365Indonesia Day 47 – Anemon Fish in Derawan Island, East Kalimantan

Hello from Derawan island.

I’m sure that I have posted many photos about Derawan island before. Here is another photo to remind you that if you visit Derawan island, make sure you go diving and snorkeling there.

Regards

Mad

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365Indonesia Day 46 – A Beach called ‘Santai Beach’ at Twilight, Ambon, Maluku

Here I am in Ambon, again.

You will never get enough to visit every beautiful beach in every province in Indonesia, especially in Ambon.

Santai Beach is located in Latulahat village, Nusa Niwe sub-district, 17 km from Ambon and it’s about 30 minutes away if you take a motorcycle to go there. There are many visitors in this beach in the afternoon especially Saturday, Sunday and national holiday.

Regards

Mad

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365Indonesia Day 45 – Coral Table in the Water of Biawak Island, Indramayu

yuhuuuuu !

let’s go back to west Java, Indramayu, where you can find the beautiful Biawak Island. on day 42 i posted a photo about Nudibranch that we can find if we snorkel there. now, i am posting a photo about a coral table that you’ll also be able to find here.

so what are you waiting for?

Regards,
Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 44 – A Ritual in Plebon Ceremony, Ubud – Bali

wohoooo!

here’s another shot of Plebon ceremony, guys. i’ve posted a couple of pictures about this ceremony before, and today i am posting another, just to ensure you that this ceremony is really magical.

Regards,
Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 43 – Palambak Island, Banyak Archipelago, South East Aceh

whassuup guys!

today am gonna give you another picture of Palambak Island. i believe i’ve told you about this island before, but i forgot on which day. my bad, sorry :D

anyway, enjoy!

Regards,
Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 42 – Nudibranch in the Water of Biawak Island, Indramayu

A while ago I had the chance to go to a beautiful island named Pulau Biawak or Biawak Island. It is located 40 km north of the city of Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia.

According to the locals, the island was originally named Rakit Island. The Dutch called it Bompyes. But around the year 1980s, it was changed again to Biawak Island for conservation and tourism purpose by the local government. And it was because the island itself is the habitat of a species of monitor lizards (Varanus Salvator) called Biawak by the locals.

to get to Biawak Island you need about four hours from Indramayu City. And the way to travel there is only by small fisherman’s boat. You could hire them, usually visitors had to spend around $70 USD to $90 USD for a fishing boat with a capacity of about ten people. So if you share the expenses with 10 persons, you only need to pay around $10 USD just for the boats.

No docks can be reach by visitors at high tide and there are no special vacation homes that can be rented by tourists, only caretaker’s house, the lighthouse, and some modest hut. It would be best to take a tent with you just in case you need to spend the night with some Biawak.

The water is greenish clear, white sand, and the reefs are still “virgin” and colorful, with so many species of fishes. There are also many kinds of birds that came and go to the island, including The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis), The Great Billed heron (Ardea Sumatrana), and Cerulean Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens).

The Island is also a haven for hundreds of species of marine life with the beautiful shapes and colors. The visibility is about 3-4 meters, and if you try scuba diving into the deeper reef you could find so many types of fishes, including Yellowtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus), Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), Clown fish, small Barracudas, and a type of Moray eel (probably Gymnothorax punctatus) inside, lying in between the reefs waiting for small fish to prey. it’s also a perfect place to spot this beautiful creature, nudibranch.

A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage.[2] They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. The clade Nudibranchia is the largest clade within the heterobranchs, with more than 3,000 described species.
The word “nudibranch” comes from the Latin nudus, naked, and the Greek brankhia, gills.

Nudibranchs are often casually called “sea slug”, but many sea slugs belong to several taxonomic groups which are not related to nudibranchs. A number of these other sea slugs (such as the colorful Aglajidae) are often confused with nudibranchs.

Regards,
Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 41 – Ringgit Cape, South East Lombok

hey guys, how are you doing?

Today i am taking you all the way across Indonesia to see this incredible Ringgit Cape or Tanjung Ringgit. FEW people know about Tanjung Ringgit. Getting there takes you to the ends of the earth, well certainly to the very south-eastern tip of Lombok, to an irresistibly beautiful coastal paradise littered with wartime relics that recall Lombok’s significance to its Japanese occupiers in World War II.

As you near Tanjung Ringgit, on a two-and-a-half hour rough road trip from the island’s capital of Mataram, you’ll feel close to heaven as a spectacular panorama unfolds that takes your from wide, white sand bays across sparkling blue ocean to the dramatic coastline of Sumbawa island.

Observers consistently say the scene makes them want to collapse into the cooling sea and reach out to touch Sumbawa. how about you?

Regards,
Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 40 – Sand Island in Derawan Archipelago, East Kalimantan

Hello guys!

this is another picture of Derawan that i took when i was there. beautiful white sand, don’t you think so? like i said, you’ll never get enough of Derawan, guys.

Regards,

Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 39 – Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta

hello guys!

you must be not an Indonesian if you don’t recognize the picture. yup, our next stop is Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta! Prambanan temple is an extraordinarily beautiful building constructed in the tenth century during the reigns of two kings namely Rakai Pikatan and Rakai Balitung. Soaring up to 47 meters (5 meters higher than Borobudur temple), the foundation of this temple has fulfilled the desire of the founder to show Hindu triumph in Java Island. This temple is located 17 kilometers from the city center, among an area that now functions as beautiful park. one heck of a temple, isn’t it?

It was designed as three concentric squares. In all there are 224 temples in the entire complex. The inner square contains 16 temples, the most significant being the 47 m high central Siva temple flanked to the north by the Brahma temple and to the south by the Vishnu temple. These three ancient masterpieces of Hindu architecture are locally referred to as the Prambanan Temple or Lorojonggrang Temple (Slender Maiden); the compound was deserted soon after it was completed, possibly owing to the eruption of nearby Mount Merapi.

this beautiful temple is a must visit whenever you go to Yogyakarta. oh, and you can bring the temple home by buying key chains of Prambanan Temple there. it’s very cheap, it costs only Rp 1000-3000 for every piece. a perfect giveaway for your friends back home.

Regards,

Mad.

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365Indonesia Day 38 – Another View of Bloam Beach, Southeast Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara

From Ambon, now we go to Lombok again.

On 6th day, the picture was taken from the sea. Now, the picture was taken from the beach.

Here it is. If you go to a beautiful place, do not forget to take a picture from different angle. Or maybe you can record whole place in video, that’s better. Choose by yourself whether you will take some pictures or record in video.

Regards

Mad

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