Komodo Island's corners

"We’ve been through good and bad times, and we will find right there in the corner the stunning colorful stones, the greenie mangroves, and the calm sea, we even know nothing when the storm will stop by... So why worry? let's enjoy this peaceful place and contemplate that we need to survive whenever and whatever the situation is… Good luck for you, for me and FOR US"

Taken in one of the Komodo Island's corners, and it was before sunset.

Pulau babi - Pig Island

Pulau Babi or pig island is one of the many islands of Belitung islands. Breeding turtles and coral. Rocky and sandy white beaches are beautifull

Backstage - Barong Dance & Legong Dance Before The Show

Barong Dance

Still taken from my photos collection took in a backstage of a "Barong Dance" performance in the village of Batu Bulan, in "Gianyar regency", "Bali". These two dancer were making up and puting some "flowers" as the decortion on their head. I took the photo of their reflection in an old big mirror.. 'Enjoy'..

Legong Dancer

This is the end of my serial photo "BACKSTAGE".. Abd I'd like to share with all of you how she looked like after making up and prepared with a limitted facilities behind the curtain.. She is a 'Legong Dancer', and she performed as an opening part of the Barong dance performance, in the village of Batu Bulan, Bali. I hope you like it.


Cheers,
Yoga

Kusamba Beach

 Kusamba

Two days ago, I went to the village of "Kusamba", near "Klungkung", east of "Bali", to take photo of salt farmer.. I saw a salt farmer walking down the Beach to bring some sea water, while he was near the beach, he looked back at me. I love how he did it.. so I took the shot and share it with all of you.

Cheers,
Yoga

Peaceful Lagoon

Very good tripod work that has given a lovely effect on the greenish water. The boulders have 'wonderful' detail and sharpness.

Gili Nanggu Island

 Gili Nanggu Island

 Taken in 'Gili Nanggu Island', couldn't manage my shutter speed very well... your comments are appreciated, thanks:) It's a 'colorful' picture that really bright and 'cheerful' at all. The 'beetle', both the main subject sharp in the off position and center and make a high contrast. Flap movement showed its worth, an interesting effect. An effort and trials that may be in the proud

Lunar eclipse over Monas, Indonesia

Lunar eclipse over Monas

This is a shot of the lunar eclipse over 'Monas', the national monument which is located in central Jakarta.

Beautiful Beaches from South Banten

Beautiful Beaches from South Banten

KARANG TARAJE BEACH

The Beach is full of rock like ladder (taraje), Situated on Bayah Subdistrict, Lebak Regency, 4 km from Bayah Bus Station on street between Bayah-Cibareno. There are also beach shop and villa to spend the night.

Thousand Islands

Geography

Thousand Islands consist of coral islands as much as 105 units with a total area of 8.7 kmТВ mainland. Temperatures throughout the year generally range between 21 ТАC-32 ТАC with an average humidity is 80%.

Group of Islands
Thousand Islands is an archipelago located in the north of Jakarta, directly facing the bay of Jakarta. FRAMES His name does not mean the islands within the cluster kepualaun it amounted to a thousand. The number of the island is only about 342 islands, including the islands of sand and coral reefs that vegetation or not. Sand and coral reef island itself is numbered 158. Not all islands are included in the Thousand Islands group of human beings inhabited. Like many other islands in Indonesia, most of the islands in the Thousand Islands are uninhabited. FRAMES cluster has the potential for the development of no small variety of industries, including mining, fisheries and tourism is the most important.

BABAT BARRAGE TOURISM

BABAT BARRAGE TOURISM


Babat Barrage is a giant barrage with 25-30 million meters3, built above Bengawan Solo river as flood control. The barrage that built with million dollars has also functioned as water supplier of Rawa Jabung area and Sudetan Bengawan Solo (also called as flood way). Babat Barrage in Babat district, Lamongan regency is part of Project Of Lower Solo River Improvement Phase I. Beside as barrage, this barrage also functioned as tourism object. In Ramadhan month (a month before Ied Day – feast month), this area has many visitors. In Sunday, many people have jogging here. And when it starts to dark, many youngster came here to enjoy sunset or just walk around.

Maharani Cave

Maharani Cave, is located in Tanjung Kodok sea tourism area, Paciran district Lamongan regency, about 200 m from Tanjung Kodok gateway fringe the roadway to east. About 50 m in the south of the street, there is stone that its soil is tire to form the bank that has downwards. Here, some labourers had mine the coral soil, phosphate material and dolomite fertilizer that had sold out of Paciran region. On this area, is a countryside road, which is the footpath, and every day passed by non irrigated dry field farmers, the stone mineworker workers, also once in a while is crowded passed the boy scouts who performing a camp around the area.

