Exotic Biting Disaster

Exotic Biting Disaster

IN quarters simple disangga pillars wood the same size foot adult, a number of people busy packing goods in cardboard. Rushing similar happens in the hut-hut wood collectors in the coastal lobster Sikakap, the capital of North Pagai Sub-district, West Sumatra. Rushing such common occurs when the motor boat from Padang pioneer rests three times week.

Maybe, lobster, lobster, which you consumption comes from the area in the western island of Sumatra mainland that. Located about 120 kilometers from Padang. Busy afternoon, the lobster, lobster - often called bamboo and lobster spots / pearl - will be sent to Padang about 12-15 hours of sea travel using a motor boat crossing, three times a week. To maintain permanent living, lobster, lobster is put before the white sand wrapped newspaper to be used and in the boxes. On the piles of lobster, placed newspaper packaged ice. The aim is produce oxygen during the trip. At the level of the collectors, with lobster bamboo living organs fully valued Rp250.000 per kilogram.

Meanwhile, the lobster is more expensive spots, Rp300.000 per kg. Prices could fall up to Rp50.000 when organs lobster is broken. Results sea Pagai Islands is not only lobster, but tuna and crab. However, the mushroom more pengepul lobster in Sikakap. Didera although losses tens of millions of rupiah due to the earthquake in Bengkulu, 12 September 2007, the collectors considered as a risk business. Then, hundreds to thousands of lobsters off because of high waves that sweep the waters calm. Not only knock down the house residents and hut-hut stage collectors lobster, also wave sweeps berliter-liter patchouli results from shelter residents in the interior. Like lobster, selling patchouli oil is high, but fluctuate. In early June 2008, the price per liter of Rp 900,000.

Most local residents Pagai, which act as farmers, on their life results from the earth. Patchouli primadona only one at this time. There is cocoa, rubber, copra, and clubs. "The price of patchouli is good, so we distill a lot of patchouli. Liternya per If less than Rp 200,000, we choose the other course," said Toni Sababalat (57), Hamlet citizens Lakau, South Pagai. Results earth is the other copra. Characteristics of many islands it is a coconut tree. Only, copra price of less than Rp 5,000 per kg, less interesting than the patchouli oil.

Pluck from the natural Results earth population coastline bordering the Indian Ocean directly to the generations of citizens support. All are from nature. So far, the tourism potential of the sea Pagai not digarap. Tourists, tourists, most of which is the athlete's routine came as the "campaign" that fellow athletes amazed with the huge waves in a number of islands. Participation in the Compass Expedition Team Line Home Nusantara-Wanadri, early June 2008, strengthens the evidence of natural phenomena Pagai stunning. Small island of white sand with a sharp beautiful coral reefs in the waters clear, as in Sibarubaru Island. In Sikakap, the central Unsurprisingly, the economy and education, ornamental fish dance in the clear waters. They like undisturbed by in pairs of eyes memandanginya. Awareness of the dangers of island residents bomb fish also higher.

Residents of Hamlet Limosua, South Pagai, for example, several times to expel the fish from fishermen pengebom Sibolga, North Sumatra. "We usir them. If by force if necessary against," said Elbi Samaloisa (50), Limosua citizens. Nature continue expend cheapness for the people of the Mentawai, especially Pagai. However, the council also natural disasters. Island earthquake A number of historical records and geological studies show that the Mentawai Islands group - Pagai Island, including - is the "island earthquake." The last four years, three earthquake shook the island group. Earthquake also raise the land between 1 and 1.5 meters from the point of the top 3 meters.

Now at least there is still a great potential earthquake that will increase the mainland. In the area of South Pagai, a phenomenon mainland upraised. Coastline forward filled up to 500 pieces of coral died in the island as Sibarubaru. Residents in some difficulty to go to the island or single boat because the coral swell to the surface, such as the Village Bulasat, South Pagai. In the middle of history and estimates that the next earthquake shook eksotisme Pagai are. Eksotisme nature also shown in the area of Nias.

Expedition Team Wanadri-house condition in the archipelago islands terluar they singgahi. Island to-40 in the region in the west end Senua Island, Natuna, 18 August 2008. Many things they found, the fact the beauty and potential natural boundary of the Air biting closely with various limitations.

Source: Kompas Print