Minggu, 06 Maret 2011

Bitung, Pelabuhan yang Eksotik

Bitung or Bitung city region is still part of North Sulawesi, the area is generally better known as the port for large vessels that will transit to the eastern region in Indonesia, although the city of Bitung still rely on agriculture and partly fishermen, but in 2004 industrial city of Bitung forward with rapid, with the industry making coconut oil, fish, seafood industry and others.


And one that boost the economy with the Port of Bitung city in the city, It is all visible from the busy traffic of large ships to raise and lower the passenger and cargo loading and unloading goods at the port town of Bitung, at this port has two places Dock shipyard very large that are ready to provide care to service users ships in the harbor.

container wharf

And also to the uniqueness of this port, the existence of Pier position in the strait between Bitung and Lembeh area, another attraction of this pier you can see clearly Trikora Monument. This monument was built to commemorate the heroes of service to the liberation of West Irian from occupiers, which according to the story at the time of the Indonesian National Army troops, a transit in this port, before theyentered the the territory of West Irian ( now Papua ).


Trikora monument


two local fishermen were passing Lembeh Strait
If you go to the city of Bitung, you should not miss to visit in a few areas on the edge of the island of Lembeh, for fans of Diving, Snorkeling and Fishing, Lembeh Island is one place that promises and for the photographers who collect special photographs of marine life that oddly shaped and foreign, Lembeh is the best place to conduct such activities, not rarely they - also found marine life / varieties of new species.
three women rowed their boats to sell fruit

But marine life can be threatened at any time, due to the hectic activity at the port of Bitung and awareness of local residents to not throw garbage into the river or the sea, this can be seen in the presence of leaking oil spills from ships and also the number of garbage visible in early morning and evening day when the tides, hopefully Bitung city government to provide solutions for the marine eksotisan Bitung and Lembeh maintained.

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