Boring With Bali? Tourists Usually Run To Here

Other than Bali, Selain it is a tourism spot which since long ago become a target for foreign tourists, it is Gili Trawangan. Its beautiful undersea view and pollution-free breezing air had

Spend Your Holiday At Tirto Arum Baru

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Taman Sari, Heaven For Photography Lovers

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Boiling Your Adrenaline With Bamboo Rafting In Loksado

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Tips To Treat Your Suitcase

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Lombok Ready To Show Off In International Exhibition

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Air Asia Open New Route For Bandung-Penang

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Dive The Beauty of Labuan Bajo's Seas

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Fun Adventure to Terraced Waterfall Oehala

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Honeymoon With Background of Rinjani Mountain

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Let's Relaxing in Pantai Santai

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Pasar Ceplak, Culinary Tourism in Garut

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Home of Artist In Semarang, Kampung Seni Lerep

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Heaven's Light in Jomblang Cave

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Little Sand Island

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Let's Hunt Some Cheap Ticket!

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Dewaruci Arrived in New Orleans

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Sangalaki, Just Like Vacation in Your Own Island

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New Airport in Raja Ampat to Togean

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Benoa Seriously Works The Cruise Ship

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Eternal Flame in Grobogan

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European Tourist Interesting to Yoga in Bali

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Exciting Rafting in Telaga Waja

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Tourist From Japan Decreased 50%

Japanese tourists playing with the local Balinese children

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Bali Travel Tips For Beginners (part 3)

Bemo

What the Vehicles ?

Public transportation in Bali like bemo is relative hard to found, the little armada and the hour is not fix If you experienced about it in Bali, bemo and Trans Sarbagita indeed the best choices.

But if this your first experience, it's better if you rent a car. The car choice is various to offer. The cheapest ranged from Rp. 200.000 is include with the driver without fuel fee. The prices

Bali Travel Tips For Beginners (part 2)

... the previous part..

Want the more luxurious?

Starred hotels even can find din the area Kartika Plaza Street, Legian and Raya Kuta. Villas which offers privacy for you, can be find in Seminyak like in Drupadi street. 

It's better if based on the recomendation from acquitance

Bali Travel Tips For Beginners

A friend have ever said that is not 'completed' if never visit Bali, moreover for an Indonesian. In fact, there's always an first experience for every place.


If you planned to travel to Bali for the first time, there are some practical tips for touring planning

The Typical Delicious Coffee from Aceh

Coffee, maybe it have been a lifestyle for Aceh society. Not excactly in time, morning, afternoon, evening or even in the night, the coffee shop wheter it in the city or villages always crowded by visitors. What is the difference with the other kind of coffe?

Aceh is one of the biggest coffe producer in Indonesia. Land in Aceh produced for about 40% Arabica coffee seed in premium level from total of harvest in Indonesia. Indonesia also a biggest coffee exporter, forth in the world.


Lia, one of waitress in a coffe shop, Pulau Baru, located in Jalan Perdagangan, Sabang, Aceh revealed

Wedang Coro Still Preserved by The Undaan Society

Wedang Coro is one of traditional beverages in Kudus, Central Java, still preserved by the society of Undaan Tengah village, sub-district Undaan. That drinking connected with farming tradition in Kudus.

It usually could find in the stalls nearby farming area in Undaan Tengah. The location at about 1 km from village hall of Undaan Tengah.

Abdul Jalil (65), the owner of the stall, said that the beverage made from gingger, palm sugar, gaul (slices of fried coconut), pepper, lemongrass, rice flour and salt. Wedang Coro is cream coloured, more thicken like porridge and tastes sweet with a little hot.



"We have the recipe hereditary, from the age of 'mak kuno' (ancestors)" said him.


Jalil added, its price is pretty cheap, it's about Rp. 2.000 a glass. Usually drinks after harvest and planting season in rainy days.


Darwoto (50), farmer from Undaan Tengah village, said that beverage can warm our body. In addition, the farmer believe that Wedang Coro could eliminate fatigue.


"We call it Wedang Coro because it served with coro (Javanese language) or 'how to' like this," said him.






source : http://travel.kompas.com/read/2012/04/03/11444223/

The Popular Art Market in Bali

The marchendise offering voices sounded meandering, sometime in Bahasa Indonesia with thick Bali dialects, Oftenly in carelessly english. Depend on to the customer who passes in front of the shop.
Art market in Bali indeed have its own typical. Every region in Indonesia has traditional market with merchandise uniqueness on its own. Meanwhile in Bali, in addition traditional market that selling daily needs, known also a term of 'art market'.
Art market became a kind of place that selling marchendise for tourists, both foreign or domestic tourist. The most obvious characteristic from art market is when entering the market, the colourful stuff from various product that sale.

There's so many art market in Bali. Averagely sells similiar marchendise, the prices also not much different. The visitors can buy so many products of garment just like bamboo shirt, beach pants, woven and T shirt in typical Bali pattern.


Or maybe, various Balinese snack like Balinese salty peas or brem Bali, you can find at art market. The other choice is paintings and carving statues. It can also buy body treatment products like scrubs or aromatherapy.

Unfortunately, since the souvenir shops widely proliferated, the traditional art market as began to lost its prestige. Its presence began to fade. Unable to compete with more classy stores with air conditioner in it and fixed price, without having to bid.

"In south Gianyar, Pasar Sukawati become the art emporium. Indeed for now competing with the market agressively built in Badung. Not only Sukawati which felt this, but also the other lika Pasar Kuta and Kumbasari.", said the Major of Gianyar, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati some time ago.
Like in Pasar Sukawati, said Tjokorda, in addition to the competition with souvenir shop, the market also facing troubles like the limited parking lot. His party planned to relocate Sukawati.




source : http://travel.kompas.com/read/2012/04/01/13503436/