The Old port of Buleleng

Name of the Port of Buleleng was barely a trace. Snack central department replaced what had once been used as the largest pier on the island of Bali until the 1950's. Former customs office was left stranded, empty.

On the east side stood a row of old buildings now used as a building materials warehouse. Warehouses that used to be where the administrative travel, including the purchase of tickets ship. In the rainy season like now, the rain was still well up in front of him even though the rain has stopped since the night before.

The port of Singaraja regency of Buleleng in Bali as the main entrance since the occupation of the Netherlands to become the capital of the Lesser Sunda province, the period of 1950-1958, the story was already obsolete. The story was just "locked" in some literature as well as the mouths of historical actors whose age at dusk.

The book of the Republic of Indonesia Sunda province Ketjil (1953) provides an illustration of the triumph of the Port of Buleleng. At the time of Dutch occupation, the port was used for loading and unloading of goods and foreign cruise ships that bring tourists to enjoy the island. That's when the prestige of the north coast experienced a golden age.

Conditions that persisted during Singaraja was chosen as the capital of the Lesser Sunda province. As one of the 10 provinces in Indonesia, established by Government Regulation No. 21/1950, the Lesser Sunda include Bali, Lombok, Bima, Flores, Timor (West) and Sumba, and the small islands around it.

Buleleng harbor when it is most important port in Bali. Through the Port of Buleleng, mostly from 750 or 4,000 cows and pigs, as well as plantation crops, like coffee and cloves from Bali, is exported to Singapore.

In the same harbor, anchored by large vessels that connects Bali with port cities such as Surabaya and Makassar, and the cities of the Lesser Sunda, such Ampenan and Kupang.

"Every weekend, the atmosphere of the Port of Buleleng spiced sentimental mood. There were cheers and hugs and kisses citizens who recently arrived relatives. However, there are also women who wept at being a boyfriend out of the island, "says Gde Darna (78), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Legion Singaraja.