This Maharani Cave found by 4 labourers who being led by Mr. Sugeng. This cave had found on 6 Augusts 1992. The name of this cave had selected by the situation of the beautiful cave like a palace from a beautiful queen. Before the invention, one of the members, had dream, she had met with a beautiful woman who had a beautiful as the property of a queen that called Maharani. The queen seems to be a head time door of the cave that had found. The name of this empress has specified by the fact of this cave condition. In platform of the cave named Paseban Maharani, there is stone which has crown form, the property of a queen, which named “Selo Mahkota Maharani”. This beautiful cave room also alike an empire palace of subterranean that is full of graven pillar and roof.

The situation of the nature cave of Maharani Palace is stay at 200 m from Java seashore residing in Tanjung Kodok area, Paciran district, Lamongan regency. This cave is easily to visit and fluent to obtain the transportation towards to the location.

Lamongan Marine Tourism

Lamongan Marine Tourism (WBL) is available with its unique, the result of combination between natural aspects, cultures, and architecture, which is global, taste but still maintain local trademark.
WBL is a balancing towards some tourism places that have exist before like Tanjung Kodok and Maharani cave. It is located in north coast of Java, in Paciran, Lamongan regency, East Java. It is on 17 hectares field and supported by some facilities, which are ready to please the guest with one stop service concept.
Besides readily means tourism greet your visit start at 09.00 AM up to beating 17.00 PM, frontage of main gate also has available souvenirs shop with its luxury design, presenting various first products, fish market, fruit and vegetable. This tourism object also present opened to dish market start to beat 09.00 AM up to beating 21.00 PM. Various facility which showed maritime tourism of Lamongan for example: Cat House, Video game, Hospital Of Ghost, Samba Jet Propulsion, Mini Of Train, Drive Arena, Go-kart, Motor Cross, Gallery Of Ship And Cockle, Tagada, Adolescent Playground, Space
Shuttle, Swimming Pool Of Brine, Swimming Pool Of Freshwater, Bumper Boat, Banana Boat, Ski Jet Propulsion, Long Boat, Texas City and Indiana Camp, Agility Arena, Cinema 3D, Palace of Under Sea, Samba Balloon, Mini Of Columbus, Shoot Water, Kiddy Ride, Insect Cave, Piratical Den, Glass Planet, Bumper Car, World Irrigate, Water Boom, Happy Podium, Remote Boat, Traditional Boat, Cano, Ski Boat, The miniature of Walisongo.
There are also the others object in WBL Foreland of Cape Frog
Beach Resort covering Cottage and Hotel. Finally, this local object has international level build using modern management of PT Bumi Lamongan Sejati representing two company between governance of Lamongan Regency with PT Bunga Wangsa Sejati which have succeeded to build and develop Jatim Park in Batu. Nowadays, Tanjung Kodok has new trademark by the name of Maritime tourism of Lamongan "WBL of Tanjung Kodok Or Jatim Park II".
This tourism object has own background of coastal nature, keen stone like the frog which ever used as a place of astronomical symptom research sun eclipse totalize by NASA of Federal America. Nowadays, the location have been built on a large scale and professional using maritime concept tourism like in Ancol Jakarta, Singapura and Japan Coast.
This tourism area also close to gold diligence centre, painting on cloth and embroidery in glorious countryside, Sendang and Sendang Dhuwur and also the center of fish landing of East Java in Brondong port
TANJUNG KODOK
Tanjung Kodok is located about 65 km from Surabaya, Lamongan regency. It is easier to get there from Gresik along Daendels road. Tanjung Kodok gained international renown as the focus of international research during the total solar eclipse on June 11, 1983. It is a peaceful seaside resort, and also a resting place for pilgrims to the tombs of two Moslem saints, Sunan Drajad and Sunan Sendang Duwur. The place derives its name, Tanjung Kodok, from a stone formation, which resembles a frog ("kodok").
Tanjung Kodok is a beautiful beach with wonderful panorama, which has been known by the people for along time. When the solar eclipse happened on June 11, 1983 many astronomers from all over the word and NASA of USA had a research in this place. Every years many Moslem astronomers come here to see the first coming of the moon to determined the beginning of the fasting period and Idul Fitri day. Ketupat is held here every years. This beach is very easy to reach by private or public transport.

