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|  | Manado is the capital of the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The city has about 417,548 inhabitants. The municipality of Manado is divided into nine districts: Malalayang, Sario, Wanea, Wenang, Tikala, Mapanget, Singkil, Tuminting and Mapanget.
History
The Dutch East India Company built a fortress in Manado in 1658. As with regions in eastern Indonesia, Manado has undergone christianization by Dutch missionaries, including Riedel and Schwarz. The Javanese prince Diponegoro was exiled to Manado by the Dutch government in 1830. The English biologist Alfred Wallace visited Manado in 1859, and praised the town for its beauty. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II. In 1958, the headquarters of the rebel movement Permesta were moved to Manado. When Permesta confronted the central government with demands for political, economic and regional reform, Jakarta responded in Manado by bombing the city in February 1958, and then invading in June 1958.
Tourism and Places of interest
Sam Ratulangi International Airport
As the largest city in the region, Manado is a key tourist transit point for visitors. Sam Ratulangi International Airport of Manado is one of the main entry ports to Indonesia. In 2005, no less than 15,000 international passengers entered Indonesia via Sam Ratulangi International Airport. Ecotourism is the biggest attraction in Manado. Scuba diving and snorkelling on the nearby island of Bunaken are popular attractions. Ban Hin Kiong Temple is another tourism spot in the city, especially during the chinese new year celebration. Souvenirs shops are located on B.W. Lapian street. Other places of interest are nearby Lake Tondano, Lokon Volcano, Klabat Volcano and Mahawu Volcano.
Shopping malls
It is easy to find places to shop around Manado, since many of the shopping malls are located on Piere Tendean Boulevard. There are four recent shopping malls there, namely Mega Mall, Manado Town Square, Boulevard Mall and IT Center. Traffic jam usually occurs at Piere Tendean Boulevard because of the existence of the shopping malls.
The hilltop town of Tomohon, known locally as the "City of Flowers", sits in a saddle between two volcanoes, Lokon and Mahawu. The climate is delightfully temperate. Fruits and a wide range of flowers - hibiscus, angel trumpets, bougainvillaea, lilies, gladiolas, carnations and irises - are grown commercially to supply markets in Manado. The town's main road is lined with flower stalls, every yard seems to overflow with lush foliage, and the roadsides are planted with deep red croton plants. Well-proportioned ponies pull beautifully decorated horsecarts, known as bendi, often leaving little room for motorised traffic.
Tomohon is famed as an educational centre, and there is a large auditorium atop Bukit Inspirasi, a hill that gives a striking view of the town with Mt. Lokon in the background.
Lake Tondano, lake in north central Indonesia, on the northernmost tip of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes), on the Minahasa Peninsula. The lake is 14 km (9 mi) long and nearly 6 km (4 mi) wide. It rests on a plateau 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level in a valley between the Lambean Mountains and paddy fields. The mountains, many of them volcanic, were formed by the pressures between the two shelves of the Asian and Australian continents. Later, some of the valleys between the mountains filled with water. Around Lake Tondano most of the rock is sedimentary and dates from the Tertiary Period (from 65 million to 1.6 million years ago). The Manado River flows from the lake north to the Celebes Sea, at the city of Manado, a short distance away.
During the Dutch colonial period (which ended in 1949), the region was a coffee-growing area. During World War II (1939-1945), the Japanese occupied the area and dug extensive caves near the lake where they stored food and water and took shelter during air raids. Today, the caves are a tourist attraction. In addition to coffee, cloves and coconuts are grown near the lake. Tondano, a nearby town, has a cool, refreshing climate and is an important population center for the area
Woloan
Every village has it's own speciality.Woloan is known for its traditional wooden houses. The carpenters of Woloan build the wooden houses on poles, and are being showed along the main road as you enter the village. Potential buyers have almost a village of houses to choose from. Ones choosen the house is taken a part and loaded on trucks to be transported, to your place where it will be offloaded and rebuild.And so it is possible to send houses all over the world
Kawangkoan
The large village in the Minahasa highlands of North Sulawesi consisting of 1,206 households engaged mainly as farmers and coconut plantation laborers. As with the majority of public schools in Indonesia, Kawangkoan's elementary school is severely dilapidated and no funding is available for renovations. The village government will create at least 75 acres of permanent no-take rainforest in exchange for Seacology funding the rehabilitation of their elementary school.
