Few public relations officers would deem a ghost with a fondness for green bathing suits as a great selling point for a beach resort, but don't tell that to the hoteliers of Pelabuhanratu--one of Jakarta's favorite getaways.
Pelabuhanratu, a picturesque seaside resort 90 kilometers south of Jakarta as the crow flies but four hours drive as the road winds, is a popular weekend retreat from Indonesia's bustling capital that has remained remarkably underdeveloped over the decades.
Sukarno, Indonesia's first president and a avid hotel builder, between 1962-65 constructed the Samudra Beach Hotel--now part of the government's INNA Hotel Group--on the stretch of black sand beach that extends to the west of Pelabuhanratu town.
Rumor has it he intended the 100-room establishment to become Indonesia's first casino, a dream that was not to be. The hotel site is near one of the resort's chief tourist attractions, the Karang Hawu cliff, an impressive Java flow formation from which the legendary Nyai Loro Kidul (Princess of the South Sea) flung herself into the waves below in an effort to restore her beauty and end a run of bad luck.
Under Sukarno's instructions, Room 308 at the Samudra Beach Hotel has always been left vacant for Nyai Loro Kidul.
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