Monday, February 18, 2008
Kampung Naga
The attraction of the Kampung Naga tourist was located in the life that was unique from the community that was located in this Kampung Naga. Their life could associate with modern community, religious Islam, but still was strong look after his ancestors's Customs and Traditions.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Rinjani Mountain
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.
Gili Trawangan
The local inhabitants take care the originality of the island lying at west of Lombok. Therefore motorcycles are prohibited in this area. Along the sandy pathway shifted the resident area to the beach, we only see footsteps, bicycle wheel, or delman.
Restaurant, shop souvenir, diving facilities, ten of cheap relative inn are spread over alongside this pathway. Afterwards, you may try to see the natural beauty of undersea landscape, and also two smaller other islands around Gili Trawangan, that is Gili Air and Gili Meno, which blue cobble that cannot be compared to Caribean sea and only be find in these places. In these places many of turtles can swim anywhere and without fear of divers.
Lombok Island, The Unspoiled Bali
Even the popularity of the island has just started in two last decade, many people said that Lombok is not least interesting than Bali, its neighbourg. Foreign countries tourist generally went to Lombok after visiting Bali.
One thing that making Lombok are visited more frequent than Bali is its nature. That’s why Lombok is called as "Unspoiled Bali", Bali with its nature/origin. From Kuta beach in south to Bangsal port in north, you will discover an amazing nature landscape you cannot depict it.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Cipta Gelar - Kasepuhan Banten Kidul
People surroundings Sungai Citarik surely know aiming to Kampong Ciptagelar, the residence of Abah Anom in Bukit Halimun, precisely in countryside Sirnaresmi, Kecamatan Cisolok Kabupaten Sukabumi Jawa Barat. This is a famous place because of loneliness and beauty.
The really adventure are actually at along the length of journey during less three hours predominated by forest and land road which really hard. Forests through the street seem to make everlasting. People are fear to cut away the wood not because of covert areas, but because they respect to Abah Anom, the leader of highest custom of Kasepuhan Banten Kidul.
If you have a taft offroad car, you can try to make a track to Ciptagelar. Don’t forces youself to use non-offroad car, because it’s very dangerous and you may be thrown to crevasse. If you don’t have a car, the motorcycle can be the challenged choice.
And what will you get after residing in Ciptagelar countryside? Ciptagelar is a place of Banten Kidul custom community led by Abah Anom ( have you ever heard him?). Te freshness of its nature and peacefulness of its community will make you to release all of your saturations. Keep your attitude in a manner way in this village.
That village really likes as picturesque country in folklore. As of return from this place you will get new life energy. We assure that you will be fresh.
This community, although resides in isolate place, it does not mean that they don’t recognize modernity. Although they have recognized modernity, they keep firmly their tradition. Numbers of artist have ever visit to this residence of Abah Anom.