post Indonesia natural resources here !! :D

eg:
beach
mountain
diving
paddy
forest
national parks

many more !!!

Do you mean to post photos? Or other info/articles?

Anyway, cool idea. I will try and get some of my indonesian landscape photos up soon. Probably my favourite photography subject.

There may be a only few countries in the world that are just as beautiful as Indonesia - but none is more beautiful. Treasure it.

Do you mean to post photos? Or other info/articles?

Anyway, cool idea. I will try and get some of my indonesian landscape photos up soon. Probably my favourite photography subject.

There may be a only few countries in the world that are just as beautiful as Indonesia - but none is more beautiful. Treasure it.

photos and some info :)

Did you all know that Indonesia has a lot of National Parks :

Sumatra & Kalimantan :
1. Leuser
2. Pulau Banyak Nature Reserve
3. Siberut National Park
4. Kerinci Seblat National Park
5. Way Kambas National Park
6. Tanjung Puting National Park

Java & Bali :

7. Ujung Kulong National Park
8. Krakatau
9. Pulau Dua Nature Reserve
10.Gunung Halimun National Park
11.Thousands Islands Marine National Park
12.Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park
13.Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
14.Meru Betiri National Park
15.Baluran National Park
16.Alas Purwo National Park
17.Bali Barat National Park

Sulawesi :

18.Bunaken Marine National Park
19.Tangkoko Dua Saudara Nature Reserve
20.Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park
21.Togian Islands
22.Lore Lindu
23.Wakatobi National Park

Maluku :

24. Halmahera
25.Manusela National Park
26.Banda Islands

Nusa Tenggara :

27.Gunung Rinjani National Park
28.Komodo National Park
29.Ruteng
30. Maumere

Irian Jaya :

31. Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve
32. Lorentz National Park
33. Wasur National Park.

Map Of Indonesia:
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Posted before by jag.lt.cmd

TN-BTS (Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park) area is awell known natural tourism objects and one of tourism destination places. Both for domestic and foreign tourists. Mount Bromo is one of five mounts located within Tengger mountains on its sand sea.
Atractiveness of this mount is bat to the date it is still active and easily visited /ascended. This mount bromo tourism objec has a natural atraction that atrac visitor because of this unique natural phenomena in from of of a crater on the crater covered by sand sea.

useful website:http://www.eastjava.com/books/bromo/html/tourism_objects.html

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Krakatau, Sunda Strait, Indonesia

Administratively Krakatau belongs to Lampung Province.
Krakatau located in Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatera Island, had been wellknown and recorded in the history since the 16th century.

At that times Sunda strait became a heavy business traffic line from Europe (Holland, England, etc) to East India (Indonesia).

In this modern century Sunda Strait plays more important role as business traffic line as well as the field of geological and maritim research.

useful website:
http://www.irfamedia.com/lampung/krakatau.htm

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Komodo Island

Komodo National Park is located in the center of the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. Established in 1980, initially the main purpose of the Park was to conserve the unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and its habitat. However, over the years, the goals for the Park have expanded to protecting its entire biodiversity, both terrestrial and marine. In 1986, the Park was declared a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, both indications of the Park's biological importance.

Official website:http://www.komodonationalpark.org/index.htm

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Official website of Indonesia Tourism & Cultural :
http://www.budpar.go.id/news.html

Other useful site:
http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/

http://www.tourismindonesia.com/

East Indonesia tourism website:
http://www.eastindonesia.com/

http://www.eastjava.com/

Official website of Bali
http://www.balitourismauthority.net/

others:
http://www.bali.com/

http://www.bali-paradise.com/

Jakarta Official website (Government):
http://jakarta.go.id/v21/home/default.asp?lg=2

Jakarta Official website (Tourist/Tourism):
http://www.jakarta-tourism.go.id/welcome.php

West Java Official Website:
http://www.westjava-indonesia.com/light/main_eco.php

Volcano Tours Indonesia
http://www.decadevolcano.net/volcanodiscovery/tours/indonesia_tours.htm

Bintan Island useful website:
http://www.bintan-resorts.com/

Indonesia website: (UNOFFICIAL)
http://www.indonesia.com/

GHNP (Gunung Halimun National Park) is the largest mountainous rain forest remained in West Java, the area does not only posses enchanting natural characteristics and unique social cultures, but the more interesting and valuable is that this area contains a high bio-diversity of plants and animals, regulating hydrological system, microclimate, and major water source, places for research and environmental education, places for recreation and nature tourism/ecotourism activities.

