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Ende is the capital of the Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Ende is located on the southern coast of Flores Island. With a population of 60,000 residents,[citation needed] it is the biggest city on the island. Ende was the site of a kingdom that existed around the end of 18th century. The people of the area therefore known as Lio-Ende people. For many decades Ende has been a center of government, trade, education, and political activities. Rebellion against the Dutch was led by a certain Nipa Do known as the wars of Watu Api and Mari Longa (1916-1917). In 1934, the nationalist leader, Soekarno, who later became Indonesian first president was exiled to Ende by the Dutch colonial government. The town Ende lies at the foot of Iya, Ipi, Meja, and Wongge mountains. The beautiful bays of Ende, Ipi, and Mbuu are favorite places for beach recreation. Ende can be reached by aircraft from Kupang, or from Denpasar via Bima, or by boat from Surabaya or Kupang. The Bung Karno Museum is the old house occupied by Soekarno during his years of exile in Ende. Most of the old furniture are still there. While was exiled in Ende, Soekarno wrote and held several plays, together with Tomel Kelimutu Theatre Group. Among the plays were Rendorua Ola Nggera Nusa (Rendo that stirred the archipelago) and Doctor Satan, a revision on the story of Dr. Frankenstein. Near the football field in Ende stands a big breadfruit tree. Under the tree, Soekarno often sat, working on political ideas to lead Indonesia to independence. Those reflection contributed to the opening of Pancasila concept, which is now the state philosophy of Indonesia. From here Pancasila was born. Today, Pancasila Birth Monument stands on this place. Article taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ende%2C_Indonesia
Short Visits To Kupang & Maumere - 5Mb.wmv (15.1 MB)
|  | Maumere is the largest town of Flores and the centre of business. It lies on the north coast of the island and the port is in the northwest part of the town. The Maumere Airport is located in Maumere. As of 1992 Maumere had a total population of 70,000.[1]
The town suffered considerable damage in the 1992 Indonesia earthquake, with 90 percent of all buildings being destroyed.[1]
In 2005, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere was erected in the town.
Article taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumere |
| | Paginya Dayat dan Nefran brangkat ke Alor Kecil untuk nyebrang ke P. Kepa. Secara gue ikut juga brangkat siang harinya bareng Pak Eli [Kontributor Trans-TV] dengan tujuan Kep Island. Secara kebetulan dia emang mo membuat liputan tentang keindahan Pulau Kepa dan isinya.
Setibanya di Pulau Kepa, gue ber-3 [Pak Eli, Romeo & Gue] langsung ke Le Petite Kepa; sebuah resort yang dikelola oleh sepasang orang Perancis yang sudah tinggal 6 tahun bersama putrinya di pulau ini.
Rupanya semua cottage yang dibuat seperti bangunan tradisionil ini telah penuh diisi oleh para turis [Poland, British, France & American] rupanya mereka sudah berhari-hari disini untuk diving. Ada turis yang bahkan gak pernah ke Bali, apalagi ke Jakarta. |
| | Akhirnya nyampe juga gue di Alor. Inilah langkah awal gue menjelajah NTT dalam jangka waktu 2 minggu untuk menghabiskan sisa cuti gue.
Enjoy... |
| | Manado is the capital of the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The city has about 417,548 inhabitants. The municipality of Manado is divided into nine districts: Malalayang, Sario, Wanea, Wenang, Tikala, Mapanget, Singkil, Tuminting and Mapanget.
History
The Dutch East India Company built a fortress in Manado in 1658. As with regions in eastern Indonesia, Manado has undergone christianization by Dutch missionaries, including Riedel and Schwarz. The Javanese prince Diponegoro was exiled to Manado by the Dutch government in 1830. The English biologist Alfred Wallace visited Manado in 1859, and praised the town for its beauty. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II. In 1958, the headquarters of the rebel movement Permesta were moved to Manado. When Permesta confronted the central government with demands for political, economic and regional reform, Jakarta responded in Manado by bombing the city in February 1958, and then invading in June 1958.
