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Sunda strait, Krakatau, Beach and Resort

by meiyergani - last update: Oct 20, 2008

BANdar LAMPUNG, theCapital ofLAMPUNG PROVInc

A crossing at Bandar Lampung
Bakau Heni sea port at Kalianda, South of Lampung

BakauheniSeaPort an EntranceTo Lampung

BAKAU HENI is a Sea Port at the southern end of Kalianda, it was a link between Java island at the west end of Banten Province and Sumatra Island at the Southern end of Lampung Provine. Long ago, Bakau Heni is a remote area, a beach with an abundant of Mangrove trees along the shore line, a place where local peoples do a Deer Hunting and is open as a new Port in the era of 1980
BAKAU HENI is comprise from two words, BAKAU meansMANGROVE
and HENI(HENspelling of E like LEARN) , HENI in Lampung Language
means SUNYI in Indonesia, and LONELY or TRANQUIL(?) in English.
Because Long ago, it was a remote area, a wood dwelling by wilds animals:like white spotted deer, Sumatran Tiger, a group of wandering elephants and many others#(september2005)

Kalianda beach, wooden made Fisher boat

Tracking the sea side, then plan a stop at CANTI, a small port at Kalianda, over there one can find many small wooden made boats, from this point one can go sailing to LITLLE KRAKATAU, or a child of Mount Krakatau that appear to the sea surface in the year of 1927. It takes three to four hours getting there. The big Krakatau was erupted in 1883. now the litlle krakatau being an active volcano.
wooden made fisher boat at Kalianda

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Pros:"A Lovely Panorama of Beaches and Mountain"
In A Nutshell:"Just a few hours from Jakarta by Land"
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welcome to Lampung ProvinceSeptember, 2005 8
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Comments for meiyergani about Lampung Province
victorwkf Sun Jun 8, 2008 08:09 UTC
 Great insight into Lampung, thanks a lot for sharing and take care!
ChrisThao Mon Oct 2, 2006 12:16 UTC
 Very nicely done. I'm thinking about going going to Sumatra in a month and just may go by land and sea instead of flying to Medan. Seems like it would be a nice and peaceful trip overland.
Goldenboy Tue Nov 1, 2005 19:58 UTC
 Accurate tips ever! Was commuting Lampung-Jakarta before. Salam dari Brussels.

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