Explore The Hidden Island of Indonesia

Indonesia is well-known for beautiful scenery, rich in cultures, and has a lot of kind of foods. Located in Southeast Asia area which are most tropical countries are here, means that Indonesia has 2 seasons only and a stable temperature which are 20-35 degress Celcius. These advantages makes Indonesia able to offer exotic foods include the fruits that you may not find in another country.  Not only the shapes are exotic, but also the taste and texture of the fruit is also exotic. Let's check list out. 1. Durian Fruit     This fruit is called the king of fruits. Because of it's size, bristly appearance      and fanatic following, it's an appropriate nickname. Durian is distinguished      for strong odor, large size, and thorn-covered husk. Ups! Careful when you      try to open the shell. Most people open this fruit use the carving knife.     What makes Durian more reputable than its outlook ...

If you are thinking that Indonesia has a lot of nature views and rich in cultures. You are right! But, have you ever realized that Indonesia has many heritages and traditional architectures. Here are the facts that may open your insight that Indonesia has more than that. Since Indonesia is well-known has a lot of provinces (now are 34 Provinces and will be increased in following years) and each Province has their own culture. This also applies to the relics of its Ancient Houses.  These Ancient Houses are not only beautiful and unique in terms of visual, but also have meanings of cultures and costumes from the tribal communities itself. Here are the 7 Most Exotic Ancient Housing of Indonesia list. 1. The Toraja Tongkonan House, South Sulawesi Province          Source : artstation.com Toraja Tribe who live in South Sulawesi Province has the traditional house is called Tongkonan . The characteristic of a curved roof that resembles a boat is ...

One of the way to have another experience in travelling, is make interaction with local people. The easiest way is watch the local festival. If you are interested to learn local cultures lively, here's the list may help you to know Indonesia culture more. Try to match your arrival schedule to Indonesia and see these festivals below. 1. Cow Racing Festival Source : Indonesia Travel Guides Cow Racing Festival is origin from Madura City, east Java Province. This Festival is the tradition by residents have been doing for a long time at harvest time. Using a pair of cows as a race animals to pull a wooden train. These cows will compete in a length of 100 m in race track. Then the cows will be pitted to determine the fastest cow. This event will be held from August to September anually. The winner will get the presidential rotating trophy. 2. Jember Fashion Carnaval Source : Good News From Indonesia This carnaval which was pioneered in Jember Regency, East Java Province w...

What comes on your mind when you heard about Indonesia weather? Perhaps, most of you think that it is hot. Because Indonesia has a tropical climate and only have 2 seasons which are rainy and dry season. It is hard to believe that Indonesia has several cities which have cold weather. Don't you believe it? Lets check this out ! 1. Bandung (Ciwidey and Lembang Area) The picture of White Crater in Ciwidey,Bandung City Bandung is well-known by foreigners as a tourist city for panorama, culinary, and good quality products from factory outlets stores. Then, another experience when the first time the tourist come, is the cold weather. Surrounded by many mountains and craters, this city offers a lot of panorama that you will not see in other cities in Indonesia commonly. The places must be in your bucket list are White Crater (Ciwidey Area), Ciwidey Natural Hot Spring, Tangkuban Perahu Mountain (Lembang Area), Farm House (Lembang Area), and Floating Market (Lembang Area) . That ma...

When we are talking about food, it is never boring and endless. All of a sudden, that we were already full, then we became hungry again its because we imagined the presentation and the taste of food itself. Especially if the food is relatively an innovation, new, unique and connected with local culture. If you travelling to Indonesia here's the bucket list of foods you must try : 1. Gado-gado (Salad with peanut sauce) Perhaps, most of you eat salad with Mayonaise, but in Indonesia there's a unique salad. They called it "Gado-gado" or mixed vegetables consists of boiled potatoes, indonesian rice cake (lontong), cabbage, cucumber, green vegetables, eggs, tofu, and peanut sauce. The taste of peanut sauce is sweet and spicy, but you can request to enjoy gado-gado without spicy taste (the original taste-sweet only). Most tourist will fall in love with this dish instead. 2. Bakso (Meatball soup) Nah, when you enjoy cold air or rainy in Indonesia, this fo...

Maybe you never heard before the name of this city. That's why it could be categorized one of hidden island in Indonesia. Located on the top of East Java Province, nearby Bali Island which only takes 1 hour trip Via Ferry to reach this city. This city has a lot of scenery to be seen. This city is called Banyuwangi. Why is that so? There's a legend behind the name of the city. But in shortly, the name of Banyuwangi is from 2 words, Banyu ( means: water ) and Wangi ( means: fragrance ), there's a love story behind it. In literally, Banyuwangi is fragrance water. This city offers a lot of tourist attraction especially beaches and waterfalls, but the most famous attraction is Ijen Crater. It will be explained further on the list. Banyuwangi is probably not as well-known as Bali, but does not mean it should be skipped. There are hidden paradise inside Banyuwangi that not many have heard of and that is exactly why you should be the first one to discover this beautiful s...

When you visited a place which located in different state, city, country, even the continent, you may find the differences about culture, lifesyle, social-values, and other unique things. Before you meet local people in person, you should understand their culture in order to avoid the misunderstanding. Have you ever meet Indonesian people in person? What are you thinking about them? For some of you who ever meet local people in person. May the list below will remind you about their characters. But for those who never interacted with local people, i hope these lists will help you to face the culture shock. Before going travel to Indonesia, here's the habits of Indonesian people you need to know. 1. Friendly and warm (always smiling) There are lot of tribes in Indonesia -+ 300. Every tribe has their own culture and language. But as a nation, they have the similarities such as smiling meet new people, asking your day, and giving help easily. Besides that, here people ap...