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Official website:
http://www.tnhalimun.go.id/visitor_info.htm
West Java Official website:
http://www.westjava-indonesia.com/light/main_eco.php

Lake Toba! (Sumatra Island)

Lying right in the middle of the province, jewel-like Danau Toba is Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, and (at 525m) possibly the world's deepest too. It was formed about eighty thousand years ago by a colossal volcanic eruption: the caldera which was created eventually buckled under the pressure and collapsed in on itself, the high-sided basin that remained filling with water to form the lake. A second, smaller volcanic eruption, 50,000 years after the first, created an island the size of Singapore in the middle of the lake

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useful website:http://www.travelingo.org/asia/indonesia/sumatra/danau-toba/

wow! beautiful!...i love it!! this thread is cool

Diving in the Bunaken National Marine Park

The Bunaken National Marine Park lies in the Bay of Manado in the north of Sulawesi. It encompasses five islands (Bunaken, Siladen, Manado Tua, Montehage, Nain) where you do mostly steep wall diving. I have dived around the islands in Manado Bay numerous times, first in 1994 and I always love to come back here. Here you have a good chance to see pelagics like sharks, mackerels and tunas as well as marine turtles. The walls are very nicely covered with corals and have small caves and overhangs.

The Bunaken National Marine Park lies about 30 minutes by boat from Manado. Bunaken island is the centerpiece of the national park but there is good diving also at Manado Tua (the volcanic island), Siladen, Montehage and Nain. There are accommodations on Bunaken and Siladen as well as several dive operators. You can snorkel at many places around the island or just enjoy the nice beach.

The dive sites at the mainland around Manado are also well worth a visit, lots of unusual critters to be found, and from Bunaken it is easy to go to the Bangka islands in the north for a day trip. I also recommend a visit to Lembeh Strait to the east or a liveaboard trip to the Siau islands.

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RESORT IN MANADO (TASIK RIA)
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thanks XxRyoChanxX ! :)

finally someone help me :D!!

Gunung Bintan
BINTAN ISLAND

Discover Bintan’s rainforest and see the fantastic views from the 340 metre high summit of Gunung Bintan. During this 5 hours trek through Bintan's rainforest, you can see giant trees over 40-metre tall, home to rare animals such as silver leaf monkeys, sun birds, eagles and kites to name a few. During the trek you can learn about the practical uses of many plants and discover the local legend of “the princess pool”. Finally you can cool down with a shower under the waterfall, where the locals say it’s lucky.

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Usefull website:http://www.bintan-resorts.com/

The Mentawai Islands are considered to be surfing's ultimate travel destination. There isn't another place in the world where you have a realistic possibility of surfing the best waves of your life on any given day. When all the conditions come together, perfect location, perfect swell, perfect tide, perfect crew you've found what every surfer waits for their whole life; in the Mentawai Islands it can almost happen anywhere at anytime.

Useful website:http://www.wavepark.com/pages/surf_camp_indonesia.htm

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Picturesque scenery.... It's a shame that as an Indonesian, I have never heard of Mentawai's beauty before. Shall be there some time... :)

Picturesque scenery.... It's a shame that as an Indonesian, I have never heard of Mentawai's beauty before. Shall be there some time... :)

not u mee too :D

is not that we don't know only the country did not promote enough for tourist !

manado is very beautiful.. the waters.. the corals.. very very beautiful...
I have yet to go to Mentawai..
at the end of the year.. me and my mate are going to Indonesia and surf for 2 months around Indo.. and we're definitely goin to Mentawai..

no prob encon-
- yeah Bunaken it's pretty...the corals are awesome-
hmm never heard of Mentawai...
seems like it's underrated..(it shouldn't be tho') because according to that article "it's surfing's ultimate destination"

WAH, no wonder indonesia is such a nation of contrast and the views are superb, volcanoes, freshwater lakes, the beaches...those pictures of indonesian scenery are just stunning...

more coming up

not u mee too :D

is not that we don't know only the country did not promote enough for tourist !

that gonna be three with me
:D:D

LAKE TOBA

Lake Toba is a large lake, 100km long and 30km wide, in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

In 1949 the Dutch geologist Rein van Bemmelen reported that Lake Toba was surrounded by a layer of ignimbrite rocks, and was a large volcanic caldera. Later researchers found rhyolite ash similar to that in the ignimbrite around Toba in Malaysia and India, 3000km away. Oceanographers discovered Toba ash on the floor of the eastern Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.

