When we walk along the side of this 2.5 hectares park, nothing is special. Thing that’s eye-catching 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 or Kebun Bibit Bratang is more than we thought at first glance. Continue Reading →
Category: flora
Indonesian plant and vegetation
Luwak Coffee, the Most Expensive Coffee in the World
Don’t claim yourself a coffee lover or a gourmet if you never drank luwak coffee. Yes, luwak coffee. Or kopi luwak in Indonesian. It’s not a kind of coffee made from luwak (palm civet a.k.a. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). Just, the production process involves civets. This little mammal lives on the trees and eats the chosen coffee fruit. And it takes only a healthy civet to produce good quality coffee bean. Continue Reading →
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. Continue Reading →
Get Health in Purwodadi Botanical Garden
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. Continue Reading →
Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys
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 to me. However, we never met these plants outside the jungle of Sumatra, one of Indonesian islands. Continue Reading →