Beach

Get around

Taxis are common and even the ones waiting around for customers are usually happy to use the meter. Bemos also zip through Senggigi on their way north and south and are happy to pick up passengers; pricing is a little random, but a couple of thousand rupiah will suffice for most short trips. Longer trips can be arranged as well (expect to pay Rp 30,000-50,000 to Bangsal Harbor).

Guys with carts and miniature horses wait around town and outside the upscale hotels, looking hopefully at every tourist who passes. They will happily carry you to or from your hotel, or as far as Pura Batu Bolong. Rock-bottom price is difficult to determine, since you feel guilty bargaining them down, but a short ride can easily be had for 10,000 to 15,000 rupiah.

Sunset On Senggigi

See

• Pura Batu Bolong, 2 km south of Senggigi. Small Hindu temple located in a scenic spot at a cape overlooking Senggigi beach, named after a rock (batu) with a hole (bolong). At the tip is an empty chair representing Brahma, the god of creation. Free entry, but you'll have to loan a sash (Rp5,000 a throw) from one of the urchins if you don't have one already. Sunsets seen from here can be very impressive.
• Senggigi Beach. A spit of sand stretching out from central Senggigi, this is Senggigi's raison d'etre but, by Indonesian standards, it's not all that spectacular. The beach is a little dirty, the hawkers are a nuisance and the Senggigi Beach Resort has grabbed most of the land. Some local surfers brave the smallish waves.

Senggigi is a popular launch point for other activities on Lombok. Without the hassle of Mataram, you can visit several other locations and come back to the same hotel each night. Tour operators can arrange these trips for you at around Rp. 300,000 for the day for a private car and driver or cheaper if you go with a group.

Popular excursions that can be done in a day trip include:

• Village visits, including weaving villages and other handicraft-producers
• Waterfall visits

Tornado In Senggigi

Eat

There are plenty of eating options in Senggigi, with a surprising array of Western-style dishes on the menu. Alas, local chefs are often better with the names than the recipes for Western favorites, and seem to follow a philosophy of "when in doubt, add more butter." Guys will follow you along the street offering business cards, 10% discounts, and free "cocktails" to draw you in. Beware of discount offers, and before you bite, ask if VAT and service will be added to the bill. A promised 10% discount can quickly become a 10% surcharge after they hit you with tax and service.

Mid-range

• Bale Tajuk, Jl. Senggigi Raya. Small but popular eatery offering a range of local and Western dishes, including a fairly decent Lombok-style ayam taliwang (Rp20,000).
• The Office is a tourist-oriented restaurant on the water behind the market near the Sheraton. Its barn-style building is attractive, but the food is hit-and-miss and rather expensive. The soto ayam and chicken sandwich are pretty good though.
• Papaya Cafe on Senggigi Raya not far from the Prama Office is worth it for decent Chinese or Italian food. Rp 35,000 to 50,000 will get a good main course. The atmosphere is rustic and clean. live music plays every night after 20:00.
• Taman is on the main strip near the Senggigi Bach Hotel. It has nice Indonesian, Western and Indian food for a decent price. Expect Rp, 30,000 for lunch for a main dish.
• Splurge
• Ye Jeon, Senggigi Plaza 2F. Surprisingly authentic Korean restaurant, especially given that it's probably the only one in all Lombok. Single dishes are reasonable (try the bibimbap, Rp35,000) but sets with a full spread of banchan appetizers are pricier at Rp80,000 and up, with 21% service/tax slapped on top.
• Sheraton Senggigi, about 100 meters up the road from town. It offers usually buffet style dinner & although has a la carte restaurant. It's pricey but service is good
• De Quake,[1] Pasar Senggigi, Modern, minimalistic, lounge style interior on the beach with beautiful sunset view. Upstairs food, downstairs reserved for drinks and luxurious sunbeds.
• The Square, on the Senggigi Square. The most expensive restaurant in town with a Chef from Bali and excellent service. Dinner sets are good value and offer good mixtures. The upstairs terraces is lounge style and food & drinks are served. Vegetarians may have to get creative to find something other than pasta noodles and tomato sauce, but adaptions to standard dishes are possible. Prices start from around Rp.30,000++

Drink

Senggigi's nightlife still suffers from far more supply than demand, with punters thinly spread and bars desperate for customers. Still places open & close but @ Friday & Saturday night the young crowd from Mataram push in a bit of life

• The Beach Club,[2] A great place to start your early evening watching the sunset over Bali and enjoying cocktails/drinks on the beachfront,open 10.00u-10.00u
• Happy Cafe, Live band with something extra. Local expats seem to come together here every Saturday night. A good place to start your night - 20.00u - 01.30u.
• Marina Cafe, [3] Every month a new live band from Jakarta or Bandung. Professional setup, incredible sound. Mostly free entrance, sometimes gigs with admission, 00.00u-02.00u.
• Sahara Disco, Live band regulary combined with DJ. Good tunes and good service. 40.000rp entrance though. Open from 0.00u-03.00u.
• Club 69 Karaoke and nightclub with ladies that entertain and encourage customers to sing with them. Open 20:00-02:00

