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Indonesian plant and vegetation

Kerinci Places in Half Day

Kerinci Places in Half Day

When I went to Kerinci, Province of Jambi, it was night. Too dark. All my driver did was driving 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.

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Monkeys Kingdom in Gunung Anyar Mangrove

Monkeys Kingdom in Gunung Anyar Mangrove

“Only few hours after the escape, that monkey’s carcass was hung on a tree branch. Its face was ruined, its limbs were tore apart, it was all messed up! That must be the act of the native monkeys here,” told Firman Arifin, the manager of Wisata Anyar Mangrove (WAM), Gunung Anyar, Surabaya.

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Sailing Through the Mangrove Forest in Wonorejo

Sailing Through the Mangrove Forest in Wonorejo

I never thought such place exists in Surabaya. It’s called Wonorejo Mangrove Forest Tour. This is one of Pamurbaya (Pantai Timur Surabaya a.k.a. East Coast Surabaya) ecotourism sectors, beside Gunung Anyar mangove conservation. You should not come there if you are not interested with ecology, especially with the nature life of the mangrove forest.

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Get Health in Purwodadi Botanical Garden

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

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...

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