The Toba eruption is dated at 73,000 ± 4000 years ago. It had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, making it the most recent eruption of a "supervolcano". Bill Rose and Craig Chesner of Michigan Technological University deduced that the total amount of erupted material was about 2800km3; around 2000km3 of ignimbrite that flowed over the ground and around 800km3 that fell as ash, with the wind blowing most of it to the west. Such a huge eruption probably lasted nearly two weeks. Very few plants or animals in Indonesia would have survived, and it is possible that the eruption caused a planet-wide die-off. There is some evidence, based on mitochondrial DNA, that the human race was reduced to only a few thousand individuals by the Toba eruption (see Toba catastrophe theory).

A large area collapsed after the ejection of that amount of subsurface material, forming a caldera, which filled with water creating Lake Toba. Later, the floor of the caldera uplifted to form Samosir, a large island in the lake. Such uplifts are common in very large calderas, apparently due to the upward pressure of unerupted magma. Toba is probably the largest resurgent caldera on Earth.

There have been no historic eruptions at Toba, but large earthquakes have occurred, the most recent in 1987 along the southern shore of the lake. The underwater fault off the west coast of Sumatra has had several major earthquakes since 1995, including the ~9.0 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and the 8.7 2005 Sumatran earthquake.

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Jayawijaya Mountains
The Jayawijaya Mountain range lies in the middle of Irian Jaya, in the Jayawijiya regency. The highest peaks are Trikora, Jaya, Yamin and Mandala. The tribes of the Dani, Yali, Ndunga and Ngalum live in this region.

The Jaya Peak, at 5,500 meters, is the highest in Irian Jaya, and is always covered with snow. It takes between 10 and 20 days to reach this peak. The Castensz Pyramid is the montain's sheer northern wall. Below is the steep New Zealand Pass, the most dangerous and most feared by climbers.

Close to the top of this mountain range, is Orange Valley, at a height of 4,150 meters. There is a small lake with clear water, and three others with orange- coloured water. There is also an open plain which can be used as a camping ground.

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WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK
Way Kambas is one of Indonesia's smallest National Parks and comprises of an area of only 130,000 hectares. It is of great concern conservationally being one of the last remaining lowland rainforests in Sumatra and one of the few places where the endangered white-winged wood duck breeds. Elsewhere in Sumatra approximately 80% of the original rainforests have been logged and converted to grassland; this is something they can never recover from.

Sixty percent of Way Kambas was severely burnt during the 1997 El Nino droughts. Before this time about 36 adult tigers were in the locality and there were grave concerns at how they survived. Between Way Kambas and any other suitable tiger habitat is 100 miles of hostile land, so it is unlikely many tigers could have successfully left. Early research, after the fires, showed a population of about 20 tigers, but this has risen and the current population is thought to be 35-37.

Quite intensive tiger studies have been carried out at Way Kambas National Park and one surprise is that tiger numbers are actually higher than expected. The diet of these tigers also contains more monkeys than has been noted elsewhere. Ongoing work includes a plan to better identify individuals from camera trap images by using facial characteristics and stripes.

Way Kambas has a great many problems to deal with. It's very close to quite major urban areas and around the park borders are high human populations. There is a great deal of conflict between tigers and humans, a situation which is likely to result in the death of the cats unless the problem can be addressed. Much of forest has been severely damaged by the human population, while little information has been gathered about the wildlife; most of what is known is still in the 'educated guesswork' category.

This park is best-known for its 300 plus population of wild Sumatran elephants and was, in fact, created to preserve this animal. These are often dangerous and represent yet another major problem. After becoming displaced by human encroachment, and the conversion of their habitat for agricultural use, the elephants persistantly returned to trample crops and attack homes. Unsurprisingly, this caused a great deal of animosity from the villagers who pointed out they could not legally defend themselves against a protected species.

In the mid-1980s an elephant training programme was initiated in an attempt to provide some solution. This involved capturing surplus elephants and training them. Some are now provided to zoos and circuses, whereas other patrol to keep wild elephants away from human populations. Another group are used to provide tourism safari rides. There were plans to use trained elephants as replacements for logging machinery, but there is no sign this idea will develop further than a suggestion.

Despite its small size Way Kambas contains most of Sumatra’s wildlife, including rhino, sunbear, long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques, siamangs, agile gibbons, wild pigs, squirrels, clouded leopards, porcupines, monitor lizards, tapir, and over 300 species of bird, a number of these being endangered species.

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BUNAKEN

Dive Manado and Bunaken − a Tropical Paradise in Indonesia

Living Colours Dive Resort on Bunaken Island, Manado, North Sulawesi, is a small idyllic resort with a professional dive centre. We are based on Bunaken Island, in the heart of the world famous Bunaken National Marine Park. Our beach front dive centre with high quality dive equipment is run by European PADI Instructors and experienced local Divemasters. The nine wooden bungalows are situated on a small hill, only 50 steps from the beach, and have great sea views.