Rinjani Mountain

Rinjani Mountain

After visited Gili Trawangan, it is recommended that you – while test your physic – enjoy the extraordinary scine alongside the line towards mount Rinjani ( 3776 mdpl). It is the third highest mountain in Indonesia after Puncak Jaya Wijaya in Papua and Kerici mount in Sumatra. Rinjani also is one of the biggest volcano in Indonesia.

The landscapes around this active volcano are many, spread out along the savanna, tropical rain forest, pine plants, and a wide Kaldera lake. There are two popular lines towards the top of mountain. It is from Senaru or from Sembalun Lawang countryside. If you strart from Senaru, you will arrive at Kaldera lake (formed by the eruption of Rinjani mountain), as the first place. In the middle of Rinjani, there is a small Rinjani. At the side of Segara Anak lake, located at Rinjani, you can make a camp, an experience that will be a beautiful memories. Afterwards, from here you can continue to climb the top of Rinjani.

The line from Sembalun Lawang towards top of Rinjani doesn't pass the lake, but direct to the slope of the mountain which fulfill with pine forest. Here you can make a camp for a while, awaiting for morning, and then you can continue to climb or downwards to lake and go back through Senaru route. From top of Rinjani we can see the scine that’s really beautiful. That makes us not really tired after climbing the top during more than two hours.

The Garden of Eden 100

Tobasa, North Sumatra – Garden of Eden of natural tourism object 100 in District Toba Samosir, North Sumatra, considered to be very precise serve as the location of educational tours.
“As an educational tourist attraction, every visitor can learn more about various types of categories of rare plants that exist in the region,” said Marandus Sirait, manager of the Garden of Eden 100, in Lumbanjulu, Sunday.

Kemaro Island, Palembang

Kemaro Island, downstream of the Musi River in Palembang before midnight on Saturday (7 / 2), suddenly filled with tens of thousands of people – mostly residents of Chinese descent – from various regions and countries.

Tens of thousands of citizens of various nationalities and from a number of areas that came flocking the island of about five hectares, which saves the prince from the Chinese legend of love with the daughter of the King of Palembang was to celebrate Cap Go Meh – the ritual traditions of Chinese New Year – each year.
Arrival citizens wavy and reached its peak on Saturday until midnight. Everything is aimed to be on the island, at the peak of Cap Go Meh celebration in 2560, with a number of rituals attached to them, like the black sheep slaughtered in front of the mound which is believed to be the tomb of Siti Fatimah – daughter of the legendary King of Palembang who jumped into the river, to following the origin of Chinese prince who first foray into the Musi River.

The greatest Hindu’s temple in South-East Asia

It is one of the UNESCO world heritage site and the largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia, Prambanan. Prambanan temple is a building that was built in the 10th century during the reign of two kings, and Rakai Rakai Pikatan Balitung.

Photo credits – Arie Basuki/Tempo
There is a legend that Javanese people always tell about this temple. Once, a man named Bandung Bondowoso loved Roro Jonggrang. Because of his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso make 1000 temples with statues in one night. The request was nearly fulfilled Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and make a big fire that created an atmosphere like the morning. Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang be a statue of the 1000 because he felt cheated. By many Prambanan temple is often referred to as Loro Jonggrang.

The amazing “Thousand Island”

Capital of the Republic of Indonesia , Jakarta is a huge, sprawling metropolis, home to 9 million people. During the day the number increases with another 2 million as commuters make their way to work in the city, and flock out again in the evenings.

From the coast of Jakarta Bay northward there are many small island scatered that wait to be explore. Kepulauan Seribu (The Thousand of Island) is how people call those group of islands. In astronomical Thousand Islands is located at 106.26 `.00”BT up to 106.57 and 5.10 BT` 40 `.00 106.26.00””LS to LS with an area of approximately 864.59 hectares of land and ocean approximately 6997.50 km2 .

Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands National Park) is one of the representatives of marine nature conservation areas in Indonesia which is located about 45 km north of Jakarta.
Pulau Seribu Marine Park has high conservation value because of the diversity of species and unique ecosystems and unique.
Condition of natural resources in the Thousand Island holds the potential, especially in the sectors of fisheries and tourism sectors. Marine tourism activities have been developed in the Thousand Islands, such as fishing, marine recreation and islands, water bicycle, diving (diving), windsurfing and snorkelling.

The myth and the paradise of the Four King (Raja Ampat)

Local communities in West-Papua Indonesia tells the mythical legend about a lady who found seven egg which later hatch into four man, a women, ghosts, and a stone.
On his way, the four men who were born from the eggs became king and ruled on four islands namely Waigeo, Salawati, Misool Misool East and West. Fourth group of islands tersebutlah now known as the Raja Ampat Islands.


