Monthly Archives: November 2009

Cell Phone Service in Indonesia

cell phone service in indonesia

phone call photo by Caelea

Nowadays, there is no boundary anymore to communicate with your family from anywhere in Indonesia. Big and small islands are now provided with base transmit stations to support cell phone service in Indonesia. Tourism is getting big advantage from the service. Tourists won’t get difficulty to call their travel agent, book hotel, or reserve a private resort.

Family Picnic to Taman Wisata Mekarsari

Family Picnic to Taman Wisata Mekarsari
Taman Wisata Mekarsari, originally uploaded by d!to.


Visit to Bogor with the family was not complete if not visit Mekarsari Park. Even for those who already have children, the park is well suited to introduce the eco tourism and biodiversity in the world’s largest tropical fruits park, in particular, the types of fruits that were collected from all regions in Indonesia.

Grebek Demak, The Spiritual Attraction

Grebeg

Soldier of Kraton photo by Victor_deka

Grebek Demak is an annual event of Demak citizens in order to welcome or celebrate Eid al-Adha. This year Grebek Demak will be held on November, 27-28 2009. The event itself was preceded by a night market in the field Jogo Tembiring Indah, Wonosalam district, Demak regency for seven days and seven nights.

Never Ending Beauty of Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo Photo by abius

Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Ancient Java: Brahma, one of the Main Hindu Gods), is an active volcano and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java, Indonesia. As a tourism destination in Indonesia, Mount Bromo is attractive because of its status as an active volcano that is still active. In addition, the Kasodo tradition of the Tengger tribe really gives us a spiritual and mystical experience.

Stone Jumping at Nias

lompat batu at NiasLompat Batu Nias (stone Jump) photo by h_mandalas

On another day, I was also able to visit in the South of Bawomataluo. Bawomataluo means the Sun City . This is an important tourist destination in Nias and is quite popular. The main tourist destination here is to see the king’s house that is very large in size, with “legs” from the large sized intact logs.