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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Go to the Wild Africa
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Best India Translation
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Papua – The eastern Pearl
No less than fourteen regencies in Papua have uniqueness and distinct attraction for tourists to visit. Lot of places to visit, ocean tourism that presents fascinating ocean park, culture tourism, history and much more flora and fauna tourism that you will not find in other places. All of these tourists’s area remains in natural condition, primitive indigene society making Papua as one attractive place for both foreign tourists and local tourists.
Jaya Pura as known as Hollandia at the past has one museum that provides much information about Papua cultures like a carved object from a variety of regency, war equipments, woven products, folk dances, many sites and relics as well.Sentani has statue of General Douglas Mc Arthur as World War II legacy. At the north of Mc Arthur around of 325 meters high laid on mountain Cyclops plain with Dofonsoro peak. This amazing area used as Mc Arthur military based in the past.
At Cyclops peak, you can monitor Lake Sentani area with its clear blue water. This 9,670 ha lake is inhabitant livelihood. Lake Sentani is majestically recreation area and this suits for relaxing as well.
If you want to continue trip to Jayapura, you have to visit Biak. In East Biak, exactly in RIM village, you can see Bird Park that has several of Irian scarce bird; you can only see them in Papua. This bird park has total land area of two ha.
This land also has beautiful ocean park, occupied in Padaido land which consisting 30 lands. Padaido ocean park has international class level containing variety of marine plants, coral reefs and many of big and little fishes.
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Maginifecnt of Lombok Island
Where do you want to go if you have chance to visit Lombok Island? If you still have no idea about it, you are better to read this article. You need two days to visit whole tourist’s area in Lombok, of course without visit Mount Rinjani or spend night in Gili Trawangan Island.
Below is several tourists area you should be visited:
- Suranadi, here you can visit the oldest Hindu’s temple, it is about 17 km drive from Mataram. You can stay at nice hotels with warm swimming pool and tennis court.
- Lingsar. One temple that has pool contained holy fish, it is about 9 km drive from Mataram.
- Narmada. Lombok Garden with swimming pool, there is Hindu’s temple is often used by Hindu’s community for praying, it is about 12 km drive from Mataram.
- Batu Bolong. There is a temple over the rocks, which jut out to the ocean, when sunshine you can see Mount Agung in Bali, you can see sunset scenic. It’s 8 km drive from Mataram. Entering this area, we have to use yellow cloth tape (you can hire it there) circling waist. Here you can enjoy amazing view, waves through the rocks crack hole produces brayed sound.
- Senggigi, White sands, clear beach surrounded many hotels, hostelry, and bungalow. Magnificent view, especially when sunrise and sunset. It is location around 10 km drive from Mataram. You can see there are so many souvenir sellers, t-shirt sellers, Lombok’s woodcut either mask, ashtray, or others.
- Sire Beach. Ocean Park, which has exotic coral and hither and thither fish. It’s about 36 km drive from Mataram
- Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan. Heaven Island at the north of Lombok, it is surrounded by Ocean Park. There are so many people diving and surfing. Hotels and hostelry established here thus you could spend night here. You can use motor boat to reach this location.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Blahbatuh
If you are walking around Gianyar but still have no idea about Blahbatuh, it feels incompletely at all. Blahbatuh is + 7 kilometers to west of Gianyar city, or 4 kilometers from Sakah, then turn to Ubud along main street of Denpasar-Gianyar. Blahbatuh known as place that has many springs that containing fresh fish.
Inside its city, you can visit the beautiful orchid park and Pura Gaduh, which has special own characteristic. To reach this Pura, we must through steep stairs and lush trees as well. This Pura had restoration after 1917 earthquake.The story goes, Kebo Iwa who has known as giant supernatural Patih at Dalem Bedulu epoch, carved one big giant stone in this area by just using his nail. Kebo Iwa is Dalem Bedulu confidant and ultimately Mahapatih Gajah Mada defeated him at Majapahit invasion time (1343).
Predicted the statues around here already existed since 14 centuries and uniquely there nothing has identically with Hindu-Jawa cultural (Majapahit). This is purely statues art from Bali and have no influenced from others cultural. Then Blahbatuh became little kingdom that was reigned by Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, mighty Patih from Gelge. He had tough armies and made some military expedition to Jawa land at 17 centuries.
During his reign, lot of loots collected and brought back to Bali including 21 Majapahit personage masks painting. These masks painting that inspired masks that using in Bali’s Drama. These “Masks” is stored as long as 600 years in Pura Penataran Ropeng that its location near by Puri Blahbatuh. These valuable relics are just shown at odalan (party) Pura Penataran Topeng.
Blahbatuh is strategic city, you can walk to Kawi Mountain thgrough Kutri, then continue jour trip to Bangli that renown with its Batur Mountain. Blahbatuh is near to Rendang and Besakih as well. May be 1 kilometers to the west, there is pathway to the south entering Belangsiapa village that famed with Tegenungan waterfall or SrogSrogan which occupying at Tukad (river) Petanu area.
This area is trusted as recovery place. It is preferable for you to come here not in Sunday, but when full moon. Then you can continue to Belaga village, 1 kilometer to the west of borders of Blahbatuh and Bona which renown with its bamboos handicraft, those are furniture industries and bamboos ornament.
In course between Blahbatuh and Bona, you can pause for a moment at Kramas beach, which has beautiful India ocean scene. Estimate 500 meters to the south of Blahbatuh, you can visit Banjar Babakan and seeing Gong (Gamelan) handicraft Sidha Karya at Mr. I Made Gabeleran house. He is the only one gong craftsman, which still active until this days.
Five rooms used to make gong or gamelan. All kind of Bali’s gamelan instrument, like gangsa, terompong, gendang, etc is made here. Ornament and a carved object are inspired of Ramayana history. The material is from jackfruit trees, and the ornament material is from the mixture of tin and copper.
They made once selection every single week at Saturday and Sunday for apprenticeship program in order to give chance for students to learn about technique to make gamelan.