The archipelago is composed of four islands in the “bird’s head” (vogelkoop) is known as one of potential tourist sites that offer the beauty of the maritime archipelago. With an area of about 50,000 square kilometers, the Raja Ampat Islands have hundreds of small islands surrounding the archipelago’s waters.

Diverajaampat.org tourist sites even reported that there were eleven dive sites which can explored by lovers of nautical tourism. Eleventh dive site is Wayag, Kawe, Gulf Aljui, Waigeo Southwest, South Waigeo, Straits Dampir, Batanta, Kofian, Misool Misool Southwest and Southeast.
To reach the Raja Ampat, you have to travel by plane leading to the Sorong, Papua. From Sorong, you can ride public transportation or rental car little over a nearby dive sites.
It is important to remember that you are in a fit condition during a trip to Raja Ampat in Papua famous because of malaria disease. So prepare your holiday with good equipment, besides clothes and swimming aids diving course.
For those of you who never dive into the underwater beauty of the Bay Park, you’ll be amazed at the beauty offered by the Raja Ampat. This is because the Raja Ampat has several areas of coral reefs that are still very good condition. As many as 90 percent living coral reef in the Strait of Dampier, Kofiau Islands, South East Misool Islands and the Islands Wayag still maintained its continuity.

The beauty of Raja Ampat has amazed a number of researchers from inside and outside the country who count the wealth of marine life. In 2001 and 2002, a team of marine experts from a number of organizations including Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and National Oceanographic Institutions (Lon) Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI in) found that 75 percent of species of corals, reef fish and mollusks in the world is in Raja Ampat Islands.
Because of the potential wealth of the sea, do not be surprised when you meet with a variety of unique marine species and rare while diving at one of the dive sites in Raja Ampat. Surrounded by thousands of small fish that swim with the flow might be normal, but be a different story if that surrounds you is a collection of fish barracuda.
Reef sharks are also frequently seen swimming stormed small fish. Meanwhile, the sea turtle with a unique style every now and then crossed back biting soft corals. If lucky, in a few dive sites like in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, you will be able to see the dugong or sea cow.

Official Holiday Schedule for 2011

Official Holiday Schedule for 2011:
1 January - New Year
3 February - Chinese New Year (Imlek) 2562
15 February – Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Maulid Nabi)
5 March -Day of Silence – Hindu New Year 1933
22 April - Good Friday
24 April - Easter Sunday
17 May - Waisak 2555
2 June - The Ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven
29 June -Isra Mi’raj Prophet Mohammad SAW, Celebrating the Ascension of The Prophet Muhammad
17 August - Indonesian National Independence Day
29 August - Shared Holiday by Government Decree
30-31 August – Idul Fitri 1432 H
1-2 September - Shared Holiday by Government Decree
6 November -Idul Adha 1432 H
27 November -Islamic New Year 1433 H
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Shared Holiday by Government Decree
Indonesia is a country where the goverment recognise 5 religion: Islam, Protestan, Catholic, Budhist & Hindu. The goverment gives full support to all religion to do their religion activities and also set a national holiday for certain day which is celebration day for each religion.
Here are some information regarding Religion Holiday in Indonesia:
1. Moslem
2. Protestan
3. Catholic
4. Buddhist
5. Hindu

Buddhist holidays in Indonesia

Buddhist holidays in Indonesia
Hari Waisak - Waisak Day – April or May
Commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. This celebration is enlivened by religious and social activities in Buddhist temples around the country. In Indonesia, the largest Buddhist temples, Candi Mendut and Candi Borobudur, both located in the Magelang Regency of Central Java not far from Yogyakarta, are the focus of interest and attract those observing the holiday and tourists.
Three major historical events are celebrated on Waisak. The first is the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. The second is the acceptance of the divine revelation under the Bodhi tree. And the third is the journey of Siddhartha Gautama to heaven. These three big events occur exactly on the Full Moon Purnama Sidhi. Thus, Waisak is also very well known as Tri Suci Waisak or Three Holy Events. Buddhists celebrate Waisak by praying to their God Sang Tri Ratna as thanks giving for creating and maintaining the earth and its resources in harmony. It is very common for Buddhists to celebrate Waisak with the presentation of fruit, flowers and candles. For Buddhists, candles symbolize their philosophy of life, the sought-after enlightenment. Provinces with a relatively high percentage of Buddhists are Jakarta, Riau, North Sumatra, and West Borneo. Two of the large Buddhist monasteries are located in North Jakarta (Sunter) and West Java (Pacet), where traditional celebrations can be witnessed.