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Get Health in Purwodadi Botanical Garden

December 15, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
Get Health in Purwodadi Botanical Garden

By: Brahmanto Anindito Tranquil. I don’t know why this tourism site has been so tranquil. Maybe for reason that it was not eye catching at all. Or maybe there was no entertainment and game which could possibly attract the mob. So quiet. Luckily, that was exactly the situation I’d been searching for.
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Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

October 26, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

By: Brahmanto Anindito At first glance, what did you see in picture beside? Maybe a line of monkeys. But they are not real monkeys. These are sort of plants from Sumatra which has a body texture like monkey’s fur. That’s why we call it Monkey Fur (or Bulu Monyet in Indonesian). Actually, more like orangutan...
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Bratang Flora Park, Surabaya’s Pollution Shield

September 25, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
Bratang Flora Park, Surabaya’s Pollution Shield

By: Brahmanto Anindito When we walk along the side of this 2.5 hectares park, nothing is special. Thing eye-catch for me was only the tall trees view, such view that will connect us to something chilly and peace, even the park is in the middle of city’s traffic (and pollution!). The Flora Park is more...
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Titan Arum and Rafflesia are Different

August 10, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
Titan Arum and Rafflesia are Different

By: Brahmanto Anindito The rafflesia flower was often confused by titan arum flower. Even few of media in Indonesia made the common mistake. Rafflesia and Titan arum both are giant flowers. They give off the rotten smell, like a cadaver, so both can be nicknamed as “corpse flower”. The odor’s function is for attracting beetles...
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Kerinci Places in Half Day

August 5, 2008
By Brahmanto Anindito
Kerinci Places in Half Day

By: Brahmanto Anindito When I went to Kerinci, Jambi Province, it was night. Too dark. All my driver did is drove away from a forest just for entering another. But after six hours of speedy-thrilling trip, suddenly … a city! Yeah, Kerinci regency is a civilization surrounded by thick forests. I had had plan to...
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