Karimun, as shown in the picture below is actually located in the famous Malacca Strait in Kepulauan Riau province. It is only 90 minutes away from Singapore which is located in the north of this island and also only 60 minutes away by ferry from Kukup, Malaysia. Sometimes it's funny how i heard question from some friends such as "Karimun? Karimunjawa?", it's totally different between Karimun in Kepulauan Riau and Karimunjawa which is one of best tourism destination in Central Java province.
Photo by @arkurniadi
I also have been asked about how close this island from the other neighboring countries is, it is exactly as close as your eyes may be able to sight the skyscrapers in Singapore or lighthouse in coast of Malaysian if the weather is not too cloudy, but also it's sometimes having a good view when it is sighted after the rain. It also has a nice view in the evening because the lights of the skyscraper will be sighted from afar. Usually the people of Karimun spend the night of new year eve by gathering around the coastal area of this island which is faced directly to Malacca Strait and they are able to have a fabulous view of fireworks.
For reaching this island, there is a port (seaport) which serves some destinations like domestic destination to Batam or another island and also international destination such as Singapore and Malaysia. The ferry services are available all the day, it's usually started at 6 a.m. in the morning until the last service is usually at 5 p.m and 6.30 p.m. for the last arrival. Frequent ferry services serve Karimun and Batam route, it has 2 destinations to Batam from Karimun, they are Sekupang Ferry Terminal and Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal. Karimun seaport also has destination to Riau province such as Dumai, Bengkalis and surroundings.
Most of the people in Karimun use sea transportation for reaching another island including the central of trading in Batam or the capital city of Kepulauan Riau in Tanjung Pinang where 2,5 hours apart from Karimun. Moreover, there are 2 flights in a week fly from Karimun to Pekanbaru (capital city of Riau province) operated by Susi Air and it only takes about 1 hour to reach Pekanbaru instead of spending 6-7 hours if using sea transportation.
I will tell more about this island in the other post, writing more about the island where my home is located and my past was spent. Thanks for reading.
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