Most tourists will visit Tanjung Tinggi beach, where famous movie “Laskar Pelangi” took a scene there, a fabulous white sand beach with gigantic stone. And me? Not!
I’ll give a quick trip through the city, only the city.
Where to visit?
From the airport, it took around 15 minutes to the city center. What can we see from the city? When I was there, I had a round trip, watching old houses, old PT Timah employee houses, the company that once has a great success there.
Its quite hard to found what is interesting there (my personal opinion).
Its quite hard to found what is interesting there (my personal opinion).
What to eat?
Most island near Sumatra has great durian, stinky thorny big fruit. If you want to try, just do the bargain and let the salesperson select the fruit. If he/she give raw durian, ask for exchange.
The problem is, this word “bargain” is very problematic for me. Its hard to judge this durian costs appropriate with its size and taste.
One of the local food here name “Bakmi Koba”, a noodle soup with fish stock. Noodles is good, the stock taste delicious and lil sweet. Be careful with the chilly, because its very very hot!
One of the local food here name “Bakmi Koba”, a noodle soup with fish stock. Noodles is good, the stock taste delicious and lil sweet. Be careful with the chilly, because its very very hot!
What to buy?
Hmmm... Pangkal Pinang is famous by its marine crackers from fish, shrimp, sea cucumber and dried shark fin. Its one of the exclusive food ingredients, the bird nest.
It said that shark fin for 50 grams cost US$39, and for the bird nest below is US$94,8 per 50 grams.
There is two types of fish cracker, true fish cracker without sauce, and the Amplang, fish cracker with sauce.
It said that shark fin for 50 grams cost US$39, and for the bird nest below is US$94,8 per 50 grams.
There is two types of fish cracker, true fish cracker without sauce, and the Amplang, fish cracker with sauce.
For coffee addict, you can found a great coffee (that I was underestimated). Taste like Sumatran Coffee that I was bought from Starbucks. The salesperson said that this coffee was originated from around Pangkal Pinang. Altough this coffee has already grinded, its not sour, taste great.
A recommended thing to buy.
A recommended thing to buy.
If you are a batik maniac, you can find batik, unfortunately I found this in the duty free shop at the airport, not in the local market
I expect somebody will explore the island broader than I did, to let the world that theres something there, not just the “Laskar Pelangi” beach.
