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Rinjani Mountain, National Park and Healing Power

Lombok is home to many natural attractions, including the world famous volcano,Gunung Rinjani,located on the north of the island. Visitors from all around the world come to lombok every year to climb Gunung Rinjani, either to its awe-inspiring crater lake or to the demanding summit with panoramic views across the water to Gunung Agung, Bali's famous sister volcano. "Gunung" is Bahasa Indonesia for mountain.

Historical and culturally, Gunung Rinjani has important significance to both Sasak and Baliness, Muslim and Hindu alike, and is considered a "home of the gods". pilgrimages are made to the mountain, offerings placed, and many people visit the volcano to pray and bathe in the pools and hot springs, which are said to have healing powers. Each year, around the full moon in October or November, a sacred pilgrimage called "pekelem" takes place, when gold and other gifts are thrown into the lake near the summit as offerings to the gods.

Airport Update

[lomboktimes.com] A MOU of the Lombok International Airport development has been signed by HL Wiratmaja – Central Lombok Regent and Bambang Sarwoto - Directur of PT Angkasa Pura I (PT. AP I) on 15 June 2007. According to Mr. Bambang Sarwoto airport construction is planned to be finished in 2009, being fully operational by 2010.
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Bima's Letter with The Archaic Alphabet Found By Sultan Daughter

Bima's letter of the archaic alphabet to Nggahi Mbojo's purpose (Bima's language) already hundreds year don't be known its society, was found and will be reanimated for need to translate to local language. This leeter give new known about effort returns to be blazed the way by Siti Maryam Rachmad, 80 years, Salahudin Bima's Sultan daughter. Its plan, its proposal is proposed to government.
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Is Indonesia's Lombok the Next Bali?

by By Slobodan Lekic, AP [http://travel.msn.com]

As the tropical monsoon clouds roll in, obscuring the towering volcanos along the Bali coastline, the pristine neighboring island of Lombok seems a world away from Indonesia's premier tourist destination.

In fact, it almost is.

This unique isle lays to the east of one of the sharpest fissures in nature, the so-called Wallace Line that cuts through the Indonesian archipelago and divides the flora and fauna of Asia and that of Australia, Papua, New Zealand and other Pacific islands.