Indonesian Travel Photo

Floating Villas at Karimun Jawa Island

2009-01-18T15:50:00.002+07:00

You could stay in this floating villas for enjoying Karimun Jawa Islands in the middle of the sea. It cost about 15 to 20 dollars only for a night stay with full meal of sea food menu everyday. Lot of tropical fruits for dessert. Cold fresh water is aboundance to refresh you from the seawater after diving or snorkling. Staying here for two nights and three days, you will hear the splashing sound of seawater under your bedroom with or without aircon. The option is yours. The wind will blew hard at night and sometimes moved stealthily into your room. So the room with aircon is the best option for you to consider.

Hills of Karimun Jawa Island

2009-01-18T15:26:00.004+07:00

This scene is seen on the way back from Menjangan Kecil Island after a whole day snorkling. The picture of the Karimun Jawa island's hills gives you a mere blue sea and sky. Everywhere in this island you could find many amazing places for diving and snorkling. No polution. God already created this small lost paradise to keep intact 80 miles away from Semarang city. How lucky they are who ever visited this lost paraside...

A Small Harbour of Menjangan Kecil Island

2009-01-18T14:51:00.004+07:00

15 minutes from Joko's floating villas, we will find a small island called Pulau Menjangan Kecil. Menjangan is deer like animal of Cervus timorensis. Many backpackers make camping in this no man's land for two or three days . Since it is a no man's land, bring your enough foods for camping. No hotels, no cottages . Just a camping ground.

The Lost Paradise

2009-01-18T14:09:00.002+07:00

80 miles more Semarang city of Central Java, this lost paradise will be yours to explore. It is absolutely far for the world. Far from the madding crowd. Far from busy city. Far from crazy world. This small island keeps a tons of amazing colourful sea coral for diving and snorkling. Take you a couple days here. A memorable sunset will be an amazing grace of your life to see just right at the white beach of coconut trees. Hello lost paradise... i miss you always to be here.

Far From The Madding Crowd

2009-01-18T13:32:00.003+07:00

This would be the first scene of Sunda Strait and Java Island look like in 1595 when Cornelis de Houtman landed in East Indies water ( current Indonesia ) 400 years ago with his fleet to find spices. The old and ancient scene of 400 years ago has gone now. Sunda strait and Jakarta has become a madding crowd city. But 80 miles away from Semarang city Central Java , you luckily could still find the original scene of Java at Karimun Java Islands. It seems that the world stood still here. Ancient. Remote. Nothing change. The true blue sea will bring you to the endless colorful coral sea . The windy breeze will tell you a lot stories of the blue skies.

Take a jetfoil from Semarang, then 4 hours sea journey will take to this lost paradise. Take your day to this far from a madding crowd world. Then get lost at the last Java paradise...

Sunset at Oar Island Ujung Kulon

2009-01-18T01:20:00.003+07:00

Leaving Oar Island behind, the sunset is his peak. Yellow speding over the sky. Oar Island is a small island near Pulau Umang ( Umang Island ), an island resort down away at Ujung Kulon West Java. It is about 5 hours by car from Jakarta. From this resort you could see a magnificent sunset from your cottage's verandah. You will see a sunset that you always want to see again. Really !

Then how could you describe this God's drawing ? Nature plays and performances a magnificent colours everyday. How come we could not understand the magic of sunset in front of your eyes. Nature writes his our poems and his own beauty no matter if we enjoy it or not, everyday, persistently. Amazing !

The Glowing Kuta's Sunset

2009-01-14T23:18:00.003+07:00

Why do we love sunset ? Why do we prefer waiting sunset to sunrise ? Why do we think that this is the right time to take the moment with somebody we love ? Is it due to a kind of an ancient destiny that all of us also will face the same fate. Sunset of our man. Sunset of our age ? Why do all of us love the sunset ?

Daring Flag at Sanur Bali

2009-01-14T22:42:00.003+07:00

Daring flag keeps your waves. The wind blow away. The sky is out spreading. The sea is blue tempting. Do you know the golden beach where you be ? Do you recognize the clouds above you high ? Keep your red and yellow be flying away till no end. Then you said " Find me at Sanur beach to see "

Lonely Flag at Kuta Bali

2009-01-14T22:29:00.003+07:00

How lonely this flag as the sun goes down at the golden beach of Kuta Bali. The sea draws far away behind and the light of the world fading out. Never find the reason why this lonely flag is here, never find the trace who stucked him on this seabed. Can you find the reason why ?

Two Boats at Sanur Beach

2009-01-13T14:36:00.004+07:00

What else you would like to see if you were at Sanur beach ? The sunshines are so bright and wind breeze blow over your face. In the midday the sun burn your head to and your shoulder meanwhile the boats of fishermen floating lazily on his sleepy shore. The bluesea water spreading as far as your eyes could see. Why don't you stroll along the beach and visit the shadowy art museum of Andrien Jean Le Mayeur,a Brussel's artist who married with local Balinese girl Ni Nyoman Pollok, 100 metres away from these boats. Some old trees of plumeria flowers, in white, red and yellow kept the memories of the artist through the ages. Le Meyeur came to Bali in 1932 and died in 1958 buried at his family graveyard at Ixelles Brussel.

