Exploring Weh Island

To go to Weh Island you need to take a ferry from Ulee Lheu ( the port in Banda Aceh ) to Balohan ( the port in Weh island ). It takes 45 minutes by a fast ferry and 1.5 hours by big ferry. This ferries go back and forth twice a day. After arriving in Sabang ( the locals prefer to call it Sabang instead of Weh Island ). Tourists will be welcomed by small bus drivers who offer their services. The cost of a seat on small bus is Rp 50.000 per person. The bus will take you to the city of Sabang. When you travel in a group, you may get a great deal if you book a whole bus for your group.
Sabang has so many attractions: from waterfalls, beautiful beaches and diving sports to a Zero-Km monument.
The famous beach is lboih, located in the northwest and overlooking Rubiah island. There are many small cottages around lboih that you can rent; rates range from Rp 50.000 to Rp 250.000 per night with various kinds of services. Iboih Beach is located on a bay between Weh Island and a really small island-Rubiah Island. You can never get tired of hanging out at the beach, sun-bathing, swimming, or just snorkeling. At the Iboih Beach, you feel like you open a very nice picture of white sandy beach in a travel book.
At Iboih Beach, you can rent a completesnorkeling gear ( mask, snorked, and fin ) for around Rp 25.000. Many foreigners come to Sabang to go scuba diving. You can also get an international diving license for around Euro 285 ( Rp 4.600.000 ) which includes a boat trip to the diving spot, and a guide book. Diving classes take four days to complete, and is concluded by theory and underwater tests.
Another attraction in Sabang is the Zero - Km Monument. The western part of Indonesia starts here. It attracts many tourists who visit to take pictures at the monument. Visiting Sabang once is not enough, you'll be waiting more and more. If you don't believe me, go there and find out yourself!.

5 SENTANCES FROM ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

1. Active: This store sells only children's clothing.

Passive: Only children's clothing is sold in this shop.

2. Active: The manufacturer is advertising this product in all the newspapers.

Passive: The product is being advertised ( by the manufacturers ) in all the newspapaers.

3. Active: Buyers returned a lot of these items.

Passive: A lot of these items were returned ( by buyers ).

4. Active: The agent has stopped the distribution of the merchandise.

Passive: The distribution of the merchandise has been stopped by the agent.

5. Active: Only customers will use this facility.

Passive: This facility will be used by customers only.

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Active sentance ( active voice ) is a sentace where the subject is doing a job. In contrast, passive sentaces ( passive voice ) is a sentace where the subject was subjected to the job by the object of the sentance. Active voice is usually used in daily life compared with the passive voice. However, we always find the passive voice in news papers, articles in magazines and scholarly writings. Passive voice is used because the object of the active voice is more important than the subject.
for example:
a. active: Bob mailed the package
b. passive: The package was mailed by Bob
# a and b have the same meaning
c. Bob mailed the package
The package was mailed by Bob
# in c the object ( the package ) of an active sentance becomes the subject of the passive sentance
d. Bob mailed the package
The package was mailed by Bob
# In d the subject (Bob) of an active sentace is the object of "by-phrase" in a passive sentance.
e. active: the teacher corrects our homework.
f. passive: Our homework is corrected by the teacher
g. active: Mr. Lee will teach this class
h. passive: This class will be taught by Mr. Lee
# Form of all passive verb:
BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
BE can be in any of its forms: am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, will be, etc. THE PAST PARTICIPLE follows BE. For regular verbs, the past participle ends in -ed ( e.g., mailed, corrected ). Some past participles are irregular ( e.g., taught )