Beautiful Indonesia Travel

Jakarta

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Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. It was formerly known as Sunda Kalapa (397-1527), Jayakarta (1527-1619), Batavia (1619-1942), and Djakarta (1942-1972). (Reference wikipedia)

Sightseeing Tours
KOTA

Old Town of Batavia, now known as Kota, was once the hub of Dutch colonial
Indonesia. Much of the one-time grandeur has now rotted, crumbled or been bulldozed away, but Taman Fatahillah, kota’s central cobblestone square, is still reminiscent of the area’s heyday.

MUSEUM WAYANG

This puppet museum has one of the best collections of wayang puppets in Java and its dusty cabinets are linet with a multitude of characters once used for performances. The collection not only includes puppets from Indonesia but also China, Malaysia, India and Cambodia

MUSEUM SEJARAH JAKARTA

The Jakarta History Museum, is housed in the old town hall of Batavia, and probably one of the most solid reminders of Dutch rule within Indonesia.

SUNDA KELAPA

The Old port of Sunda Kelapa has many magnificent Makasar schooners (pinisi)

MONAS

National Monument (high 132 m) towering over Merdeka square.

TAMAN MINI INDONESIA INDAH

a miniature of Indonesian main ethnic groups as the highlight of Indonesian culture.

PRAMBANAN TEMPLES-CENTRAL JAVA - YOGYAKARTA-INDONESIA

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Prambanan Temples-Yogjakarta-Central Java-Indonesia

The Most Beautiful Hindu Temple in the World

Prambanan is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) and three temples dedicated to the animals who serve them.

The temples at Prambanan village are the best remaining examples of Java’s period of Hindu cultural development. Not only do these temples form the largest Hindu temple complex in Java, but the wealth of sculptural detail on the great Shiva temple makes it easily the most outstanding examples of Hindu art.

All the temples in the Prambanan area were built between the 8^th and 10^th centuries AD, when java was ruled by the Buddhist Sailendras in the south and the Hindu Sanjayas of Old Mataram in the north. Possibly by the second half of the 9^th century, these two dysnasties were united by the marriage of Rakai Pikatan of Hindu Mataram and the Buddhist Sailendra princess Pramodhavardhani. This may explain why a number of temples, including those of the Prambanan temple complex and the smaller Plaosan group, reveal Shivaite and Buddhist elements in architecture and sculpture. These two elements are also found to some degree in India and Nepal.

BOROBUDUR TEMPLE-CENTRAL JAVA-INDONESIA

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BOROBUDUR TEMPLE-CENTRAL JAVA YOGJAKARTA-INDONESIA

The Borobudur Temple is considered as one of the seven wonders of the world. And is one the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. This colossal relic of Borobudur Temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty between 750 and 842 AD; 300 years before Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European Cathedrals. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles revealed Borobudur Temple in 1814. He found the temple in ruin condition and ordered that the site be cleared of undergrowth and thoroughly surveyed. The massive restoration project began from 1905 to 1910 led by Dr. Th. Van Erp. With the assistance of UNESCO, the second restoration to rescue Borobudur was carried out in 1983.

Borobudur is built from two million block stones in the form of a massive symmetrical stupa, literally wrapped around a small hill.

The overall height of Borobudur was 42 meters, but it is only 34.5 meters now (after restoration) and has the dimension of 123 x 123 meters. The building has 10 floors or levels: Hhumtcambharabudara, the mountain of the accumulation of virtue in the ten stages of Bodhisatva. Borobudur is located 41 km Northwest of Yogyakarta, 7 km South of Magelang, Central Java.

Istana Bogor (Bogor Palace)-West Java Indonesia

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Istana Bogor (Bogor Palace)-West Java Indonesia

Location : Jalan Juanda – Bogor West Java Indonesia

Istana Bogor is one of 6 Presidential Palaces in Indonesia. The palace is noted for its distinctive architectural, historical, features, as well as the adjoining botanical gardens. This palace was built in 1745 by Governor-General Baron van Imhof in the style of England's Bleinheim Palace. The grounds occupy 28 hectares, where deer wander freely and trees provide perennial shade. The main building and its two wings cover almost 14,800 square meters. Six pavilions were erected in 1954. Indonesia's first president, Soekarno, used the palace as a peaceful retreat. Today it houses his art collection, including 136 ceramic statues and 219 paintings.

