Short Trip to Belitong #1

Happy holiday everyone! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (not yet)...

Have you decide where to spend your holiday? Not yet? Well, have you ever been to Belitung before, or at least Indonesia? You should try to go here for a couple of days and spend you holiday! In Indonesia we have many places to visit , and one of them is Belitung Island also known as Belitong. Belitung have so many beautiful beaches, and I really love them, why? Because you can really enjoy it, it's like your own beach! In other word, not so many tourists known this beaches, but I expect it will be known soon.

To get to Belitong you can use airplane or a ship. But, since I only knew the airplane trip, then I will only tell you this. Last time I went to Belitong, there was only two airplane companies that have flights to there and it's only from International Airport Soekarno-Hatta (CJK). The airport in Belitung is Tanjung Pandan (TJQ). It's only 1 hour (even less) of flight from CJK. You may want to reserve your seat first from their website, yoou can check Batavia Air or Sriwijaya Air. Batavia Air is the cheapest one, but you have to know that sometimes (or usually) they might have to delay your flight for 1 or 2 hours. Sriwijaya Air is the expensive one, but if you lucky you can get promo ticket, not much different with the other air company. Expensive but almost always on time.

As you arrived at Tanjung Pandan, you just need to wait your baggage and go out. As far as I knew, there was no public transportation yet there, so you have to rent a car. To get to the city it's just 30-45 minutes drive from airport. There's a few hotel you can chose, but I recommend Sarila Hotel, the place is nice and it's near the heart of the city where you can buy things, and near the beach! Just walk down and you'll find Tanjung Pendam beach. If you take flight in the morning, you'll arrive at afternoon, you have time to explore the city and go to Tanjung Pendam beach. Here is some photos I took when I went there, not really good pictures :(

So, after playing with the beach you can go walk again to the hotel while seeing many stuff in the evening. There will be many food seller along the street, you may want to try some.

Next day, get ready for another beaches!