Diving - Our full service dive centre and professional, friendly crew offer boat diving in the magnificent walls of Bunaken National Marine Park and critter filled slopes in Manado Bay. Our environmentally conscious dive team will show you the best of Bunaken on long relaxed dives. All dives are boat dives in small groups guided by experienced local Divemasters.

PADI suba diving courses - The PADI dive courses from beginner to divemaster level are done in small groups with European PADI Instructors. All course dives take place in natural coral reef environment in the marine park. You can enjoy the tropical marine life starting from your very first shallow water diving experience.

Dive Sites - The coral reefs and the open ocean are bursting with life. Bunaken lies in the epicentre of the world’s marine biodiversity, and thus supports an amazing variety of marine animals. Here you can find over 1000 reef fish species and 70 genera of corals in more than 40 world famous dive sites. Bunaken and Manado Bay is a favourite place among underwater photographers from all over the world because of the superb opportunities for both macro and wide-angle photography. The reefs are unspoiled with pristine soft and hard corals, rich fish life and interesting little critters that expertly camouflage themselves to blend with the surroundings.

At the ocean surface dolphins and pilot whales are frequently seen, and you might occasionally be surprised with sights of migrating humpbacked, killer, sperm or minke whales. Dugongs, or sea cows, are regularly spotted grazing in the reef shallows just in front of Living Colours Dive Resort.

Accomodation - Our comfortable private bungalows with sea views are equipped with double or twin beds, mosquito nets, fan and attached western bathroom with running water. We have 24 hours electricity, and wireless internet connection is available for all guests. The open air restaurant with its well-appointed kitchen and excellent cooks serves Indonesian and western dishes. The beach bar with its good sound system and musical bartenders offers a variety of cold drinks and good tunes as well as hammocks right in front. The perfect place to hang out in the evening!

Last but not least the fun-loving crew and friendly atmosphere at the resort is something that will make your stay on Bunaken even more special.

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great pics Blue btw next time maybe u can post those mountain pics into here :D

The National Parks and Other Wild Places of Indonesia
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=125131&page=1&pp=20

if u want to post here u can give some info ;)

cos here i wanted to make like Info and pics while ^^ is mainly for pics :D

sorry to trouble u :D

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Scientists hail discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea

By Terry Kirby, Chief Reporter
The Independent
Published: 07 February 2006

An astonishing mist-shrouded "lost world" of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea has been uncovered by an international team of scientists.

Among the new species of birds, frogs, butterflies and palms discovered in the expedition through this pristine environment, untouched by man, was the spectacular Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise. The scientists are the first outsiders to see it. They could only reach the remote mountainous area by helicopter, which they described it as akin to finding a "Garden of Eden".

In a jungle camp site, surrounded by giant flowers and unknown plants, the researchers watched rare bowerbirds perform elaborate courtship rituals. The surrounding forest was full of strange mammals, such as tree kangaroos and spiny anteaters, which appeared totally unafraid, suggesting no previous contact with humans.

Bruce Beehler, of the American group Conservation International, who led the month-long expedition last November and December, said: "It is as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth. We found dozens, if not hundreds, of new species in what is probably the most pristine ecosystem in the whole Asian-Pacific region. There were so many new things it was almost overwhelming. And we have only scratched the surface of what is there." The scientists hope to return this year.

The area, about 300,000 hectares, lies on the upper slopes of the Foja Mountains, in the easternmost and least explored province of western New Guinea, which is part of Indonesia. The discoveries by the team from Conservation International and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences will enhance the island's reputation as one of the most biodiverse on earth. The mountainous terrain has caused hundreds of distinct species to evolve, often specific to small areas.

The Foja Mountains, which reach heights of 2,200 metres, have not been colonised by local tribes, which live closer to sea level. Game is abundant close to villages, so there is little incentive for hunters to penetrate up the slopes. A further 750,000 hectares of ancient forest is also only lightly visited.

One previous scientific trip has been made to the uplands - the evolutionary biologist and ornithologist Professor Jared Diamond visited 25 years ago - but last year's mission was the first full scientific expedition.

The first discovery made by the team, within hours of arrival, was of a bizarre, red-faced, wattled honeyeater that proved to be the first new species of bird discovered in New Guinea - which has a higher number of bird species for its size than anywhere else in the world - since 1939. The scientists also found the rare golden-fronted bowerbird, first identified from skins in 1825. Although Professor Diamond located their homeland in 1981, the expedition was able to photograph the bird in its metre-high "maypole" dance grounds, which the birds construct to attract mates. Male bowerbirds, believed to be the most highly evolved of all birds, build large and extravagant nests to attract females.