Please Note: Bogor, the rainy city or Kota Hujan as the locals say, so always keep an umbrella handy wherever you go - rain may come at any time in the afternoon or evening during the dry season and all day long during the wet season

Tenggeris People

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Way Of Life Tenggeris People-Bromo Indonesia

East-Java

With their settlements built in clusters, Tengger villagers rely on farming as their livelihood, growing crops such as carrots, green onions, corn and potatoes grown on the slopes of Mt. Bromo, creating a panoramic view of waving green carpets.

Farm Tenggeris - People in Bromo

Bali Dance

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Bali Dance

Music, Dance and Drama are closely related in Bali. In fact, dance and drama are synonymous, though some ‘dance’ are more drama and less dance, and others more dance and less drama.

Balinese dance tends to be precise, shifting and jerky, like the accompanying gamelan music, which has abrupt shifts of tempo and dramatic changes between silence and crashing noise. There’s virtually no physical contact in Balinese dancing-each dancer moves independently, but every movement of wrist, hand and finger is important. Even facial expressions are carefully choreographed to convey the character of the dance.

Tari Kecak

BALINESE TEMPLES

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The Balinese temple is a sacred space in which the deities are honored with rituals and offerings. The basic function of a temple to serve as a site where the Balinese pay reverence to the spiritual powers that play such a large role in their lives. There are at least 10,000 temples on Bali with various types

The other word for temple in Balinese is Pura, Which is a Sanskrit word meaning ‚ a space surrounded by a wall’. As in so much of Balinese religion, the Temples, though nominally Hindu, owe much to the pre-Majapahit era. Their Kaja, Kelod or Kangin (alignment towards the mountain, the sea or the sunrise) is in deference to spirits, that are more animist than Hindu.

Almost every village has at least three temples. The most important is the Pura Puseh (Temple of Origin), which is dedicated to the village founders and is the Kaja end of the Village. In the middle of the village is the Pura Desa for the spirits that protect the village community in ist day-to day life. At the Kelod end of the village is the Pura dalem (temple of the dead). The graveyard is also here and the temple will often include representations of Durga, the terrible incarnation of Shiva’s Wife

Pura Tanah Lot

Pulau Umang- Banten-Indonesia

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Pulau Umang – Banten-Indonesia.

Pulau Umang located in Banten-Java Island

I went there with my family..Stefan (my Husband), Gerdi and Jupp (my mother and father in Law)
Pulau Umang is a beautiful island but the problem is... it is so far from Jakarta and took us 5-6 hours driving to arrive there…. feeling tired to get there…but when you have arrived... you can see a beautiful island…

The beach of Umang is rocky so if you want to swim it is a little bit dangerous and you can not snorkeling there. You must go to Pulau Oar ( close with Pulau Umang) for snorkeling.

Here is a beautiful picture of Pulau Umang. Jupp took this picture… it is really beautiful picture and you can get a view about Umang from this picture

it is a really beautiful island, white sandy beach, clear water and wood cottage

Snorkling, Banana Boat, Jetski, Jukung (kayaking), Go Around the Island using Speedboat, go to Pulau Oar and swim there

Pulau Umang-Banten-Java Island

Dinner

Snorkling

Rocky Side of the Island

Sea of Bali-Indonesia

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Bali Island is a small and it is part of Indonesia country.

A visit to Bali means that you are in the most visitor-friendly Island of Indonesia

Bali island is surrounded by the sea water from the north side, Laut Bali (Bali Sea ) to the east side , Lombok Strait, and from the south side, Indian Ocean to the west side, Bali Strait. As a small island in the paradise, Bali has beautiful white sandy beaches and surrounded by tropical climate which makes Bali is the best place for holiday in all season in the world.

Rice Field Bali-Indonesia

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HISTORY

It’s certain that Bali has been populated since early prehistoric times, but the oldest human artefacts found are 3000-years-old stone tools and earthenware vessels from Cekik. Not much is known of Bali during the period when Indian traders brought Hinduism to the Indonesian archipelago, but the earliest written records are stone inscriptions dating from around the 9th century. By the time, rice was being grown under the complex irrigation system known as Subak, and there were precursors of the religious and cultural traditions that can be traced to the present day.

