Thursday, February 28, 2013

Ranamese (Manggarai-NTT) a tranquil lake



Ranamese Lake, located in East Manggarai, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, a natural attractions exciting and unfortunately if pass up. Beautiful panorama, relatively cool air up to a temperature of 14 degrees celsius, surrounded by dense forests and lush. The lake has an area of ​​about five hectares (ha), a depth of 43 meters, and is located at an altitude of 1,200 meters above sea level (masl) that is part of the Nature Park Ruteng.

 Lake Ranamese closer taken from Ruteng, Manggarai, Flores, which is about 25 kilometers (km) and takes about 30 minutes. As if pursued through Borong, the capital of East Manggarai, a distance of approximately 35 km.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A creepy "Istana Ular" (Snakes Cave) at Lembor Manggarai - Flores


Istana Ular is located 70 kilometer from Labuan Bajo en route to Ruteng (1 hour driving). After reaching Lembor, you can ask around the turn to Daleng Village. (around 7 kilometer from Lembor on the left).

To reach the cave, you can rent motorcycle or walk. Its better to  use the second option, as the road was too bumpy to ride a motorcycle. The air was hot and humid, the surrounding was very dry. Usually, the villager you met agreed to take you to the cave. From the main road reaching the cave was around 6 kilometer. There was a shortcut. It was a tunnel in the hill that functions as irrigation channel from the nearby river.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Exotic Oenesu Waterfall in Kupang




Kupang, capital of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) turned out to save the lucrative tourist area. There are at least two tourist sites are always visited by tourists, both local and foreign tourists, especially from Australia, which Oenesu Waterfall, located about 17 kilometers (km) from the city of Kupang and Lasiana Beach about 12 km towards Kupang.

Oenesu waterfall is a major tourist destination that is always crowded, both by local and foreign tourists. On holiday or Sunday, the one attraction that can be visited by more than 1,500 people.