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Borobudur, World’s Largest Buddhist Temple
[18 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | 117 views]

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the 9th century measuring 123 x 123 meters. Borobudur was completed centuries before Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
The name means “temple in the hills“, which comes from the word “bara“(temple or monastery) and “beduhur” (hills or high ground) in Sanskrit. Therefore, in accordance with …

Alas Purwo National Park, Banyuwangi
[30 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | 351 views]

Alas Purwo National Park is one representative of lowland rain forest ecosystem in Java, Indonesia.

There are unique and endemic plants in this national park like kecik sapodilla (Manilkara kauki) and bamboo manggong (Gigantochloa manggong). Other plants are ketapan (Terminalia cattapa), nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum), kepuh (Sterculia foetida), keben (Barringtonia asiatica), …

Dieng Plateau, A Zamana
[18 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | 73 views]

Dieng is a plateau located on Wonosobo and Banjarnegara. It’s famous not only because the natural charm on 2000 meters above sea leve, but also because historic temples and places that for some people are considered sacred.

The weather at 02.30 o’clock in the morning it was still too cold. …

Balekambang, The Beach With 3 Islands
[8 Dec 2009 | Comments Off | 245 views]

If you happened to be in Malang city either for business purposes or other purposes, It never hurts to take a moment of your spare time to visit Balekambang beach in the southern of the city.
The white sand and coral buffeted by the waves is the main attraction of …

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