The most remarkable find was of a creature called Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise, named after the six spines on the top of its head, and thought "lost" to science. It had been previously identified only from the feathers of dead birds.

Dr Beehler, an expert on birds of paradise, which only live in northern Australia and New Guinea, said: "It was very exciting, when two of these birds, a male and a female, which no one has seen alive before ... came into the camp and the male displayed its plumage to the female in full view of the scientists."

Scientists also found more than 20 new species of frogs, four new butterflies, five new species of palm and many other plants yet to be classified, including what may be the world's largest rhododendron flower. Botanists on the team said many plants were completely unlike anything they had encountered before.

Tree kangaroos, which are endangered elsewhere in New Guinea, were numerous and the team found one species entirely new to the island. The golden-mantled tree kangaroo is considered the most beautiful but also the rarest of the jungle-dwelling marsupials. There were also other marsupials, such as wallabies and mammals that have been hunted almost to extinction elsewhere. And a rare spiny anteater, the long beaked echidna, about which little is known, allowed itself to be picked up by hand. Dr Beehler said: "What was amazing was the lack of wariness of all the animals. In the wild, all species tend to be shy of humans, but that is learnt behaviour because they have encountered mankind. In Foja they did not appear to mind our presence at all.

"This is a place with no roads or trails and never, so far as we know, visited by man ... This proves there are still places to be discovered that man has not touched."

Inhabitants of New Guinea

Birds

The scientists discovered a new species - the red faced, wattled honeyeater - and found the breeding grounds of two birds of almost mythical status - the golden- fronted bowerbird and Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise, long believed to have disappeared as a separate species. The expedition also came across exotic giant-crowned pigeons and giant cassowaries - a huge flightless bird - which are among more than 225 species which breed in the area, including 13 species of birds of paradise. One scientist said that the dawn chorus was the most fantastic he had ever heard.

Mammals

Forty species of mammals were recorded. Six species of tree kangeroos, rare elsewhere in New Guinea, were abundant and the scientists also found a species which is new to Indonesia, the golden-mantled tree kangeroo. The rare and almost unknown long-beaked echidna, or spiny anteater, a member of a primitive group of egg-laying mammals called monotremes, was also encountered. Like all the mammals found in the area, it was completely unafraid of humans and could be easily picked up, suggesting its previous contact with man was negligible.

Plants

A total area of about one million hectares of pristine, ancient, tropical, humid forest containing at least 550 plants species, many previously unknown and including five new species of palms. One of the most spectacular discoveries was a so far unidentified species of rhododendron, which has a white scented flower almost six inches across, equalling the largest recorded rhododendron flower.

Butterflies

Entomologists among the scientists identified more than 150 different species of butterfly, including four completely new species and several new sub-species, some of which are related to the common English "cabbage white" butterfly. Other butterflies observed included the rare giant birdwing, which is the world's largest butterfly, with a wingspan that stretches up to seven inches.

Frogs

The Foja is one of the richest sites for frogs in the entire Asia-Pacific region, and the team identified 60 separate species, including 20 previously unknown to science, one of which is only 14mm big. Among their discoveries were healthy populations of the rare and little-known lace-eyed frog and a new population of another frog, the Xenorhina arboricola, which had previously only been known to exist in Papua New Guinea.[/

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The honeyeater
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Nice thread!

Selo

Selo is a village situated in the saddle between two mountains Merapi and Merbabu. Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia and can be viewed nicely at northern side from Selo. There are two routes to reach Selo by car: Ketep Pass (via Magelang or Kopeng) and Boyolali. I have posted pics of Ketep Pass in other thread: Indonesian Tourism Board under subforum Warteg (click here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15902331)). My GPS indicated that the altitude of Selo is 1500 msl and the temperature was 14 degrees Celsius at 5 o'clock in the morning. There is the best and only hotel in Selo is Selo Pass Hotel (I think) and I stayed there.

1. Northern side of Merapi, taken from my room at Selo Pass Hotel
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/fd311b3b.jpg

2. View from Selo Pass Hotel
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3. The peak of Merapi 2923 meters
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4. The slope of Merapi
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5. New Selo, a 300 meters higher place than village of Selo to view Merbabu
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/90ee71db.jpg

6. Merbabu 3150 meters, taller than Merapi, viewed from New Selo
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/f6cbf874.jpg

7. Southern side of Merbabu
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/93ce80fa.jpg

8. Road to reach New Selo at 1800 msl. Can you spot "New Selo" sign here?
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/f8b20613.jpg

9. Can you read "New Selo" sign here?
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/df0f2d15.jpg

10. and at further distance here?
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/71fe90af.jpg