Tourism and Places of interest
Sam Ratulangi International Airport
As the largest city in the region, Manado is a key tourist transit point for visitors. Sam Ratulangi International Airport of Manado is one of the main entry ports to Indonesia. In 2005, no less than 15,000 international passengers entered Indonesia via Sam Ratulangi International Airport. Ecotourism is the biggest attraction in Manado. Scuba diving and snorkelling on the nearby island of Bunaken are popular attractions. Ban Hin Kiong Temple is another tourism spot in the city, especially during the chinese new year celebration. Souvenirs shops are located on B.W. Lapian street. Other places of interest are nearby Lake Tondano, Lokon Volcano, Klabat Volcano and Mahawu Volcano.
Shopping malls
It is easy to find places to shop around Manado, since many of the shopping malls are located on Piere Tendean Boulevard. There are four recent shopping malls there, namely Mega Mall, Manado Town Square, Boulevard Mall and IT Center. Traffic jam usually occurs at Piere Tendean Boulevard because of the existence of the shopping malls.
The hilltop town of Tomohon, known locally as the "City of Flowers", sits in a saddle between two volcanoes, Lokon and Mahawu. The climate is delightfully temperate. Fruits and a wide range of flowers - hibiscus, angel trumpets, bougainvillaea, lilies, gladiolas, carnations and irises - are grown commercially to supply markets in Manado. The town's main road is lined with flower stalls, every yard seems to overflow with lush foliage, and the roadsides are planted with deep red croton plants. Well-proportioned ponies pull beautifully decorated horsecarts, known as bendi, often leaving little room for motorised traffic.
Tomohon is famed as an educational centre, and there is a large auditorium atop Bukit Inspirasi, a hill that gives a striking view of the town with Mt. Lokon in the background.
Lake Tondano, lake in north central Indonesia, on the northernmost tip of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes), on the Minahasa Peninsula. The lake is 14 km (9 mi) long and nearly 6 km (4 mi) wide. It rests on a plateau 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level in a valley between the Lambean Mountains and paddy fields. The mountains, many of them volcanic, were formed by the pressures between the two shelves of the Asian and Australian continents. Later, some of the valleys between the mountains filled with water. Around Lake Tondano most of the rock is sedimentary and dates from the Tertiary Period (from 65 million to 1.6 million years ago). The Manado River flows from the lake north to the Celebes Sea, at the city of Manado, a short distance away.
During the Dutch colonial period (which ended in 1949), the region was a coffee-growing area. During World War II (1939-1945), the Japanese occupied the area and dug extensive caves near the lake where they stored food and water and took shelter during air raids. Today, the caves are a tourist attraction. In addition to coffee, cloves and coconuts are grown near the lake. Tondano, a nearby town, has a cool, refreshing climate and is an important population center for the area
Woloan
Every village has it's own speciality.Woloan is known for its traditional wooden houses. The carpenters of Woloan build the wooden houses on poles, and are being showed along the main road as you enter the village. Potential buyers have almost a village of houses to choose from. Ones choosen the house is taken a part and loaded on trucks to be transported, to your place where it will be offloaded and rebuild.And so it is possible to send houses all over the world
Kawangkoan
The large village in the Minahasa highlands of North Sulawesi consisting of 1,206 households engaged mainly as farmers and coconut plantation laborers. As with the majority of public schools in Indonesia, Kawangkoan's elementary school is severely dilapidated and no funding is available for renovations. The village government will create at least 75 acres of permanent no-take rainforest in exchange for Seacology funding the rehabilitation of their elementary school.
BITUNG
The city of Bitung located on the northern coast of Sulawesi, approximately 47 km from Manado.