Sleep

Budget

• Raja's, in the centre of Sengigi, in the kampung but the best place to sleep for a cheap price, around RP 75,000 a night.
• Lina, in Senggigi. About $8.00 USD - $16.00 USD (Rp. 75,000 - 150,000) per night. Lina is right on the beach, it has clean rooms with clean bath, decent food, and in a nice area. Beware - the disco across the street can be a bit loud late at night.
• Hotel Ray 100000 RP A night cold water and fan, nice building but can be in the middle of several perfomances so a good nights sleep can be hard, price includes breakfast

Mid-range

• The Beach Club, Batu Bolong, Tel.+62-0370-693637, [4]. Beach front bungalows (including backpacker rooms late 2008), Swimming Pool and Bar and Cafe also. Funky Bungalows with a/c and hotwater in outdoor bathrooms. Rp. 350,000.
• Puri Saron, Jl. Raya Senggigi, Krandangan (north of Senggigi, near Sheraton), ☎ +62-370-693907, [5]. A 15-min walk from central Senggigi, this fairly small Balinese-style resort hotel has direct access to the beach, a decent pool and a cheap dinner buffet (Rp. 55,000), but the musty rooms, while clean, have seen better days. Still, most rates include airport pickup and breakfast, making this a good choice if you just need to overnight in Senggigi before striking out the next morning. US$35. edit
• Senggigi Beach Hotel [6] is a large facility with a range of rooms, many with a nice sea view. Standard rooms start at Rp 600,000 in the low season, including tax, but a bungalow will be Rp. 675,000. Deluxe and Villas are also available. Better prices can be had by booking over their website. The location is nice as it is easy to walk on the beach or access the shops and travel bureaus in town. The grounds are enjoyable and there are several good restaurants on the premises.

Splurge

• Holiday Resort Lombok, Senggigi Beach, Tel. +62-370-693444, Fax +62-370-693092, 693206, E-mail: reservationmgr@Holidayresort-lombok.com. Rates: US$80-180/night.
• Puri Mas Beach Resort, Mangsit, ☎ +62-370-693831 (info@purimas-lombok.com, fax: +62 370 593 023), [7]. Built in 1987 by a ballroom-dancing Dutchman, this small beachside resort has 17 cottages set in a lush Balinese garden packed with statues. Each thatched-roof cottage has air-con, mosquito nets and funky hot-water showers. A new beachfront restaurant and lounge bar add great style to this resort, with excellent food. They have added a fantastic spa with awesome treatments. Published rates from US$75 but off-season discounts go as low as US$55 with transfers and breakfast, great value even by Indonesian standards. edit
• Puri Bunga, Senggigi, West Lombok, tel: +62 0370 693013 fax: +62 370 693286 web: www.puribungalombok.com . Very friendly staff and and beautiful views from the rooms over the Lombok Straits. The cottages are built on a hill therfore offering privacy in the private cottages all located in a beautiful garden. The hotel is located right in Senggigi next to the art market. It takes about 10 minutes drive from the airport and 45 minutes from Lembar to get to the resort. The prices are around US$40-75/night.
• Qunci Villas, [8] Mangsit Beach, Tel. +62-370-693800, Fax +62-370-693802, email: stay@quncivillas.com. A small resort where the staffs know and greet you by your first name. A nice medium size swimming pool which looks as if it is part of the sea. The room does not have TV, in order to 'detach' the guests from the outside world. The restaurant serve very good food at reasonable price, and dinner can be enjoyed directly on the beach. US$70-90 for standard rooms, US$135 for room with private pool.
• The Qunci Mangsit Beach, Tel. +62-370-693800, Fax +62-370-693802. Luxury 2 and 3 bedroom villas with private pools and butler service. [9]
• Sheraton Senggigi, Jl. Raya Senggigi Km.8, tel. +62-370-693333, [10]. Senggigi's swankiest resort. Published rates from US$100 per night, but rooms in the unrenovated wing might be available for 20-30% less on the Sheraton website & travel agents offer sometimes good packages. Nice pool and gardens typical of four-star resort but potentially less sticker-shock than usual. While a sunset cocktail will typically cost almost US$10 with tax and service at a fancy resort in Bali, the Sheraton Senggigi has a half-price happy hour where you could get one for about $3.50 (17:30-18:30 & 21:30-22:30).

Get out

Much of Lombok can be accessed easily from Senggigi.

• Take a boat to the Gili Islands for snorkeling or diving
• Climb up Mount Rinjani, an active volcano (these can be suspended for long periods during the rainy season)

Beware of taking the combined bus+ferry journey from here to the eastern islands of Sumbawa and Flores. Apart from the journey itself being tortuously slow, hotels and agents will happily sell you tickets without even checking whether the ferries are running (they are sometimes suspended for days at a time for bad weather, especially if one has sunk recently), and the bus companies will happily drive you to the ferry terminal knowing that there are no ferries departing for the next 20+ hours. At this point, your travel company may suggest either a very expensive private boat or a suddenly very expensive ride back to the nearest town to get a hotel. In such circumstances, the best the local airport is likely to offer you will be a trip back to Denpasar on Bali.

