Travel Indonesia by Mirdan

Belitung is an island in Bangka Belitung Province which recently has become a popular destination of tourism in Indonesia. Belitung is naturally endowed with beaches characterized by white sands and clear water dotted with big and small granite stones. The natural beauty of  of Belitung Island is alluring tourists to visit the island, also known as Negeri Laskar Pelangi , literally means the country of Rainbow Troopers . The name is taken from a popularity novel called Laskar Pelangi by a Belitung born writer, Andre Hirata. It makes Belitung Island increasingly more appealing to tourists at home and abroad to visit.  You can reach beautiful beaches and remote islands in Belitung by air and land transportation. By air transportation, Belitung is accessible mainly from Jakarta by any air planes of most well known aero plane companies with a travel time of around 50 minutes. From Sumatera Island, Malaysia and Singapore, Belitung Island is accessible from Batam Cit...

Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung. Bangka Belitung, or Babel, is a provincial region of Indonesia consisting of mainly two islands -Bangka, Belitung- and other small islands. Geographically, Bangka Belitung lies off the southeast coast of Sumatra, close to the South Sumatra province . Chronologically, Bangka Belitung Islands is a regional division of the province of South Sumatra. Governor Office of Bangka Belitung Province in Pangkal Pinang. F ormerly part of South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Province beca me its own province on 21 November 2000 along with Banten and Gorontalo based on  the Act No. 27 of 2000 on the Establishment of Bangka Belitung Province consisting of the Bangka Regency, Belitung Regency and Pangkalpinang. Currently, Bangka Belitung province is made up four more regencies: Bangka Barat, Bangka Tengah, Bangka Selatan, and Belitung Timur.   Tin Museum in Pangkal Pinang. The main stay of economic activities in Bang...

Tanjung Tinggi beach,Belitung Island, Bangka-Belitung Province is scheduled to host Rainbow Troops Festival 2015 or, Festival Laskar Pelangi, from August 27 to 29, 2015. This year is the forth and will take place in Lor beach. The festival, a collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and the provincial government of Bangka Belitung, will highlight the spirit, moral, literature, and local arts. Belitung Island becomes increasingly famous after a novel entitled "Laskar Pelang" or Rainbow Troopers by Andrea Hirata, Belitung-born novelist, made international recognition as the best-seller novel in many countries (republika.co.id). In order to promote Belitung island as tourist destination, particularly to international visitors, this even is named after the novel title. In fact, Belitung is a wonderful island with fascinating beaches. So don't miss out this festival. Source: Kompas, August 13 2015.

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The most famous beach in the Initial areca. Pasir Padi is one of the charming beaches in Bangka Island. Located in the village of Air Itam, Initial areca and only 8 km from the city center. Make visitors from outside the region or abroad, whether arriving through the Port and Airport Base Amir Depati Balam. Padi is a sand beach resort of the most visited in the holidays. The beaches are facing directly into the South China Sea offers some beautiful scenery. Extensive coastline, sometimes up to 300 meters, calm waves make this beach very comfortable for swimming and bathing. Like most other charming beaches across the island of Bangka, Panorama Pasir Padi guaranteed to make visitors amazed. In the southern part of this coast there Tanjung Bunga. Well, for those of you who want to enjoy the charm of this beach should not be afraid to get lost because the directional signs to the attractions already installed in several places. Pasir Padi Beach sun with his beautiful...

This beach is located in the village of New Light, District Sungailiat, in the north-east of the island of Bangka and is about 40 km from Pangkalpinang or 7 miles from the city Sungailiat. This beautiful beach is famous by the name of Matras Beach because it is located in the village of Matras, Sinar Jaya Sub-District, District Sungailiat, Bangka Regency. Extends for 3 km and a width of 20 -30 meters. Mat background palm trees and natural streams, often referred to as the Paradise Coast. Mat is always crowded especially in the summer liburan.Pantai mattress is one of the mainstay of coastal tourist destination in the Pacific Islands. Matras Beach is very beautiful and ramps. On this beach, visitors will find stunning scenery. Sand blends beautifully with the surrounding stones like pearls that lie in sight. The beach is composed of fine white sand, with a length of about 3 km, with a width of 20 to 30 meters, which takes place against a beach-background by palm trees, th...

The hot spring Tirta Tapta Pemali, Bangka, an attraction located in villages Pemali Pemali District of Bangka. Attraction of this one is about 20 km from the city Sungailiat. Location Pemali hot springs were first discovered in the Dutch colonial era. At that time the company carried out exploration lead by BTW (Bangka Tin Winning Bedrijf) is a Dutch-owned company that specialized sector of tin mining on Bangka Island. Hot water baths Bangka, derived from the active groundwater sulfur issue. This substance is very suitable for tourists who want to eliminate the sense of fatigue or stiffness. Even some people who believe that Bangka hot springs can cure many diseases, especially skin diseases. It is also one of the tourist attraction Pemali hot water bath which makes a lot of local tourists, domistik and foreign players who come to the hot springs of Tirta Tapta this Pemali. Pictured above is one of the 'lake' was formerly a mining area that could open you meet al...

The beauty of Mount Maras Bangka - is located in the Village District of Riau Rambang Silip, Bangka Regency about 70 km from the city Sungailiat or 33 km from the city Belinyu, takes 3 hours from the base of areca. This mountain is one of the tourism assets fart is quite interesting to visit, especially by fans of cross-country such as hiking, camping and mountain climbing. Beautiful nature, a fairly dense forest trees add to the appeal of its own Coupled with the myths about yearns reed, reed yearns who supposedly said this is a singing voice that comes from the friction of the reed (bamboo) is very melodic, who will be fascinated to hear and forget home. But the voice was not everyone can hear it. Nyerempet mystical indeed. Do not believe? come and prove. Peak of approximately 699 mpdl, to a height of a mountain is not ideal, but the local nature lovers, as well as its people are quite proud of the existence of Mount Maras which still looks respectable. I prefer to wri...