Toa Bitombang Old Village is one of the oldest villages in Indonesia. The village is unique because of the natural topography with bumpy surface. The house on stilts in the village and the topography makes the houses should have 12 – 13 meters poles to refute the back of the house (kitchen) and lower poles in front of the house. There are around 6 houses that have the same shape with 12 – 13 meters poles hi ...

Sengkang is the capital city of Wajo, regency in South Sulawesi and located about 250 kilometers from Makassar. Besides popular with Tempe Lake and its floating village named Salotangah, Sengkang also known as heaven of sutera (silk) weaving industry in eastern Indonesia. One of the most popular silk industries that easy to be visited in Sengkang is in Sempange Village, about 5 kilometers from the center of ...

Parangloe is the name of a waterfall located in Gowa with a very neat stone structure. Parangloe is one of the most amazing and beautiful waterfall in South Sulawesi. The waterfall has 30 meters high and it has a very great shape, it seems like a human construction but it was God creation! Many people said that Parangloe Waterfall is the most amazing and beautiful waterfall that ever exists in South Sulawes ...

Tempe Lake is the icon of Sengkang, the capital of Wajo, a regency in South Sulawesi. Although there’s no correspond of that name with tempeh - Javanese food, Lake Tempe is known as producer of the biggest freshwater fish species in the world. This 13,000 acres lake is also one of Indonesia's tectonic lake where in the continent of Asia and Australia plates. Another thing that makes Tempe Lake unique and in ...

One of the reasons why we love to travel is because there are lots of things that we’ve got on our journeys, starting from our first step out from home until we back again. Whether what we see, what we feel, what we buy, even a gift from someone we meet on the road, either friend or person we’ve just met. But the most important thing is how we keep remember the memories from our journey. Most people do it b ...

Lakkang is a delta or many people call it an island that is located in the middle of Makassar, it is flanked by Tallo and Pampang River. It isn’t an island in the middle of sea, but river. It’s not a popular place to visit when you’re in Makassar; there isn’t romantic sunset, beautiful white-sand beach, or even a snorkling spot. So what makes it special? We’ll tell you how historical this place in the past! ...

Warung is a place that really popular in Indonesia, it is a small and simple as kiosk or stall and managed by a family as a business. If you want to travel in Indonesia and try to find some information to complete your itinerary, mostly you’ll find this tips, “For cheaper prices, try to eat at warung”. Yes, generally warung is known as a place to eat where you can find cheap foods and other snacks, simpler ...

Tana Beru in South Sulawesi might be the only one place in the world which still produces traditional ship until today. When all of traditional ships industries in the world aren’t exist anymore because they aren’t able to compete with modern ships which evolve day by day, Phinisi – name of the ship they produce -  successfully become one of the most luxury wood ship in the world. Buginese is a rate which k ...

What do you think about carnaval? Parade, colors, and tons of fun! When Mardi Gras known as the biggest carnaval in the world, don’t you know that Indonesia has the fourth? Yes, it’s Jember Fashion Carnaval! As we just went back from our East Java trip, we put this event in our list and for God’s sake it was a very right decision! Jember Fashion Carnaval is the fourth biggest carnaval in the world after Mar ...

How lucky we are. Three weeks ago we got ‘golden tickets’ from Wego Indonesia to attend Jazz Gunung 2012 di Bromo and we just went back from it! As what we owe to write about that event so here it is: Jazz Gunung is a music performance featuring jazz and ethnic which held every year at around mountain with about 2000 meters above sea level, on the outdoor stage with nature background of mountain, sky, and f ...