Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight to Europe
Starting 1st June, 2010, Europe is open for Garuda Indonesia Airways flight. The first flight flew at 20.40 pm using Airbus A330-220 PK-GPK take the route to Amsterdam via Dubai.
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Be Ready for Sail Banda 2010 Festival
Indonesia will have important maritime festival this year which is Sail Banda 2010. The event will be held on July – August 2010 in the Banda Sea at Maluku. Information I got, there will be many big ships join this event including USSR Mercy, Australian marines, Singapore Marines, Malaysian Marines, and of course Indonesian Marines and research ships. In addition, there will be hundreds of sailboat to sail and explore the marine tourism.
Banda Sea is a unique sea in Indonesia, because it is the place where three straight meet. In addition, the under water fishes in the Banda Marine park are amazing and very rich, a worthy place for diving in Indonesia. So, just be ready on July to august 2010 to witness Sail Banda 2010 as the most interesting tourism event in Indonesia.
Gili Trawangan Lombok, my Tourism Course
Gili Trawangan photo by louwrensenmarianne
My tourism course to Gili Trawangan Lombok – Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) was starting from Bali by bus. The bus will stop at Mandalika bus station at Mataram, the capital of NTB Province. From Mandalika, I ride smaller bus to Pelabuah (Port) Bangsal at Pemenang Village that cost IDR 15,000 per person. Bangsal Port is the gate to Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air.
For information, just in case you make a tourism course to Gili Trawangan, there are buses from Selaparang Airport to Bangsal Port that cost only IDR 10,000. The course is about 40 minutes. Hotels in Mataram also provide car for rent that cost between IDR 400,000 to 600,000 per day. Or, using boats from Nusa Lembongan, Bali, which cost IDR 450,000 – 550,000 which take two hours.
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New Swiss-Belhotel to Operate in Ambon – Maluku
Since May 2, 2010, newly built four stars hotel Swiss-Belhotel was operated in Ambon. The Hotel is located at Benteng Kapaha Street, Ambon the provincial capital of Maluku. The official grand opening will take place on June 18, 2010.
Swiss-Belhotel Ambon has 11 floors with 111 rooms. Like any other four star hotels, this hotel provides meeting rooms, restaurant, and rooms available in every type. Manged by Swiss-Belhotel international network, its effort is to satisfy every guest.
Other Swiss-Belhotel Indonesia are located in Jakarta, Batam, Medan, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Tarakan, Manado, Palu, Manokwari, dan Jayapura.
Kawah Putih Tourism is Open
Kawah Putih Photo by Memory.Lane.
For two months, since March 18, 2010, Kawah Putih (White Crater) was closed for visitor due to bad weather and renovation. Starting today, May 8, 2010, the tourism object is open again. There are something new in the location. It provides better tourists facilitate and a new attraction which is Legenda Kawah Putih Domba Lukutan (Kawah Putih Legend).
Kawah putih is located at Ciwidey, Bandung Regency. It is very easy to get here from Bandung. Kawah Putih is an ecotourism which is a crater with white water. This place is used for tourism and pre-wedding photography location. The white water and stones bring dramatic view in the photograph.
