What You Can Find In Pekanbaru

Have you ever heard about Pekanbaru? Pekanbaru is the capital city of Riau, located in the middle of Sumatra Island. You can not say it’s a small town, because the situation likes in the big city. There are many buildings, department stores, supermarket, even malls. But those places are not the main attraction in Pekanbaru. In Pekanbaru, people like to see Danau Buatan. It called Danau Buatan because it’s not a real lake, people made that. Then, there is Pasar Bawah, a market who serves many things from the other countries. For example, house tools, clothes, kid’s toys which made in Malaysia.

Pekanbaru has its own typical food too. There are Lempuk Durian, Bolu Koja, and Gulai Ikan Patin. Lempuk Durian was made from durian, the big fruit with thorns outside it. Bolu Koja was made from eggs, flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and the main ingredient is pasta pandan. Gulai Ikan Patin was made from patin fish, which you can only find in Pekanbaru.

All of those places and food I have mentioned above are things that you can find in Pekanbaru. Actually, there are more places and stuff you can find in that city. So, if you want to find out more, you have to visit Pekanbaru. Don’t forget to visit Danau Buatan, Pasar Bawah, and don’t forget to try the foods too!

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Braga Street, The Journey of a City (Task 1, edited on March 02, 2008)

Braga street is a street in the center of Bandung, which was famous in 1920 as promenade street and luxurious modern trade center. This street has been existed since the Indies-Dutch government. The arrangement of the stores in Braga street similar with European style according to Bandung development that well known as Paris Van Java.

Initially, Braga street has an official name of Karreweg because the street was a narrow street that could pass through only by carriages. The street was built only to connect the major Great Post Road with a coffee warehouse, which today known as Balaikota. When Bandung was the capital of Priangan Regency , some colonial houses were built along Braga street with reeds or other straw materials. In 1882, a musical drama group established itself as Toneel braga (the name of the group) and became famous. Residents came into the street to watch the group’s performance every night. Therefore, the road was improved by stones, and oil lamps were installed for the lights, and then the streets popularly known as Braga street. The street became more famous after a grocery store called De vries which sold daily needs. Afterwards, Hotels, banks, cafes, and restaurant were opened and the street transformed into a shopping street.

Nowadays, only 50 percents of the buildings have its original design. Rest of it have changed into a modern and damage buildings.Actually, the sense from trade of the Braga street still haven’t lost over all. A number of stores and offices still loyal to stand on Braga Street. And in an order to get back the glorious trade of Braga street, a private developer try to run a Braga City Walk project.

Pontianak-A Place to Visit

If you have some spare time to go on vacation, please try to visit Pontianak. Located in the west coast of West Borneo, Pontianak, which is also the capital city of West Borneo, has not only a lot of tourism objects and very delicious food, but also a unique culture that cannot be found at other cities in Indonesia.

Pontianak is a relatively small city, but the size does not make Pontianak petite. It has a number of tourism objects, e.g. Pasir Panjang Beach, Kapuas River, Khatulistiwa Tower, Poteng Mountain, Mandor Park, Rumah Betang, Toho, Anjungan, Sarikan, etc. The most well-known tourism object in Pontianak is Pasir Panjang Beach. With amazing view of the Sumatera’s Strait and some groups of small islands which are located at the strait, Pasir Panjang Beach is a highly recommended place to be visited. Or if you want to know or recall some historical events, you should go to Mandor Park and Khatulistiwa Tower, which have quite complete documents and photographs from 1950.

Pontianak also becomes a special place to be visited within some annual events, such as Chinese New Year, Cap Go Meh, Cheng Beng or Kuo Ciet, and so on. Especially when Chinese New Year comes, the citizens of Pontianak, which are mainly Chinese, usually held special celebration and carnivals. There are lion dances, dragon dances, great fireworks all over the city, and other ritual ceremonies. Chinese people in Pontianak believes that if they participate in those ceremonies and carnivals in Chinese New Year Day, they will have a year full of luck and prosperity.

Furthermore, Pontianak is also famous for its delicious food. If you come to Pontianak, you should try bubur padas, lemang, cincalok, cai kue, kwe cap, kue kia theng, he keng, hoi co, and aloe vera drink. All of the food are made with special traditional recipes, spices, and ingredients. Because of the secrecy of those original and extraordinary recipes, not all people can make the food as tasty as the one you buy in Pontianak.

Because of those reasons, Pontianak is really worth visiting for, since Pontianak offers not only beautiful place and amazing sceneries to see, but also its unique delicacies and culture to be experienced by the visitors.

Two Things that Makes Sukabumi Known

Sukabumi is known for its compactness. It is a small town, almost one-third the size of Bandung. It is loaded with lots of public service buildings, such as hospitals, high schools, town hall, jogging track, markets, and malls; they’re placed in several spots that easy to be accessed. Its citizens seldom experience traffic jam because the streets almost never overloaded with cars. The town is so clean and organized it won Adipura (an award that presented to the cleanest and most organized city); the award can be seen on the top of a big fountain in the center of the town.

Sukabumi is also known for its natural environment. Forest that surrounds it helps maintain fresh air for citizens to breathe. Beyond it, a waterfall lies, which is usually visited by tourists. A river that flows through the town is known to be a famous “arung jeram” (an extreme sport which involve crossing river with a rubber boat) site. There is also a very wide grass field used as camping ground and a tea field that perfect for jogging. And, the white-sand beach in the southern side of the town is so beautiful that Ir. Soekarno chose to erect one of first five star hotels, Samudra Beach, there.

Attractions Jakarta Has To Offer

Attractions Jakarta Has To Offer

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia and also the largest city in the country, but for me, Jakarta means so much more. It is a place I can truly call ‘home’ since the day I was born. No matter what happens, I believe Jakarta will always have something special to serve to its visitors. That is why I think Jakarta is a one special place to live in.

Jakarta has a lot of tourist attractions I am sure would meet people’s interests. If they want to know more about the fight for Indonesia’s freedom and the country’s famous Declaration of Independence, they can go to “Monumen Nasional” or “Tugu Monas”. Not only they will experience an educational trip, they can also enjoy the beautiful view of Jakarta by simply taking an elevator up to the top floor. If they are interested in having a day of fun in the sun, they can go to “Ancol”. This place includes beach, hotels, a theme park called “Dunia Fantasi” or “Dufan”, a conservation of sea living creatures called SeaWorld, and many more. People can also go to “Taman Mini Indonesia Indah” or “TMII” for more information about Indonesian cultures, such as architectures, clothing, and other forms of tradition. Other recreational facilities, such as museums, cable cars or “kereta gantung”, and a theatre called “Teater Keong Emas”, are also available for visit. For those who are a fan of delicious dishes, Jakarta has varieties of tasty traditional food. Take “Soto Betawi” for example. It is a beefy soup containing thick coconut milk which is best served with tomatoes, boiled potatoes, melinjo crackers which are more commonly known as “emping”, and steamed rice. Besides “Soto Betawi”, there is also “Kerak Telor” which is just as delicious. It is a form of omelette made of sticky rice, egg, and salted dried shrimp or “ebi”. It is served with topping which includes shredded coconuts. After trying out several local delectables, it is best to check out some of the many cultures Jakarta has. The famous ones include “Lenong” and “Ondel-Ondel”. “Lenong” is a form of traditional theatre accompanied with the music from a musical instrument called “Gambang Kromong”. The scenario of “Lenong” contains moral messages. “Ondel-Ondel” is a huge human statue which was believed by the local people to be able to banish evil spirits. Apart from everything mentioned above, Jakarta still has a lot of other interesting sides everyone can enjoy, so if you have spare time, please visit Jakarta to find out more about what this metropolitan city has to offer.

Problems In Jakarta

Jakarta, as any other capital cities of developing countries, faces many problems. High criminality rate is one of them. Many Jakarta citizens say that Jakarta is very unsafe. People got pick pocketed often, robbery also happens all the time, murder also fills the columns of newspapers, and the same thing also goes for rape. Some sociologists and anthropologists say that this thing happens because the congestion in Jakarta. People with low educational background usually loses in the competition of job seeking, some, even many of them will become criminals in order to fill their family’s needs.

The other problem is flood. When it rains in Jakarta, every citizen must be wondering if his/her house will be flooded again. In some areas, the flood even reaches the traffic light. Flood in Jakarta happens because of several things. The primary cause of flood is the garbage that people throw blocks the flow of the river which will make the water concentrated in one area only, the other thing is there are not enough trees in Jakarta. If there are enough trees, they will absorb the excess water above the ground. As you know, there are too many buildings in Jakarta which leaves no land to be grown by trees.

Finally the biggest weakness of Jakarta is pollution. In Jakarta, pollution is a common thing. Air, water, and even sound is polluted. People who throw their garbage carelessly, buses with exhaust pipe which is filled with thick black smoke, the drivers who honks their cars’ horn often, even in religious places, are some contributors of those pollution. Ironically, they confess that they are Jakarta citizens. Can we fix all this mess? I hope so. But we must work together in order to do so.

Jakarta, the City of Problems

Traffic jam is the biggest and incessant problem of my hometown, Jakarta. The terror of getting caught in a seemingly boundless ocean of motor vehicles haunts us at any time and any corner in this city of more than 8 million people. Recent research conducted by the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) shows that if there are no further mending in public transportation, the traffic of Jakarta will utterly dead in the year of 2014. The estimation is based on the statistics from the Department of Transportation which show that the number of vehicles in Jakarta is estimated to be more than 7 million vehicles, with an increasing rate of 11% each year. Ironically, the statistics also revealed that the growth of the road length was not even reach a percentage number of 1% annually. Then virtually from the numbers above, we can simply notice how there is an unbalance between the rapid growth of vehicles and the construction of streets in Jakarta which increase the probability of traffic jam. The problem of traffic jam is still undaunted although the government has tried so many things, such as the building of bus way, implementation 3-in-1 system, and construction of various streets and highways. In spite of all efforts of the municipal government of Jakarta, the traffic jam is a prevalent dilemma that makes my hometown so notorious.

The litter mismanagement is another major quandary that occurs in Jakarta. At a glance, the main streets in the metropolis look so clean with no even single trash in it. But when you look at the brownish river with the “things” that it carries along and lesser streets, the true evil is revealed. According to the statistics of the Sanitation Department, Jakarta produces about 6,000 tons of waste each day with domestic waste contributes to 58% of the total amount of daily waste production. Again, just like the traffic jam problem, there is an unbalance in the waste management system. The TPA of Bantar Gebang can only receive 3,000 tons of litter each day, while the TPST of Bojong can only accept 250-400 tons of inorganic waste and 800 tons of organic waste each day. In the TPA of Bantar Gebang, the 108 hectares wide plains had become vast heaps of rubbish with the approximate height of 25 meters. In the end the waste was not really managed and treated well, thus it makes any place in the city as a dumping place for trashes. The fact that most of the people are lacking in discipline of trash disposal and fondness of sanitation only worsen the trouble. No wonder why the city of Jakarta was known for its garbage.

Flood is an additional problem that makes Jakarta an unpleasant place to live. The occurrence of a major flooding in Jakarta was almost annually or in a cycle of years. One of the terrible floods occur in 1996 when area of 5,000 hectares were flooded, 85 people were killed and about 350,000 people were forced to leave their homes, the losses from infrastructure damage and state revenue were at least 5.2 trillion rupiahs. The same disaster did happen again in the year of 2002 and 2007 with the number of losses similar to that of 1996. Those suffering have inflicted heavy losses to so many people and the government itself repeatedly. Despite so many things have been tried by the incumbent officers such as cleaning the river and constructing gigantic canals, yet still the flood problem is a matter that only time will know when it will be ended. As the year past by, the flood always ravage Jakarta violently, leaving many victims.

My Lovely Jakarta

Jakarta is located on the northwestern coast of Java island at the end of the Ciliwung River. The northern part of Jakarta is eight meters above the sea level. This contributes to the frequent flooding. The city borders the province of west java on its east side and the province of West on its west side.
Jakarta is the economic center of Indonesia. almost general activity of economic happen in Jakarta. One of The best development of economic in ASEAN make Jakarta becomes the trade center city. Jakarta attracts many foreign as well as domestic immigrants, so many people come to Jakarta for seeking a better life. The concentration of money and political influence in the city. It means, Jakarta will always busy all the time.

Jakarta also has some exciting places for tourist destination. For example museum, there are many museums in Jakarta, Such as Satria Mandala Museum, Perintis Kemerdekaan Building and the Soekarno-Hatta Monument which tell us about the history of Indonesia and all the things about Indonesia. National History Museum which tells the history of the independence. In Indonesia in Miniature Park, we can see Indonesia in the small part. Beside that, in the jakarta bay, there are also exiting places such as, Ancol Bay, Dufan, and The thousand islands which is a part of the administrative region of Jakarta, this places are very beautiful, and the best place for spending our time to enjoy the sceneries. Jakarta also has many malls which sell some our necessities,there are more than 20 malls such as, Taman Anggrek, Ciputra, Puri indah etc,. We can spend all of our money there. The amazing skyscrapers and the only one in Jakarta even inthe world is National Monument (Monas),Monas with 132m high is icon of Jakarta, in this place we can see the whole of Jakarta.
The culture of Jakarta known as Betawi culture, Betawi culture is very unique, because it is influenced by another culture such as chinnesse, India, Arabian, and others culture. For example Gambang Kromong (mixture between Betawi and Chinese music) or Tanjidor (mixture between Betawi and Portuguese music) or Marawis (mixture between Betawi and Yaman music).But Betawi culture has its traditional arts,for example, on the Betawi music, dance and theatre, Wayang Kulit Betawi, Topeng Blantek dancing and Lenong. The Betawi group has its specific dress for man and woman. For man’s costume are ,a thight, Slip, Traditional Betawi headge. For woman costume are Kebaya with buttened cuffs, a sarong with the lasem motif.

I love cats

My name is Kyky. I am a student in Biological science. Why do I choose Biology as my place to learn? Because I love and I like animals so much. Besides animals, I love studying human body anatomy and everthing happened in it, such as breathing, moving, eating something, and knowing how our body gives respons from some impuls. Learning them can make me know how to thanks to my Lord.

I have three cats in my house. One of them is female and others are male. They are not special spesies. Every I go home, they always greet me with their special beauty sound. One day, I found one of them playing in mu neighbor yard. When I called his name, he stopped walking, and then he saw around to look for source of the sound. In case he don’t know a man whom call, he will go away. But, if he knows that I call his name, he will come to me. My cats understand about my condition. In case I am really busy with my work until I forget to play with them, they will amuse me with their sweet behavior. It will really help me. That is why I really love them.

My hometown : Jogja

My hometown, namely Jogja, is the place that has it own several unique tradition and places. Jogja serves you many entertainment that you won’t find them anywhere. Though Jogja is known as one of a small city in Java Island, lot of things that could show the beautify of itself as well. Such as Borobudur and Prambanan Temple, Baron and Parangtritis Beach, and Jogja Kembali Monument.

Jogja always keep their unique cultural tradition. For example, there’s a moment called ‘Pesta Rakyat Sekaten’ in Jogja. Held every year, this party is always crowded by the original inhabitant, domestic tourist, even a foreign tourist. You don’t have to pay much on this occasion, it costs for about IDR 5000 to entry then you can try various kind of games; happy train, ghost house, or the traditional bianglala. If you already went to those places and feeling hungry, you may go to some place called “Angkringan” that spread in every single corner of the town. It supplies you a special menu from Jogja, Nasi Kucing. It contains a mini portion of rice added with one variety of side dishes.

Like I already said, jogja also famous with its entertainment sites. If you like challenges then you may go to Merapi mountain which is still active and placed on the north side of Jogja. Nearby the mountain, there is a tour place named Kaliurang. This is a good place to take a shot for your memorized-moment.In the end of the trip, some people prefer go to Taman Sari Water Castle. Previously, this water castle is only used by Sultan’s family. Now, this place is the most favorable spot because of its good ancient Javanese architecture. Furthermore, you may see a full-view every side of Jogja from this location.

It’s completely true if Jogja called as the never ending Asia, so once is never enough for me to visit Jogja. The way its citizen treat each other nicely is one of the most interesting thing that makes me want to go there again and again. Tugu monument, the most identified symbol of it town, seems try to welcoming me as a domestic tourist. For additional information, that Tugu monument is built by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I as a symbol of a straight line that connecting The South Sea, Keraton, and Merapi Mountain. Thus, perhaps you’ll be sorry if you haven’t been there too, so why don’t you try Jogja as your next holiday’s destination?

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Ciamis, The Best Tourism Places to Visit in West Java

Located in south coast of Java Island (Indonesia), Ciamis is one of the best special tourism places in West Java. It’s a beautiful city that serves you the best tourism places ever. It’s also a clean city which has some cool sites with amazing sceneries to enjoy. There are some special well-known tourism spots to visit, such as Pangandaran, Batu Hiu, Karang Nini, Citumang, Green Canyon, Astana Gede, Pananjung Preservation Forest, etc. Besides of that famous tourism spots, Ciamis also has its traditional food that you just can find only in Ciamis. All of those things tenacious Ciamis as the best tourism places to visit in West Java.

The most famous and well known tourism place in Ciamis is Pangandaran. Approximately 80 km from the central of Ciamis (Ciamis Kota), Pangandaran is provided with some special spots such as swimming area, diving area and some cozy places that made Pangandaran as the best coast in West Java. Make a tour to Pangandaran can give you full of pleasure. Walking along the beautiful seashore, enjoying sunset with your lovely friend or enjoying the wonderful night sky are some activities that you can do in Pantai Barat Pangandaran. When you go to Pantai Timur Pangandaran, you can find Pasar Ikan, the best traditional fresh seafood market in Pangandaran. You can choose your fresh seafood by yourself, from crab, salmon, shrimp, oyster, till other fresh fish are available for you. After you choose your fresh seafood, you can enjoy it immediately by order the fishermen around there to cook it (a stall like small restaurant). You can order any menu that you want, from ‘Udang Goreng Mentega’, Kepiting Bakar’, till ‘Tiram Rebus’, every menu is on hand. Those reasons make Pangandaran as the most famous and well-known tourism place in Ciamis.

Ciamis has a traditional food, it’s named Galendo. It’s created from coconut oil and some other additional secret ingredients. Mix one with some special spices with traditional processing (handmade). Galendo can be eaten directly or can be used as a special ingredient in other recipes. In the previous, we can easily found Galendo in sauk, the traditional container that’s made from bamboo, but nowadays it’s quite hard to find Galendo in bamboo container. Galendo is much modern now; it’s packed in different modern packets just like as biscuits and other modern snacks. The packets are various with various prices too, from 1 kilogram @ Rp20,000/ packet, 450 gram @ Rp12,500/ packet, until 125 gram @ Rp3,000/ packet. And the special thing of this food is you just can find Galendo only in Ciamis. That fact restates Galendo as a traditional food from Ciamis.