If your current position is in Surabaya and you want to go to Malang, ensure that you are ready to prepare your self as it will pass super bored situation. It is when You passed Porong Sidoarjo road which always crowded by many vehicle on it.

But after you pass this route you can enjoy your trip to your destination like in Malang or the other town. When you arrive in Pasuruan, in Surabaya-Malang you will find a place which has so complete place for getting entertainment. On the gate you will find KFC where you can have lunch there. This place is visited by many people everyday.

On the cross of this place there are place where you can get both recreation and also daily need, this is supermarket and range of shops. May be it will be shopping center in Malang and the other town as it has strategies place. Located on the west of main road.

If you want to more entertained you can go to the top of your current position. About three km you willl find golf field and also find swimminng pool. On the road to go there you can enjoy the beauty of scenery.

It also visited by many people, more over it when it Sunaday. So why you don’t stop for a while and take lunch there?

One more diving place that will make diver falling in love with the beauty of under water, Raja Ampat island. This island is located in Papua 50 mil from  Jeftman Sorong harbour. You can reach this island by using speedboat and it takes 2 hours.

This place was found by Holland people in 1990, Max Ammer. He built PT Papua Diving as that administer of this place. You can ask to this PT Papua Diving to pick you from Jeftman Sorong Harbour if you pay 200 Eoru. Or you can go there by rent speed boat with Rp 2 million.

there are two place in this island which can be used for diving place. They are Kri Eco resort and Sorido gulf resort. Traditional building can be found in Kri Eco. These building were made from wood and bamboo. These building look suit with the environment.

To spent night in this plant, tourist can use one of six buildings that available. In every building has four bedrooms for each room. And you will sleep well there. When you open your eyes after sleep for a night the first beauty that will you is bird warble.

For your breakfast you can get java food. It is hear odd, as it is far a way from Java island but you can find Tempe Bacem( food made from peanut and it eat with chili dough).

After you have breakfast you can start to get experience in this island by diving. You will find thousand of water plant and animal inside the water. This is predicted as the first place in the world that has most animal and water plant in it’s water.

You can visit one object that also offers you the beauty, Kri Eko Bridge. There are many colorful fishes aroud sea roch under the bridge. This place also can be used for snorkeling.

This touris object is is located on north seashore of jepara, Indonesia. in this place what you can see is Menjangan Besar Island, Gemara Besar Island and Merica Island which all of them offer you beauty inside water. Make sure you have prepare Swimming equipments or diving equipment befor you start to take journey to Karimunjawa.

When you have arrived in this tourism place you will decide to stay and stay in this island as you can enjoy difference atmosphere which will not you get from the other place. Calm, fresh air, blue sky have force tourists to come and come to this place again.

But to reach this place is not easy as you have to ready at all, your physic, money and time. If you are tourist from Jakarta or east java you have to visit Jepara first. Then you will spent 7 hours to Karimunjawa.The other route that also can be your way to reach tourism object is by passing Tanjung Mas  Semarang. Then you just need 3 hours to reacg Karimunjawa. Of course it is more expensive than first route.

The other challenge will face tourist as we just can go to Karimunjawa twice in a vweek. So you have to come o jepara on time in order to reach ship.

Reog Poinorogo is an dance art that still exist today and it became a debated topic some months ago. It claimed by Indonesia neighbor, Malaysia as the it’s creation, meanwhile it has been known that it originally art from indonesia.

Reog Ponorogo is a creation of Ponorogo people. You can see in portal of Ponorogo town there are two statues, Warok and Gemblak that become icon of reog Ponorogo.  It has become an object that can invite tourist attention. As in reog show there are some attraction that folowed by all of dancer.

This traditional dance was created by Ki Ageng Kutu, a Politician in Majapahit Kingdom period. It used by Ki Ageng Kutu to give illusion for Majapahit King, Bra Kertabumi. Bra kertabumi was a king of Mojopahit who prefer his collegant from China that Ki Ageng Kutu. Meanwhile Ki Ageng Kutu predicted that because of Kertabumi collegat brough destroyment of Majapahit kingdom. Realize that Ki Ageng Kutu did not has enough soldier he created a dance that called Reog Ponorogo to give an illusion for Kertabumi king.

In Reog Ponorogo we can see lion head Mask which become Kertabumi icon. up oof this mask is placed many bristles as the icon of influence that was brough by Kertabumi Collegant. we also can see there are many Gemblak dancer ride horse icon accompany Warok.

One of challenge in Reog Ponorogo is the mask that used has weight till 50 kg and it is rise within teeth oonly. This mask is iKi Ageng Kutu icon.