BITUNG
The city of Bitung located on the northern coast of Sulawesi, approximately 47 km from Manado.
It covers a total area of 30,400 Ha. comprice of 3 districts and 44 villages with a total population of 103,183 people (1992). Bitung is an important port in Eastern Indonesia and also a tourist gateway to Indonesia. The port is well equipped with a wharf capable for ocean liner. The uniqueness of this Municipality is the wildlife sanctuary at nearby area and Lembeh island that stands like a natural shield for for protecting it from winds and waves. It is believed that the name"Bitung" was taken from the name of a kind of shady trees grown on the coastal areas where people could take shelter from sun, rain and wind.
article taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manado
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761583430/lake_tondano.html
http://www.geocities.com/mlumenta/Woloan.html
http://www.seacology.org/projects/individualprojects/INDON_kawangkoan2005.htm
http://www.sulut.go.id/tourism/bitung.html
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| | Sempu, an irregularly-shaped island four km across at its widest point, lies approximately 50 km south of the Malang. The channel, roughly 0.5 km wide, runs from southwest to northeast between Sempu and the mainland. Sendangbru, a small fishing village, is located on the mainland at the southwestern end of the channel; it lies in the shadow-zone of Sempu Island and hence is protected from the typical swell of the Indian Ocean.
Spanning from east to west over 3,9 kilometers, with beaches that are aligned with step and lime caved cliffs. That is, at a glance, this picture of Sempu Island located in the eastern part of Java Island. Pulau(Island) Sempu is located about 70 km from Malang City,East Java.
Technically this Island is a Nature Reservation – Natural Conservation Area.
No population…except wildlife ..Deer, Panthers, Black Monkey, Crabs, etc …and on that time…Sugar Delta Indonesia animals …!!! Of course there is no electricity ….!
The other uniqueness that can be found on this island, is existence of two lakes, the Lele and Segara Anakan. A variety of colourful decorative fish can be found in abundance. Those lakes can be covered on foot in two hours hiking.
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http://yenceu.multiply.com/photos/album/75/Exploring_Amazing_Sempu_Island_Agt_2006
articles taken from:
http://eastjava.com/news/2006/06/20/sempu-island-is-a-nature-reservation-in-malang-regency/
http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/specialized/events/eastjava/sempu.html |
| | Nama danau ini memang terasa aneh, menyeramkan dan belum seakrab danau-danau besar, seperti Danau Toba di Sumatera Utara, Danau Maninjau dan Danau Singkarak di Sumatera Barat dan Danau Ranau di Lampung.
Namun pesona Danau Dendam Tak Sudah (DDTS) di Bengkulu ini tidak kalah indah dan eksotik. Memang, saat ini belum banyak wisatawan yang mengenal danau yang hanya berjarak sekitar 6 km dari pusat Kota Bengkulu itu.
Menilik dari namanya saja, Danau Dendam Tak Sudah sudah menyiratkan sebuah kisah tragis di baliknya. Nama danau ini diyakini terkait dengan legenda sepasang muda-mudi. Mereka mengikat janji sehidup semati, namun kisah asmara mereka tak kesampaian karena orangtua sang gadis tidak merestui. Dia dijodohkan dengan laki-laki lain, padahal benih-benih cinta di hati kedua remaja ini tidak bisa dipisahkan lagi.
Lalu kedua anak muda yang dimabuk asmara itu bunuh diri ke dalam danau. Konon sejak itu di dalam danau terdapat dua ekor lintah besar, yang merupakan jelmaan sepasang kekasih tersebut.
Di masa Belanda, danau ini kemudian dibuat dam, agar lebih tertata dan tidak mudah meluap serta memudahkan pembuatan jalan. Bukti-bukti dam itu bisa terlihat hingga kini. Namun setelah merdeka pembangunan dam terbengkalai. Dam yang tak selesai itu menginspirasikan warga setempat untuk menamainya menjadi Dam Tak Sudah dan kata "Den" di depan kata "Dam" hanyalah merupakan "kerancuan" yang sengaja ditimbulkan untuk menggelitik rasa ingin tahu.
