Visiting Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia

Travel back to the island of Java , its precise in Yogyakarta , a city with full of tourists visiting the city and a variety of arts and culture , the city is also known as a university town where some of the leading universities located in the city of Yogyakarta , There will be not enough time discussing Yogyakarta because many areas are worth for visit as a tourist destination , the city which has  very long history is located in the southern area of ​​the island of Java ( see www.wikipedia.com ) the city is quite easy to reach either by land or air , by air from Jakarta you can use local airline such  lion air , Batavia or Sriwijaya , in addition there are direct flights from Jakarta to Yogyakarta from several major cities in Indonesia such as Balikpapan , Banjarmasin , Denpasar , Medan etc. but taken as a reference to the city of Jakarta , schedule flights from Jakarta to Yogyakarta pretty often where from one week there almost every day  flight schedule to the city of Yogyakarta , air travel from Jakarta to Yogyakarta takes approximately 1.5 hours , but if you choose traveled by road from Jakarta to Yogyakarta can be reached by train which takes less over 12 hours , simply take some time / longer but the cost is relatively cheaper when compared with traveled  over the air , if you choose travel by train from Jakarta there are the executive class train fare will be charged for Rp.200 , 000 but for the convenience and effectiveness of time suggested using air line , faster than its expenses was still relatively affordable . If you are planning to visit the city of Yogyakarta you have to prepared carefully plan your trip , define from how long you have to stay in Yogyakarta , set budget , until the luggage you will be taken during your travels , foreign tourists and local tourists after visiting Yogyakarta some of them will go on to visit Denpasar , Bali which is located quite close to the city of Yogyakarta , ( Denpasar , Bali will be discuss next  ) ……..Continue

Visiting Muara Teweh, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Visiting Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia

Local Dance Art

The second city that will be discussed this time is Cirebon, West Java Indonesia . More details of Cirebon city can be seen in http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Cirebon,with enough heat in the scorching dry season and a fairly dense traffic the city has a variety of cultural and historical deep enough . This city has more than 500 years old are trading town . There are also several historical point and attractions worth to visit such as Goa Sunyaragi , kasepuhan palace , palace of Kanoman , kacirebonan palace If you visit the palace there was beautiful and comfortable atmosphere with the feel of the kingdom , inside the palace we can see objects such as urns palace          relics , his dagger and other heirlooms . Visiting Cirebon city is very easy to reach, because there was unavailability of   the airport, the city can only be reached by            traveling overland journey from Jakarta.After you landed in the Soekarno Hatta Airport Jakarta you can continue goes to the nearest train station by taxi. In the train station you could choose Cirebon Express with ticket price about one hundred rupiah, this train will direct you forward to Cirebon with approxmately five hour journey. Or you can took a buss from Jakarta buss station, but for comfortable reason its suggested to take Cirebon Expres train executive classes. In the city of Cirebon itself is widely  available public transportation ( angkot ) that can  take you right to some points around the city of  Cirebon . The public transportation (angkot) mostly  use cars suzuki carry                                                                                                                                                                                        Barongsai Show                                                                                                                          with the dominant color blue ,  traveling uses public transportation (angkot) the service major can be viewed at the front and rear windshield . To enjoyed sight seing around the city you could choose a rickshaw , rickshaw fare can be in accordance with the bargaining agreement , its little bit different from cars public transportation (angkot) is that already have a flat rate or are usually listed in the paste at the entrance to the passenger . In this city there are not many taxis that can get you for looking around , but if you have difficulty in finding suitable public transportation you can call the information desk at the (+62231) 108 by using a local provider. Sometimes in this city held a celebration quite festive in its particular month eg Muludan market which is held in the month of Mulud which falls around the 12th Rabiul early in the Hijri calendar . This is a celebration of birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad SAW which are festive in the market that are often referred to as market Muludan , for details about Muludan may please be seen in http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulid_Nabi_Muhammad , on the market this Muludan there are many attractions offered such as carnival / carousel / rotary komudi also widely available in a wide variety of local specialty snacks , besides Muludan on Chinese New Year celebrations are also sometimes held of the lion dance in procession in the main street of the town of Cirebon , talking about savouries , this Cirebon city has some typical snacks are worth the try such as Empal gentong , nasi jamblang , tahu(tofu) gejrot . So if you want to travel the city of Cirebon advice you to enjoy the attractions or the celebrations you can come in celebration of the lunar month and Mulud. Enjoy Your Travel

