TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Tangkuban Perahu (spelt Tangkuban Parahu in the local Sundanese dialect) is a dormant volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It last erupted in 1959. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface. This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last erupted in 1983. Together with Mount Burangrang and Bukit Tunggul, those are remnants of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse.

Kuliner Kota Cirebon

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Jogjakarta City (Yogya)

Jogjakarta City (also Jogja, Yogya, Jogjakarta) is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is renowned as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. It is also famous as a center for Indonesian higher education. Yogyakarta was the Indonesian capital during the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to 1949.

The area of the city of Yogyakarta is 32.5 km². While the city sprawls in all directions from the kraton, the core of the modern city is to the north, centering around the site of a few buildings with distinctive Dutch colonial-era architecture and the contemporary commercial district. Jalan Malioboro,

Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot is one of the famous background when tourist want to take a picture when they visiting Bali Island (include myself). The silhouette of Temple in tanah lot create a special beauty,  especially on sunset. There is two Temple or pura which located on a big stone above sea. One of them is on the top of the stone, and the other is on the bank. In a good weather, you also can see Pura Uluwatu from here. Tanah Lot is a rock formation off the indonesian island of Bali. It is home of a pilgrimage temple, the Pure Tanah Lot and a popular tourist and cultural icon for photography and general exocitism

The word of Tanah Lot is consisted of two words that are Tanah word interpreted as a reef looking like gili or isle. Lot or Lod word has meaning the sea. So Tanah Lot is

Alas Kedaton

Have you heard about Alas Kedaton? (in english, alas=forest, kedaton=palace). Alas Kedaton  is a small forest which located in the middle of the rice field in Tabanan regency, west Bali. More precisely is located in Kukuh countryside, Marga Sub district, Tabanan Regency. The total size of this forest, temple and its supporter facility is about 12 ha. In this forest or alas, there is a temple which called as Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural environments that is looked green with its fresh air and create the calm, quite and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are domesticated / very tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey, which are playing around and scrambling of food.

The monkeys who dwell in this forest, there are

Jimbaran Beach (Pantai jimbaran)

Jimbaran is a fishing village and tourist resort in Bali, Indonesia. Located just at the south of Ngurah Rai International Airport, the beach is cluttered with seafood restaurants and some of the finest luxury hotels in the world. Tourism in Jimbaran has increased rapidly that has boosted local economy It is administered under Kuta South District along with Nusa Dua peninsula. 

Jimbaran lies on the 'neck' of the southern peninsula in Bali and is widely known for the fresh seafood kiosks that are scattered along the beach. Diners select the live seafood that they wish to eat, and it is immediately prepared, generally grilled over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal. 

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Kuta Beach (Pantai Kuta)

Kuta is administratively a district (kecamatan) and subdistrict/village (kelurahan) in southern Bali, Indonesia. A former fishing village, it was one of the first towns on Bali to see substantial tourist development, and as a beach resort remains one of Indonesia's major tourist destinations. It is known internationally for its long sandy beach, varied accommodation, many restaurants and bars, and many renowned surfers who visit from Australia. It is located near Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport. 

The Balinese Provincial Government have taken the view that the preservation of the Balinese culture, natural resources and wildlife are of primary importance in the development of the island. To this end they have

Candi Borobudur (Borobudur Temple)

Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. 

The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and

Candi Prambanan (Prambanan Temple)

Prambanan is the ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta city on the boundary between Yogyakarta and Central Java province. 

The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the towering 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples. 

Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple)

Mendut is a ninth century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The temple located about three kilometres east from Borobudur. Mendut, Borobudur and Pawon, all of which are Buddhist temples, are located in one straight line. There is a mutual religious relationship between the three temples, although the exact ritual process is unknown. 

Pasar Gede (Central Market) Solo

Pasar gede Hardjonagoro merupakan salah satu simbol sejarah Kota Solo yang cikal bakalnya diperkirakan sejak akhir Kerajaan Majapahit. Pada periode tahun 1.400 M terdapat sebuah pasar yang disebut Pasar Candi berlokasi di sekitar Kali Pepe, yakni anak Bengawan Solo yang mengalir di pusat kota. Pasar Candi ini merupakan urat nadi perdagangan hasil bumi seiring dengan majunya lalu lintas perairan di Kali Pepe kala itu. 

Bali Traditional House

If you go to Bali Island, just don't forget to visit Batuan area at Gianyar, Bali. Batuan, Gianyar is an area which have a lot of art and culture stage performance, we can learn/study or just simply knowing about Bali’s Traditional House. Bali’s community is using 9 Direction concept as guidance on their life philosophy. The concept which also called Nawa Sanga is very important to the society because their orientation to Agung Mount and sunrise direction. North direction is symbolize deity of Vishnu, South is deity of Brahma, East is Deity of Iswara and West deity of Mahadewa. 

Kalasan Temple

Candi Kalasan (also known as candi Kalibening) is an 8th century Buddhist temple located 13 km east of the Yogyakarta on the way to Prambanan temple, right on south side of main road 'Jalan Solo' between Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Indonesia.