SUBAK / RICE FIELD WATER IRIGATION SYSTEM in BALI

Subak is Balinese traditional irrigation system arranging / managing the division of water to the farmer's rice field fairly and flatten. It is a traditional organization with its specially activities in the rice field inclusive of making and cleaning aqueduct, dividing water, making ceremony and other. All of these are conducted socially, voluntary and together

Dewi Sri, the Rice Goddess who personifies the life force, is undoubtedly the most worshipped deity in Bali. The symbol representing Dewi Sri seen time and again: an hourglass figure often made from rice stalks, woven from coconut leaves, engraved of painted onto wood, made out of old Chinese coins, or hammered out of metal. Shrines made of bamboo or stone honoring Dewi Sri are erected in every rice field.

A balinese family making fresh coffee, spice garden, Bali, Indonesia

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Bali’s home brewed coffee. The coffee making process is similar to what my late Simuk (grandma) used to do. Coffee cherries are hand picked, dried on slow fire and then pounded into powder form.

Coffee Tree

Demonstrate the method of processing

Making Fresh Coffee

Pounding the clean beans to loosen shells

Madakaripura Waterfall

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A Secret Heaven Madakaripura Waterfall

Madakaripura waterfall is a spectacular waterfall known as Madakaripura., which is quite easy to be visited, is just 6 km from Sukapura, the gateway of Mt. Bromo It is hidden in the dense forest of the mountain range of Tengger.

This waterfall is believed to be the sacred waterfall since it was right here that the Great Prime Minister of Majapahit, Gajah Mada, spent the rest of his life and practiced asceticism by meditating under this waterfall. Paying a visit to this object and enjoying the lush mountain greenery would be an unforgettable experience. Words cannot describe the magnificent Madakaripura adequately.This object, with a height of 620 m above the sea level, is on a gentle slope with a friendly atmosphere. You can feel the roar as the water falls from a height of 200 m creating an awe-inspiring waterfall. It is more likely a happening of something that takes place in a fairy land.

The best time to see the falls is between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. when the sun is high enough to light up the valley's bottom. One may bathe in the falls' pure natural water, which, it is said, cures rheumatism and all kinds of disorders besides preserving youth and vigor.

Mt. Bromo

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These are all beautiful pictures about Gunung Bromo; Gunung Bromo is a beautiful mountain in East Java Probolinggo. I went there with my husband (Stefan) and with my parents in law (Jupp and Gerdi)

Stefan shot all beautiful pictures alone…….I think it looks like professional photography…:-)

Gunung Bromo is is volcano which still be active and most famous as object wisata in East Java. As a object wisata, Mount Bromo become draw because status of as volcano which still active.

Gunung Bromo (2392 m) is a midget, but this volcano’s beauty is in setting, not it’s size. Rising from the guts of the ancient Tengger Caldera, Bromo is one of three volcanoes to have emerged from a vast crater, stretching 10 km across.
History of eruption During century ke-20, famous mount as place of wisata erupt three of times, with regular time interval, that is 30 years. The biggest eruption happened 1974, while last eruption happened at 2001.

The Legend Of Bromo

The eerie landscape of Bromo and it’s neighboring volcanoes has spawned countless myths and legends. It is said that the Tengger crater was originally dug out with just half a coconut shell by an ogre smitten with love for a princess.

But Bromo is of particular religious significance to the Hindu Tengger people, who still populate the massif and first fled here to escape the wave of islam that broke over the Majapahit Empire in the 16th century. The Tengger believe that Bromo once fell within the realm of the childless King Joko Seger and Queen Roro Anteng, who asked the God of the volcano for assistance in producing an heir.
The God obliged , giving them 25 children, but demanded that the youngest, a handsome boy named Dian Kusuma, be sacrificed to the flames in return. When the queen later refused to fulfill her promise, the young Dian bravely sacrificed himself to save the kingdom from retribution.

Today, the mountain is appeased during the annual Kasada Festival,when the local Tanggerese come to Bromo to throw offering of vegetables, chicken and money into the crater of the volcano.

Gerdi and Jupp

Avip & Stefan