Inside the Palace

Barongsai 

The Palace Relic

Visiting Sindang Laut, West Java, Indonesia

For detailed information about sindang laut can be seen in the wikipedia

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindanglaut, _Lemahabang, _Cirebon,

a lush village where the population is quite earthy with livelihoodpartly as a laborer but not least also dedicates her life as laborers in big cities, villages can be reached by land, from Jakarta city can use the train or bus with majors Jakarta-Cirebon, depending on the budget, desires and comfort, in my opinion more comfortable if take the train, when using train can use Cirebon railway Expres to Jakarta majoring 100,000 rupiah rate range for the executive class, the price tickets are sometimes changed foxes, train fares for detailed info jakarta cirebon for ticket reservations can visit the nearest railway station or can visit the website on https://tiket.kereta-api.co.id/ you could serach in google regarding ticket prices and reservations, if you choose goes by bus go directly to the bus terminal Jakarta Jakarta increments bus route - Cirebon, be careful when choosing economic bus because buses are not as comfortable than vip / ac executive class than

luggage will usually immediately drawn by the brokers pull the passengers, for reasons safety and comfort are advised to use the train or bus executive class, its cost is still still quite affordable for these executive class, after arriving in cirebon proceed with using minibuss majors cirebon-Sindang Laut, this road trip taken in

the period of approximately 30-45minutes journey, when the minibus smooth road ,after 45minutes journey you will arrived at sindang laut. The lush and earthy, if you want to visit more in the corners can be using transport services motorcycles, motorcycle rates here can be as agreed in bargaining

Preliminary

Muara Teweh, 1st September 2013

Several times of my journeys experience to some local city in the country Indonesia. I want to share some snippets of my journeys experience perhaps these will be some information for people both in and outside the country who are looking for guidance trips and info the city they want to visit. Very open if there is a criticism and inputs as well as additional information that may be given to readers who happen to know more detail about the information that can be shared the info to everyone. Sorry articles is in English language, its purposes to give beneficial for people outside country who want to visit the small cities in Indonesia.

Travel Tips

There are many reasons you goes to travel, whether because of business trip, vacation or visiting your relatives whatever the reason for your trip is certainly needed preparation, especially if you travel far enough and you have to stay and of course you do not want all of your travel plans fall apart and you end up

Here are some tips / suggestions that could make you more enjoyable in your trip

1.Define your trip purposes , define your trip purposes before you travel is the most important thing , whether the purpose of your trip is a business trip , vacation or simply just visiting relatives , because this trip purposes would measure how long you have to stay and will be back , this is regarding how much stuff that you would take and adjust the estimated costs are supposed you to provide

2.Do not carry luggage exceeds the capacity that you can take it , if your trip is a business trip , determine what time of day you are traveling on business so that you can just carry supplies such as clothing , etc. in accordance with the length of time you have lived , bringing too much stuff will bother you and also make more your luggage at risk of losing

3.Always prepare travel documents like plane tickets , visas , passports etc. in place that is easy to control so you can easily secreted when necessary

4.Provide  drink bottle that can be pinned in your backpack if you travel far enough, a bottle of this drink can give you an additional energy boost when the queues at the airport , its blazing sun , and down town market

If you are traveling with your family for the holidays must be planned properly especially if your baby or child participating to consider what equipment you should bring

Have a nice trip  :) 

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