Nusa Kambangan island

Nusa Kambangan is the name of an island in Central Java is better known as a place few terletaknya Penitentiary (LP) berkeamanan high in Indonesia. The island was included in the administrative area of Cilacap Regency and recorded in the list of Indonesia's outer islands. To reach this island people have to cross by ferry from a special port in Cilacap for about five minutes. Port of this island ferry named Wijayapura.

Initially there were nine in Nusa Kambangan LP (for prisoners and political prisoners), but is still operating now only four, namely LP Stone (built 1925), LP Iron (built 1929), LP Kembang Kuning (in 1950), and LP Permisan (The oldest, built in 1908). The other five, namely Nirbaya, Karang Tengah, Limus Buntu, Karang Anyar, and Gleger has closed. Areas south of the island directly facing the beach Ocean Indonesia berkarangnya and big waves. Cilacap is facing north and surrounded by fishing villages along the mangrove forests, including Kampung Laut and Jojog.

Nusakambangan residents only convicts and LP employees and their families, under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice and Local Government Cilacap. And out of this island must have special permission to certain procedures. The children of employees in elementary school are available on the island. To continue to the advanced level (junior high, high school, or college), they have to go to school in Cilacap, or other cities in Java.
Kambangan island, the status as a nature reserve, but is often used for military training, is also a habitat for rare trees, but many have been felled in the wild. Currently most of the remaining plants shrubs, palm, and bushes. Pawlar timber that can only be found on this island many stolen because once dried, has a quality equivalent to the wood from Borneo.
Traditionally, the successor to the Sultanate of the Mataram dynasty ritual often done on this island and make it as a "forest ritual". In the western part of the island, in a cave located in the mangrove forest areas, there is a kind of inscription VOC era relic. At the east end, on top of the cliff, stands the lighthouse tower and the small fortress Cimiring Portuguese heritage. Various kinds of typical plants grown Javanese cultural rituals here. Nusa Kambangan was recorded as the last defense of the plants Wijayakusuma true. From this comes the name of this island: Nusa Kembangan, which means "island of flowers".
The main ferry harbor in the Port Sodong Nusakambangan, specifically for transportation purposes and staff families and inmates.

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Pasar Terapung Muara Kuin

By witnessing a view, as if the tourists were sightseeing. Canoes laden with merchandise vegetables, fruits, all kinds of fish and other household needs is available in the market afloat. As the sun began to emerge the market gradually began to retreat, the merchants began to leave the floating market with the results obtained with satisfaction.

Floating market atmosphere that is unique and special are jostling between large and small boats to find each other buyers and sellers who are always milling around and always shaky play Barito river waves. Floating market does not have an organization like the market on the mainland, so not recorded how many traders and visitors, or distribution of merchandise bersarkan merchants.

Women traders who sell their products boating alone or neighbors called the hamlet, while the second hand from the hamlet of buying for resale called panyambangan. Keistemewaan market is still common barter transactions between the traders and boating, which in the language called Banjar bapanduk, something unique and rare.
Sightseeing is often regarded as a fantastic attraction, Banjarmasin like Venice in the Eastern world, because they have the potential of river tourism. However different the two cities and natural cultural background. In Banjarmasin still mostly found along the river floating houses called lanting house, which is always shaky play wave.
Regional and Health is a type of settlement is along the river (waterfront village) which has several tourist attractions, either in the form of nature tourism, cultural tourism and cultural tourism. Lives of people close to the river of life as a floating market, the riverside village with its traditional architecture. Lower mudiknya various traditional boats with various loads is an interesting attraction for tourists, even expected to be developed as tourist villages that could be forming the image in the promotion of tourism in South Kalimantan. Still in the same region tourists can also visit Tuan Guru Mosque and Masjid Tuan Guru, Kembang island, islands and island Bakut Surprise. In the craft and Health have also carved to ornament the house of Banjar.

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