VISIT TO Pulo Aceh, take time to explore Willem Toren III Lighthouse located at the end of Pulo Breuh (Pulau Rice). From the top of this tower can enjoy the beauty of the panorama of the most western tip of Indonesia. Willem Toren is located behind the forest of Gampong Meulingge, Pulo Aceh, Aceh Besar District, is a tower of the Dutch Government relics built in 1875. This lighthouse adopted the name of King Luxemburg at that time, Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk (King Willem III). This 85-meter-high circular tower is said to be only three in the world. In addition to Pulo Aceh, similar towers exist in the Netherlands and the Caribbean Islands. But in the Netherlands already functioned as a museum, while the other two are still active.
The journey to Willem Toren Pulo Aceh is quite challenging. The main line to get there from the front of SD Negeri Meulingge. There is a piece of road that cuts through the forest to the tower. The road began to narrow closed shrubs, full of climbs also derivatives. Sprinkled with holes used in puddles and rocks. When I travel to Pulo Breuh the weather is sunny, making it possible to climb on a motorcycle to the tip of the island where the tower stands. Less than an hour away. Over and over again our motorcycle plunged into the hole of a former mud and stumbled over a rock. Need extra concentration especially when in derivatives, because one-one can slide into the abyss. "The downfall should be tooth wear one," said Husaini, the local boy who guided us. The exhausting trip finally paid off with the beauty of nature in the Willem Toren complex. After passing through the gate, there are several Dutch heritage buildings that are being rehabilitated. At the end of the tower stands a gigantic towering red and white tower with a thickness of concrete walls reaching one meter. This is Willem Toren. Once we got permission from the officers there, we went straight into stepping on hundreds of stairs to the top of the tower. On the walls there are several windows lined with thick glass. Tired of climbing the stairs instantly disappear while at the top of the tower. Beautiful scenery presented from behind a glass room in which mounted a giant floodlights that can spin.
These lights will light up at night, shooting light up to the international waters of the Indian Ocean and the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. Its function as a regulator of sea traffic is often crossed by large ships. "This lights give the code to the middle of the sea," said Erlando, navigation officer and guard Willem Toren Pulo Aceh. Outside the room there is a round terrace round the iron railing, the coolest place to enjoy the soothing sea breeze, and the panorama of Pulo Aceh nan spoil the eye. The blue-green sea seemed to stretch to the horizon, glowing with the sun. Small islands like floating in the Indian Ocean. Looking down there is a tree-covered land leading to the sea. The waves wrestling with the reef gave rise to white foam.
Overlooking the north we see Weh Island, Sabang extends blue across the ocean, above which white clouds shout. From a distance also seen Rondo, the outer islands in Indonesia are without residents but guarded the Navy and marine navigation officers. Staring to the southern side presented a stretch of green hills that jutted into the sea. The white foam is shrieking beautifully on the rocks at the foot of the land. The clear, sloping waters at the edges create a blend of toska and greenery from the white sand and submerged corals. In the eastern part of the building looks some Dutch heritage extends, then green hills and the end of the land that jutted the sea. It's an exotic scene.!
