Posts Tagged ‘Kendari Beach’
The sky was still cloudy when I landed at Wolter Monginsidi Airport in Kendari. The weather in Kendari has been quite variable recently – sometimes suddenly going cloudy and rainy, and then clear and hot a few moments later. Hoping it would stay clear, I started to explore Kendari as evening began to set in.
It’s about 50 kilometers from the airport to the center of town, where I arrived after an hour’s journey; the streets were lined on both sides with shop houses and restaurants.
Following a friend’s recommendation, I had dinner at the Medulu restaurant on Jalan Ahmad Yani. Local specialties of Kendari such as sinonggi, tawaoloho ayam and kambatu tinomisi were my introduction to the local cuisine; it was very much to my liking, and I fell in love with these dishes straightaway.
After dinner, I got ready to explore the town by night. My first destination was Kendari Beach. You would imagine from the name that Kendari Beach is a sandy area by the seashore, with pounding waves, but not at all; Kendari Beach lies along the shores of Kendari Bay and is crowded with small food tents where you can hang out, enjoy the evening breezes, and snack on pisang epe with a glass of sarraba to warm you up. From these food tents, I could see the lights of ships sailing or docking in Kendari Bay. The night became even more enchanting when the cloud cover cleared and the sky filled with stars, making it a perfect evening.
The next morning, in a corner of the Old City of Kendari Bay, I saw the bustling fish market. Fishermen, fish vendors Read the rest of this entry »