Qualla: Trikora https://qualla.com/trikora en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Trikora https://qualla.com/trikora Trikora: Introduction https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Wikidude2243, CC BY 4.0. Count the beaches in Indonesian: satu, dua, tiga, empat. That is how Trikora names its stretch of coast on the northeast side of Bintan Island - four beaches in sequence, numbered rather than named. Trikora Empat, the fourth and northernmost, is the one most people mean when they say they're going to Trikora. It sits right against the border with the Bintan Resorts enclave where Singaporean weekenders lounge, but the Trikora side has a different feel - basic shelters you rent from food sellers, backpacker bungalows built over the water, and monsoon seasons strong enough to prohibit swimming. The name itself comes from somewhere else entirely: Tri Komando Rakyat, the Indonesian military campaign of 1961 that eventually brought western New Guinea into the republic.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/rps1-trikora-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Trikora: Before the Resorts https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Public domain. Until about 2000, the only tourist activity along Bintan's east coast was here, at Trikora Beach. Local day-trippers came from Tanjung Pinang, the main port at the island's south end. Foreign backpackers came from Singapore, which is close enough that you can see the skyline on c...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/rps1-trikora-before-the-resorts.mp3 0:06 2 full Trikora: Tides, Tar, and Sand Flies https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Disjarah AD, Public domain. Trikora rewards patience. The tides here are strong enough that the lovely morning beach becomes afternoon mudflats, and the afternoon mudflats become evening beach, on a rhythm that will not accommodate your schedule. The beaches are also littered with tiny pockets of tar from s...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/rps1-trikora-tides-tar-and-sand-flies.mp3 0:06 3 full Trikora: Kelongs and Fishing Boats https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Yayasan Badan Kontak Keluarga Besar Perintis Irian Barat, Public domain. The stretch north of Ocean Bay Resort holds a working fishing village. In the mornings, fishermen motor out in houseboats so idiosyncratic they look, as one traveler put it, "uniquely Miyazaki-inspired." Kelongs - stilt fishing structures rising out of the shallows like water-bou...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/rps1-trikora-kelongs-and-fishing-boats.mp3 0:06 4 full Trikora: Kite Surfers and Coconut Climbers https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 4.0. The windy season runs August to September. Young Singaporean expats haul kite surfing gear across the strait to take advantage, since nobody rents it locally - you bring your own kite or you watch. Other months the activity list reads like a beach resort brochure worked up honest...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/p/s/1/trikora-wk/rps1-trikora-kite-surfers-and-coconut-climbers.mp3 0:06 5 full Trikora: The Name's Strange Origin https://qualla.com/trikora/ Photo credit Written by St. Rais Alamsjah, published by Mutiara, Public domain. The word Trikora is not about the beach. It is a military acronym - Tri Komando Rakyat, "the People's Triple Command" - from a speech Indonesian President Sukarno gave on 19 December 1961 calling for the annexation of what was then Netherlands New Guinea. The resulting campaign r...

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