Posts Tagged ‘ east java ’

I Saw a Rainbow at Watu Ondo

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

By Brahmanto Anindito 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...
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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 doesn’t...
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Whispering Sands of Bromo

March 10, 2009
By Guest Author
Whispering Sands of Bromo

By Boby Ferry Firmansyah Exhausted by rafting in Probolinggo, we headed to Cemara Indah hotel. We checked in for five rooms (I came here together with 12 buddies). Oh God, this drowsiness was so real. I fell down in the hotel room. But this wasn’t the end of journey. In few hours, we would continue...
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Journey of Turtle from East Java to Australia Reveals Oceanic Superhighway Mistery

February 4, 2009
By Brahmanto Anindito
Journey of Turtle from East Java to Australia Reveals Oceanic Superhighway Mistery

Meet Ana, a female green turtle. Her extraordinary journey from Indonesia into Australian waters is helping conservationists to track the migratory route of this species to the Kimberley-Pilbara coast, one of the few relatively pristine coastal areas left on Earth.
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