Month: July 2010

Enjoy The Culinary And The Palace On Pontianak

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Pontianak Pontianak is officially the capital city of West Kalimantan province, the ethnic of Tionghoa call this city as Khun tien. This city is famous as the City of Equatorial for it passed by the earth zero degrees latitude. The name of Pontianak was belived had something to do with the folk tale about Syarif Abdurrahman which was haunted by the ghost of Kuntilanak when he walked along the 1.1 megameter Kapuas River, which is the longest river in Indonesia. Abdurahman Sharif had fired the cannon to drive away the…

Traditional Batik Gedog Tuban

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Batik Gedog Batik Gedog is a traditional painting Batik from Tuban – East Java. Kerek, a region of Tuban is well known as central of Batik Gedog. Mostly the Batik Gedog’s artisan is come from Kerek. This kind of Indonesian Batik is a masterpiece of cultural creation which the existence still accepted by society until now. There’s many value of art and cultural content that represented by the Batik, so that this kind of batik have its own special characteristic. Tuban, as one of the town which located in the…

Legen And Siwalan

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Legen Beverage From Tuban, East Java Legen is a kind of traditional beverage from Tuban. It is sweet, coming from Aren tree. Legen can be fermented into alcohol beverages called tuak, with strong sense and taste which can be drunken the consumer. There is also the fruit called siwalan, it is sweet and chewy like a jelly. More info visit: www.eastjava.com

Kebun Bibit Park

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Kebun Bibit Surabaya Kebun Bibit Surabaya city garden, is a city park with range of tropical plantation, trees and flowers. For almost thousand trees grow and take a part for Surabaya greening atmosphere. Those are a piece way to make Surabaya clean and fresh within the stressful air within the city. There are some interesting spots to be discovered for and to refresh our mood, for instance, Orchids cultivation seedling, jogging track, bird park, play ground and many more. The visitors may passing by everyday, especially for weekend and holiday…

Plumbangan Temple

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Plumbangan Temple Plumbangan temple is located near the village Wlingi in the middle Plumbangan, District doko. . In fact, this site is not a temple but a gate-like Jedong temple. This temple is mark as saka 1312 (1390 M). According to the guide, there was a temple or vihara in this place at ancient time ago. Nplumbangan temple has a entrance door and a roof in trapezium shape. At the first sight this entrance door of this temple seems like flanking the main entrance of the Kidal temple. This site…

Tahu Campur Lamongan

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Tahu Campur Lamongan has been famous by its particular food like Soto or Wingko Babat, another traditional food which sometimes been forgotten is Boranan Rice. Boranan rice become favorite food for Lamongan inhabitant. This food is serve with banana’s leaf which makes it more traditional, it also serve in many side dishes like soy bean cake or Tempe, Tofu, Fishes, Chicken, Rempeyek or chips and for sure, rice. Tahu campur or Mix Tofu is such an icon for Lamongan. As mentioned, the main ingredient from this food is must be…

Kaliandra Sejati Cultural Education Center

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Kaliandra Sejati Kaliandra is an education and training center and responsible tourism destination resort, open year-round (closed only for Idul Fitri celebration), encapsulated in 16 hectares of forest, driven by biodiversity conservation, environmental and cultural understanding and utilisation of local employment and resources. As an education center, we offer many programs to our surrounding poorer communities emphasizing, promoting and training on ‘good practice’ of agro-forestry and agriculture. Entrepreneurial skills and business management, responsible/ sustainable/ eco-tourism and hospitality product development and English-speaking capability are also very important aspects which we teach.…

Get A Boat To Nusa Lembongan

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Nusa Lembongan Lembongan Island or in Balinese language Nusa Lembongan is a small island near to the Nusa Ceningan and 2 km northwest of Nusa Penida, located in the Badung Strait to the southeast of Bali island. This island has 4.6 km in length and width of 1 to 1.5 km located approximately in 11 km of southeast of Bali. Administratively, this island including the region of Klungkung regency, Bali province, Indonesia. The main livelihood of the society in Nusa Lembongan is a seaweed farmer. Much more work in the…

Traditional Soto Lamongan

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Soto Lamongan has been famous by its particular food like Soto or Wingko Babat, another traditional food which sometimes been forgotten is Boranan Rice. Boranan rice become favorite food for Lamongan inhabitant. This food is serve with banana’s leaf which makes it more traditional, it also serve in many side dishes like soy bean cake or Tempe, Tofu, Fishes, Chicken, Rempeyek or chips and for sure, rice. Soto lamongan is different with any other Soto. Soto Lamongan is the only Soto which using Koya or some kind of garlic powder.…

Lamongan Terracotta

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Terracotta At present, the number of small industry in Lamongan, either formal or npon-formal ones, reaches 23,843 units. Among those small industries and people’s crafts, some have exported the products to the markets of Korea, Belgium, Australia, and Germany. They are wooden craft, earthen ware craft, bamboo-plaited craft, bicycle-saddle craft, bag craft made of Enceng Gondok (water hyacinth) in Lamongan and Mantup village, small industry center of ATBM bounded weaving in Parengan Maduran, hand-written Batik craft, embroidery, and gold craft in Sendang Agung and Sendang Dhuwur Paciran. The home industry…