Swim the Sunda Strait

JAKARTA: The Marine Corps is organizing swimming and rowing contests across the Sunda strait next month.

The contests, held as part of the 49th anniversary of the corps, will include contestants from Indonesia, neighboring countries and also from the United States, Australia, France and Japan, the Antara news agency reported.

The starting point will be in the Bakaheuni port in Lampung in Sumatra and the finishing line is the Suralaya beach in Merak in West Java. A swimmer needs around 10 hours to cross the strait which divides Java and Sumatra. (par)