Komodo Island

Komodo Island Review

Komodo Island

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 5:18 AM Komentar

In 1910 the Dutch named the island on the south side of East Nusa Tenggara Province is nicknamed the Island of Komodo. This story begins with Lieutenant Steyn va Hens Broek who tries to prove statements about the presence of Dutch troops dragon looking like a monster on the island.

Reports of his men about the giant lizard was not the figment. Steyn then killed one of these dragons and bring documentation to the Museum and Botanical Garden in Bogor to be investigated.

The enchantment of the beautiful island of Komodo makes this island worth visiting. The main attraction of this island is a close look at the only natural habitat of one of ancient animals that survived for three hundred million years.

A tense and exciting journey you will meet despite having to spend more in a bit, here are some alternative way to Komodo Island. When he arrived in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara provincial capital, you can get on a plane headed Ende, and then continued during the ten-hour journey by using the minibus to the town Labuhanbajo which is the gateway to Komodo or the easiest option to reach Labuan Bajo area is the use of the airport flight path Ngurai Denpasar, Bali Rai (available 2-3 times a flight Denpasar-Labuan Bajo every day). Tourists can also use the flight route Kupang Labuan Bajo-flight service even though it is only available once a week.
Also ailable sea, ferry from Sape NTB ready to Labuanbajo or mengantarakan you can also use the ship Pelni from Sheet Harbour, Lombok (1st time in 2 weeks).



From Labuanbajo, a city located in the westernmost part of Flores Island is the journey continues to Komodo Island by speed boat for about two hours. Each speed boat rental at the price of one million rupiah home behind or you can use the cheaper timber ship, certainly take a while.

To get into the area every person charged 15 dollars for foreign tourists and 75 thousand rupiahs for local tourists for three days.

In this island you are free to look closely dragons are the largest lizard species in the world with an average body length reached 3.13 meters and weighing up to 165 kg is free to roam.
In addition, you can also watch the various activities of this rare animal, such as dragons mating occurs between May to August, the middle dragons eat deer, goats, pigs and watch the dragons bask in the street and in the branches of trees in the morning.



Komodo Island this animal live and breed well. And the most frightening threats are human beings, because human beings to hunt deer or wild boar, favorite food of this reptile. Now, on this island there are at least a thousand two hundred dragons. In addition to the P Komodo, tourists can find dragons on the other islands are still covered in the Komodo National Park which is the island of Rinca and Padar, so that their overall number to about 2500 individuals.

Island which became a national park was also stores a variety of exotic flora Sepang wood by local people used as medicine and dye clothes, this nitak tree or sterculia oblongata in believe are useful as medicines and seeds and crispy and tasty as the peas.

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Gili Trawangan : Lombok Island

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Gili Trawangan : Lombok Island

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 4:46 AM Komentar

Gili Trawangan is the largest of three islands or dyke (Gili Islands) located in the northwest of Lombok. Trawangan is also the only dyke which height above sea level is significant. With a length of 3 km and width of 2 km, Trawangan population of approximately 800 inhabitants. Among the three dyke, Trawangan has facilities for tourists of the most diverse; tavern Tir na Nôg claims that Trawangan is the smallest island in the world that there are Irish bars. Is the most densely populated parts of the east island.



Trawangan has shades of "party" more than Gili Meno and Gili Air, because of the many parties all night every night of the show rotated by some places the crowd. A popular activity for tourists in Trawangan done is scuba diving (PADI certified), snorkeling (northeast coast), kayaking, and surfing. There are also several places where the tourists can learn to ride around the island.

On Gili Trawangan (as well as in two other earthen), there were no motor vehicles. The usual means of transportation are bicycles (rented by local people for the tourists) and Cidomo, simple horse-drawn carriage which are common in Lombok. To travel to and from third-dyke, the residents usually use motorized boats and speedboats.

Gili Trawangan is the largest island of the three islands, better known as "Party Island" the majority of tourist coming young children, majority of the resorts (accommodation) located east side of the island, with prices ranging from € 5 to € 78. after the diving you can having fun every night in one of the party organizer, or relax with another diver-diver.

History
Formerly the island was once used as landfills inmates. At that time, because all the prisons are full, the king who was ruling throwing 350 rebels Sasak people to this island. New around the 1970's this island of Sulawesi, visited residents who later settled here.

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Lombok Island : The Second Bali

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Lombok Island : The Second Bali

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 3:46 AM Komentar

The second Bali. This designation is often asked of foreign travelers who have enjoyed the beauty of the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to the beach and other Indonesian tourism. Even some of them always compare that Lombok is much more beautiful, exotic, and more captivating than the other Indonesian tourism, because it offers more choices.



This assumption was not wrong. At least for those who have known and visited tourist attraction in this Gora Earth. The number of beach resorts is a special attraction for the tourists, especially foreign travelers. One is a small island along the coast that surrounds the island of Lombok map, namely Gili (island) Trawangan, Gili Meno, Gili Air and Gili appeared, a new island emerged in 2000.

Bund really offers the natural beauty of the amazing tourist island of Lombok. With the ocean water so clear we could even imagine how the scene at the bottom. Especially the fans of diving resorts Indonesia will be free to enjoy the scenery of coral reefs and all sorts of sea creatures living residents. Even the number of turtles are sometimes pulled over to the beach. Diving facility also is available to anyone interested in a closer look at the beauty of the sea floor Lombok tourism.

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Gedung Sate : Bandung

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Gedung Sate : Bandung

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 2:20 AM Komentar

July 27, 1920. 90 years ago, performed the groundbreaking of the construction project in Bandung Gedung Sate. When completed four years later, the building soon became one of the grandest buildings in the Netherlands Indies, and until now the most prominent landmarks of the city of Bandung. Laying the first stone building carried out by Miss Johanna Catherina Coops, eldest daughter of the mayor of Bandung B. Coops, and Miss Petronella Roelofsen, representing the Governor-General of Batavia.
This building is designed architect Ir J. Berger from Landsgeboundienst, office buildings, construction of the Netherlands government. It takes power to 2,000 workers. Among the thousands of workers, there are approximately 150 Chinese Konghu or Cantonese, a carpenter and a skilled stone carver in his country. Dutch architect, Dr. Hendrik Petrus Berlage, mentions that Gedung Sate complex design along with the Central Office of Civil Government Agencies Dutch East Indies in Bandung is a masterpiece. While Coor Passchier and Jan Wittenberg, two Dutch architects who inventory the colonial buildings in Bandung, Gedung Sate mention as graceful as a stunning monumental building, and has a unique architectural style, and gigantic.

Sate building itself is actually only a small part, or approximately 5% of the "Office Center Complex Insatansi Civil Government" Dutch East Indies in Bandung occupying an area of 27,000 square meters North. By residents of former "Gedong Sate" named "Gedong Bebe" which later became more popular with "Gedung Sate" because at the top of the tower building there is a "skewer" with 6 water guava fruit-shaped ornaments.

What is now known as Gedung Sate building originally intended as the Central Government or Gouvernments Bedrijven (GB) wheelbase straight into the middle of Mount Tangkuban Perahu.

Bedrijven Gouvernments called because the building was originally intended as the center of the Dutch East Indies colonial administration as well as the office of Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Construction of the building made possible after the Dutch East Indies government took the decision to move the administrative center of the Dutch East Indies from Batavia to Bandung.

The decision to make Bandung as the capital of the Dutch East Indies government was taken in 1916. Options were taken by Koninkelijk der Nederlanden (Netherlands) who has conducted several studies in other areas, particularly in Java. The study was prompted by the results of research conducted by HF Tillema, an environmental health expert, who found that that the cities of the north coast of Java island less healthy state. Met by the marsh vulnerable diseases. Hawanya hot and humid, a result of difficult breathing, sweating, makes the body tired.

Options also fell into the Bandung which is geographically located in a mountainous area with cool air and more fresh. The decision was taken during the administration of Governor-General van Limburg Stirum.

In place of this reason, in the first months of independence, there was a great battle between the Republicans who want to preserving this building from the advancing Allied troops reinforced by Gurkha soldiers. Not only that Sate Building was once also used as the central government during the reign of the State Pasundan RIS.

Gedung Sate is not only an authentic proof of the acts of the city of Bandung in the constellation of colonial life. Sate the building had also become the locus where independence is celebrated with patriotic at the same time there is also a government that once stuck to the idea of federalism in the embodiments Indonesia.Jika Gedung Sate today not only become the West Java governor's office, but also a landmark in Bandung, Gedung Sate receive a special status that it has become entitled.

Source: indonesiamenggugat.blogspot.com with some adjustments

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Bogor Botanical Garden : Lung of Bogor

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Bogor Botanical Garden : Lung of Bogor

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 2:03 AM Komentar

Bogor Botanical Gardens are part of the stone monument which was founded by Sri Write Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi) from the Kingdom Pajajaran year 1474 to 15,131 at the Botanical Gardens was named Samida (artificial forests or park-made), which aimed at preserving the environment needs to maintain and place the seed timber preserve rare seeds.

In addition Samida (which became known as the Bogor Botanical Garden), at that time also made a similar Samida in Bogor, Cianjur limit (Forest Ciung Vanara), both in terms of number of plant species grown aslian and layout of the plant. If so in reality, the Raffles and Van den Bosh is the only figure pemugar and additions to the collection of plants for botanical gardens that have been established since the late 14th century by the dynasty of the Kingdom of Pajajaran.

The idea began with the establishment of the Botanical Gardens which is Reindwardt a biologist who wrote to the Commissioner-General G. S. G. P. van der Capellen. In his letter Reindwardt its intention to request a parcel of land to be used as garden plants, which are useful, as a place of teacher education, collection of plants also developed into another garden.

Botanical Garden, established on May 18 181 7 by, Prof.. Dr. C. G. L. Reindwardt which was then called, s'Lands Plantentuinte Buitenzorg is better known as the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Bogor Botanical Gardens throughout the course of history have different names ie "s'Lands Plantentuin," Syokubutzuer "Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg," Botanical Garden of Indonesia ", Cede & Garden Garden SOUL MATES. But in the end is better known as the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Establishment initiated by putting the first spade in the earth swing Pajajaran as a sign that the construction of crop development, which inevitably led by Reindwardt sanaannya own, assisted by Mr. James Hooper and W. Kent of the famous Kew Gardens in England, in the town of Richmond. Reindwardt Herbarium pioneering effort in the field. He is also known as a founder Herbarium Bogoriense.

In the year 1822 was replaced by Dr Reindwardt. Carl Ludwig Blume conducting an inventory of the collection of plants that grow in the garden. He also set up the first garden catalogs successfully recorded as many as 912 species (species) of plants.

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BOGOR : one of green city in the world

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BOGOR : one of green city in the world

Abdullah Nouvel Syahbal 1:28 AM Komentar

Bogor City, is a city in West Java province, Indonesia. The city is located 54 km south of Jakarta, and its territory was in the middle area of Bogor Regency. The extent of 21.56 km ², and a population of 834,000 inhabitants (2003). Bogor city known as the rainy city, because it has a very high rainfall. Bogor City Map consists of 6 districts, which are further divided over a number of 68 wards. During the Dutch colonial Bogor known as Buitenzorg (meaning "no worries" or "safe and secure"). So that this area is very suitable for the referenced become one of the major tourist attractions of Indonesia.

Anniversary of the Bogor regency and the city of Bogor is celebrated annually on June 3, because the date of June 3, 1482 was a day of coronation of King Siliwangi as the king of the Kingdom Pajajaran based on existing historical city of Bogor.

Bogor (means "palm") has long been known to be the center of education and research as well as national agricultural tourist attractions. This is where the various institutions and research centers of agricultural and biological stood since the 19th century. Bogor Agricultural University, established since the early 20th century

Bogor Tourism judging from the historical home to the first known kingdom in Indonesia - Tarumanagara Hindu kingdom in the fifth century. Some of the other kingdoms which now can be an alternative tourist attractions of Indonesia, and then choose to live in the same place due to the mountain areas that naturally make this site easier to survive against the threat of attack, and at the same time is a fertile area and have access easy on the trade centers and tourist attraction. But until now, based on research conducted by some renowned erkeolog presided. Tjandrasasmita Rida, the existence of appropriate and important site which states the existence of the kingdom could become a tourist attraction and historic Indonesia, until now still have not found evidence of authenticity

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