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September
At hinterland forest of South Kalimantan, besides various tropical flora and fauna, there are also beautiful waterfalls. One of them is Mandin Damar waterfall which is located at Gunung Raya village, Mentewe district, Tanahbumbu Regency, South Kalimantan. Mandin Damar waterfall has around 10 meters high and 15-18 meters wide. The waterfall is surrounded with forest and it is visited by fewer people. Its water is transparent and deep. Thus, the local people believe that the streaming water of Mandin Damar waterfall can be drunk without being boiled. Visitors can enjoy the beauty of the waterfall from two sides, namely from bottom and top of the waterfall. If you love adrenalin, you can climb to the top of the waterfall. You can also jump from the top to swim at the river of the waterfall. But you have to be careful if you want to jump from the top to avoid from injury. The easiest road to go to Mandin Damar waterfall is through Loksado district, South Hulu Sungai regency. To enter to this tourism object, you have to pay entrance ticket Rp 10,000. Because its location is at remote area, there are not many facilities provided at Mandin Damar waterfall’s complex.
September
From August 31 to September 1, 2019, Mie Balap, a typical culinary of Medan, North Sumatera was served free to the community at the event of Pucuk Coolinart Festival at Plaza Medan Fair, Medan, North Sumatera. Many visitors who attended the festival like very much Mie Balap. For today’s edition of Indonesian wonder, we invite you to know closer about Mie Balap. Mie Balap was previously called Mie Tiaw. However, due to the cooking process of Mie Tiaw very fast like in a competition, so the local people called it Mie Balap.Mie Balap consists of kwetiau and vermicelli which is sauteed with leeks, eggs, bean sprouts, and sweet soy sauce. The Characteristic of the taste of Mie Balap is related to the use of many eggs. Because it uses many eggs, Mie Balap has a thick texture. In addition to the distinctive texture, the aroma of Mie Balap has also become more distinctive because of the fragrance of sauted eggs. Especially when poured on a plate covered with banana leaves, the aroma of Mie Balap is more appetizing.Mie Balap is sold by using a cart. This culinary is fried on fry- pan with stone stove by using wood as its fuel. Mie Balap is sold with 2 type of tastes, original and seafood. For original taste, the price is about Rp. 8,000 until Rp. 10,000, while the price of seafood taste is about Rp. 10,000 to Rp. 15,000. Mie Balap is usually enjoyed as breakfast menu, so many traders of Mie Balap sell it in the morning.
August
South Sulawesi province has not only abundant sea products but also natural enchantment which can be visited when you are in in the province, namely Selayar Island. The small island is located in Selayar regency, South Sulawesi province. The capital city of Selayar regency is Benteng. The trip to the island takes around 10 hours by motor vehicles from Makassar City. Selayar Island has beaches with smooth white sand such as Pamatata, Tanaera, Lansangireng, Taloiya, Pabadilang, Rampang-Rampangan, and Labuang Nipaiya beaches. In addition to its beautiful beaches, Selayar Island also presents beautiful under-sea panorama at Takabonerate National Park. Here, the tourists can witness wide atoll with the size of 220,000 hectares and the biggest atoll in Southeast Asia and the third biggest in the world. On Selayar Island, you can also see unique hamlet of Toa Bitombang which is the oldest one on the island. The uniqueness of the hamlet is that the existing houses have bamboo roofs with high wooden supports, and poles. The houses use Bitti or Holasa wood which has good quality. Thus, the houses are still strong although they have been hundred years old. Another uniqueness of the hamlet is that most populations of the hamlet are above 90 years old but they can still do productive activities such as raising livestock and gardening. The beauty of beaches, sea, building, culture, people’s activities and the uniqueness of its nature and people are enchanting magnet of Selayar Island which is interesting to be enjoyed and seen.
