GedungSongo, A Crowded Destination on Vacation

Gedungsongo is one of destination on Central Java. It's located in Bandungan, Kabupaten Semarang.

This destination is quite famous around Central Java public, so there is no wonder this destination is quite crowded during week end. And you know what, during vacation, I mean school holiday, this destination is getting crowded.

Usually, the visitor is about 200-400 people, but recently more than 700 people came and try to enjoy the condition of this destination.

There are many attractions that were held in Gedungsongo, such as Kuda Lumping, Campursari song, and hot spring water.

The ticket is not expensive, for domestic tourist, only Rp 6,000 (about US$0.75) and for abroad is about Rp 25,000 (US$ 3).

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Ujung Kulon National Park

One of national park in Indonesia is Ujung Kulon. We can find more than thousand birds from 17 species. This amount of birds is quite increasing since staffs of Ujung Kulon National Park were trying so hard to save them from local citizen's hunting.

Many ways to hunting the birds, such as set a trap or smear mucilage on the tree. Each bird can be sold about Rp 1.5 million - Rp 3 million (about US$ 150 - US$ 300).

The aid not only for birds, but also for other animals, such as buffalo, Javanese rhino, and terrapins.

The pics were taken from here and here.

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Puppet Master from Betawi

Puppet usually is well known came from East Java, Center Java, or West Java. But today, there is a person from Betawi who wants made a change. He want to build a puppet based on Betawi culture. His name is Tizar Purbaya.

Wayang golek (the puppets) were made from kayu lame (sorry, I couldn't find the similar word in English), a soft but firm material, so it makes the puppet not easy to broke. So far, he had already made some pupppet with Betawi characters, they are si Jampang, si Pitung, si Manis Jembatan Ancol.

Today, he had about 7,000 puppets for his show.

The rate for each puppets is various, it started from Rp 40,000 (US$ 4), for low quality, until Rp 300,000 (US$30) for best quality.

You can visit the gallery here:
Jalan Danau Indah Blok A-3 Nomor 40
Sunter, Jakarta Utara
Phone: 021-650 8427
Mobile: 0811 883 755

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Kimono Festival in Kyoto

Recently, a kimono festival was held in Kyoto, Japan. Kimono is a traditional dress from Japan, using only by a woman. Recently, kimono is rarely being used, since the kimono is quite heavy and complicated to be worn.

In kimono festival in Kyoto, many women were dressed like princess.

The festival was started by pageant from Gosho toward emperor castle in center of Kyoto and ended in Kamigamo temple in north of Kyoto.

This festival has purpose to begging to the God for stability of weather and good harvesting.

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