'''Madura''' is an island off the coast of East Java, Indonesia.

Cities

  • Bangkalan
  • Other destinations

    Understand

    : ''Madhura ampon kalonta e manca naghara'' : ''Buja tor tana kapor''

    : "Madura has gained world fame : Tho_f it abounds in only salt and lime" :: <small>-- Ismail</small>

    A byword for crowded poverty even in Indonesia, Madura's infertile soil has led to an estimated 10 million Madurese migrants leaving the island, with only around 4 million left to eke out a living from subsistence agriculture (mostly maize) and cattle farming.

    Madurese women, though, are famous throughout Indonesia for one thing: secretive '''sex techniques''' known as ''goyang Madura''. These seem to involve clenching vaginal muscles in a way not unlike Kegel exercises, assisted with herbal preparations like the ''tongkat Madura'' ("Madura stick") that were a minor hit in Japan a few years back.

    Talk

    The local language is Madurese, but standard Indonesian is widely spoken.

    Get in

    Currently the only way to travel to Madura involves taking a ferry from Ujung, near Surabaya on the Javanese mainland, to Kamal, near Bangkalan. The Suramadu Bridge [http://www.suramadu.com/] to link to two is under construction and expected to be complete sometime around 2008.

    Get around

    See

  • Bull racing
  • Do

    Eat

    Karnavati Dabeli

    Drink

    Stay safe

    Get out