11. Road to return to village of Selo
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z116/bozhart/d859acc4.jpg

^^ cool :applause: :applause:!!

uwahh...superb om ! ThanX ya ! :okay: :applause:

^^ OMG ,, I wish I were a frequent travellers like u :D

LAKE TOBA

Lake Toba is a large lake, 100km long and 30km wide, in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

In 1949 the Dutch geologist Rein van Bemmelen reported that Lake Toba was surrounded by a layer of ignimbrite rocks, and was a large volcanic caldera. Later researchers found rhyolite ash similar to that in the ignimbrite around Toba in Malaysia and India, 3000km away. Oceanographers discovered Toba ash on the floor of the eastern Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.

The Toba eruption is dated at 73,000 ± 4000 years ago. It had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, making it the most recent eruption of a "supervolcano". Bill Rose and Craig Chesner of Michigan Technological University deduced that the total amount of erupted material was about 2800km3; around 2000km3 of ignimbrite that flowed over the ground and around 800km3 that fell as ash, with the wind blowing most of it to the west. Such a huge eruption probably lasted nearly two weeks. Very few plants or animals in Indonesia would have survived, and it is possible that the eruption caused a planet-wide die-off. There is some evidence, based on mitochondrial DNA, that the human race was reduced to only a few thousand individuals by the Toba eruption (see Toba catastrophe theory).

A large area collapsed after the ejection of that amount of subsurface material, forming a caldera, which filled with water creating Lake Toba. Later, the floor of the caldera uplifted to form Samosir, a large island in the lake. Such uplifts are common in very large calderas, apparently due to the upward pressure of unerupted magma. Toba is probably the largest resurgent caldera on Earth.

There have been no historic eruptions at Toba, but large earthquakes have occurred, the most recent in 1987 along the southern shore of the lake. The underwater fault off the west coast of Sumatra has had several major earthquakes since 1995, including the ~9.0 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and the 8.7 2005 Sumatran earthquake.

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Waaaahh... begitu indah sekali Danau Toba !! :drool: :drool:

As for me I have two places in particular that I desperately wanna visit in Indonesia -- Banda Acheh and Pekanbaru. Yep. both in Sumatra :D I came across many pics in flickr depicting fantastic diving spots in Acheh Province.
Plus the nice food there.

Pekanbaru sounds soo interesting as it is right in the middle of Sumatran jungle-- and there are many hidden Indonesian cultural treasures right there.

If I visit Indonesia.... diharap forumer SSC Indonesia sekalian boleh menjemput saya ya :D

^^ PEkanbaru is not exactly in the middle of SUmatran Jungle ...

Just spend some time on GOOGLE EARTH, actully Pekanbaru is in the middle of CPO plantation :p ... And OIL EXPLORATION area :p

Waaaahh... begitu indah sekali Danau Toba !! :drool: :drool:

As for me I have two places in particular that I desperately wanna visit in Indonesia -- Banda Acheh and Pekanbaru. Yep. both in Sumatra :D I came across many pics in flickr depicting fantastic diving spots in Acheh Province.
Plus the nice food there.

Pekanbaru sounds soo interesting as it is right in the middle of Sumatran jungle-- and there are many hidden Indonesian cultural treasures right there.

If I visit Indonesia.... diharap forumer SSC Indonesia sekalian boleh menjemput saya ya :D

Terima kasih! Ya Danau Toba memang cantik :D:D

Pekanbaru sounds interesting, yeah. tetapi kota Pekanbaru lebih ke kota bisnis dibanding kota wisata :)

Haha.. semoga dapat dijemput :D:D

Pekanbaru sounds interesting, yeah. tetapi kota Pekanbaru lebih ke kota bisnis dibanding kota wisata :)

Yah that's right .... Pekanbaru is the most sparkling business city in Central Sumatra region :D ... Also known as the city of investment ...:p~ ....

But also, ...After do some shopping and enjoying some RIAU MALAY ART EXHIBITION in Pekanbaru, u can spend VERY GOD-DAMN NICE ROAD trip to West Sumatra (BUKIT TINGGI, pal :okay: ) .... I recommend u , if u want to have a trip to Bukit Tinggi, start the journey from Pekanbaru, NICER VIEW :okay:

If u prefer not to travel BUKIT TINGGI .... just travel in some national park in RIAU (yeah, we do have some national park in RIAU such as BUKIT TIGA PULUH NATIONAL PARK or TESSO NILO NATIONAL PARK, just GOOGLE it :D) ... Or, visiting the well PRESERVED, SIAK SRI INDRAPURA CASTLE ..... or, u can ride an Elephan and ELEPHANT CONSERVATION CENTRE in Sebanga, Minas .... Hahahaha, yet none of them are in Pekanbaru :D ... The choice is yours :D .. I've never been to those national parks and ELEPHANT CONSERVATION centre :p btw .... but, I have been to SIAK SRI INDRAPURA CASTLE once :D ...