It covers a total area of 30,400 Ha. comprice of 3 districts and 44 villages with a total population of 103,183 people (1992). Bitung is an important port in Eastern Indonesia and also a tourist gateway to Indonesia. The port is well equipped with a wharf capable for ocean liner. The uniqueness of this Municipality is the wildlife sanctuary at nearby area and Lembeh island that stands like a natural shield for for protecting it from winds and waves. It is believed that the name"Bitung" was taken from the name of a kind of shady trees grown on the coastal areas where people could take shelter from sun, rain and wind.
article taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manado
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761583430/lake_tondano.html
http://www.geocities.com/mlumenta/Woloan.html
http://www.seacology.org/projects/individualprojects/INDON_kawangkoan2005.htm
http://www.sulut.go.id/tourism/bitung.html
other links
http://sebastiane.multiply.com/photos/album/79?mark_read=sebastiane:photos:79
http://sebastiane.multiply.com/photos/album/71?mark_read=sebastiane:photos:71&replies_read=7
http://emmp3x.multiply.com/photos/album/12?mark_read=emmp3x:photos:12# |
| | What visit to North Sulawesi is complete without one day to view the spectacular coral gardens of the Bunaken Marine Reserve. Declared a Marine Park in 1991, it is acknowledged as one of the top dive sites in the world. It is about 40 minutes drive from the resort to one of the dive centers or to the central harbor, where a motorized outrigger canoe or dive boat will whisk you to Bunaken Island in about 45 minutes.
Bunaken National Park is Marine Park with the most various species in the world. The fascination under water life in water territory of this a real Bunaken national park varieties, specific, on unique, and exotic, make this area as the beautiful North Sulawesi tourism and grow as one of famous marine park tourism object in the world. It is because of this location nearness with Manado city that only about 6 km from the downtown area, or from Tongkeina in Pisok foreland even only 3,5 km. Access to this location also very fluent, can be gone through speedboat within 20 up to 60 minutes.
The Reserve comprises of the Bunaken Islands, Siladen, Nain and Montehage, the dive and snorkeling sites are numerous and diverse. The drop off wall at Liang Cave in particular is rare in the world and described by enthusiasts as spectacular with caves, gullies and caverns harboring an immense wealth of marine life. Brilliantly colored fish dart amongst the vibrant coral and the water is clear and warm. It is ideal for the first snorkels or experienced who divers alike
About half an hour by a motorized outrigger canoe from Manado, Bunaken Island is a veritable paradise for snorkelers and scuba enthusiasts. The coral reef off Bunaken Island is particularly noted for the drop-off at Liang Cove. It is des-cribed by international divers as being among the most spectacular anywhere in the world, with caves, gullies, and caverns harboring an immense wealth of marine life. The water averages a balmy 28 degrees C and visibility is sensational (over) 30 m.
other link
http://sebastiane.multiply.com/photos/album/77?mark_read=sebastiane:photos:77
http://gried.multiply.com/photos/album/102 |
| | This National Park is one of the most beautiful places of interest in East Java. The beauties of mountain covered, give a special and characteristic green plants, arousing great interest. Tenggerese traditional farming also makes this famous place being more interesting and attractive. In addition, cool and breezy wind always blows freshly giving ever visitor special deep impression a unforgettable memories.
The accessibility has no problem and very reachable (via Malang, Pasuruan, Probolinggo or Lumajang).
Surely, different access give different characteristics scenery landscape. The elevation reaches about 2.392 meter sea level above and the temperature varies from 3 up to 20 degrees centigrade.
Facilities: Star Hotels, home-stays, restaurants, and many others that visitors needed can be found.
The people who live in this area are supposed to be descended from Majapahit Kingdom about six hundred years ago. The belonged to Tenggerese Hinduism with old traditional. That tradition still survives up to now. Every year, they always carry out the traditional and religious ceremonies, and the most popular ones is Yadnya Kasada, an offering ceremony held at the edge of the crater on the top of mount Bromo.
another foto & articles:
http://wndarini.multiply.com/photos/album/71/Bromo_-_East_Java_23.12.2007
http://teezone.multiply.com/photos/album/38
http://mameta.multiply.com/photos/album/12/Rally_Trip_Jatim_Episode_Bromo_16_photos
http://echinodermata.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Half_East_Java_Trip_part_3_Malang_-_Bromo_28_photos
article taken from http://www.eastjava.com/tourism/malang/bromo.html |
journey to the center of sumatera earthquake 2nd - 15Mb.wmv (56.4 MB)
| | Images courtesy by Radiana 'Ipaq' Mahaga |
| | Kota Curup, ibukota Kabupaten Rejang Lebong terletak sekitar 85 Km di timur laut kota Bengkulu adalah sebuah kota kecil yang terletak di suatu lembah di kaki pegunungan Bukit Barisan. Kawasan lembah di tempat ini merupakan salah satu sumber air bagi Sungai Musi yang mengalir hingga ke kota Palembang. Kota pegunungan yang berhawa dingin ini dapat dicapai dengan bis selama tiga
jam yang berangkat dari pusat pasar kota Bengkulu.
