Monday, February 18, 2008

Kampung Naga

The Kampung Naga was the traditional settlement widely the area approximately 4 ha. The location of the Kampung Naga tourist attraction was located in the part of the highway that connected Tasikmalaya - Bandung went through Garut, that is approximately in kilometre to 30 to the west of the Tasikmalaya city. Administratively the Kampung Naga including the Kampung Legok Dage Vilage Neglasari district Salawu regency Tasikmalaya

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

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.

Gili Trawangan

There is no place which no people never visited than Gili Trawangan, because it’s likely a journey towards heaven. The landscape of Gili Trawangan, either undersea or surface, is very beautiful.

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

From the silence of the top of Rinjani mountain until the peacefulness of blue cobble dwelt in foot of Gili Trawangan, it likely has not yet enough to depict the beauty of an island recognized as Lombok island.

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

If you are bored playing in water, a day after or in the afternoon, you may climb directly Halimun mountain. Climb that mountain? No way! Our purpose is going to Kampung Ciptagelar.

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.