Pink Beach,coloured sand beach under the sun

Photograph by : Wahid Kurniadi

            One of many beautiful beaches that shouldn't be miss to visit when you came to Lombok is pink beach,actuall name of the beach is Tangsi,Tangsi itself mean barrack,because during the world war II, this location becoming barrack for Japanese soldiers, they're build caves for defense,as a proof we can fine the cannons and caves as their herritance.People called pink because the colour of the sand on the beach.It coloured pink from the colour from the coral flake that mix with the sand,it would be more clearly to see if we see it on a bright daylight under the sun. Located on the east side of the island,on Sekaroh village,Jerowaru district,on East Lombok Regency, it takes 2 hours trip by land from Mataram city ( capital of West Nusa Tenggara Province ).
              There are two ways to get to the beach,first, we can get there by land, but unfortunately the infastructure isn't very good,after we get to the cliff up on the beach,we have to walk for about 25 meters down the cliff to get to the beach,all the hard way down is payed when we see the view on the beach.

The boat from local fisherman that ready to take you to the beach and back

              Second way to the beach is by using boat from local fisherman from Tanjung Luar village, it's only take fifteen minutes (approxmately) we can rent them and they will wait for us until we finished playing on the beach,cause the wave is too calm, the beach isn't suitable for surfing,but it's ok for swimming,diving and snorkling, unfortunately in the beach we can't find much people sailing for food,so it would be better if we bring our own food if we want to go to the beach.

Children playing on the beach

       In the world, there are seven places that had same characteristics with pink beach in Lombok,two of them were in Indonesia, beside the one in West Nusa Tenggara,there are also another beach in Komodo island in East Nusa Tenggara province that had same characteristic.