Month: November 2010

Here On Togean Islands

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Togean Island Spread over a 90 km stretch in the middle of Tomini Bay, the winding, hilly coastlines and equatorial waters of the Togean Islands cast a magical spell of green, yellow and blue, in all the shades imaginable. The Togean or Togian Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets, in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The three largest islands are Batudaka, Togian, and Talatakoh. There are 37 villages on the islands. The dark green of the islands and the cristal…

Snacks Corner

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Blauran Market Along with the history of human civilization, market is a place where the activity will be undertaken since centuries ago. It starts when people did barter for their need, until the founding of money for the payment tool. Furthermore, the existance of market also experience some significant development until present time. Blauran traditional market, was build since 1957. This market is the most comprehensive market in Surabaya where we can find any goods in retails and quite oldest in Surabaya city that experience some rapid development in times.…

Selayar Archipelago

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Selayar Islands Selayar is an archipelago and regency island lies in the Flores Sea, between Sulawesi and Flores and part of South Sulawesi Province. Selayar Islands District is one district among 24 districts and municipalities in South Sulawesi Province which is located at the southern end and extends from North to South. This area has the specificity, which is the only district in South Sulawesi that the whole territory are separate from the mainland of South Sulawesi and beyond that region of Selayar Islands District which consists of a group…

Sangalaki, The Home Of The Mantas

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Sangalaki Island In the eastern part of Kalimantan and about 45 km from the Berau river, estuary out in the Makassar strait, lie several reefs ideal for scuba diving. The dive sites are famous for the large gatherings of manta rays and jellyfish lake. But in the reefs, in the Berau archipelago also live a lot of very interesting critters, hidden crabs and shrimps and unusual fish such as ghostpipefishes, scorpionfishes, Cuttlefish, Blue Ribbon Eels, Turtles, Manta Rays, Sharks, dozens of species of Nudibranchs, hundreds of species of hard and…

Mimi & Mintuno

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Mimi & Mintuno In Javanese traditional marriage ceremony, the parents of both bride and bridegroom will give advice to them to always live together in harmony ever after like ‘Mimi’ and ‘Mintuno’. While, Mimi’ and ‘Mintuno’ is a sea animal, precisely an horseshoe crap (Limulus polyphemus) or an arthropod that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They will, however, occasionally come on shore. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs but they are related to arachnids. According to Wikipedia, the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a…

Ready To Eat Smoked Fish

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Kenjeran Smoked Fish Kenjeran is famous by the fisheries products, regarding that it is near to the coast. Most of the inhabitants are living by being fishermen and selling the products. One of those products are Kenjeran smoked fish. This traditional market that selling smoked fish is located in Old Kenjeran. Along this street, we can find many stalls with the sellers doing the smoking in traditional way. Initially, the use of this smoking fish was to preserve the amount of fishes to be consume in some other times. Fortunately…

The Salted Fishes Under The Sun

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Kenjeran Fisheries Kenjeran and fisheries products is connected, regarding that it is near to the coast. Most of the inhabitants are living by being fishermen and selling the products. Most of society has long been cultivated as a food processed seafood. Because those foods are typically high protein snacks and the way to process is quite complicated, the products are quite expensive for its values. There are so many types of products that being offered by the local inhabitants, and most of them are sea products. For instance, sea cucumber…

Kenjeran Cracker Products

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Kenjeran Crackers Kenjeran and fisheries products is connected, regarding that it is near to the coast. Most of the inhabitants are living by being fishermen and selling the products. One of those products are lies over the Old Kenjeran, which is Krupuk. Most of society has long been cultivated as a food processed seafood. Because those foods are typically high protein snacks and the way to process is quite complicated, these crackers are quite expensive for its values. There are so many types of crackers that being offered by the…

Sanggar Agung Temple

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Kelenteng Sanggar Agung Surabaya Klenteng Sanggar Agung or Hong San Tan tempke is a temple for Buddhist, Tao and Kong Hu Cu followers. Located in Sukolilo Street 100, Kenjeran Beach. Like any other temples that we can find, Sanggar Agung temple has particular in design and also in its atmosphere, the design is very unique and quite sophisticated. From the very inside of the building, the back side is outstandingly amazing with the great goddess of Kwan Im Pouw Sat statue and four status for the guardians, which is one…

The Exotic Lembeh Island

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Lembeh Island Lembeh island is part of Bitung administrative area in North Sulawesi. The island is separated from the mainland of Sulawesi Island by the Lembeh Strait. Lembeh island is famous for those who like to dive, because Lembeh island is the best diving spot after Bunaken. The divers recognized Bunaken as the Sea Garden in the Earth, but Lembeh is such a virgin island. It is untouched and almost to be the perfect diving spot. There are so many unusual habitats and exotic organisms live under Lembeh island, like,…