Tanjung Puting: Tanjung Harapan
1 August 2012
Categories : Travelings
We were all so excited upon seeing the sign on the river! We are about to enter Tanjung Puting Area! (meaning: no cell phone signal! But it's something that we groaned and moaned later on. Yeah. Technology. Can't live without 'em!) Our first stop: Tanjung Harapan!My first thought upon entering this area: my, my, the soil around this place is sandy and whitish. There are also some plants with medicinal properties planted here. We visited information center and read...
Tag : Tanjung Puting National Park : Re-introducing Orang Utans to the Wild
Nature Artworks Around Sukabumi, West Java
13 July 2012
Categories : Travelings
From the picturesque slopes of lush Mt. Gede-Mt. Pangrango National Park to the scenic southern coastline of Cimaja and Ujung Genteng, Sukabumi is a land blessed with the pristine beauty of nature.During the Dutch colonial days, the town of Sukabumi and its surroundings was the favored place for rich Dutch tea planters because of its beautiful tropical scenery and cool climate. In 1914 the Dutch Colonial government established a Gemeente or municipality in Sukabumi...
Tag : SUKABUMI: For Caving, Rafting, Camping, Trekking and Surfing Adventures
The Amazing Aerial View of Raja Ampat
22 June 2012
Categories : Diving and Snorkeling
Environmental geology is part of the natural system essential for Raja Ampat, one of the world’s best untouched destinations. The features shown from an aerial photography have confirmed the delicacy and gracefulness at the same time of the islands located between Maluku and one of the world’s largest islands, Papua. Many have undoubtedly avowed that Raja Ampat is the world of its own, found nowhere else but in Indonesia. Photos by Alain Issock...
Tag : Um Island, Raja Ampat, Wayag Island, Raja Ampat, Arborek Tourism Village, Raja Ampat, Raja Ampat
Religious Vesak 2555 BE 2012: Celebrations at Borobudur
15 June 2012
Categories : Religious
On May 6th 2011, the colossal Borobudur Temple celebrated of Buddhism’s most momentous ritual ceremony: the Vesak Day.The event is preceded by a ritual to obtain holy water from the pristine springs at Jumprit in the Temanggung district. The holy water will then be kept in the small Mendut Temple near Borobudur. The following day, the ritual ofigniting the Vesak torch, whose flames are taken from the natural eternal flames at Mrapen in the village of Grobogan,...
Tag : Borobudur
The Oldest Heritage Hotel In Jakarta: Sriwijaya Hotel
9 March 2012
Categories : -
I was politely asked through my mailbox by one of the hotel managers from Sriwijaya Hotel, Jakarta. From the name of the establishment, I instinctively thought that it was one of those hotels in Palembang, South Sumatra. So they say that it is the oldest hotel in Jakarta. I, too, asked for further details of the place accordingly so I can compose something out of the glimpse information. And here it is, the whole bunch of historical essentials of the hotel that Eva,...
