Ramadan (Image courtesy of Azis Abdullah)
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – One of the most important months of the Muslim calendar is the fasting month of Ramadan. As a profession of faith and spiritual discipline, Muslims abstain from food, drink, cigarettes and other worldly desire (including sex) from sunrise to sunset. Exemptions from fasting are granted to pregnant women, the ill or infirm, young children and those undertaking extreme physical labour.
Happy Holiday (Image courtesy of physiolifestudios)
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Following are the national public holidays in Indonesia. Unless stated, they vary from year to year.
January-February
New Year’s Day Celebrate on 1 January
Muharram (islamic New Year) Usually late January
Imlek (Chinese New Year) National holiday in late January to early February
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Are you ready traveling with kids in Indonesia?
Kids are a blessing, but travelling with them can be a big challenge if you aren’t prepared. It won’t be long before your kids start the ‘are we there yet’ and ‘I’m bored’ mantras. Kids tend to be distracted and restless easily. They constantly need something new to do – whether you are driving down to your holiday destination, or you are flying, or going on a boat, unless you are equipped with many things to keep your children occupied, it might be a stressful trip.
So, here are some ideas to help you help your kids:
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City tour in Pontianak. And I’m SO GOING!
The official monument marking the equator was originally erected in 1928 as a simple obelisk mounted with a metallic arrow. In 1930 a circle was welded to the arrow, in 1938 another circle was added in the other direction and its subsequent incarnation is unintentionally funny, looking like a giant gyroscope on a pillar.
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Are you ready for klotoklag?
The other day I was invited to attend Familiarization Trip Tanjung Puting National Park. It was AMAZING!!!
By far the best way to see Tanjung Puting National Park is by hiring a klotok for a few days or more. It serves as your transportation, accommodation and restaurant.
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I have been invited to attend Familiarization Trip Tanjung Puting National Park. And I’m SO GOING!
Tanjung Puting National Park is one of the natural wonders of the world and one of 20 Best National Parks in Indonesia for 2012. The purity of the air, the openness of the night sky with the most remarkable view of the Milky Way, the magnificence and dignity of the gentle orangutans, the thundering downpours that instantly cool the air, and the clarity of the brilliant crimson sunsets. Exotic!
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – June 14th 2012. The ‘Green Opening’ Ceremony of POP! Hotel Sangaji Tugu – Yogyakarta held today attended by the Chief of the Air Staff Marshal TNI Imam Sufaat, Vice Governor of Yogyakarta Sri Paku Alam IX, representatives of the owning company and TAUZIA Hotel Management.
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Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Off Halmahera’s northern tip, this sparsely populated island became a minor Japanese base during WWII. It leapt to importance when it was captured by the Allies and used to bomb Manila to bits – the sad fulfilment of General MacArthur’s ‘I will return’ pledge to retake the Philippines.
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Traveljunkieindonesia.com – One of the highlights of Indonesia is the cuisine, and there’s no better way to experience Indonesian food than eating from street stalls.
Street stalls, you say?
Yes. I love warungggggggg! There’s no other way.
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I have been invited to attend Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago. And I’m SO GOING!
I am going to take part for Katreji dance at Tobelo, North Halmahera – Maluku. Katreji Dance played in pairs between women and men with an energetic movement of varied and interesting. Exotic!
Tanjung Puting National Park (Image Courtesy of orangutan.org)
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – You may not believe this after you have been there only two days or three days, but after the fourth or fifth day something happens. You are captivated completely by the purity of the air, the openness of the night sky with the most remarkable view of the Milky Way, the magnificence and dignity of the gentle orangutans, the thundering downpours that instantly cool the air, and the clarity of the brilliant crimson sunsets. Tanjung Puting is the largest and most diverse protected example of extensive coastal tropical heath and peat swamp forest which used to cover much of southern Borneo. The area was originally declared as a game reserve in 1935 and a National Park in 1982. While the Park has a checkered history of weak protection, nonetheless, it remains substantially wild and natural.