Jajanan khas kota minyak (Balikpapan)

Jajanan khas kalimantan timur yang biasa dibawa untuk oleh2 :

1. Amplang adalah camilan khas Kalimantan Timur, yang terbuat dari campuran ikan segar, tepung tapioka, telor, bumbu2. Amplang juga biasa disebut dengan Kuku Macan karena bentuknya yang memang mirip dengan kukunya macan. Jajanan ini memiliki ukuran seujung jari kelingking yang meruncing dan terbuat dari campuran ikan tenggiri atau pipih, tepung serta bumbu rempah yang khas.

2. Kepiting, ada tiga rumah makan kepiting yang terkenal di balikpapan yaitu Dinandito, Kenari dan Tambora. Kepiting bisa kita bawa pulang naik pesawat tanpa takut bau karena dikemas dalam plastik yang kedap udara, jadi rasanya terjamin. Masakannya ada beberapa macam, rasa lada hitam, saus manis, saus tiram. Seporsi kepiting dihargai 125 ribu rupiah.

Kepiting Kenari/ Kepiting Kelapa

Kepiting Kenari/ Kelapa ?

Nih kepiting sempet buat temen2-ku yang pertama kali menginjakkan kaki di borneo/ kalimantan tepatnya di handil (daerah penghasil minyak) jadi serem, waktu itu nih kepiting lagi di kerubutin ayam di bawah pohon kelapa. Kepiting bukan, udang juga bukan tapi punya bentuk kombinasi antara udang ma kepiting. Akhirnya dittinggalin aja dech, padahal selain bentuknya aneh nih kepiting juga enak kalo dimasak. Kepiting Kenari/ Kelapa kabarnya hanya ada di Maluku atau di Sulawesi tapi ternyata ada juga lho di Kalimantan. Karena jumlahnya yang sudah mulai langka kepiting ini sudah dilindungi oleh pemerintah. Sesuai dengan namanya, kepiting kenari/ kelapa mang hidup dengan memakan buah kelapa, kepiting ini bisa memanjat pohon kelapa untuk memetik buahnya.
Nih foto2 yang q ambil dari beberapa sumber di internet .

Pantai Sepanjang Balikpapan-Samarinda

Pantai Sepanjang Balikpapan-Samarinda

MENGUNJUNGI kota Balikpapan di Kalimantan Timur tidak lengkap tanpa singgah di pantai sepanjang jalan balikpapan – samarinda. Ada beberapa pantai yang menjadi tujuan favorit diantaranya pantai manggar, pantai lamaru dan pantai Tanjung Harapan.

Pantai Manggar

Pantai manggar memiliki luas 13.000 meter persegi ini bersih dan terawat. Berbagai fasilitas dan tempat istirahat untuk para pengunjung juga tersedia. Ini semua untuk menjamin kenyamanan Anda saat berlibur ke pantai ini.

Pantai Manggar merupakan tempat untuk kegiatan rekreasi yang menyenangkan untuk bepergian seorang untuk untuk keluarga. Gelombang laut yang tidak begitu besar sangat pas untuk berenang, bermain perahu karet ataupun melakukan kegiatan air lainnya dengan jaminan rasa aman.

Air laut yang biru dengan hamparan pasir putih yang luas juga akan memanjakan mata Anda saat bersantai di bawah pepohonan yang rimbun.

Pantai Manggar mudah dijangkau karena terletak sekitar 22 kilometer dari pusat kota Balikpapan atau 9 Kilometer dari Sepinggan. Ibu kota Kalimantan Timur adalah Samarinda tetapi akses masuk ke Kalimantan timur adalah Balikpapan dan Sepinggan merupakan bandar udara utama di propinsi ini.

Perjalanan menuju pantai akan memakan waktu sekitar 20 menit dengan menggunakan mobil dari Balikpapan. Anda juga bisa menggunakan transportasi umum nomer 7 dari terminal bus Damai dan setelah sampai di pemberhentian tinggal melanjutkan dengan berjalan kaki sejauh 200 meter menuju pantai.

Anda bisa dengan mudah menemukan pantai Manggar karena banyak papan penjelasan yang dipasang di banyak daerah.

Pantai Lamaru

Pantai Lamaru terletak tidak jauh dari pantai manggar, sekitar 10 menit dari pantai manggar. Pantai ini lebih bersih daripada pantai manggar. Pantai ini juga terletak dekat dengan penangkaran buaya teritip.

