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THE BEAUTY OF BUNAKEN MARINE NATIONAL PARK.

2009-05-30T03:45:00.002+07:00

BUNAKEN MARINE NATIONAL PARK was a cluster of islands which included Manado Tua, Bunaken, Siladen, Mantehage and Nain, those islands were a popular sea garden in Indonesia, a place which was well known among the tourist who enjoy its white sandy beach open to sea side of Manado Bay, the attendants coming to these islands not only for SWIMMING or SUN BATHING, but was also a popular place to discover the beauty of one world famous tropical marine life by SCUBA DIVING and SNORKELLING

MANADO TUA island was also one of favorite mountain for HIKING and CLIMBING where tourists could find a beautiful bird eye view of Manado Bay with its crystal clear blue water and small islands nearby, the picture above is Manado Tua seen from Kalasey beach.

Takes about 30 minutes by boats or ferry from Manado’s Seaport near Pasar 45 (empat lima market) to reach the beauty of INDONESIA’S tropical warm water diving site.

DOG MEAT or popular as RINTEK WUUK (RW), is one of Minahasa’s Cooking.

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Manado is one place in Indonesia beside Timor in Nusa Tenggara and Batak in North Sumatra in which the peoples consume dog meat on their menu. Rintek Wuuk abbreviated by RW is one of Minahasa’s popular cooking made from dog meat, a seller at Tomohon Market explained that Rintek Wuuk or RW means bulu halus or literally is an animal with smooth fur to say it was a dog.

In Tomohon Market, about 30 km south of Manado, one could find a stall that sell this kind of dog meat for RW Cooking, in one compound of the market one could see a butcher special for dogs and dogs are keep in cages, It was not a slaughter house but it was an open air place for slaughter dogs where dogs are slaughter in a such manner that the blood is not bleed out.

If one would try an RW cooking, just ask the meat seller, he would tell you a place called Kakas Kasen is Tomohon town center where one could find a restaurant with a special unique menu of Minahasa’s cooking.

TOMOHON, A BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS.

2009-05-08T18:51:00.004+07:00

Tomohon was also popular with its two mountains, one could say that Tomohon was located right at the foot of those two mountains, like an Indonesian popular song said that “ Disana Gunung Disini Gunung, Di tengah tengah Kembang Melati” ( A mountain is over there and A mountain is over here, in between was a beauty of jasmine flower), yes it was as what the song said, Tomohon was look like a beautiful of a jasmine flower lied between Mount and (LOKON (1.580 m) and Mount MAHAWU (1.311 m). The picture above is Mount Lokokn view from Tomohon bus terminal

When you have to travel to Manado, don't miss to you enjoy this cool and breeze small town from the beginning you enter this region if you are drive from Manado to the south via a steep hill road. On the way up hill you could see Manado Bay and its city from a high point above where it was also one of a fascinating view, on both side road you also could see houses with Minahasa style architecture made from woods, and so many colorfull of beauty flower along the main street of Tomohon

PANIKI a UNIQUE CUISINE made from smoked bats, find it at TOMOHON, a small city south of Manado

2009-05-08T02:30:00.006+07:00

TOMOHON is a nice place in North Sulawesi Province, visitors could reach this cool small town by take a commuter transportation “ANGKOT” from pasar 45 ( empat lima market) or from a pathway along the Manado down town boulevard to a destination to an intercity bus terminal at KAROMBASAN, then from Karombasan take a bus with the destination to TOMOHON, drive as far as 30 km away from Manado to the South, through long, winding and steep hill road.

If you have a chance visiting Tomohon, don’t miss TOMOHON MARKET, just walking distance from a bus stop, a unique of Tomohon wet market was where there are stranded stalls which sell various kinds of vegetable and also between the veggies stall you could find some stall which sell Bats barbeque on their table.

Tomohon, was really uniQUE in line with a popular of Minahasa’s cuisine called PANIKI, a local cuisine made from a smoked bats, I would say that almost of the peoples here were prepare BATS as their food consumption, this is why I would also called them as BATMAN, the peoples who enjoy Paniki, a bats barbeque as one of their popular menu.

MANADO, THE CAPITAL CITY OF NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE

2009-04-10T12:14:00.026+07:00

Manado is the capital city of the North Sulawesi Province , located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The municipality of Manado is divided into nine districts: Malalayang, Sario, Wanea, Wenang, Tikala, Singkil, Tuminting and Mapanget.

As you landed at Sam Ratulangi Air Port, Mount Klabat(1995 m) was the first who greet the attendants, it was the highest mountain in North Sulawesi as you could see in the picture above, Try walking up at night during a full moon and staying overnight to watch the sunrise. On Sundays and holidays Mt. Klabat. bustles with the activity of students and hikers.it is needed a 5-6 hours climb beginning near the Police Station in Airmadidi.

Manado town center was 30 km aways from Sam Ratulangi Air Port, we could say that it was a never sleep city, the peoples activities not only on the day, but the life was going on until the dawn.
Manado was a beach front city, the main atraction was Manado Boulevard, it was Manado mainthoroughfare which was stretched along Manado Beach line, there are shopping malls, restaurants, cafe and music lounge and some historical site worth a visit, like World War Second Memorial, a memorial to commemorate the destruction of Manado which was heavily bombed and to honor the victims of World War II. It is located in the center of Manado next to Gereja Sentrum (City Center Church).

NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE – INDONESIA, IN BRIEF

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The North Sulawesi Province is located in the northern edge of Eastern Indonesia is geographically situated between 0.30-4.40° north latitude and 123.0-127.00° east longitude. The total area of the province is 15,272.44 km2 with most of the area as low hills at 0 (zero) to 2,000 meters above the sea level.

North Sulawesi has a typical equatorial climate with two seasons: summer wet and summer dry. The wet season lasts from about November to March, and the dry season April to October. The total number of rain days is 90-130 days with approximately 3.000 mm average annual rainfall. The average temperature is 26 to 30 Celsius with the average humidity being 80%.

North Sulawesi consist of 4 cities they are, Manado, Tomohon, Bitung, and Kotamobagu, divided into some districts: Minahasa, Minahasa utara, Minahasa Selatan, Minahasa Tenggara, Bolaang Mongondow, Bolaang Mongondow Utara, Sangihe, Talaud and Sitaro.
North Sulawesi could be reach by air from Jakarta with a stop over at Ujujng Pandang-South Sulawesi (2 hours + 1 hour), or it could be reach directly from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ( 4 hours). Sam Ratulangi International Airport of Manado is one of the main entry ports to Indonesia. A taxi from the airport to central Manado takes about 30 minutes and costs about Rp. 70,000 (bargaining). Departure tax from Manado is Rp.100.000 for international flights and Rp. 30,000 for domestic flights. The terminal has an Internet cafe in the public area and the standard array of restaurants.

WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE 2009 , MAY 11-15, 2009: MANADO – NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE, INDONESIA

2009-04-10T09:22:00.011+07:00

VENUE FOR WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE: IN MAY 11-15, 2009 with the theme :
"Climate Change Impacts To Oceans and The Role of Oceans To Climate Change"

As introduce by the organizing committee on : http://www.woc2009.org/

The Government of Indonesia is hosting a World Ocean Conference in Manado, 11-14 May 2009. The purpose is to promote a better understanding on the role of the ocean towards a global climate change and to identify a practical measures to harness global cooperation and feed the mass media to promote a public awareness of this initiative
GOALS : The World Ocean Conference (WOC) 2009 is a forum for the world community to discuss current issues in the marine field which are related to a climate change, and how the world wisely utilize the ocean to weather crisis. Furthermore, WOC 2009 is expected to create a more aligned global vision and commitments from participating governments and institutions to work together to improve marine resources management.

BOGOR NAN HIJAU, BASAH AIR HUJAN, SELALU DALAMKENANGAN

2009-02-03T23:50:00.011+07:00

Hujan rintik yang kemudian berubah menjadi curahan hujan yang deras menyapu kota Bogor adalah merupakan pemandangan yang biasa pada keseharian kota kecil yang terletak 60 km di selatan Jakarta ini, karenanya Bogor dikenal juga sebagai sebuah kota yang selalu dirundung hujan.

Istana Presiden dan Kebun Raya adalah suatu harmoni yang indah sejak beberapa abad silam, perpaduan keduanya merupakan panorama cantik yang mewarnai suasana hening, dingin dan hijau kota Bogor hingga saat ini.
Warna hijaunya bukan saja merupakan lukisan indah dari barisan pohon yang rindang disepanjang tepi jalan, tapi ramainya angkutan umum berwarna hijau yang memenuhi hampir setiap sudut jalan jalan kota Bogor, memperlihatkan irama tarian dari nuansa kehidupan kota lama dalam sebuah bingkai ragam budaya Nusantara.
Meskipun iklim yang menebar suasana sejuk sudah tidak terjaga, namun senyum manis kota kecil ini tidak mengurangi kenangan orang meluangkan waktu menginjakkan kakinya ke kota Bogor untuk berlibur dan menikmati panorama keindahan kota yang merupakan pusat pendidikan yang telah dibangun sejak abad ke 19, dimana kota Bogor pada zaman itu dikenal dengan sebutan BUITENZORG bagi siapa saja yang mengenal sejarahnya.

BOGOR A RAIN CITY, THE RAIN FALL EVEN IN A SUMMER

2009-02-03T23:09:00.010+07:00

THE RAIN FALL EVEN IN A SUMMER, SO BOGOR IS CALLED A RAIN CITY

In this city, the rain fall even in the summer, that is why the peoples call the city as a Rain City. Above all, there are many places to visit for out door activities, Mount Climbing, Hiking and beach recreation.Curug Cilember is welknown for hiking and climbing in Bogor, Curug mean waterfalls, Cilember is a name of a place situated at Mega Mendung Puncak,A Hill and Mountain Resort on the way to Bandung.
Bogor is a sub district of West Java Province, located 60 km south of Jakarta, the town has grown around 18^th century, is famous for its Botanical Garden(Kebun Raya) which covers area of 110 hectares founded in 1817 was conceived by British Governor Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, it is “a museum” of more than 15,000 plants species from towering trees to an orchid house. Here still stands the original “Hevea Braziliensis” rubber tree brought from

Brazil

around the middle of the 19^th century, and the world’s largest flower “Rafflesia” which is named after the British colonial administrator Sir Thomas Raffles who died in 1826.

The Bogor Presidential Palace was built by the Dutch Governor General in 1745 originally and restored in 1832, it lied inside the Botanical Garden area.

MADAGASCAR, NAMIBIA, SOLOMON AND BOGOR ADVENTURE

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The picture above is a view at GUNUNG MAS TEA PLANTATION, located at Puncak Pass, Bogor, the men are my fellow friends when they are visit Indonesia (from left to right) : Biarmann Marcelin from Antananarivo Madagascar, Siegfried Khaiseb from Namibia, Samson from Haniora Solomon Island and the last one is Mamisoa Hasimbola from Antananarivo Madagascar

Please come and visit Bogor if you have a chance to Indonesia.

A GREEN VIEW OF BOGOR’S PUNCAK PASS RESORT

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On the way to Bandung passes through a beautiful panorama of hills and mountains, a holiday resort called Puncak, meaning “summit”, is a cool air resort offering outstanding views of dense rainforest and manicured tea plantations, it was a good place for breathe taking, a walking through tea gardens which popular as a tea walk activities for Jakartans who's fill their weekend to take a walk between tea plantation in a mountain climate ambience, riding a horse, mount climbing and watching the farmer cutting the tea leafes at the slope of a mountains, enjoy a hot spring and visit Safari Parks and enjoying to watch the wild life in a natural way .

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2009-01-12T06:23:00.009+07:00

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ULEE LHEUE, ACEH TSUNAMI GROUND ZERO

2008-02-28T02:24:00.002+07:00

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Ulee Lheue in the afternoon, in a bright sunny day of JUNE 2007, (this region was severely damage by tsunami in bright sunday morning December 26, 2004). Ulee Lheue is now a seaport which links Banda Aceh to Sabang or Weh Island

Welcome to Bogor, Indonesia

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B O G O R, A NICE PLACE FOR VACATION

(BOGOR, tempat yang indah untuk berlibur)
Bogor is a district of West Java Province, located 60 km south of Jakarta, the town has grown around 18th century, is famous for its Botanical Garden(Kebun Raya) which covers an area of 110 hectares and was founded in 1817 conceived by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffless, it is “a museum” of thousands of plant species from towering trees to an orchid house. Bogor is easy to reach from Jakarta, just take a train from Kota train station or from Gambir, it takes about an hour, then from Bogor train station to Bogor Botanical Garden or to President Palace, it was just 15 minutes walking distance to the east.

Here still stands the original “Hevea Braziliensis” rubber tree brought from Brazil around the middle of the 19th century, and the world’s largest flower “Rafflesia” which is named after the British colonial administrator Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles who died in 1826.

The Bogor Presidential Palace was built by the Dutch Governor General in 1745 originally and restored in 1832, it lied inside the Botanical Garden area.
In front of Bogor President Palace one could see some flocks of white spotted deer which roaming from one corner to another, those animals look cute and we could even touch the deer and could feeding them with a carrot or other vegetables