The Beautiful of Tawang Mangu

Tawang Mangu tourism place is the icon of Central Java. It’s located at about 40 km eastern of Solo as the second of the biggest town in central Java or at about 130 km from Semarang as the capital town of central Java. Tawang Mangu is a part of Kabupaten Karanganyar and this village is a hilly area. It’s taken about 40 minutes by bus from Solo town and the tariff about US$1.5 /people.
As long as your travel there you will find very beautiful panorama. The panorama content the dry field of villagers, pinus tree, the farmer activity, and the Lawu mount at the road side. One of the most amazing nuances is the misty which appear from morning till the afternoon at the area. It shows that, the area has temperature under the normal temperature at about 15 degree Celsius to 20 degree Celsius and 10 degree Celsius at night. The air of this area still very pure, fresh and comfort, it’s really very good place to waste our stress after working in a long time.
In fact Tawang Mangu is a National park. It is visited caused the waterfall and the rainy tropical forest. The waterfall called Grojogan Sewu “thousands waterfall”, it’s more than 50 meters length. It’s very beautiful waterfall and famous as the highest in the Central Java. At around of it, the tropical forest gave special nuance for the visitors, it contents of heterogenic forest and the condition looks like a jungle, in special moment you could see some tree will grow up their flower. The area will colorful by the flowers and make it very beautiful.
If you want to spend your time longer you no need to worry caused not far from there or at about 1 km you will find hotels and inns. The tariff is a cheap enough, only at about US$5 /night for the inn with minimum facilities and US$20 /night for the hotel tariff (Standard facilities). But it’s only for working time and the tariff will change in Holiday (Saturday and Sunday), it will be a little expensive at the day.

Bandung Tourism part 1 "Paris van Java"

Bandung is a Capital town of West Java Province, Indonesia. It found by the R.A Wiranatakusumah II about 1808 M but in the early this area namely Kabupaten Bandung and lead by the first Bupati “Wiraangunangun” in 17th Masehi. The old capital town of Kabupaten Bandung is Krapyak (Dayeuhkolot) about 11 kilometers southern of Bandung town. In 1794-1829, Bandung lead by the colonialism of Netherlands as the first Governor is Herman Willem Daendels (1808-1811). As long as his career he successful to build road which connect East java and west Java (about 1000 km) and that’s the difficult time for Indonesian people in Bandung caused they are forced to work finishing the road and make many people of them died.
Bandung is a town about 130 km southern of Jakarta as Capital town of Indonesia. It’s taken 2,5 hours by bus (US$4 tariff/people) and famous known as Paris van Java caused this place is stylish area and the central mode in Indonesia.

In Bandung spread many garment industry and the clothes sold very cheap than other place in Indonesia. Shoes industry is the famous industry there, it’s located in Cibaduyut so you can easily find and buy shoes with cheap price in this area. Another industry is Distro T-shirt. Distro is a trade mark for T-shirt and it’s already known in the all part in Indonesia. It’s could be getting in outlets which spread in Bandung area. The outlets spread as long as Dago, R.E. Martadinata, and Setia Budi street. Usually distro T-shirt sold about US$4/piece.
Bandung is a beautiful place, the air still fresh caused it’s not crowded much if we compare to Jakarta. In the morning the water is very cool and makes our body lazy to move from bedroom to take a bath. In Bandung there are some tourism place is very interesting e.g. Tangkuban Perahu mount, Lembang, Situpatenggang, the Holland Cave (heritage of Netherlands colonialism).
The beautiful of Bandung supported by the character of their people, the native speaker of Bandung is Sunda ethnic and their character is very friendly, has white skin, and beautiful face. Beside of that Bandung well known as the place of the best Institute in Indonesia namely ITB (Institute Technology of Bandung), this institute is the place where Mr. B.J. Habibie (3rd President of Indonesia) finish his study before move to Deutschland.
A little information, if you want to spend your holiday in Bandung, no need to worry about the inn/hotel tariff caused it’s cheap. Hotel in Bandung prepare tariff from US$10 to US$250/night. As reference these are some Bandung’s hotel which you could find if you go to there.
1. Cipaganti Hotel (Extra Bed) in Cipaganti street.
2. Mitra Hotel (Extra Bed)
3. Puri Tomat (Pinus room 2 Pax)
4. SapuLidi Resort Cafe Gallery (Extrabed)
5. Naval Hotel (Extra Bed)
6. Le Provence Hotel (Deluxe)
7. Istana Hotel (deluxe)
8. Rumah Astri Guest House (Deluxe)
9. Gandasari Hotel (Standard)
10. Arion Swiss Belhotel (Presidential Suite)

