Sunday, 1 September 2013

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
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.