At Sunday, 7 October 2012, we took a journey to kalikuning.
We cross the cold and foggy morning to enjoy the beauty of this paradise.
In the past time, this place had a lot of trees. Then, a huge hot cloud burn it and kill all surrounding creature.
However, several months after that, this place become a magnificent place to visit.
Here are some of my capture
Parangtritis is the closest beach from Yogyakarta, hence, if you are in Yogyakarta and only have short time in vacation you can visit this beach. The way from Yoyakarta to Parangtritis is easy, you can just follow parangtritis road and you will find this beach. And here below are some of my pic, just enjoy it
These are some of our documentary photos when I and My brother (Aziz) took a journey to Mangunan, Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta. And believe it, we never realize that there is some place such this before. And we think Yogyakarta is very wonderful. Just enjoy it
Kali Opak means Opak river which is located in Berbah, Sleman, Yogyakarta. As the information, this river was made by lava which was frozen immediately while flowing in this area. Hence, It creates wonderfull patterns along the river. Here are the images of kali opak
In Indonesia, long weekend becomes a favorite moment for most people. It is time to spent a whole day with our family, friends, or partner, etc. And for me, it is time to exploring a new place, especially a tourism place. Hence, I have planned a travelling activity with my friends since a long time before long weekend
We started our trip at Thursday morning, we moved from Rumbai, Pekanbaru to Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat. Through the journey, we saw a lot of rice field, wide clean river, and limestone hill. In bukittinggi, we stayed at small motels and walked around to enjoy the beauty of this city. Here below are our capture regarding bukittingi:
We can see singgalang mountain clearly from limpapeh bridge as seen above, aspecially in the shiny morning.
Limpapeh bridge was viewed from bukittingi zoo.
Limpapeh bridge connects Kuantan zoo & culture park and benteng Fort De Kock. This is a suspension bridge, so we might be sway in the middle of bridge.
The most famous object in Bukittingi is Jam Gadang (Great Watch). It is located in the centre of city. As usual it would not be completed if we did not take any pic in the famous place, Here below are My friends photos with their style:
and this is me (I always pray to be a photogenic person):
From Bukittinggi, we moved to Danau Maninjau. It is a lake which sorrounded by hills, just like a bowl with water in the middle. The air is fresh and relaxing, the people are very welcome. However, we must pass a lot of winding roads before entering the lake. The winding road is called "kelok 44". By this road, we can enjoy an amazing panorama of maninjau such like these:
A view of Maninjau Lake from kelok 44
At the lake view
After enjoyed foods at maninjau resto, we moved to padang. In padang, we visited malinkundang beach (pantai air manis), adityawarman museum, and pariaman beach.
Sekaten is an annual event conducted in Jogjakarta (a city in Indonesia). It seems like night market which includes many entertainments, such as ghost house, circus, etc.
The origin word of Sekaten derives from several versions. Some say Sekaten comes from the word "Sekati" that is the name of two equipments of the sacred weapons of Kraton, in the form of gamelan which is known as Kanjeng Kyai Sekati used in the commemoration of Maulud Nabi Muhammad SAW. Others say that Sekaten comes from the word "suka" and "ati" (= like, pleasant) since the people are gathered in happiness during the evening market at Alun-alun Utara.
Another opinion says that Sekaten is obtained from "syahadataini", the most two famous sentences in Syahadat Islam, that is syahadat taukhid (Asyhadu alla ila-ha-ilallah) which means "I testify that there is no God but Allah" and syahadat rasul (Waasyhadu anna Muhammadarrosululloh) which means "I testify that Muhammad is God's prophet".
Text is adapt from http://gudeg.net/en/directory/72/345/Sekaten-Kraton-Ngayogyakarta-Hadiningrat.html
