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Desember 11, 2008

Bali the most perfect island

Welcome to the tropical paradise of Bali, Indonesia and marvel at the enchanting beauty of this tropical island in the Indonesian archipelago. Its picturesque setting is so immaculate and stunning, that it appears to be a painted backdrop, only, that such beauty can be perpetuated only by the masterstroke of God himself.

Bali, Indonesia is a picture perfect holiday destination for one and all. Marked by rice paddies tripping down hillsides like giant steps, volcanoes soaring up through the clouds, lush tropical jungle, charming stretches of soft sandy beaches, glittering turquoise water, crashing surf and warm and friendly people who don't just have a culture but actually live it. Bali is where life is a celebration, every occasion is an excuse for revelry and where good times never stop, not even in a funeral. Golden sunshine or silvery moonlight, Bali is where fun never ends.

Bali Island, Indonesia has something for all ages, offering something for everyone. This tropical paradise while retaining its rustic charm and rich past and heritage has extended modern tourist facilities combined with wonderful shopping opportunities to its guests. The Balinese people are proud of having preserved their unique Hindu culture against the advance of Islam, the dominant religion throughout Indonesia.

Shopping is fun in Bali

If you are a shopoholic, there is no missing the Bali Island, as it is one stop destination to satiate all your desires, be it casual and tailored clothing, locally made jewellery, handicrafts, antiques and artifacts. Leather products are available at a steal here. These range from handbags through to tailor made leather jackets and coats, all at unbelievable prices. In fact, with the bargains available, you will surely need to buy a suitcase well to carry back all that you have shopped in Bali, Indonesia. Do not forget to bargain at the street markets of Kuta, Sanur of Nusa Dua. Denpasar department – a fixed price store is a popular shopping destination as well.

Desember 01, 2008

Mola-mola in Bali

There are few places on earth where you can find the strange-looking Mola mola, and exotic Bali is one of them.

The Mola mola, also known as the sunfish, is one of the ocean’s rare and amazing oddities. With its large oval body and ridiculously flimsy-looking flippers, the Mola mola looks like a science fiction-inspired cartoon creation.

Its eyes are as a big as soup bowls and, even better, this fish loves divers.

Bali is only one of two spots in the world where the Mola mola can be seen. The trouble is, these critters have a fussy time-schedule for appearing in shallow water. Also, they prefer certain temperatures — the colder the better!

The sunfish’s favourite rendezvous spot is off the small island of Nusa Penida, southeast of Bali.

November 26, 2008

Bali island

Bali may be small in size – you can drive around the entire coast in one long day – but its prominence as a destination is huge, and rightfully so. Ask travellers what Bali means to them and you’ll get as many answers as there are flowers on a frangipani tree. Virescent rice terraces, pulse-pounding surf, enchanting temple ceremonies, mesmerising dance performances and ribbons of beaches are just some of the images people cherish.

And those are just some of the more obvious qualities. A visit to Bali means that you are in the most visitor-friendly island of Indonesia. There are pleasures of the body, whether a massage on the beach or a hedonistic interlude in a sybaritic spa. Shopping that will put ‘extra bag’ at the top of your list. Food and drink ranging from the freshest local cuisine bursting with the flavours of the markets to food from around the globe, often prepared by chefs and served in restaurants that are world class. From a cold Bintang at sunset to an epic night clubbing, your social whirl is limited only by your own fortitude.

November 25, 2008

ACCOMODATIONS

Bali has the biggest concentration of different types of hotels catering to the international tourist.There are several luxury properties such as Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, Club Mediterranee, Bali Sol, Putri Bali in the Nusa Dua area and Bali Hyatt, Bali Beach Hotel and Sanur Beach in Sanur and Pertamina Cottage and Bali Oberoi in Kuta.

All these hotels have convention facilities, swimming pools, sports grounds and a selection of restaurants, bars, night clubs, or discotheques and beach fronts.There are also smaller cottage style hotels with modern amenities. Most unique is the long-established. Tanjung Sari with has rates comparable to the big hotels. Above hotels and those with two stars have air conditioning, attached baths, telephones and TV.

