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 Island of Flores
8 March 2011
Categories : Travelings - Diving and Snorkeling
A fascinating, mountainous and remarkable beautiful island, flores has a volcanic topography that has longed shaped its destiny. A chain of cones stretches the length of this verdant island, provoking a complicated relief of V-shaped valeys and knife-edge ridges-terrain that was near- impenatrable until recent years and that has separated the island into many distinct ethnic groups. Flores is Portuguese for "flowers", located in east of Sumbawa and Komodo and in...
Tag : SEMANA SANTA, Easter Holy Week in LARANTUKA, East Flores, Maumere, City to embark on your Flores adventure , Ruteng: Capital of Manggarai, hub to fascinating Flores attractions
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
The Spectacular View at The End of The Island of Java.
14 August 2012
Categories : Travelings
The Beauty of Indonesia Kawah Ijen Not many tourists know about that crater, caused due to lack of information from several books and guides of the travel agent program. To reach the crater is somewhat difficult, even to the point the first ascent of a struggle, especially with the backpacker style and some are trying to use the bike, if you ask me, do not ever try to reach the first point of the climb on a bike, the bike will be damaged as a result. Ijen volcano is...
The Incredible Lake Toba and Samosir Island
25 January 2012
Categories : Travelings
Between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago, one of the most spectacular geological events in earth’s history occurred on the island of Sumatra: the mega eruption of Mount Toba Supervolcano. The eruption was the latest in a series of at least three caldera-forming eruptions that occurred at the...
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Tag : The Incredible Lake Toba, Stunning Samosir Island: visit Tomok and Tuktuk traditional villages, Lake Toba: History of a volcanic mega explosion and its Legend