The Paradise of Pacitan

Pacitan regency is located to central Java, Indonesia. In pacitan there some tourism place and it’s very interesting but the most popular are the beach. There some of beaches and they are Teleng Ria, Srau, Klayar and Sidomulyo. Beside the beach Pacitan is famous with the natural cave and the spring water. In fact the beach in Pacitan has very big waves caused it’s a part of South Java Beach cluster and almost every year take a victims caused sometimes the visitor ignore the natural condition there.There are 5 big beaches there e.g.:

1. Teleng Ria Beach
Teleng Ria beach faced to South Java beach cluster with the white sand spread as long as this area about 3 km. It’s located 3.5 km from capital town of Pacitan and could be taken by vehicle only in 10 minutes. In this area you could enjoy the beautiful sight from the tower sight which has been prepared, the Whisper of java South beach, water pool, children playing area, camping, fishing place, and of course the traditional food there. Beside of that you could see the daily activities of fisherman who bring their crops to land and if you need fresh fish you could buy by yourself with very cheap.

2. Srau Beach
Srau Beach located in Kecamatan Pringkuku Pacitan Regency or at about 25 Km of western Pacitan. This place is very famous as ocean fishing place. So if you have anytime just trying to come here.

3. Klayar Beach
Klayar beach is located to Kecamatan doronojo, Pacitan, and at about 35 Km of western of Pacitan. The beach has white sand and has special than others beach well known as sea flute and could be flute any time between the rock and the wave movement. Beside of that there is beautiful natural fountain made of by the impact of sea water. This fountain produce water pressure about 10 m length.
The beach rich with the rocks resemble with the ancient building of Egypt. This rock built by the impact of wave. In the afternoon the panorama of this place become very interesting, the seagull return to their nest, the bats which begin to fly, the beautiful of sunset and the whisper of beach wind. All of has become a unity and make that place so comfort.

4. Sidomulyo Beach
Sidomulyo beach located to Sidomulyo village, Kecamatan Ngadirajo at about 50 Km from capital town of Pacitan. We could go to that place by any vehicle and white sand of Sidomulyo becomes one of the interesting place there.

5. Gong Cave
Cave content by stalactite and stalagmite and well known as the most beautiful in Southeast Asia has 256m depth and has 5 natural spring water: Sendang Jampi, Sendang panguripan, sendang Relung Jiwo, sendang Kamulyan, and Sendang Ralung Nisto. The beautiful of Stalactite and stalagmite is very marvelous and has own name are called Selo Cengger Bumi, Selo Gerbang Giri, Selo Citro Cipto Agung, Selo Pakuan Bomo, Selo Adi Citro Buwono, Selo Bantaran Angin and Selo Susuh Angin. This cave is located about 30 km of western Pacitan town in Kecamatan Punung. The Gong cave area has been supported by the souvenir shop, restaurant, parking area and Musholla as Moslem praying place.

7. Hot Spring water poll.
The hot spring keeps many benefits especially for our health. The hot water spring believed cold be return the body of our fresh. The Hot Spring water namely Tirto Husodo and built in two places. This area complete by the inn, so you could enjoy it to at night. It’s located to Kecamatan Arjosari at about 15 km from Pacitan and easy get by car or motorcycle.

So I suggest you visit this place caused you wouldn't be regret.

Bali The Icon of Indonesia

Bali Island part 1.

If you confuse where will you spend your holiday maybe one of the option is Bali Island.
Bali Island well known as the tourism Indonesian icon caused the beautiful and the interisting place and cultural there. In Bali you could visit some place and each place of course have own unique things.
Now I will give some info about interesting place there :

1. Kuta Beach

Kuta beach is one of the most interesting place there. It’s located in southern of Denpasar Bali as the Capital town of Bali Island. Kuta is a part of Badung regency and this place is very famous. In Kuta beach you could buy souvenir in merchandise shop, eating special food in the restaurant or spending your time by sunbath. You need to know that kuta beach is called by the tourist there as Sunset Beach caused everybody could enjoy the sunset there.

2. Sanur beach

Sanur beach is a destination for visitor and it’s very famous in Bali. This place is located in eastern of Denpasar. Same with Kuta beach, Sanur beach is a part of Badung Regency but it’s opponent direction with Kuta.
Sanur well known as surfing place caused it has great wave and not far from there you could find and enjoy diving and snorkeling tourism beside of that you could enjoy the panorama of sunrise in Bali from this beach.

3. Nusa Dua

Nusa Dua is a cape and it’s located in southern of Bali Island. It’s about 40 kilometers from Denpasar the Capital town of Bali. The unique tourism in this place is the rocks are spread and sold by the villagers there.

