Plan to Save Sumatran Tigers and Elephants

August 30th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

More than 100 experts and officials met in Indonesia on Wednesday to try to draft an action plan to save Sumatran elephants and tigers threatened with extinction. Satellite images show large areas of lowland tropical forests, the primary habitat for elephants and tigers, have been cleared on Sumatra island mainly due to farming and logging, the WWF conservation group said.

Cubadak Island: West Sumatra

August 30th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

I have been here many times, but frankly I’m never too bored to stay here for a couple of days. It’s really a nice quiet island. If you need to escape the hectic schedule of your daily activities come here feel the difference.

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Cubudak Island - How to Get There

August 30th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Paradiso Village is situated in Cubadak, 40 kilometers from Padang and five miles from Carocok Village. Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, has an international airport that offers daily flights from Jakarta, four a week from Kuala Lumpur and two a week from Singapore.

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Tourism Cooperation: Bukitinggi, Sumatra

August 16th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Through her thick reading glasses, Wirma carefully counts her threads before weaving them carefully to create the beautiful motifs that make up her songket traditional woven fabric. Wirma is 57 and has used the traditional weaving method since she was 15, taking only brief breaks to raise her children.

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Migratory Birds Threatened by Mangrove Forest Conversion: Sumatra

August 5th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The mangrove forests stretching along North Sumatra’s coastline that are home to migrating birds could vanish over the next two years if they keep being converted into shrimp ponds, an environmental group has warned.

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Indonesians in Focus: Suhadi

July 31st, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

In the murky predawn light on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, a team of rangers from the Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) in the Way Kambas National Park were suddenly confronted by a group of illegal hunters carrying deer that they’d killed.

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Lake Toba: Samosir, North Sumatra

July 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Looking out over Lake Toba, it is evident that is a basin of superlatives. With a surface area of 1,130 square kilometers and possessing a maximum depth of 529 meters, it is the world’s largest and deepest crater lake.

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Tombs and Megaliths: Samosir, North Sumatra

July 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The main road in Samosir presents the traveler with two options. To the southeast lies the village of Tomok, while in the opposite direction are Ambarita and Simanindo. From both headings one can turn inland and climb to the highlands via trails less-traveled and be richly rewarded with spectacular views of the lake below.

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Tourism Potential in Japanese Buildings: Sumatra

July 14th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Although Japan occupied Indonesia for only three years during World War II, they left many historical buildings that are now part of Indonesia’s heritage and could become assets for the tourist industry.

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Indonesians in Focus: Munawar Liza Zainal

June 22nd, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Do come to Sabang — the beach and the seabed is beautiful. That’s the welcoming invitation from a local diver, a witness to the wonders of just one of the dive sites around the Weh island on Indonesia’s northern tip. The diver, Munawar Liza Zainal, also happens to be the mayor of Sabang.

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