To day This traditional dance can be found in some ceremony such marriage. Usually Reog ponorogo scenario is matched on the situation. When it held in marriage ceremony it containt of love scenario.

There are some part of dance, two opening dance one main dance. The first opening dance is carried out by 6-8 strong man with full black costum and red face. then second opening dance was carried out by Some girls. Then it continue with main dance.

This dance also has studied and show in some big countries in Europe. There are many tourist who come to see the beauty of this tourist object.

Ambarawa is one of  many places in indonesia that saved historical proof when the colonialist took over Idonesia territorial. One place that can give us historical proff  is Palagan Ambarawa where the war between Indonesia solder and Holland solder was boomed.

But this is not the one object in Ambara that can be told to tourist. We can visit train moseum which the first moseum built in java island. This museum is located in Willem I train station and was leaved by Indische Spoorweg Maatschappick. In this museum we can see 25 train and lhocomotife that passed Ambarawa, Surakarta and Semarang. In the past time the trains was used to bring stuff to Semarang Harbor.

We can see trains that still have good looking even there is train still run till now. There are many tourists come to this place in order to see the thse historical proof. so why you do not try to visit this museum

This building is located in Bandung West Java and it was built by Van Galenlast and C.O Wolf Schoemaker, Holland people. They were great teacher in ITB University which at the time was named Technische Hogeschool. Some conference ever held in this place. They are Asia Africa Conference in 1995,  Collage student Conference in 1956 and Islam Asia Africa Conference that leaved many document that also saved in this building.

At last time this bulilding was named SOCITEIT CONCORDIA and it was used for Holland people to watched art show at night. This was the only one special show at the time. And then after Indonesia under Japan colonialism , this building was named Dai Toa Kaman which was functioned as art culture center. This building also ever used by Indonesians Solder to attack Japan solder in August 17 1945. Then after in 1946-1950 this building was iused by Indonesian government to held culture meeting and many other.

There are some partision in this building, they are Exposition room, Library and Audio Visual

in Exposition room there are many collections such as Tugu Conference image, Colombo Conference images, Bogor Conference Images and Asia Africa conference in 1995. In this room e also can see there is diorama that explains Indonesia was chosen as the leader of Nonblock Motion in 1992.

The Library that located in this building was initiative of Abdullah Kamil, delegation for Holland. In this place we can see there are many documents, and books about Asia Africa country ciulture and art. This room also planned to be the Africa Asia Library Center. It is planned to placed Wifi zone, Digital Library, and audio Visual Library.

Abdullah Kamil also make Audio Visual in 1985 that used for showing film that show World condition in 1950, Asia Africa conference and information about social politic in Asia Africa zone.

Translated from www.tourismbandung.com.

Maluku is one of province in Indonesia that located on the east of Indonesia territory which the Capital town is Ambon. As the other provincee in Indonesia, Maluku also has unique culture that only can be find in this province. Like traditional song and dance.

Not only traditional culture, entertainment also can be gotten by visiting currently tourist destination. You can try to see many tourism places in this provinces. You will get nice holiday if you decide to visit one or all of tourist destination listed below:

Maitara Island

Do you know that this island is drawn in piece of Thousand money in Indonesia. Historian sid that it was drawn in Florida. As the beauty of this island it has visit people attention. It has white sand on the beach and in front of this seashore there is beautiful scenery that can be found under sea water. They are fishes with many kinds and also sea stones.

This island is located between Tidore and Ternate island. We can reach this place in easy way. Just ride speed boot from Bastiong harbor in Ternate to this island for 10 minutes.

Tidore Island

This Island was known as an Island that rich of spice. That is why it was visited by people from the other country in past time. We also can see many clove field that become one of main commodity in this island. Kimatubo Mountain that rarely climbed by people also offer you who like challenge. If you like calm atmosphere, fresh and clean you can go to Topo village to enjoy the green of garden.

Gala Music

This is one of traditional art in North Maluku. To play this music we need some traditional music equipments such tifa, tambourine, maruas, gong, flute and fiol. You will see the perfect of this music when you listen to this music while see traditional dance that called Gala dance. This dance usually held to welcome special guest. It is replica of people for guest coming and you also can dance together with all of dancer there.

Soya-soya Dance

This dance was created by humanist to appreciate historical memory that happen in Baabullah period. At the time Baabullah king want to take his father copse that was killed by colonialist. It shows patriotism of Tidore people.

You will get the other beauty from Maluku if you spent someday there. Because it is not enough to see tourism object that has thousand of beauties in a day.