Discovery Shopping Mall Kuta Bali

2009-01-13T11:52:00.005+07:00

If you want to see the beautiful sunset in Bali island, Discovery Shopping Mall Kuta Beach will provide you a spectacular sunset from his plaza and from his Starbuck Cafee direct to sunset. Just came here before 5 , then order a capucinno you get your best place to see the show. Sunset !

This picture was captured about at 17:30 as the sunset was on going to the peak colours 200 meters away from the mall. I did not take the sunset scene. The yellowing mall building by the sunset was more interesting to me. From his drying seashore, the mall was mirrored at the seawater, glimmering.

Bay of The Rock

2009-01-12T11:14:00.003+07:00

Heading to the east in the morning, the ocean waves hammering the edge of the rock island forever. Never said that they are exhausted. Never said that they are bored meeting the rocks, their old friends. Do you hava a lot of compassions like ocean waves ?

The Rock Island of Parai Beach

2009-01-12T09:59:00.002+07:00

Located at the eastern part of Bangka Island, this small island is part of Parai Beach hotel and cottages . The beautiful golden beach will always welcome you. The calm bay of Pulau Limau will give a memorable holiday at Bangka Island. The biggest tin producing island in the world !

Rocks of The Sea

2009-01-12T09:47:00.003+07:00

Browning by the sunlight every day, these yellowish brown granite rocks will be wonderful as the place to feel the morning breeze. In the morning, especially between March to July , the seawater will dry up to 100 meters ahead from this rock beds. The land emerges with her odd creatures, like crabs, jelly fishes that you never seen before. Then in the afternoon we will soon seen the seawater coming back to the shore. The land submerge.

Stairway To Heaven

2009-01-12T09:30:00.003+07:00

At the top of this rock island of Parai Beach in Bangka Island, a stairway-like rock formations steps standing in gigantic posture. Heading to the east, with the morning sunshine it seems like stairway to heaven ? But how do we know that the staiway to heaven would probably be like this ?

Kingdom of The Rocks

2009-01-11T23:51:00.000+07:00

Some local myths said that there was an ancient kingdom of the sea ruled this small island. The young king was falling in love with a common beautiful maiden who lived outside the kingdom. The beautiful maiden will be willingly married to this young king if the king could bring her a mystical blue flower of the sea bed rock at the bottom of the sea before the moonshine arise. The mystical blue flower of the sea bed rock " The Mambang Flower " is the only way to reject politely to the king's request. The King vowed that if he ccould not bring that mystical flower to maiden all the kingdom would be turned to rock. This hard and risky duty was the evidence of his love to the young beautiful mainden. The King. The sea. And the moonshine ...

By gazing this huge ancient rocks, then you will know the end of the story, dont you ?

Old Tree of The Sea

2009-01-11T22:16:00.000+07:00

At the high tide in the midnight, this tree is flooded by seawater . He has been there for hundred years. This is a Syzygium Buxifolia tree very popular now as bonsai-trained tree. An original of Bangka Island tree that inhibited a long the sea shore and sea land.

Between Heaven and Earth

2009-01-11T21:24:00.000+07:00

Standing at the lips of these rocks with ocean waves hammering the wall of the granites of Parai Beach of Bangka Island , you only think that this possibly the border of heaven and earth. But one thing that make me always amazed these rocks has a lot of patients waiting for the coming of the waves, every second, every minutes, every day at the frontier of heaven and earth...

Sleeping Rock

2009-01-11T21:13:00.000+07:00

This daring rock has been standing for millions years over the shoulder of island. Could you tell me why this rock enjoy his place on it ? If you come to this beautiful Bangka Island, visit this sleeping rock and say hello and ask her about her prince. She has been sleeping here for million yeras ago, waiting for you...

Wild Lime Trees

2009-01-11T20:39:00.000+07:00

It is also a miracles of nature why these lime trees could grew and inhibited this rock island since it is very rare and hard to find these tree at the side of this Bangka Island except at this Parai Beach . Since i knew as i was a boy no lime fruit could be harvested from these wild lime trees.

The Daylight Rocks Sonata

2009-01-11T20:23:00.000+07:00

These million years ago granite rocks performed a daylight sonata for you. The albatros' quacks at the hot bed rocks are the poems of the ocean.

The Rock Island

2009-01-11T20:10:00.000+07:00

From this small rock island you could see the South China Sea infront of you. The wind breezes caming from the open ocean. The small bay of Parai beach usually has no high tide just only his ripples all over the year. Canoeing, sunbathing,. photo hunting, and even parachuting activities are waiting for you.

The Rocks, The Seas and The Blue Skies

2009-01-11T19:56:00.000+07:00

From this rock beds ,we could see at the distances a low hills of the other side of Bangka Island. No mountain near the sheashore could be found but thousand of coconut trees . You will enjoy the wind breezes and sunshines all over the year.

Symphony of The Rocks

2009-01-11T19:37:00.000+07:00

Noword could describe this millionyears ago naturehand-created rocks formation at Parai Beach of Bangka Island. How could these granite rocks created at the biggest tin-producing island in the world ?. No mountains rim ! No eruption ever took place in this island but granite rocks spreading , despersing like jewel all over the island. Nature hide his own history book. No one can tell. Just enjoy the symphony of the rocks...

The Bridge to Rock Island at Parai Beach

2009-01-11T19:27:00.000+07:00

Located at the Sungailiat City of Bangka Island, you will find this golden beach of Parai. A full shiny sheashore with a lot of amazing rock formations dispersing all over the island. The symphony of the rocks.