August
Siwalima Museum is an important museum which has much information related to Maluku and its natural wealth and culturThe Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan), the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), and the Police of the Republic of Indonesia (Polri) are the three ministries and institutions that will receive the largest portion of the budget in the 2020 Draft State Budget. This was affirmed by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani in a press conference about the 2020 Draft State Budget and its Financial Note in Jakarta on Friday (16/8). She explained that the Ministry of Defense responsible for national defense will receive the largest budget allocation to reach Rp127.4 trillion, up 16.2 percent compared to this year's budget projection of Rp109.6 trillion. Meanwhile, the budget of the Ministry of PUPR is allocated Rp.120.2 trillion, and the Indonesian Police reach Rp90.3 trillion. Minister Sri Mulyani reasoned that the National Police budget allocation is also related to the need to secure the simultaneous regional head elections (Pilkada) in 2020.Meanwhile, the Ministry of PUPR will also receive more budget because the government raises the infrastructure budget by 4.9 percent. Minister Sri Mulyani said that the infrastructure budget would largely be used for the construction of new roads reaching 837 kilometers, 238 kilometers of railroad tracks, 6.9 kilometers of new bridges and 49 new dams.In addition to the three ministries/institutions, the next highest budget is the Ministry of Religious Affairs reaching Rp65.1 trillion, the Ministry of Social Affairs Rp62.8 trillion, the Ministry of HealthRp57.4 trillion and the Ministry of Transportation will reach Rp42.7 trillion.According to Minister Sri Mulyani, an increase in the budget is also given to the Ministry of Social Affairs by 9.7 percent, because an increase in the social assistance budget is provided by the government.Next year, the government will convert non-cash food assistance (BPNT) into a nine-basic necessity card containing assistance amounting to Rp150, 000 per month with a total budget of Rp28.1 trillion, an increase compared to the 2019 BPNT budget.In his speech when delivering the 2020 State Budget and Draft (RAPBN), President Joko Widodo said that the focus of the Draft State Budget is directed at five main points. The first point is strengthening the quality of human resources to realize healthy, smart, skilled and prosperous human resources. The second thing is the acceleration of infrastructure development supporting economic transformation. The third point is the strengthening of social protection programs to respond to the demographic challenges and anticipate aging populations. The fourth point is strengthening the quality of fiscal decentralization to encourage regional independence and the fifth point is anticipation of global uncertainty.e. The Museum is located at Makmur Park, Amasuhu vullage, Nusaniwe district, Ambon, Maluku. It was built in 1973. Siwalima Museum is quite exotic because it is on the hill which directly faces to Ambon Bay. The word of ‘Siwalima’ is taken from local langauge and it consists of two words: Ulisiwa meaning group of Sembilan and Patalima meaning group of Lima. The second word refers to 9 kingdoms which dominated South Maluku and 5 kingdoms which dominated North Maluku. Two words were created one new meaning of ‘Siwalima’ representing the wealth of history, nature, and culture of Maluku, land of the kings. The construction of Siwalima Museum began from the Dutch’s bill which required the Dutch to return historical stuffs to Maluku in 1970. The historical stuffs are many are piled up in reservoirs and need space to be even more useful. Then, it was found one location which is ex-headquarter of West Irian forces and called Makmur Park. Finally, the place becomes the establishment of Museum and functions to display and also to accommodate historical stuffs handed over by the Dutch. The museum is only 5 kilometers from downtown and it takes around 10 minutes by motor vehicles. Siwalima Museum is educational media which is quite effective for present generation to know well the life of Maluku in the past.