4. Bali bird park

Bali Bird Park offering to the visitor who loves animals especially various birds. The birds in this place are brought from Africa, South America, and Asia. Of course you could see the local birds from Indonesia too. The birds from Indonesia taken from Papua, Borneo/Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, and Bali. Kinds of birds e.g. eagle, cendrawasih, Pelicans, Kasuari, Nuri/Lori, Flamingo, Owl, Kakatua, etc. At beside of that you could see the bird nursery and at special time usually at 11 a.m. and at 15 p.m. this bird park will offer you attraction called bird flight show. Bird flight show is free attraction done by the birds which has been exercised before. This attraction will be making the visitors fell happy caused they could enjoy it about 30 minutes.

5. Dreamland

Dreamland is a very beautiful and exotic beach. White sands spread as long as the beach, the rocks, windy area and the wave is big enough making this place got name as Dreamland. Dreamland is a beach spread as long as Uluwata area and very famous as the heaven of surfing. Surfing area begun from Balangan, Dreamland, Bingin, Padanan and finish in Suluban. The wave which waving about 3-4 meter, make the maniac surfer enjoy he Dreamland and become one of the international surfing competition arena.

That’s some of interesting place in Bali which could become your option to spend your holiday. And for info Bali in fact is the same with Hawaii island if we compare it from the beautiful of this island. If you have enough money and time to do journey I suggest you to visit this island.

Sunset in Carita Beach and Krakatoa History

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Carita Beach is a name of tourism place in West Java. It's about an hour from industrial town Cilegon, Banten and about 3 hours by bus from Jakarta as the capital town of Indonesia. If you arrive there you could enjoy the great Panorama and spending your time in the beach. Enjoy the beautiful of sunset, swimming, more even you could enjoy the adventure by banana boat and etc.
In Carita beach you could get cottage of course with cheap tariff for a night. The tariff there about 1,5 million rupiahs/night and then you could enjoy night party by making goat roasting.
A litle information, from this place you could see the child of Krakatau mount clearly althougt it still far a way. Krakatau, one of the famous Volcano's mountain in the world it's a Volcanoc island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It has erupted repeatedly, massively, and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best known eruption culminated in a series of massive explosions on August 26 - 27, 1883, and this area still in Majapahit Kingdom Status, which was among the most violent volcanic events in modern times.It was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT — about 13,000 times the yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 KT) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatau

The Sensational of Bantimurung

Bantimurung

Bantimurung means a place for getting rid of sadness (mean : membanting kemurungan in Indonesia). Maybe that's not only imagination but could be a reality after visiting some place there. This place is very famous with the spectacular waterfall is located at the valley of the steep limestone hill with its fertile tropical vegetation which makes this area an ideal habitat for the types of butterflies and birds. Talking about waterfall and surrounding areas, this place is very interesting and famous as a popular picnic area and it is a pleasant area for roaming around, swimming and enjoying the attractive sceneries. Many people spend their holiday to refreshing and waste their stress. Infact, Bantimurung only small regency it’s located in Maros, South Sulawesi, this place could be gets by buss about an hour (±47 km) from Makassar (the capital town of South Sulawesi). Around the waterfall area, there are so many specimen of butterflies for souvenirs. From the waterfall one can take a ride to the National Park which is close by, through the limestone mountain chain. More than that, before arriving there you could see very beautiful karst sceneries and it’s famous as the second largest karst in the world.

In 1858-1857, a prominent English naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace spent all of his life that are enjoyed in this area to catch numerous types of rare butterflies, birds, and insects. Among the butterflies he caught, there was the Papilo Androcles type, one of the rarest and biggest type of butterfly that has a tail like a swallow. A detailed explanation concerning this area has attracted the attention of archeologists, prehistoric, and insects experts. At the time Alfred Russel Wallace called this place as the the Kingdom of Butterfly and his journal written in a book (Malay Archipelago). But unfortunately, the population of butterfly is getting down caused it’s arrested and made as souvenir. So you must visit it now!

Toraja Land

Toraja Land that’s the name of that place. Well known as a tourism place in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It’s located about 350 km northern Makassar city as the capital town of South Sulawesi. It takes abut 6-7 hours by bus from Makassar or 45 minutes by aircraft from Hasanuddin Airport.
In Toraja Land you could be find interesting place, cultural tourism, and beautiful sight. A little information as a guide, you could visit Londa , about 10 km from rantepao. Londa is ancient unique graveyard place caused the dead body only put down in the cave like a mummy in Egypt. Another interesting place are Makula (hot water swimming pool), Ke’te’ Kesu Village, Batu Tumonga, and Marante Village. In Marante and Ke’te Kesu village you could see traditional house which is built hundreds years ago. If you are adventurer you could visit to Sesean mountain. If you are lucky you could see Rambu Solo ceremonial but it’s only done anytime caused this is graveyard party ceremonial. One more if you love traditional food you could eat Te’tekan and Peong. Specially for "peong" this food made of rice but it's cooked in bamboo. As an editor I suggest you to visit it if you have anytime.
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