SOrry, No AIRASIA in Pekanbaru :p ..... U shud take a flight with small sized aircraft from MALAKA ... or medium-sized aircraft GARUDA INDONESIA flight from SINGAPORE :D .. or, make a long-round flight trip from JAKARTA .... ALso can be reached with KL-Medan-Pekanbaru flight :D ... (transfer flight)

Choose your convenient way ....

Or, spend 6 hours on JETTY, to reach Pekanbaru via very LONG AND WIDE RIVER called SIAK RIVER ... from MALAKA, MALAYSIA :D ..



Haha.. semoga dapat dijemput :D:D

Bahasa MAlaysia JEMPUT dengan Bahasa Indonesia JEMPUT punya makna yang berbeda loh paw :tongue2:

Terima kasih! Ya Danau Toba memang cantik :D:D

Pekanbaru sounds interesting, yeah. tetapi kota Pekanbaru lebih ke kota bisnis dibanding kota wisata :)

Haha.. semoga dapat dijemput :D:D

Jangan sirik tahu depan gue kesana bawa camera baru lagi serta handycam:banana:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/images/060207_lost_world.jpg

cute..
nice thread..
@ oom bozhart Selo se-gersang pic itu kah?

^^ di dekat puncak Merapi ya gersang sebab dilanda awan panas 600 derajat Celsius (pyroclastic flow) waktu terjadi erupsi pd tahun 2006 lalu. Desa Selo, lereng gunung dan sekitarnya nggak gersang.

Bahasa MAlaysia JEMPUT dengan Bahasa Indonesia JEMPUT punya makna yang berbeda loh paw :tongue2:

Eh, Jemput dalam bahasa Malaysia artinya ap ??...

Eh, Jemput dalam bahasa Malaysia artinya ap ??...

Jemput dalam bahasa Malaysia artinya "dipersilahkan" atau "mohon dipersilahkan" :p~ ...

Saya Jemput awak datang bilik saya ... (maksudnya silahkan datang ke kamar saya ... artinya sama sekali bukan Aku jemput di kamar kamu trus kita jalannya bareng2 ... )

Artinya berbeda sekali :p~

Wow thankss for the info Ilham_rj, yeah it's pretty sad that Air Asiaa axed its flights to Pekanbaru, but hey I didn't know that it's also easy to reach Danau Toba from Pekanabru, as most of my aunties and uncles and frens who visited Toba reached there through Padang ( even Medan ). BTW Jemput dalam Bahasa Indonesia apa ye ? :D

^^ Yeah, Pekanbaru also got direct flight to Medan ..... Pekanabru - Medan ROad trip is quite adventurous and tiring,, because the road condition may not be good in certain season :D ..............
AIR ASIA cut-off Pekanbaru-KL route due to its policy to change all of its fleet to A320 ... Pekanbaru airport's runway is not wide enough to be landed by A320 :D

Jemput dalam bahasa Indonesia means "to ACCOMPANY" ...

Yah that's right .... Pekanbaru is the most sparkling business city in Central Sumatra region :D ... Also known as the city of investment ...:p~ ....

But also, ...After do some shopping and enjoying some RIAU MALAY ART EXHIBITION in Pekanbaru, u can spend VERY GOD-DAMN NICE ROAD trip to West Sumatra (BUKIT TINGGI, pal :okay: ) .... I recommend u , if u want to have a trip to Bukit Tinggi, start the journey from Pekanbaru, NICER VIEW :okay:

If u prefer not to travel BUKIT TINGGI .... just travel in some national park in RIAU (yeah, we do have some national park in RIAU such as BUKIT TIGA PULUH NATIONAL PARK or TESSO NILO NATIONAL PARK, just GOOGLE it :D) ... Or, visiting the well PRESERVED, SIAK SRI INDRAPURA CASTLE ..... or, u can ride an Elephan and ELEPHANT CONSERVATION CENTRE in Sebanga, Minas .... Hahahaha, yet none of them are in Pekanbaru :D ... The choice is yours :D .. I've never been to those national parks and ELEPHANT CONSERVATION centre :p btw .... but, I have been to SIAK SRI INDRAPURA CASTLE once :D ...