August
Exploring Indonesia is not complete if you do not visit historical heritage such as temple. One of the historical heritages which is not popular for tourist, is Arjuna temple. Arjuna temple was built around 8th century by Sanjaya Dynasty from ancient Mataram. Arjuna temple is one of temples at Arjuna temple complex in Dieng. At the complex, there is also Semar, Srikandi, Puntadewa, and Sembadra temples. Arjuna temple is located at the Northern most of the temple’s complex. Meanwhile, Semar temple is perwara temple or complementary of Arjuna temple. Those two temples face each other. Like temples in general in Dieng, local people named them with the names of puppet figures of Mahabarata. Dieng people who work as potato’s farmers, use the land surrounding the temple. But since 2010 Dieng people have realized the importance of respecting the historical heritages. So, they change the land surrounding the temples to become more beautiful and make it as one of the mainstay tourism destinations of Banjarnegara regency.The change is also marked by the implementation of Dieng Culture Festival that promotes Arjuna temple as the main place forcutting dread ritual or known as wedus gembel. Starting in 2010 Arjuna temple complex is used to develop tourism destination which is managed by Banjarnegara Tourism Office and Tourism Awareness Group. Tourist will not find statues at Arjuna temple, but those statues are stored neatly in Kailasa Museum which is located across the temple’s complex. To maintain the temple is conducted by re-arranged the temples’ stones which collapsed due to the weather that sometimes reaches minus 11 Celsius. The low temperature is caused by the location of the temple which is on the slope of Mt. Perau and Sindoro. The cold air brings thick fog at the surrounding of the temple with visibility ony 10 footsteps. So, if you have a plan to visit Arjuna temple in August or September, please prepare yourself with winter’s equipment.
August
Exploring Indonesia is not complete if you do not visit historical heritage such as temple. One of the historical heritages which is not popular for tourist, is Arjuna temple. Arjuna temple was built around 8th century by Sanjaya Dynasty from ancient Mataram. Arjuna temple is one of temples at Arjuna temple complex in Dieng. At the complex, there is also Semar, Srikandi, Puntadewa, and Sembadra temples. Arjuna temple is located at the Northern most of the temple’s complex. Meanwhile, Semar temple is perwara temple or complementary of Arjuna temple. Those two temples face each other. Like temples in general in Dieng, local people named them with the names of puppet figures of Mahabarata. Dieng people who work as potato’s farmers, use the land surrounding the temple. But since 2010 Dieng people have realized the importance of respecting the historical heritages. So, they change the land surrounding the temples to become more beautiful and make it as one of the mainstay tourism destinations of Banjarnegara regency.The change is also marked by the implementation of Dieng Culture Festival that promotes Arjuna temple as the main place forcutting dread ritual or known as wedus gembel. Starting in 2010 Arjuna temple complex is used to develop tourism destination which is managed by Banjarnegara Tourism Office and Tourism Awareness Group. Tourist will not find statues at Arjuna temple, but those statues are stored neatly in Kailasa Museum which is located across the temple’s complex. To maintain the temple is conducted by re-arranged the temples’ stones which collapsed due to the weather that sometimes reaches minus 11 Celsius. The low temperature is caused by the location of the temple which is on the slope of Mt. Perau and Sindoro. The cold air brings thick fog at the surrounding of the temple with visibility ony 10 footsteps. So, if you have a plan to visit Arjuna temple in August or September, please prepare yourself with winter’s equipment.
August
Sipinsur Geosite area is viewed to have character similar with Orchid Forest in Lembang, Bandung, West Java. So, this area is considered to be destination for millennial tourists. Sipinsur Geosite is included as the main tourism destination in Humbang Hasundutan regency. Covering around 2 hectares, the area is above 1,213 meters sea level. When entering to Sipinsur Geosite, we will be welcomed with fresh air of Humbang Hasundutan hills. The gateway of the park is so beautiful and it has path around 4 meters wide which is covered with the dense pine trees at both sides. The pine forest also functions as camping ground. In addition, there is also play ground for kids. In the Sipinsur Geosite, tourists will directly face with the second island on the middle of Toba Lake namely Sibandang island. The island can be accessed in 10 until 15 minutes from Muara port and takes 30 minutes by walking to go down the hills and twist path from Sipinsur Geosite. Sipinsur Geosite is easily accessed. It is only 18 kilometers from Sisingamangaja XII International airport, Silangit in Siborong-borong, North Tapanuli. Going by can take around 30 minutes. It is through hamlet and monuments of Batak Toba tombs, and swamps where we can see wallow buffalo and Lintong coffee plantation as long as Lintongnihuta region.