Danau seluas 37,50 hektare itu memiliki keunikan yang tidak dimiliki danau lainnya. Di bawah Danau Dendam Tak Sudah, konon terdapat gunung berapi.
Danau ini juga memiliki berbagai flora unik, yakni anggrek Pensil (vanda hookeriana), yang diyakini hanya tumbuh di kawasan ini. Flora unik yang lain adalah anggrek matahari, bakung, nipah, pulai, ambacang rawa, terentang, plawi, brosong, gelam, pakis dan sikeduduk.
Panorama di kawasan danau juga sangat indah. Sejauh mata memadang, pengunjung akan dimanja lanskap Bukit Barisan yang membiru dan terlihat sayup-sayup di kejauhan.
Di seputar danau kini menjadi kawasan cagar alam karena menjadi plasma nuftah bagi anggrek pensil. Juga ditemukan berbagai fauna seperti kera ekor panjang, lutung, burung kutilang, babi hutan, ular phyton, siamang, siput dan berbagai jenis ikan termasuk ikan langka seperti kebakung dan palau.
Perambahan cagar alam telah mencapai 70 persen dari luas kawasan, terutama di sepanjang kiri jalan air Sebakul-Desa Nakau. Perambahan ini telah mengancam kondisi fisik kawasan serta sejumlah flora dan fauna yang kini mulai sulit ditemui.
Beruntung, anggrek pensil yang merupakan flora unggulan Danau Dendam Tak Sudah, hingga kini masih bisa dinikmati pengunjung. Anggrek dengan bunga putih dipadu warna ungu dan bintik-bintik hitam, seperti dilansir Kapanlagi, selalu menjadi daya tarik bagi wisatawan yang datang ke danau itu. Lutung dan kera ekor panjang pun terkadang masih bisa terlihat bergelantungan di pohon-pohon. Namun fauna lain, kini mulai jarang ditemui.
Kini danau tersebut juga berfungsi sebagai daerah tangkapan air (catchment area). Kawasan ini merupakan penyuplai sebagian besar air untuk petani di kota Bengkulu serta penyimpan cadangan air tanah.
Cagar Alam Dusun Besar tempat danau ini berada memiliki topografi wilayah 0-8 persen. Ketinggian kawasan ini dari permukaan laut kurang lebih 15 meter. Bentukan lahan dari batuan yang menyusun kawasan terdiri dari batuan neogin (Pliosin dan Miosin).
Di kawasan danau, pengunjung bisa menyaksikan pemandangan alam berupa permukaan danau yang terlihat kemerahan ditimpa sang surya menjelang beranjak keperaduannya. Atraksi matahari terbit disertai udara pagi yang bersih serta semburat warna merah di permukaan danau menjelang malam sangat ideal bila diabadikan dari lensa kamera.
Keasrian danau serta lingkungan cagar alam yang luas merupakan potensi bagi wisatawan minat khusus untuk melakukan pendidikan dan penelitian. Di lokasi ini, pengunjung juga bisa berperahu dan menggunakan rakit ke seluruh penjuru danau, dan memancing.
Beberapa warga di seputar danau menyediakan pondok-pondok yang menawarkan berbagai jenis makanan seperti jagung bakar dan kelapa muda. Beberapa makanan khas Bengkulu seperti perut punai, lempuk dan kue tat juga bisa dibeli di sekitar lokasi. |
| | Kota Bengkulu mungkin tidak lebih besar dari Jakarta Pusat, sehingga menebar virus ini tidaklah sulit dan dalam waktu relatif singkat sudah terasa existence-nya.
Di satu RM Padang kami bertemu dengan rombongan geo-researcher dari Jepang, dan kata salah seorang diantaranya tentu dalam bahasanya;"Ini optimisme yang positif, walaupun bencana tapi pariwisata tetap jalan.,,ne" |
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