Sepanjang pantai Lamaru setelah batas bibir pantai berpasir, ditutupi oleh pepohonan yang rindang. Di bawah pepohonan inilah warung-warung beratap rumbia atau daun nipah berjejer sepanjang pesisir-nya pantai Lamaru. Warung-warung tersebut umumnya menjajakan makanan dengan menu utama seperti nasi ayam, soto banjar, atau ikan bakar yang tentu dilengkapi dengan berbagai jus berbagai rasa.

Yang menarik untuk penggemar kelapa muda, hampir semua warung di pantai Lamaru menjual kelapa muda yang cukup segar. Dengan uang lima ribu rupiah, Anda bisa menikmati kelapa muda, terserah mau pakai es, gula pasir, atau bahkan dengan gula merah dari Sulawesi.

Sayang kontras dengan keindahan pantainya jalan akses ke pantai Lamaru sangat jelek. Selain bergelombang dan belum diberikan pengerasan, jalan ini akan sangat berdebu di saat kering dan menjadi becek setelah turun hujan. Kondisi ini tentu akan mengecilkan minat pengunjung. Selain itu sampah-sampah masih terlihat berserakan di sekitar pantai, yang “membersihkannya” umumnya adalah pemulung plastik atau kaleng bekas minuman, atau pemilik warung yang hanya membersihkan sampah pengunjungnya saja

Pantai Tanjung Harapan

Pantai Tanjung Harapan atau lebih dikenal dengan nama Pantai Tanah Merah. Walaupun secara geografis Pantai Tanah Merah masuk dalam wilayah Kutai Kartanegara, namun tidak ada salahnya bagi anda yang sedang di Kota Balikpapan untuk mengunjungi obyek wisata yang satu ini.
Pantai Tanah Merah letaknya sekitar 60 km dari Kota Balikpapan atau sekitar 1 jam perjalanan dengan kendaraan bermotor. Akses jalan untuk menuju lokasi wisata cukup bagus karena jalan sudah diaspal dan tidak banyak jalan berlubang. Untuk tiket masuk, anda cukup membayar Rp 3.000,- / orang dan Rp 5.000,- / kendaraan bermotor.
Pantai yang berpasir putih ini didominasi oleh pohon cemara yang tumbuh dengan rimbun di sekitar kawasan pantai. Hal ini cukup membantu para pengunjung karena bisa menghalau panas teriknya matahari. Bagi yang ingin bersantai sambil menikmati pemandangan pantai, disini terdapat semacam gazebo yang bisa anda gunakan bersama keluarga.

,- Tak jauh dari kondisi tempat-tempat wisata di Indonesia, masalah klasik adalah pengelolaan dan pemeliharan yang tidak  diperhatikan sehingga membuat tempat wisata terkesan kumuh dan jorok.

 

Translate english version for my nextdoor home work

VISITING Balikpapan in East Kalimantan not complete without a stop at beaches along the way balikpapan - samarinda. There are several beaches that became a favorite destination among beach Manggar, Lamaru beaches and Tanjung Harapan Beach.

Manggar Beach
Manggar Beach has an area of ​​13,000 square meters is clean and well maintained. Various facilities and rest area for visitors is also available. This is all to ensure your comfort while on vacation to the beach.

Manggar Beach is a place for recreational activity that is fun to travel to for a family. Ocean waves are not very fit so great for swimming, playing rubber boats or other water activities with safe.

Sea water is blue with wide white sand that also will pamper your eyes while relaxing in the lush tree.

Manggar beach easily accessible because it is located approximately 22 miles from Balikpapan or 9 Kilometers from Sepinggan. The capital of Samarinda in East Kalimantan is but access to the east is Borneo Balikpapan and Sepinggan is the main airport in the province.

The trip to the beach will take about 20 minutes by car from Balikpapan. You can also use public transport bus number 7 from the “Damai” terminal after arriving and stop living to continue on foot as far as 200 meters to the beach.

You can easily find a beach Manggar because many explanations boards installed in many areas.

Lamaru Beach
Lamaru Beach is located not far from the Manggar beach, about 10 minutes from the beach Manggar. The beach is cleaner than the Manggar beach. This beach is also located close to a crocodile captivity “Teritip”.

