Dangerous Bangkok
The story is not to say Bangkok is bad. On the contrary, I want to say please go there. It is a beautiful city. However, knowing more about the city in your travel wish list is an advantage. Continue reading Dangerous Bangkok
Category: Environment
1833 ruling family
Dubai’s government operates within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, and has been ruled by the Al Maktoum family since 1833. Currently oil and gas only provide 7% for Dubai capital income. Realizing the minimum oil supply in their land, the government develops what is more advantageous for them to become a free trade and economic centre. Continue reading 1833 ruling family
Cappadocia
Cappadocia Region is located in the center of the Anatolian Region of Turkey. Ancient volcanic eruptions blanketed this region with thick ash, which solidified into a soft rock—called tuff—tens of meters thick. Continue reading Cappadocia
Harnessing hydropower
The panoramic Niagara Falls, famous among world tourists for its epic and natural beauty, is located in three different places across two countries, Canada and the United States of America. Continue reading Harnessing hydropower
THE WHITE CRATER
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS I DICKY STEFANUS
Situ Patenggang and Kawah Putih are tourist attractions that PERHUTANI collaborate with private sector are currently developing after they lost their right to maintain the Tangkuban Perahu with PEMDA Jawa Barat (West Java local government) after they develop it to quite decent tourist attraction. Hopefully the government and local government can solve thing out properly not only the economic issue, so our next generation and more international people can see the beautiful land of Parahyangan. Continue reading “THE WHITE CRATER”
1814 Borobudur revisited
1814 was the year of rediscovery of Borobudur Temple amid volcanic ash and resurging jungle, ten centuries since its date of build. British governor for Java administration Thomas Stamford Raffles was largely credited for it with the publication of History of Java. Continue reading 1814 Borobudur revisited
SITU PATENGGANG
TEXT I DICKY STEFANUS
Dicky Stefanus is collaborating with many terrific photographers to write his second and third book for Gramedia group publishing company. He loves to know more stuff, and that is why he loves to hear your story. You can contact him at dicky.stefanus@gmail.com
Less than three hours travel south from Bandung (バンドン), we will arrive to a beautiful natural preserved by human and nature side by side existing. Along the way to the location, the traveler will be served with the beautiful scenery of tea plantation – terracing / terasering (台地 – Daichi). Continue reading “SITU PATENGGANG”
PUBLIC SPACE SUCCESS STORY
Touted as one of the five best new public spaces in Jakarta, the then giant slum of Pluit, North jakarta, occupying the man-made reservoir has now transformed into a public park, complete with two sport facilities at both ends. The Pluit City Reservoir Park (Taman Kota Waduk Pluit) occupies only the west section, whereas the rest surrounding parts of the reservoir is not yet clear … Continue reading PUBLIC SPACE SUCCESS STORY
ONE OBSTACLE TO THE THOUSAND ISLANDS
The Indonesian article titled Pulau Sepa, Jakarta is also featured in Travel Fotografi magazine, Volume 18.
On the white sand beach of Sepa Island, among the vast archipelago of the Thousand Islands, a Spaniard leaned against the breeze while sharing the beauty of the islands formation far ahead with a person next to him. He muttered in awe that he had never seen anything like this in his long journey as an avid traveler. It is not a rocket science to envisage how high the district development will have leveraged the wealth of the islands and their scattered local inhabitants, if and when it happened. But rapid development has not reached this edge, considered to be one of the farthest parts of the district from the north coast of Jakarta. Continue reading “ONE OBSTACLE TO THE THOUSAND ISLANDS”
The caldera
PHOTOGRAPHS I SALLY CONDRO, JEANE SHEIMANO Danau Toba Caldera is the latest entry into the list of 100 Geopark sites around the world. With so far attributed to 23 countries, the UNESCO-supported natural heritage site conservation program has shorter list than the World Heritage Site, but it lays more emphasis on ecology and its correlation with social condition. Danau Toba is Indonesia’s second caldera after Mount … Continue reading The caldera
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