President Jokowi and the ‘Southern Pearl’
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Iriana Joko Widodo opened the year 2018 by taking a work visit to Rote Ndao regency.
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President Joko Widodo chats to a seaweed farmer on Nemberala Beach on Tuesday morning.
The image of barren land upon hearing the name “Rote” quickly vanished as the Indonesian Military Air Force’s EADS CASA CN-295 landed on Monday afternoon (8/1) at DC Sundale Airport in Ba’a, Rote Ndao regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Paddy fields and a dense forest dotted with meadows like green carpets stretched out in the fertile, southernmost part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Iriana Joko Widodo opened the year 2018 by taking a work visit to Rote Ndao regency, which is known as the “Southern Pearl” of Indonesia. During their visit, the President and First Lady also spent a night at the Nemberala Beach Resort in West Rote district, which is adorned with white sands, coconut trees and lush meadows.