December 2012 | Beautiful Trips

Pura Batu Bolong

Pura Batu Bolong is a small temple located around Pantai Senggigi, Lombok. If you are going to travel to the Senggigi Beach from Mataram airport, you will pass this temple. Travelers who want to be allowed entry into the temple area by paying a ticket is Rp 10,000.
Like the temple on the island of Bali, Batu Bolong temple also requires travelers to use yellow fabric at the waist while in the temple area, travelers should maintain decorum because his temple is a place of religious worship. In addition there is a rule that women who are unable barred from entering the temple area.

Name Pura Batu Bolong temple taken from the state itself in the temple where there is a large stone with the hole in the middle. One of the temples located in the area of Pura Batu Bolong temple named Ratu Gede Mecaling Mas, located at the front, close to the entrance of the temple.

If you are on the way and passed by this place, sempatkanlah to pause to look around and maybe take some pictures. But for those of you who are far away from the temple, you do not have to force myself to see the temple, because the temple is nothing sepesial from pretending to others. From the temple we can see the scenery is so beautiful Senggigi Beach.

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http://buka-lombok.blogspot.com/2012/12/pura-batu-bolong-eksotis.html

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Gili Kondo, Beautiful!

There are many small islands around the island of Lombok, or so-called "Gili", the most famous of course Gili Trawangan. Well one of the many is "Gili Kondo". This small island located in the Water District Sambelia (50km north of the city Selong) and can be reached via the beach transat in District Sambelia (about 25 minutes) and Heaven Labuan Lombok harbor (about 45 minutes).

On the small island of white sand covering nearly 20 hectares which is among 33 other dyke in the area of East Lombok, a few times a week is always visited by the tourists who brought Perama tour & travel for a tour, whether you snorkel, light a campfire, or barbecue. In this case, the Perama since 1992 and it has been entrusted by the East Lombok regency to manage, while preserving and Gili Gili Kondo Bidara (15 acres). Where damage prevention efforts as well as replanting coral reefs around the dyke, also began in the late 2000s.

To that end, if not exaggerating on this small island there are also offices of Perama tour & travel, and even lodging. Unfortunately, to stay at the inn, guests must book in advance at the Perama office in Mataram. According to the Head of Culture and Tourism of NTB, L Gita Ariadi, Gili Kondo himself often used as a stopover for tourists to do sun bathing, before proceeding to the other bund, including Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara.

It's just a small cluster of dozens of islands located in the Alas Strait (strait border island of Lombok and Sumbawa Island), is now in existence is threatened by drowning at the hands of a group of people who exploit coral reefs on a large scale. To revitalize the damage, with the coordination of the Perama, the local community since the early 2000s and then have to replant a variety of trees and coral reefs.

To achieve the second dyke (Gili Gili Kondo and Bidara), can use a motor boat from the Port of Heaven at the east end of the island of Lombok, with a distance of about one hour. While the distance from Mataram (capital NTB) to the Port of Heaven, about 100 kilometers, or two hours by using a motor vehicle.