Far and remote, the two words that describe the location of Pinogu district, Bone Bolango district, Gorontalo province. Pinogu is located in the middle of Bogani National Park Nani Wartabone forest.
You have two alternatives to reach the area, ie hike and hire a local motorcycle taxi called the deer. Four-wheeled vehicles can not travel at all.
If you want to walk to Pinogu, it takes 8 hours to travel through the forest. Travel time can be longer if pedestrians get plenty of rest during the trip. Renting a motorcycle taxi is the only alternative if you want to arrive faster to Pinogu.
However, the difficult terrain that must be taken to make the ojek rent can even be equivalent to the plane ticket Gorontalo - Jakarta. "If it is not muddy, the price is the cheapest Rp 800 thousand.But if it is the rainy season, the rent can be Rp 1 million," said Trisrahman Bende, who since 2011 has worked as a deer.
Only experienced motorcycle taxi drivers can conquer the road to Pinogu. The motor used must also be modified in such a way as to match the road conditions.
Regent of Bone Bolango, Hamim Pou justifies the severity of the road to the region. Roadwork has been pursued in the last five years, but the lack of available budget has resulted in the new Bone Bolango regency completing a nine kilometer road from 40 kilometers of total distance to Pinogu.
He complained that his side was almost alone in solving the road problem without assistance from the provincial government of Gorontalo and central government, such as the Ministry of Public Works (PU) and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK).
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"Frankly we are disappointed because we do not get adequate support to the provincial government of Gorontalo and the central government to pave the way to Pinogu," complained Hamim.
Nevertheless, he said the district government this year has returned budgeted as much as Rp 5 billion to accelerate the road to Pinogu. He targets before 2020, Bone Bolango regency will try to make concrete road project can be completed.