July
National Park of Mt. Palung is located in North Kayong and Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. The park has the most complete ecosystem in Indonesia. The mountain is 1,116 meters high. That’s why, this park is named National Park of Mt. Palung. The National Park of Mt. Palung is one of natural preservation locations which has high value of natural diversity and various types of ecosystem, such as mangrove forest, swamp forest, peat swamp, fresh water swamp forest, and tropical Pamah forest. The mountain is always covered with fog. Around 65 percent of its area is still primary forest which is not disturbed by human activities and has a lot of plants and wild animals. At the park, there are main tourism objects: Lubuk Baji, Batu Barat, Riam Berasap and Peramas hill. You can use sky or sea lines to access the National Park of Mt. Palung. If you use sky line, from Pontianak to Ketapang, the trip takes around one and a half hours. Then, it is continued to Sukadana or Melano bay by using car around 5 hours. Meanwhile, by sea line, from Pontianak directly to Melano bay, it takes around 9-10 hours. To enter to the park, foreign tourist will be charged Rp Rp 10,000 per person. Visitors who brings camera must pay extra charge Rp 2,500 per photograph and Rp 25,000 for video camera.
July
Traveling to Cilacap, Central Java, we enjoy various interesting tourism destinations. The most famous and interesting tourism destination is "Mandala Curug" located in Mandala Village, Jeruklegi sub-district. If you are satisfied by visiting various tourism destinations, please don't forget to taste a variety of Cilacap’s typical culinary. Cilacap has well-known enough typical food, namely Tempe Mendoan Cilacap, bean-curd, lotek (a type of Pecel), Berontak bean-curd and Brekecek culinary. Now, we are about to introduce you one of the Cilacap’s typical culinaries, namely Brekecek. People of Cilacap agree to say that their pride culinary made from sea fish is one of the major commodities of Cilacap, namely "Brekecek Pathak Jahan". According to the native people of Cilacap, the term Brekecek originates from the process of making the dish itself. The word Brek which means "dropped" and " kecek " which means "mixed", is a combination of words that refer to the technique of dropping / dropping fish into processed ingredients which have been mixed with water. Meanwhile, the term of Pathak which is in Javanese means ‘head’, refers to the head of a fish species which is the main ingredient of this dish. Making Brekecek Pathak Jahan is fairly easy. The basic ingredient of Dasar Pathak Jahan must be fresh fish so that the broth gotten is more delicious. While the soft spices used consist of onion, garlic, coriander, pepper, pecan, turmeric, ginger, curly red chili, and cayenne pepper. After it is ripe and fragrant, just add enough water to the stir-fry seasoning. When the water has boiled, enter the Patha fish. Besides, there are complementary herbs such as bay leaves, galangal, lemongrass, orange leaves, basil leaves, slices of young tomatoes, and tamarind or we can use the star-fruit, mixed into processed dishes along with sugar and salt.
July
South Garut has many tourism objects which are still untouched by tourist yet. One of tourism objects, which is currently often visited by local tourist, is BUKIT PILAR ANGIN which means hill of wind pillar. The hill is located behind Cikajar hill, Cikelet Garut district, West Java. BUKIT PILAR ANGIN takes around 3.5 hours by car with the distance 104 kilometers from center of Garut City. Along the trip, you will be presented with beautiful scenery of South Garut. The hill, which has a nick name "Sumbawa Van Garut, is appropriate for taking selfie. Green grass, which tend to turn yellow in dry season, becomes the place as background of photography which is dramatic and full of enchantment. You can find the exotic Savana surrounding the hill. The freshness of wind breeze of the mountain makes the place suitable as your holiday destination along with family. Such scenery is rarely found in Indonesia except in Sumbawa. That’s why, the place has a nick name "Sumbawa Van Garut". There is no star hotel service at BUKIT PILAR ANGIN complex. If you are bored with common holidays, probably BUKIT PILAR ANGIN can become your new adventure. Camping and enjoying the beauty of sunrise on the hill along with beloved family will become unforgettable experience. It is free of charge to enjoy the beauty of this scenery. If you drive your own car, you can park your car on the slope of the hill. So, make sure your holiday this time, you feel warm of sunlight from BUKIT PILAR ANGIN in Garut, West java province.