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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Semeru is the highest volcano in Java. An active volcano with magnificant peak called Mahameru, 3.676 meters above sea level (12.060 feets). Mount Semeru is in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park (TNBTR). The nearest cities to go are Malang and Lumajang. Ranu Pane It takes four days return way to climb the peak of Mount Semeru from the base camp in Ranu Pane. To reach the base camp in Ranu Pane, take a ...

Indonesia doesn’t have a famous Double Dekker but we’re very proud to introduce you The Angkot! Not a temple like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, angkot is one of popular public transportation in Indonesia. According to its abbreviation – ANGkutan KOTa – which means ‘city transportation’, usually you can find angkot in some city which doesn’t have bus as their main public transportation.  Angkot has different names ...

Pulau Sempu or Sempu Island is a small island located in the south of East Java. It is an island with a beautiful sea lagoon Segara Anakan inside, turquoise seawater, and white sand. Sempu Island is in Malang region and takes 3 hours driving to the harbor near the island, Sendang Biru. Rent a boat for 15 minutes trip from Sendang Biru to the island’s bay, and don’t forget to arrange your return time with th ...

There are different ways to enjoy food and meal in every country. While chopsticks are available in East Asian such as China and Taiwan, or kinds of different spoons, forks, and knife in some western countries, we prefer another way. What is that? Be ready and use your hand sanitizer, because that's your spoon! Yes, most Indonesians eat by their hands. We mean, hand without any cutlery like fork or chopstic ...

Living in Makassar means there’re two nearest places around that city to enjoy your weekend, which one you feel more interested. Visit Malino if you need fresh air from mountains village, or pack your sunglasses then go to Bira. Because it is dry season now and I (Jenny) love beach so much, we chose the second one. Here we go!!! Welcome weekend! Bira Beach, also known as Bira Cape, is a place where you can ...

Karst Maros, a not-so-common black stones area. We know it as Karst. Taken from Yugoslavian/Slovenian, krst/krast’, which an area in border between Yugoslavia and North Italy, near Trieste. Karst is an earth’s surface which high cretaceous rocks with caves, small hills, and sometimes, underground river. It is also known as a stone forest or a stone tower (Menara Batu) as a local people said. One day on Wedn ...