Posts Tagged ‘ east java ’

Monkeys Kingdom in Gunung Anyar Mangrove

April 14, 2010
By Brahmanto Anindito
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

March 25, 2010
By Brahmanto Anindito
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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I Saw a Rainbow at Watu Ondo

October 19, 2009
By Brahmanto Anindito
I Saw a Rainbow at Watu Ondo

The sky was so bright, as if it blessed us to go vacation. Iksan, Imey and I, we took our holiday. The destination was fixed. Mojokerto, East Java Province. There’s only two famous places at that regency: Trowulan or Pacet. Iksan had been at Trowulan, so we chose Pacet. Many interesting sites there, actually....
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Wallow in Red Rat Temple

September 12, 2009
By Ihsan Maulana
Wallow in Red Rat Temple

By Ihsan Maulana Going home from my personal educational tour around Jombang city, I made a stop at the heritage sites of former Majapahit Kingdom, at Trowulan Village, Mojokerto regency, East Java Province. It’s not far from Pacet.
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Jember, to A World-Class Fashion City

August 13, 2009
By Brahmanto Anindito
Jember, to A World-Class Fashion City

By Brahmanto Anindito It was Sunday, early August 2009. The sun was fierce. But that didn’t forbid roughly 300,000 people witnessing JFC (Jember Fashion Carnaval) fashion show. This was the eighth of JFC’s extraordinary carnivals. As usually, JFC is participated by hundreds; professionals and non professionals. It is colossal. But not only that. JFC...
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