They also often have a surprise extra charge - levied AFTER you've paid for the original ticket and the original ticket seller is long gone - for baggage over 10Kg, with the actual amount being random within the same company depending on who is demanding it (125,000 Rupiah is not unknown). This information is printed on the bus ticket you receive when you hand in the original sales receipt, so there's no way to know about it prior to purchase.

Soo...enjoy your vacations.

Source : http://wikitravel.org/

Nusa Penida - Malibu Point - Bali - Indonesia

Nusa Penida is an island southeast of Bali island, Indonesia. Administratively, the island is a subdistrict of Klungkung regency. There are two small islands nearby: Nusa Lembangan and Nusa Ceningan. The Badung Strait separates the island and Bali.

Mola-mola (sunfish)

Toyapakeh has a stretch of reefs, and in the southern part of the bay there is a similar area of rugged bommies, rich with color and fish. Big schools of fish, sea turtles, and occasionally Mola mola (sunfish) are highlight of Toyapakeh diving. Toyapakeh is special for its pillars of coral.

Diving sites

Nusa Penida covers a wide area of diving locations. They are Penida Bay, Batu Lumbung (Manta Point), Batu Meling, Batu Abah, Toyapakeh and Malibu Point. The flow through the Lombok Strait is, overall, south-tending, although the strength and direction of the tidal streams are influenced by the monsoon seasons.

During the southeast monsoons, the tidal flow tends south; during the northeast monsoons, the tidal flow tends north. In the area of the strait north of Nusa Penida, the pattern is relatively simple, with a flow, at peaktide, of about three-and-one-half knots. Tidal streams in Badung Strait are semi-diurnal, but the character of the stream is very complicated because its direction runs obliquely to the general south to north direction of Lombok Strait, and the channel has a curved shape.

Malibu Point
Malibu Point is a diving site with gray reefs, reef white tips, silver-tips and numerous sharks. While Penida Bay is another anchorage, and the rocky islands have an interesting forms; something like an old resting elephant. The bay is vulnerable to swell, creating-up-and-down-currents. Then, Manta Point is a limestone rock off Pandan cafe.
The swell is relatively strong. It's realy diving point for tourism.


Wall at Nusa Penida

Nusa Penida Map

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Nusa Dua - Bali - Indonesia

Nusa Dua is an enclave of large international 5-star resorts in south-eastern Bali. It is located 40 kilometres fromDenpasar, the provincial capital of Bali.

Nusa Dua was the location of the 2007 Uniter Nations Climate Chabge Conference between 3 December and 14 December, 2007.

Surfing area for tourism

Nusa Dua Beacf

Tanjung Benoa

Immediately north of Nusa Dua enclave is the peninsula of Tanjung Benoa that includes less exclusive hotels and Benoa village. A multi-denominational area, it includes a mosque, and Chinese and Hindu temples in close proximity. Much of the beach's sand was eroded away following the mining of the nearby barrier reef for construction materials.

Dolphin at Tanjung Benua - Nusa Dua

Nusa Dua Map

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Ubud - Gianyar - Bali - Indonesia

Dalem Agung Padantegal Temple, Sacred Monkey Forest, Ubud

Hindus temple

The Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature reserve and temple complex in ubud, Bali. It houses over 200 Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys. There are four groups of monkeys each occupying different territories in the park. The Sacred Monkey Forest is a popular tourist attraction in Ubud. The Monkey Forest is owned by the village of Padangtegal and village members serve on the Monkey Forest's governing council. The Padangtegal Wenara Wana Foundation manages the Monkey Forest and serves to maintain its sacred integrity and to promote the sacred site as a destination for visitors.

Ubud Water Palace

Ubud Rice Terrace

Ubud Map

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Tanah Lot beach - Bali - Indonesia

Tanah Lot means "Land in the Middle of the sea" in Balinese languege. Located in Tabanan, about 20 km from Denpasar, the temple sits on a huge offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide.

Tanah Lot is said to be the work of the 15th century priest Nirartha. The story goes that during his travels along the south coast he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and rested there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts. Nirartha then spent the night on the little island. Later he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a shrine on the rock for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.

The Tanah Lot temple was then built and has been an important part of Balinese mythological history for centuries. The temple is one of seven sea temples around the Balinese coast. It was said that each of the sea temples was to be within eyesight of the next so that they formed a chain along the south-western coast.

At the base of the rocky island, poisonous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders. There is said to be one giant snake which also protects the temple. It is believed that this snake was created from Nirartha’s scarf when he established the island.

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Bromo Mountain - East Java - Indonesia

Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 meters it is not the highest peak of the massif, but it is the most well known.

The massif area is one of the most popular tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia.