While visiting Yogyakarta, a prominent cultural city in Indonesia, Candi Ratu Baka offers an alternative ancient site besides the already a global name Candi Prambanan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two kilometers apart. Continue reading Highlander’s palace of Central Java
With the total area of 60 square kilometers, Hoi An has plenty distinct Chinese architecture with low tile-roofed houses and narrow streets, some of the first built ones remained almost intact. Continue reading A tale of the past
There are cases when highways are laid out at the expense of existing frail connections of particular areas. Prof. Dr. Ir. Sedyatmo toll road which connects Jakarta and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, for instance, separated the vast and living space in Cengkareng. The solution was building crossing bridges available to transport people and goods on motorcycles. Continue reading What lies beneath the highway
The morning sea view from the highest deck of Italian mega ship Costa Atlantica cruising the Strait of Malacca graced the cover of the fourth international edition of think archipelago magazine, November 2014. Continue reading Morning cruise in the Strait of Malacca
There is not much left anymore for the naysayers to say anything pessimistic about parks in Jakarta. Despite the common negation that parks will never take more than 10% of the city’s 740 square kilometers size, and that the goal to eventually make it 30% a pipe dream, expansion of green areas in Jakarta runs at an impressive rate. Continue reading Yes, we can
As I crossed an enigmatic beach facing Indian ocean on a trail bike, I was amazed at the fact that several group of villagers fished there despite high waves that sounded like cannons along the shores. Continue reading The making of the fisherman’s son
The celebrity islands of Santorini, a group of small archipelago 200 kilometers off Greek mainland, displays a unique view of its capital cliff city, Fira, whose name derives from the ancient Greek name of the island, Thira. Continue reading The cliff settlement
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“Kenali lah bumi sebelum kita dikebumikan”. Kalimat tersebut saya kutip dari seorang guide yang mengantarkan kami ke perut bumi yang sudah menganga di sebelah barat pulau Jawa. Gua Buniayu terletak di desa Nyalindung Kab. Sukabumi.
Setelah kurang lebih menempuh perjalanan selama 1,5 jam dari pusat Kota Sukabumi, melewati jalanan yang berkelok-kelok dan berlubang disana-sini akhirnya saya dan teman-teman saya sampai dikawasan wisata Gua Buniayu Nyalindung, Kabupaten Sukabumi-Jawa Barat. Untung saja landscape selama perjalanan sangat indah untuk dinikmati, ini juga yang membuat kami tidak banyak mengeluhkan kondisi jalanan yang rusak sepanjang perjalanan. Megahnya Gunung Gede dan Pangrango bisa kita lihat selama paruh perjalanan pertama dengan sangat jelas, sedangkan pada paruh kedua perjalanan dihiasi dengan perkebunan teh, terasering pesawahan padi dan hutan pinus yang sangat nikmat untuk dipandang. Continue reading “Menyapa perut bumi di Gua Buniayu”
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Yosea memberikan perspektif yang unik dari Bandung, salah satu kota terpadat di Indonesia yang tampak kosong di siang hari. Pencarian dan penantian momen merupakan kunci memperoleh hasil foto urban surreal tersebut. Baca excerpt berikut.
Berbekal kamera dan sepeda motor saya berkeliling Bandung tepat pada saat Sholat Ied, 28 Juli 2014, dilaksanakan. Sebenarnya kegiatan ini sudah saya rencanakan dari beberapa tahun lalu dengan niatan untuk mendokumentasikan kota Bandung pada saat sepi dari aktivitas lalu lintas. Alhasil perjalanan dan rencana berjalan dengan lancar, saya berhasil mendokumentasikan momen di saat Bandung sepi ‘melongpong’. Continue reading “Tentang mengejar dan menunggu momen fotografi”
The three-meters-wide dirt road that spans 20 kilometers deep into the forest in Central Java has existed since early 90s when loggers began exploiting the area. The hidden activity increases during summer as the road mostly turn muddy in wet season, thus obstructing trucks transporting the lumber. The fact that the plain, green area of a hundred hectares in total size is labeled a non-productive forest, coupled with the Land Protection Act issued by the Forestry Department, have little effect on preventing illegal logging. The locals told that logging culminated between 2001 and 2003. Continue reading “TEAK FOREST OF WEST JAVA”
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