Describing My Hometown

I was born in Sumbawa Besar, NTB. Well, let me explain a little about my city.

1. Geographic

Sumbawa Island is an island located in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The island is bordered by the Alas Strait in the west (separating from Lombok Island), Sape Strait in the east (separating from Komodo Island), Indian Ocean in the south, and Flores Sea in the north. The biggest city is Bima, which is in the eastern part of the island.

    The island has an area of 14,386 km2, and is the largest island in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and one of the two main islands in the province. The highest point is Mount Tambora (2,824 m), which is also an active volcano. The uniqueness of Sumbawa is Bungin island which is included in the Alas sub-district, Sumbawa district. Bungin Island is the most populous island in the world that has a density of 15000 people / square km. This is because the area of Bungin Island is not up to 8 hectares and is occupied by around 3000 people.

2. Interesting Places

Pulau Moyo

Moyo Island is one of the islands in the Sumbawa region, West Nusa Tenggara. This small island is surrounded by beautiful coral reefs. The beach with blue water, white sand and a calm atmosphere is a very tempting main attraction. No wonder the late Princess Diana had vacationed here. Wow!

Although the location is quite far from the capital city of Sumbawa Regency, but the tourist facilities on this island are not inferior to other places. You can even stay at luxury international resorts; Amanwana. Famous tennis player Maria Sharapova has also stayed here, you know!

The closest island to be the departure point for Moyo Island is Sumbawa Besar Island. There are two types of sea transportation to Moyo Island, namely renting a boat or fishing boat. A boat trip only takes 20 minutes, 1.5 hours faster than a fishing boat.

3. Culinary

in sumbawa there are many types of culinary such as Sepat, Singang, Rarit, Rujak Pelam, Gecok, Palu mara, Bubur Palopo, and others. They are mostly made from fresh fish.

I really like the Sepat because it feels so refreshing there is a sweet and slightly spicy sour taste.

Sepat is a typical Sumbawa soup. The basic ingredients are fish that are burned. But, don't get me wrong, Sepat here are not the ones you usually find on Java. The fish can use any fish can also be added chicken and shrimp. Then put in sour sauce containing spices such as corn, garlic, leeks, aru leaves, leaves lomo and ruku leaves.

4. Souvenirs

On Sumbawa there are also many souvenirs. Ranging from Madu Sumbawa (forest honey), Susu Kuda Liar (made from horse milk), Milk Candy (made from cow or buffalo milk), Kre Alang (typical Sumbawa sarong), and much more.

Here, I will tell a little about Sumbawa forest honey \ (>_<) /

Madu Sumbawa is forest honey in the Sumbawa forests. The honey is taken in the forest far from residential areas and is traditionally treated by honey managers. Honey Sumbawa is like other honey. This honey also has tremendous benefits, between:

Fetus (Janin) : You need to know the benefits of this one honey, it turns out honey is efficacious to strengthen the weak fetus in the womb (uterus).

Pregnant women (Ibu Hamil) : In addition to strengthening the fetus, honey is also useful to help maintain the stamina and health of women who are pregnant, and the important thing is to help nutrition for the growth of the fetus during the womb.

Babies (Bayi) : The baby's brain every day always develops until the age of 5 years. For that the baby must need high nutrition to help the development of his brain. It can be seen that nowadays there are lots of baby food and drinks combined with honey ingredients in it.

Children (Anak-anak) : It turns out that honey can also protect the appetite of children, so there is no reason for lazy children to eat. Of course this also helps children grow up healthy, agile and carefree every day and is resistant to disease.

Teenagers (Remaja) : The efficacy of honey in teenagers is indeed no secret anymore. This honey can make children's growth very fast. This is because nutrition and good content in honey can be absorbed by the body.

Adults (Dewasa) : For adults who always work every day of course always feel tired and feel stressed so that the body becomes weak and easily contracted or attacked by disease. For that honey is the best choice to add to your food and beverage list. Because honey is able to give and maintain stamina to keep it fresh and not susceptible to disease.

Elderly (Lanjut Usia) : In the old age of course the function of the digestive organs has begun to decrease optimally. For that honey is a good food / drink because it contains good sources of energy and nutrition. Even in the case of digestion honey is very easy to be directly absorbed by the body. So that the benefits of honey this one is very good for seniors.

The benefits of honey for health above are just a few of the many benefits of honey. One of them is for face or beauty. It turns out honey is also able to treat the face to look bright, clean, healthy, and of course beautiful. But of course there are certain ways how to use this honey for facial care.