Along the coast Lamaru after a sandy beach, covered by trees that shade. Under these trees stalls or thatched palm leaves lined beaches along its coast Lamaru. Shops are generally selling food to the main menu such as chicken rice, soto banjar, or grilled fish which of course comes with a variety of different flavors of juice.

What is interesting for fans of young coconut, almost all the stalls on the beach Lamaru sell a fairly fresh young coconut. With the money of five thousand rupiah, you can enjoy the young coconut, it's up to want to use ice, sugar, or even with red sugar from Sulawesi.

Unfortunately in contrast to the beauty of its beach access road to the beach Lamaru very ugly. In addition to hardening of the corrugated and has not been given, this road will be very dusty when dry and become muddy after rain. This condition will certainly decrease the interest of visitors. In addition, the waste is still seen strewn around the beach, a "clean" are generally scavengers plastic or tin cans drink, or shop owner who just clean up the garbage just visitors



Tanjung Harapan Beach
Tanjung Harapan Beach or  known as Tanah Merah Beach. Although geographically Tanah Merah Coast entered the territory of Kutai Kertanegara, but it would not hurt for those of you who are in Balikpapan to visit the attractions on this one.

Tanah Merah Beach is located about 60 km from the city of Balikpapan, or about 1 hour away by motor vehicle. Access roads to the tourist sites is good, because the road is paved and not a lot of holes in the road. For admission, you just pay Rp 3,000, - / person and Rp 5,000, - / motor vehicles.

White sand beaches are dominated by pine trees that grow around the lush coastal areas. This is quite helpful to the visitors because they can dispel heat hot sun. For those who want to relax while enjoying views of the coast, here there is a kind of gazebo you can use with family.

, - Not far from the tourist attractions in Indonesia, the classic problem is the management and maintenance are not considered so as to make the resorts seem shabby and dirty.

Electric distribution pole location 1 m inside road from pavement/ pedestrian at Ahmad Yani road – Handil 2

Not safety, but who is responsible for this matter ? no communication during installation of electric distribution pole or no thinking about future or mistake during design of roadway. PLN (government electrical department) or Dinas PU (general work official department) must responsible or District Government ?

This case is appear when PU start to separate of Ahmad Yani road to be 2 way for accommodate handil growth. The existing electric distribution pole is located in two side of roadway. PU build pedestrian and widening the road, one side of road is widening but the other side is not widening due to the widening of one side is enough to accommodate the road upgrade. The road widening & pedestrian cause one row of existing electrical distribution pole in 1 meter inside of road. Normally the electrical distribution pole is outside of pedestrian, but this pole is inside of road. If PLN (government electrical department) relocate the electrical distribution, that is need a large of budged and need shutdown. But if the electrical distribution is not relocated it’s will be cause accident and added the road condition that so many hole (the hole is only closed with soil that the dust caused exhalation affected.

Who’s aggrieved ? Public that pay tax…

Where is Government ???…..Like Usually “No Action”, that is Government Habits

Blood Shell in Handil Menu

Blood shell or todai (people in east Kalimantan said) is one of seafood that have a good nutritious. Usually cooking and serve as broil, but cooking with some seasoning only (garlic, shallot, salt, chili) is delicious enough. Very cheap than fish or chicken, only Rp.10.000,- for 1-kg blood shell (big size) but for a little size you can buy Rp.7.500,- for 1-kg. Serve with sauce & vegetable…hummm…..yummi

A little crab inside Blood Shell

The flavour like prawns but more elastic. Cholesterol contains not to much than other seafood. When we open the shell some time we find a little crab (the crab size only like a little finger) because blood shell also eat this little crab. This little crab also we can eat because the crab skin is not hard like the big crab, additional protein inside of blood shell.

All About Handil, Muara Jawa - East Kalimantan

Handil is located about +/- 80 km from balikpapan, we can received handil by land transportation in +/- 2 hours. From sepinggan airport we can use airport taxi with rate +/-Rp.300.000,- or by illegal rent car at airport (usually xenia) with rate +/- Rp.250.000,- include fuel or if want use public transportation you can walk outside of airport to roadway (front of airport) to transport by mitsubishi L-300 (people called taxi handil) you just pay Rp.30.000,-, more expensive if we compare with transportation in java, for same distance maybe in java only pay Rp.12.000,-.

Main income of handil is from coal mine, palm oil plantation & oil-gas exploration. Handil base is named by Total E&P Indonesie when they first come to this area to explore oil & gas. Handil maybe like village name if we compare in java. Consist of handil 1 until 8, this area include in muara jawa district (kecamatan). Living by various tribe such as java (central/ east java), bugis/ tator (sulawesi), banjar (central Kalimantan), Padang (Sumatra). For bugis tribe they are famous as sailor that very appropriate with handil who passing by mahakam river.

Living cost in handil is more expensive if we compare with live in around Jakarta (pamulang-depok-bekasi,etc) maybe in jakarta. Not only about food, leasing house also more expensive than jabodetabek. As comparation, for leasing house at pamulang/ tangerang we can find standard house with 2 bedroom with price Rp.7,5 million in one years, but if we rent in handil with the same house condition maybe we will charge rp.1 million in one month or 12 million in one years.

To accommodate public requirement for daily essentials, every night local government organize night market in different place around handil that I said handil expo, same like other night market in Kalimantan. This market provide various daily essentials like vegetable, kitchen equipment, clothes, food & other accessories.

Fresh fish, prawn & crab you can find in tanggul/ traditional market, near of bus station/ harbour. For 1-kg crab the price amount Rp.30.000,-, if want to bring with plane, crab must be pack at sterefoam box.

Some place that recommended for your holiday if stay at handil such as :
1. Tanjung beach : located at senipah that can receive in +/- 45 minutes from handil
2. Manggar beach : located at manggar near balikpapan, +/- 1 hour 30 minute from handil.

3. Natural hot water bath : located at handil-samarinda road, just 5 minutes from handil

4. Bukit Bengkirai : natural forest recreation with drawbridge, +/- 1 hour 30 minutes from handil

5. Samarinda : capital of east Kalimantan, you can enjoying view of mahakam river with one of biggest mosque in Indonesia at roadside. Just 1 hour with road transportation. You also can find turtle egg with price Rp.6.000 ~ 10.000,- for 1 pcs, special menu at samarinda is ayam penyet (chicken).
6. Tenggarong : this is regency of kutai kartanegara, handil (muara jawa) also include in this regency. 2 hours from handil via samarinda. Kumala island is like small dunia-fantasi at Jakarta for Kalimantan people. Kutai Kertanegara bridge also one of recommended place if you recreation to tenggarong, this bridge like San Francisco bridge if I said. For souvenir you can find behind mulawarman museum, many kind traditional accessories you can buy here.

Rate for car rent (Xenia) for 1 day (12 hour) :
- Rp. 250.000,- : car only
- Rp. 500.000,- : car, driver & fuel

Ulin Honey

This honey I’m get during consorting my family for shopping at museum tenggarong – kutai kertanegara, that time my family present shoping for their friend.

Honey is one of drink containing a lot of nutritious that recommended. As per named, the ulin honey is from bee that sipping ulin wood. That make me interesting to buy this honey. Ulin honey color is like grape extract (brown).  

The price is Rp.75000,- just different Rp.5000 with the other honey that usually sale Rp.70000,-. Normally if we at java 1 bottle honey is price Rp.30.000,-, but this is east Kalimantan so the price is different of course.

Breakfast Menu in Handil

Foot Chicken Soup

Not many choice for breakfast when you life in handil because just several booth is open, same like in the other place except in Jakarta that have many choice for breakfast.

Menu for breakfast in handil that you can buy along roadside is yellow rice, pecel, lontong sayur & sup ceker ayam. Various kind of cake also you can find near football field simpang-3 handil.

Yellow rice (nasi kuning) : this food is same like other rice but when cooking added turmeric (kunyit) that make this colour of rice is yellow, yellow rice usually added onion fry, fish (tongkol, kembung, laying fish), beef or braise egg with special flavor.

Pecel : pecel is Javanese food, rice with added string bean, sprout, kangkung leaf and of course bean flavor, rempeyek is additional that must be there.

Lontong sayur : this food is normally we can see in Jakarta, ‘lontong’ with coconut mink and additional small tempe or vegetable with braise egg.

Sup ceker ayam (foot chicken soup) : this sup is introducing by my wife after 3 years life in handil. Like chicken mush (bubur ayam) but the mush composition is only a little, that cause this food is said sup. As per named, this food added chicken foot maybe 5 or 6 pcs. I think this is the best for breakfast at morning, not many hard food for breakfast. Small cassava & carrot also added in this food that make your breakfast nutritious.