Little Heaven

After walk on foot, about 30 minutes from pantai Senggigi, you will see Batu Bolong. It's a temple that was built on a coral. According to the legend, many virgin girl was sacrificed to sharks. The other legend tell that many broken heart girl suicided, by jump from this temple to the sea. But those are just a legend, so you don't need affraid of ghost here ^^.

Lombok also have Kuta beach, just like Bali. It's lying on Kuta Village. This village is starting famous and interesting after many hotels was built here. It can be an alternative for your vacation.

The pictures above showed Kuta was saying goodbye to the sun.

Kuta is quite well known beach in the world, especially for tourists that very like surfing. You can surf on a perfect wave there. If you get interested, you can visit Kuta beach on Bali, Indonesia. And I hope you will enjoy your vacation there.

It was during this time that the complex irrigation system "subak" was developed to grow rice. That's a very famous irrigation system in Indonesia originally foro Bali.

Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. Every year, Balinese celebrate the new year of Hindu called Nyepi. They celebrate in the spring by a day of silence. On that day, there aren't any people on the road. Every body have to stay at home, and the tourist stay at hotel to respect the religion.

The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.

The province includes two National Parks: Siberut National Park and Kerinci Seblat National Park, as well as a number of nature reserves: Rimbo Panti Nature Reserve, Batang Palupuh Nature Reserve, Lembah Anai Nature Reserve, Lembah Harau Nature Reserve, Bung Hatta Grand Forest Park, Beringin Sakti Nature Reserve.

Another destinations that you can visit are :
- Jam Gadang, it's Indonesia's Big Ben
- Air Manis Beach, beautiful beach in fishers village.
- Fort De Kock Castle
- Maninjau Lake
- Etc

Nevertheless, pockets of Hinduism have survived and abangan, the syncretic religion of Islam, Hinduism and Animism, remains strong. See Hinduism in Java for more information.

The most famous local and foreign tourists destinations is Batu Town, which is known by its green aple. The beatiful view of gardens and mountain is one of many reason why the tourists come there.

Long time ago (1945-1950), DI Yogyakarta has ever been choosen as capital and administrative city of Indonesia for politic stability reason. But that was just for a while. Now, capital and adminstrative city of Indonesia has been removed to Jakarta.

Yogyakarta city is known as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry and puppet shows. It is also famous as a center for Indonesian higher education. At Yogyakarta's center is the kraton, or Sultan's palace. While the city sprawls in all directions from the kraton, the core of the modern city is to the north.

The most famous destination in Central Java are Borobudur Temple. It's one of seven world wonders. This is Buddha temple. You could see the picture below :

You also can try many delicious foods that originally from Central Java. The most famous foods are Lumpia, Bandeng Presto, Soto Kudus, Brebes salted egg, etc.

The picture above is a cauldron in Tangkuban Parahu Mountain.

Another major destinations for toursits are exist in Bogor. They are :

1. Taman Safari Indonesia, it's a zoo with forest and wild concept.

2. Kebun Raya Bogor.

Other thing that you can enjoy here is the food. There are many traditional foods that can satisfy your apetite. You should try it..

Another destinations are :

1. Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, it's a water recreation place on north Jakarta.

2. Pulau Seribu, a lot of small beautiful islands there.

3. Ragunan Zoo.

4. Dunia Fantasi Indonesia Park, it's the Disney's Land of Indonesia.

5. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII)

Except Marlbrough, all vacation destianations in Bengkulu are natural related. So if you lik natural place, it's the right place that you could visit.

In this provinse, you have many destinations to choose for spendng your holiday. The destinations are :

1. Museum Negeri Banda Aceh

2. Sultan Iskandar Muda's Graveyard.

3. Islam Tanah Abee Library.

4. Gunung Lauser National Park.

5. Simpang Balek spring water.

One thing that you have to know, in this province, Islam law (syariat Islam) is being used. So you have to adapt it if you want to go there. Because of that, NAD is also called Serambi Mekah (Makkah Veranda).