Tolire lake is a lake that located in Ternate, North Maluku. There are two lakes that included in Tolire lake, they are Big Tolire lake and Small Tolire lake which both of them are placed in foot of Gamalama mountain. One each other are separated about 200 meter. Story about this lake started when there is a father that intimated to his daughter till the daughter get pregnant. Then both of them go far away from the community and when they were standing on a field suddenly the land was fall down and created two lakes, big lake that created by the father and small one that created by the girl.

Big Tolire lake is the often object that more visited by both tourist, domestic and tourist that come from the other country. The attractiveness that can interest tourist attention is there are many magic and belief that in Big Tolire lake. First the depth of this lake that unknown till today. It is 50 km under the side of the lake and this is 5 hectare in wide. It is guessed that the depth of lake is related with the sea.

The second interesting subject in Big Tolire lake is the belief about Invisible Crocodile. no one can see this lake except people with clean hurt that can see this crocodile. There are many kind of fish that life in in it. Many people though that the crocodile that life in this lake just trick to forbid people in catching fish to keep lake object. But you will think for twice if you want try to catch fish in it as there is a foreign that swim and he never came back. He might caught by this crocodile.

People around lake also said that there are many treasure that placed in the depth of the lake. These treasure are guessed as old people treasure that thrown into lake as they were afraid it will be took over by colonialism in 15 century ago. This belief has tested by people by sonar detection and the result the found there are metal that found in water lake.

If you still do not believe to the power of this lake you can try it by your self. You can try to throw stones into water. You will find that your first throw is not strong enough. Then you can try for twice and the same thing will see, our stone can not reach lake water. You will not stop throwing stones till you realize that the magic has cover this lake, this magic keep to not reach the lake. The people curious has created new job field for local people. They sell stone for people who want to know directly the power of this lake.

Elephant is big animal that powerful enough, danger and included as social animal. it always goes to anywhere in a group. In Indonesia there is one place that train elephant from danger animal become friendly animal. It is Way Kambas park that has been known as first place to train elephant in Indonesia exactly place is located in Way kambas, Bandar Lampung.

Before Way kambas park was built there are many elephants in Sumatera that destroy farmers plant then appear an idea to train these elephants. Now we can see there are many elephants that can do many thing as people do, dancing playing football, standing on two foots and many funny thing that can be done by trained elephants. Many people come to this National park to see trainers in Training their elephants.

We can reach this tourism place easy as the street to reach there is in good condition. We can go there by using car or the other transportation tool it just take 2 hours from Bandar Lampung town.

The other place that offers same object is Bumi Kedaton Park. This park is familiar to be called as zoo as there are many animal that can be seen here. Some animals that can be seen here are Sumatra Elephant whict took from Way Kambas Park, Long tail monkey, Forest chicken and many others animal.

Animal park that located in Sukarame II Village, Batuputu, Teluk Butung Barat is visited by many people from the other town in Indonesia. Beside watcing elephants attraction, Visitor also can ride elephant to around this park accompanied by guider. Not only this before we reach this object we also can see beautiful scenery around the street to this park as it is located on high flat. Mny people said that Bumi Kedaton Park inspeat of way Kambas park.

Jombang is one of Region in East Java that has known as student town as there are many students that come from the other region to study here. It also Native village of some important figure for Indonesia such KH.Abdurrahman Wahid, a former President of Indonesia, KH. Hasyim Asyari, Nurcholis Majid and Emha Ainun Nadjib. They are some people that known as Moslim national figure.

Beside known as student town, Jombang also has many tourism places that also interesting to be visited. Here some tourism place that can we visit to spent our holiday or just want to know the daily people in Jombang:

1. Tirta Wisata. This is an area was deliberately made for tourism place, made for people to get entertainment.Tis place is located on Keplaksari, Peterongan. This object provides swimming pool. fishing pool, Park. This place also used for consert.
2. Tretes Water fall also become interesting place for people to see water that fall from 158 meter in high. Located in Galengdowo, Wonosalam 1250 from sea water face make this place fresh climate.
3. Ngrimbi Temple. This temple was osuth portal of Majapahit kingdom. This is located on Ngrimbi , Bareng. This object is easy to be visited because it is located on the main road of Mojoagung-Wonosalam.
4. Furniture also can be found in Jombang. There are two place that become furniture center, Plumbon -Gambang, Gudo and on Mojotresno, Mojoagung. In Plumbon-gambang we can see glass handy craft that has known by many people and it is exported to Asia and Europe market. Meanwhile in Mojotresno we can see metal handy craft that also has pass Asia market.

Source : id.wikipedia.org