BALI HOTELS

Stana Puri Gopa Hotel & Resort
Kesumasari I Street 4
Phone: (0361) 289948

Seraton Langon Hotel
Nusa Dua Street
Phone: (0361) 7446495

Segara Beach Inn
Tegal Wangi Street 9
Phone: (0361) 756372

Semawang Beach Hotel
Cemara Street 3
Phone: (0361) 288619

Sativa Sanur Hotel
Danau Tamblingan Street 45
Phone: (0361) 287881

Sanur Mentari Hotel
Hang Tuah III Street 3
Phone: (0361) 282488

Sanur Plaza Hotel
By Pass Ngurah Rai Street 36
Phone: (0361) 286017

Kuta Palace Hotel
Padma Utara Street
Phone: (0361) 756663

Kuta Paradiso Hotel
Kartika Plaza Street
Phone: (0361) 761414

Bali Lovina Beach Hotel
Raya Lovina Street
Phone: (0361) 222385

Bali International Hotel
Metrasari Street 19
Phone: (0361) 222151

Bali Intercontinental Hotel
Uluwatu Street 45
Phone: (0361) 702670

Bali Hyatt Hotel
Danau Tamblingan Street 89
Phone: (0361) 288271

Bali Holiday Resort
Dyana Pura Kuta Street
Phone: (0361) 730847

The Sandi Phala Hotel
Wanasegara Kuta Street
Phone: (0361) 766450

The Losari Kuta Bali
Sahadewa Street 19
Phone: (0361) 759999

The Legian Bali Hotel
Laksamana Seminyak Street
Phone: (0361) 735850

Swastika Guess House Hotel
Danau Tamblingan Street 46
Phone: (0361) 281935

Taman Agung Beach Inn Hotel
Danau Tamblingan Street 146
Phone: (0361) 288549

Sudarsana Beach Inn
Padma Utara Legian Street
Phone: (0361) 755916

Sulendra Beach Inn Hotel
Legian Street, Poppies II
Phone: (0361) 754014

Kartika Plaza Hotel
Kartika Plaza Kuta Street
Phone: (0361) 751067

Janur Garden Hotel & Restaurant
By Pass Ngurah Rai Street
Phone: (0361) 288155

Hyatt Regency Hotel
Nusa Dua Street
Phone: (0361) 771188

Grand Mirage
Pratama Street 72-74
Phone: (0361) 771888

Grand Bali Beach Hotel
Hang Tuah Street
Phone: (0361) 282281

Ever Green Hotel
Legian Kuta Street
Phone: (0361) 730386

Bali Resort Palace Hotel
Pratama Tanjung Benoa Street
Phone: (0361) 772360

Widas Beach Hotel
Melasti Street 36
Phone: (0361) 759866

Tunjung Bali Resort
Padma Utara Legian Kuta Street
Phone: (0361) 756013

Tumc Komp Sahid Hotel Kuta
Pantai Kuta Legian Street
Phone: (0361) 756659

Tugu Bali Hotel
Raya Pantai Batu Bolong Street
Phone: (0361) 731702

Tirta Lestari Hotel
Nangka Street 62
Phone: (0361) 229882

The Villas Hotel
Kunti Street 118-X
Phone: (0361) 734957

Orchid Garden Cottages
Werkudara Street 525
Phone: (0361) 751802

Novotel Coralia Benoa Bali
Pratama Tj Benoa Street
Phone: (0361) 772239

Natour Sindhu Beach
Danau Tondano Street 14
Phone: (0361) 286768

Melasti Beach Resort
Kartika Plasa Street
Phone: (0361) 751335

Mastapa Garden Hotel
Legian Street 139
Phone: (0361) 751660

Lili Garden Cottages
Banjar Pengabetan Street
Phone: (0361) 754132

Kuta Lagoon Resort Hotel
Legian Street 363
Phone: (0361) 750888

Aquarius Star Hotel
Legian Street 116
Phone: (0361) 756573

THE GREAT MOSQUE

This Great mosque was one of the Sultan Deli legacies in North Sumatra other than the Maimoon Palace. This mosque was still utilized by the Muslim community to pray every day. Some of the building materials for this mosque decoration were made in Italy. Foreign tourists visit this mosque from various countries all over the World. This Great mosque is the most beautiful and biggest mosque in North Sumatra. Sultan Makmun Al Rasyid built this mosque in 1906. This Great mosque is located only 200 m from Maimoon Palace.

MAIMUN PALACE

This building is dominated by yellow colors. However, do not connect it with the color of a political party. Yellow was the typical color of the Malay. There are family photographs, furnishings, and old weapons inside the building. The Maimoon Palace was the legacy of Deli Sultanate. Maimoon palace was located in Brigjen Katamso Street, Medan. Sultan Deli, Sultan Makmun Al Rasyid Perkasa Alamsyah, had established this palace. The designer was an Italia architect, and finished in 1888. Built on a land measuring 2.772 m2 wide the palace building is facing to east, and become the centre of the Deli kingdom. This palace consisted of two floors that were divided into three parts, which is the main building, the left wing, and the right wing. In front, around 100 meters, stood Al-Maksum mosque that are well known as Medan's Great mosque.

PANDAN BEACH

A seaside resort with white sandy beaches where a fishing village can be found 11 km from Sibolga. Here the visitors can enjoy the magnificent view of the Indian Ocean and see fishermen in their sailing boats from the beach to the open sea. The restaurants offer us the grilled fresh fish just caught from the sea. Small souvenir shops selling seashells, corals, ring-stones, etc, are available here.

TOBA LAKE

World famous is the crater Toba Lake in the Batak highlands; approximately five hours drive from Medan. Toba Lake is the largest lake in South East Asia and also one of the most spectacular, surrounded by tall mountains and with the large island of Samosir in the middle. If we descend from the mountain we see the lake glittering in all its beauty. The Dutch writer Rudy Kousbroek even called Toba Lake, 'the most beautiful place on earth'. Most visitors stay on the peninsula of Tuk Tuk on Samosir, named after the linguist Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk. In general people stay several days on Samosir to discover the island, to visit traditional Batak villages, to swim in the lake and go to the hot springs in Pangururan.

The centerpiece of North Sumatra, Lake Toba's bracing climate and magnificent panoramas clear the mind and soothe the soul. For decades a magnet from regional and foreign visitors alike, Toba has developed into a full-featured highland resort while retaining the rustic charm and relaxed ambiance that define Toba's attraction. Formed by a stupendous prehistoric volcanic explosion, the 100 km long lake is the largest in Southeast Asia and one of the deepest and the highest in the world. The drama of that cataclysmic birth persist in 500 meter cliffs dropping into the blue-green waters, surrounded by steep, pine covered sloped, the climate is fresh and pleasant, with just enough rain to support the lush vegetation.

Toba Lake is a 100kms x 30kms volcanic lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Toba Lake has become one of the main tourist attractions for a long time in North Sumatra apart from Bukit Lawang and Nias, visited by both domestic and foreign tourist.

NIAS ISLAND

Nias Island lies about 125 km of west Sumatra Island on the Indian Ocean. It is part of North Sumatra Province. The water surround the island is great for sea activities, such as surfing and scuba diving. The people also have curious culture, which will enrich visitor's heart. The island has some prehistoric remains, which built on megalithic Stone Age, and considered came from the oldest megalithic culture in Indonesia.
The local call their land as Tano Niha or "land of the People", while the people calls them selves as Ono Noha. Ethnically, the Niasers are involved in to the Ptoto-Malay ethnic who once ever get with the Asian Proto-mongoloid world. Niasers speak a kind of language related to Malagasy. Because of the similarity in languages, custom, body size of the Niasers with the Bataks on Sumatra mainland, it is possible that the Niasers have derived from the Bataks.