Visit Gili Trawangan, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Gili Trawangan is the largest of the three small islands or gili located in the northwest of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Popular tourists activities conducted in Trawangan are scuba diving (with PADI certified), snorkeling (northeast coast), kayaking, and surfing. There are also several places for tourists to learn to ride around the island.

This is the advantage of Gili Trawangan compared to another island in Indonesia. Motor vehicles are prohibited to operate there. Means of transportation  allowed are bicycles (rented by local people for the tourists) and cidomo, simple horse-drawn carriage which are common in Lombok.

Gili Trawangan has beachs facing west and east. The distance between this beach is not too far away. Simply walk or ride cidomo, tourists can enjoy the sunset and sunrise in the island. There is no doubt, Gili Trawangan does have very beautiful underwater. Sea water is so clear on this island, with shades of blue and green that adorn the sea. Because the water is so clear you can see fish and coral reef right off the cruise ship, without having to dive.

But if you want to enjoy the underwater world more leverage, try to dive. Never miss a chance to see a clown fish aka Nemo that swim with graceful. Not only nemo, colorful coral reefs also you can find there. Gili Trawangan, including Gili Indah village in West Lombok. The island is flanked by two other gili, namely Gili Air and Gili Meno. Vacationing in Gili Trawangan, you can also enjoy the beauty of the two other gili.

At night, Gili Trawangan really belongs to foreign tourists, local tourists usually go home when it's late afternoon. All cafe in Central, the name for the art market in Gili Trawangan, who lined along the coast began to play music, seemed in Legian Bali, only this time the cafes were standing around at the beach. It was like a mix between Legian to Kuta.

Visit Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia

Raja Ampat will keep anyone spellbound. The natural beauty, especially the oceans, making Raja Ampat a traveler's paradise. Raja Ampat is one of regencies in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. The capital district is located in Waisai. The district has 610 islands. Four of them, namely Misool Island, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, they are major islands.

As the islands, the only inter-island transport and supporting community activities Raja Ampat is sea transport. Similarly to reach Waisai, the district capital. When using the aircraft, first to the city of Sorong. After that, from Sorong trip to Waisai followed by sea transport. Facilities available are fast ships with a capacity of 10, 15 or 30 people. At a cost of approximately Rp. 2 million, Waisai can be reached within 1.5 to 2 hours. For the purposes of exploration diving and sailing to the islands of Raja Ampat, you can rent a boat natives.

Some tourists seemed engrossed in casual dining and chatting while they looked off toward the sea dominated blue, green, and white. The colors that appear because of the influence of coral reefs in the shallow sea floor and inside. They were having lunch at Papua Diving Resort, the waters f of West Irian Jaya. Hot sun and brisk air makes exasperated guests to dive and dive. The sunlight through the cracks often waves to the reef. Beauty of the scenery and marine life did make a lasting impression for tourists. For lovers of coastal tourism and underwater fanatic, Raja Ampat is known even rated the best in the world for the quality of coral reefs. Mid-2006, a special team of the world's leading scientific adventure magazine, National Geographic, made coverage in Raja Ampat that will become the main report in 2007.

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Papua Diving, the only exotic resort that offers underwater tours in the region, visited by tourists diving enthusiasts at home for days and even up to a month-ford the contours of the seabed. They seemed to not want to return to their own countries because they get the " one of a kind paradise island on this earth ".