Travel 2# Wakatobi Island Underwater Paradise

The resort is located in the far southern tip of the island near a row of Southeast Sulawesi is one of the most exclusive diving centre in Indonesia. Even a three islands North of here (but far from luxurious resorts) in the Hoga small and simple, I feel a lot of the "real" world.

This is my second visit to these islands, and though I've never been really crying toward home on the first trip, I was very glad to be back. I was in my Islands are traditionally known as Archipelago blacksmith scene before but I am very far from a city's steel industry landscape. No matter where you are in the Wakatobi, impossible to think of anything except the term full of heavenly Bliss at the postcard picture: "coral reefs toska",

"beach sand as soft as talc", and "the glow of the sunset" which is a part of everyday life here.

When the area was declared as a national park in 1996, the name Wakatobi is chosen as an acronym for the four main islands: Islands of Perfume-scented, island of Tomia, Kaledupa, Binongko island. In fact there are 143 Island here but only seven of them are permanently inhabited.

I have spent time exploring the fragrance – Perfumed with spectacular beaches, world-class coral reefs, and savannas in the world as imaginary. I have climbed the highest peaks in the Wakatobi. Although only as high as 274 meters above sea level, but the Valley of underwater Wakatobi said flattens out to over one kilometre. I'm excited for a little exploring, so with hope will succeed even without plans, I follow the instinct toward a small hill with stones, sand and palm trees known as Hoga. I went up the

a small interisland ferry from a small fishing port in the city of Wangi Wangi Island Wanchi
and fussing in the Canal near Pulau Kambode. When we crossed the deeper waters near the island of Komponaone, I've been enjoying the Sun, sitting on the roof of the boat with a group of islanders who return to heaven after a tired work in the rough city of Kendari, which is 200 km from here. I bet they even feel happier to go back than mine.

When our little boat race along the shallow waters near Kaledupa, friends seperjalanan my contingent waving happily at friends in the wooden houses that stood on top of the reef. Some of the houses erected by the rigid peg-peg above the water, like a stork is awkward, but others stood balanced on a man-made reef island. I realized that the workers who migrated to that in fact was People Bajau. Better known in the outside world as "Sea Gypsies", Those Bajau is one of countless ethnic groups totaled living (most are still alive to this day) on the shoreline of the Moluccas to Myanmar. I have met the "Sea Gypsies" who truly nomadic, living in shacks with small boat floating bercadik to catch fish as they follow the hordes of fish leads to the North along the coast of Southeast Sulawesi.

I also have children's swim with the Sea Gypsies who settled on the islands of Alor, Komodo island and Borneo Island. One time I've ever worked on assignment in the region of Thailand, Sea Gypsies known as Moken. I employ translators Thai to help writing the article.

A few minutes ahead of our first interview with the head of the village of Moken, I make it stunned because I could speak the language as Moken with almost fluent. (I let it remain mystified until I finally showed, that afternoon, that I have learned that the Moken language still exists till now is almost entirely derived from Indonesia.)

People from South Sulawesi, historically among the world's great explorers and their spread in antiquity to colonize eastern Indonesia banyakwilayah. It is possible that historians never really knowing precisely the limits of their exploration of the region. But the inhabitants of the island who these brave (their ancestors is probably the workers of Kaledupa) even could have been sailing very far to invade Madagascar, more than 8,000 kilometres away with the anticipated depth of Indian Ocean scary. When I moved the ship at a small pier at the town of Tamboeloeroeha, I am aware that some of the place names here — Kampenaune, Tolandano, Sampuagiwolo Mountain — oddly reminiscent of the names from my trip to Madagascar.

marine biodiversity seems to have grown so rapidly and I forget how the number of species of fish that I meet. In the year 2012, Wakatobi is listed as the 12th District are protected in Indonesia and is under the umbrella of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Even a decade before the WWF has launched the "Coral Triangle Initiative" here. This Organization remains very active role in the fight against destructive fishing practices such as bombs and Poisons, and they work closely with local communities to find sustainable lifestyle alternative that does not damage the environment. To understand the importance of a region that has been appointed as the Coral triangle (most of which is located in the waters of Indonesia), we should not forget that 750 of the world's 850 species of coral reefs are found in this area. Even The Caribbean.

who is considered one of the accomplishments of the Summit for divers world level only has 50 coral species. Legendary French diver Jacques Cousteau declared Wakatobi as "underwater paradise". There are no records that mention is the pioneer of the modern submarine really shed a tear when it should leave the Wakatobi.