Kondisi jalan antara Bengkulu dan Curup relative cukup baik, jalan ini menanjak melewati hutan di kawasan 138 pegunungan Bukit Barisan. Dari ketinggian bukit terlihat pemandangan kota Bengkulu dan Samudera Indonesia yang membentang luas menyajikan panorama yang indah.
Kawasan di sekitar Curup merupakan lahan pertanian yang menghasilkan padi dan sayuran seperti wortel dan kubis yang dijual di pasar kota Curup. Tempat-tempat penggilingan padi yang digerakkan dengan tenaga air dapat ditemui di kawasan persawahan di sekitar Curup. Penduduk di desa-desa di sekitar Curup ini masih tinggal di rumah adat panggung yang terbuat dari kayu.
Kota yang terletak ditengah-tengah antara kota Bengkulu dan Lubuk Linggau ini memiliki beberapa tempat menarik untuk dikunjungi. Tempat-tempat tersebut berada di sekitar Bukit Barisan antara lain: mata air panas dan air terjun yang berada di Suban, tempat ini dikenal dengan nama Lokasi Wisata Suban Air Panas.
Sarana yang dimiliki cukup lengkap yaitu kolam renang air panas, kamar pemandian air panas, kios cindramata dan fasilitas umum lainnya. Tempat ini cukup ramai dikunjungi orang pada akhir minggu. Dahulu, pada zaman Hindu kawasan ini digunakan sebagai tempat beribadah dan bersemedi bagi penganut agama Hindu.
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| | Kota Bengkulu mungkin tidak lebih besar dari Jakarta Pusat, sehingga menebar virus ini tidaklah sulit dan dalam waktu relatif singkat sudah terasa existence-nya.
Di satu RM Padang kami bertemu dengan rombongan geo-researcher dari Jepang, dan kata salah seorang diantaranya tentu dalam bahasanya;"Ini optimisme yang positif, walaupun bencana tapi pariwisata tetap jalan.,,ne" |
trip pertama kali gue ketemu Om Rudin & Abah Usep fhm ford ranger- reedited 15Mb.wmv (32.5 MB)
central java trip - march 2006 15Mb.wmv (23.0 MB)
trip to palembang.wmv (29.2 MB)
| | Dari Wikipedia Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas berbahasa Indonesia.
Sungai Musi adalah sebuah sungai yang terletak di Propinsi Sumatra Selatan, Indonesia. Dengan panjang 750 km, sungai ini merupakan yang terpanjang di Pulau Sumatra. Sejak masa Kerajaan Sriwijaya, sungai ini terkenal sebagai sarana utama transportasi masyarakat.
Di tepi Sungai Musi terdapat Pelabuhan Boom Baru dan Museum Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II.
Sungai Musi membelah Kota Palembang menjadi dua bagian kawasan: Seberang Ilir di bagian utara dan Seberang Ulu di bagian selatan. Sungai Musi, bersama dengan sungai lainnya, membentuk sebuah delta di dekat Kota Sungsang.
Mata airnya bersumber di daerah Kepahiang, Bengkulu. Sungai Musi merupakan muara sembilan anak sungai besar, yaitu Sungai Komering, Rawas, Batanghari, Leko, Lakitan, Kelingi, Lematang, Semangus, dan Ogan.
Lahan seluas 3 juta ha di daerah aliran sungai (DAS) Musi dianggap kritis akibat maraknya penebangan liar. Kondisi ini dapat memicu banjir bandang dan tanah longsor. |
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