SOrry, No AIRASIA in Pekanbaru :p ..... U shud take a flight with small sized aircraft from MALAKA ... or medium-sized aircraft GARUDA INDONESIA flight from SINGAPORE :D .. or, make a long-round flight trip from JAKARTA .... ALso can be reached with KL-Medan-Pekanbaru flight :D ... (transfer flight)

Choose your convenient way ....

Or, spend 6 hours on JETTY, to reach Pekanbaru via very LONG AND WIDE RIVER called SIAK RIVER ... from MALAKA, MALAYSIA :D ..




Bahasa MAlaysia JEMPUT dengan Bahasa Indonesia JEMPUT punya makna yang berbeda loh paw :tongue2:

oh iya! haha makasih ilham! :D:D

Jangan sirik tahu depan gue kesana bawa camera baru lagi serta handycam:banana:

siapa yang iri :nuts:

Karang Bolong, Central Java
by Donald Jeremy O'Hare

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/235/11000652vp9.jpg

wooooow looks like Chocolate hills! guess we have lots of SEA stuff after all...

we need to be the Substitute of SEA :(

Karang Bolong, Central Java
by Donald Jeremy O'Hare

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/235/11000652vp9.jpg
OOT


coincidence ? :lol:

my cousin's birthday cake
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3990/76319730lw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

lol
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/235/11000652vp9.jpg
kayak kue tiramisu ya?

OOT


coincidence ? :lol:

my cousin's birthday cake
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3990/76319730lw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Mirip banGed !! :hilarious we can called it ' Tiramisu Hill ' :D

Indonesia is really unbelieveable! ;)

^^ indeed :D!!

Karang Bolong, Central Java
by Donald Jeremy O'Hare

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/235/11000652vp9.jpg

can you give more Info on where it is (maybe with Google Earth too) bingung.. Search in Google and it says its in West Java...:nuts: wann put in Indonesia Secret Heaven Thread

^^ The location is -7.683833°, 109.440343° or about 48 kms east of Cilacap.
The image on GoogleEarth:
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3879/karangbolongci8.jpg

^^ Yeah, Pekanbaru also got direct flight to Medan ..... Pekanabru - Medan ROad trip is quite adventurous and tiring,, because the road condition may not be good in certain season :D ..............
AIR ASIA cut-off Pekanbaru-KL route due to its policy to change all of its fleet to A320 ... Pekanbaru airport's runway is not wide enough to be landed by A320 :D

Jemput dalam bahasa Indonesia means "to ACCOMPANY" ...

Well I was also thinking of going to Danau Toba via Padang/Bukit Tinggi. What ever the road condition I will endure it because I am used to whatever the outcome!

Jemput in Malay can also be to accompany! Pergi jemput adek kau pulang dari Madrasah atau Masjid!

:nuts:

Pangalengan, West Java INDONESIA
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/201/9/d/Morning_Mist_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/201/1/2/Morning_Reflection_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

Situ Patenggang, Ciwidey, West Java INDONESIA

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/160/f/4/serenity_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

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Ranca Bali, Ciwidey, West Java INDONESIA

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/147/a/4/Green_View_2_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/143/0/f/The_Great_Green_View_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/143/c/f/Lonely_Camp___In_Landscape_by_zaka_hayank.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee186/zhongliang_19/indo_skyscrapers/28b.jpg

Coban Pelangi

Located in Malang, on the foot of Mount Semeru. It's not as well known as Coban Rondo in Pujon, Malang. But this waterfall is absolutely very nice one.

^^ similiar to Grojogan Sewu isn't it ?

^^ namanya beda mas, hahaha j/k

according to the locations, (sama2 'terpencil'nya maksudnya) we can say that both waterfalls are quite similar... but anyway it seems to me that Grojogan Sewu in Solo is more popular than Malang's Coban Pelangi :)

He - eh ... i knoe i knoe...that's why i tot this one was Grojogan Sewu...heheheh :D

OMG watch this

Wayag, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia

UsebXJVXpFk

:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsebXJVXpFk

Damn!! thats more awesome than the one in vietnam !!

^^ namanya beda mas, hahaha j/k

according to the locations, (sama2 'terpencil'nya maksudnya) we can say that both waterfalls are quite similar... but anyway it seems to me that Grojogan Sewu in Solo is more popular than Malang's Coban Pelangi :)

Grojogan Sewu tepatnya bukan di Kota Solo, tapi di Tawang Mangu, Karang Anyar, di kaki gunung Lawu, perbatasan Jateng-Jatim...

Grojogan Sewu tepatnya bukan di Kota Solo, tapi di Tawang Mangu, Karang Anyar, di kaki gunung Lawu, perbatasan Jateng-Jatim...

Dkt solo jg kn.......?:rofl: