Busway, Public Transportation in Jakarta

People in jakarta have new public transportation. Its call trans-jakarta or more familiar as busway. Untill now there are eight route of busway, connecting nearly all highways in jakarta.
Existence of busway give much advantage for people in jakarta. With only Rp.3500,- we can reach nearly every place in jakarta. It also become one of solutions for trafic jam in jakarta, since they have their own way on existing roads.

Bajay !

Do you know Bajay ?
It is one of public transportation in my metropolitan city, Jakarta. the body is very funny, it is seem like human that face out their mounth.

Bajay have capacity of 3 passengers including the driver. But it is common to see Bajay ride by more that 5 person. Can you imagine that ?

Bajay is like motorcycle with three wheels, with noisy sound, and also black vapor at the back side.
Bajay is very stable and turnable. it can rotate their direction in very short radius.
So Watch your steps if you find it, because it can suddently exacly on your face.

Many visitors in jakarta very angered about Bajay, so if you go to jakarta in this time, don't miss their actions :))

Well It seem in the future, you will hard to find Bajay because of great many pleasure transportation. slow but sure, bajay will be replaced, and maybe you just only see bajay in picture.

Guide Trip to Kota Tua Batavia

There is some place in jakarta remain in they old fashioned. at this region we can see old building build by ruled government Netherland.
Some of it say, Stasiun Kota and other buildings.
At this region you still see man offering their bicycle to bring you going around.

Guide Trip To Lombok

Lombok has gotten more popular over the past few years. People who think bali is to crowded but are essentialy looking for the same things Bali offers, head for Lombok. The island has tranquil countryside, one urban area (Mataram), great beaches, a spectacular volcano and one established holiday resort Senggigi . gunung Rinjani is great for trekking, the Wadden Islands offer some of the best snorkeling in Indonesia. Lobok's Kuta beach has big waves and good surfing.

Add all of these elements together and you have a pretty good holiday destination. Not as crowded as Bali but with the same fun, sun and action.

Sunset views of Mt Agung

Guide Trip to Loksado

Loksado is a small town about 5 hours ride from Banjarmasin, the capital city of South Kalimantan. Or about 3 hours from Marabahan.

From Loksado, travelers can start trekking to Meratus Mountaineous Range with itinerary Loksado-Malaris-Haratai. With additional attraction bamboo rafting in Amandit river.

Trekking from Loksado to Haratai is nice, especially if the time close to sunset and evening. Passes wooden bridge and forests and small rivers and several villages. And the evening sky showing thousand stars that feel so close to the earth.

And in Haratai, you can stay with locals. If you're lucky, you can witnessing the locals who are still have Hinduism beliefs [called Hindu Kaharingan] arrange a ceremony called Jujuran. A pre-wedding procession where both sides of bride and groom doing Beruji [in Indonesian so called pantun or poem in English] for a dealing about expenses should be paid for the wedding ceremony.

This Jujuran can take all night long! With intermission traditional music and song using drums in trance conditions. This event will be held in a communal house, which connected with several families' houses from the same ancestor.










Meratus Mountain

Guide Trip to Maninjau

Lake Maninjau, addressed by locals as crystal lake is situated at West Sumatra. About 2 hours drive from Padang, the provincional city. Can be reached enroutes; Padang, Pariaman, Lubuk Basung, Bayur and Maninjau. Or Padang, Pariaman, Bukittinggi and passes through the famous Kelok 44 a.k.a 44 hairpin bends to Maninjau.

For orientation, there's Pasar Maninjau at the edge of Kelok 44. Then going to the right is Maninjau, known as Jalan Haji Udin Rahmani and then Bayur [sometimes pronounced as Bayua] about 2 km away. To the left from local market after the intersection is Jalan SMP.

This crystal lake offers tranquility and many accommodation scattered along the lake. Said that Lake Maninjau have 400 m depth and there's a small island in the centre of the lake.

Beside swimming and canoeing, visitors can go trekking to Sakura Hills. Or enjoy the scenic panorama of rice [padi] fields and the lake itself.

sunset in maninjau

Guide Trip to Krakatau

Krakatoa or Krakatau in Indonesia language is an Island about 1.5 miles in diameter. To the south of Krakatoa is a large crater around 2,000 feet in diameter.

There was a large eruption in 1883 and a large piece of Krakatoa was blown clean out of the island (300 meters). And it's created a tidal wave about 40 meters height, destroyed about 150 coastal villages with thousands people.

The tremor was felt in France and England and the gigantic sound can be heard until Australia. And the ashes and dusts of the Krakatau's eruption spreaded worldwide, created unusual but beautiful pattern in the sky about months after the tragedy. Can be seen through people in America.

Today the mighty Krakatoa resized into several small pieces like Rakata and Sertung, Danan and Perbuwatan. Rakata itself called as Ibu [mother in Indonesian language, addressed by the local fishermen from several places nearby] and travelers can climb up the peak of the mountain. Kindly inform, please be careful and listen to the locals who might warn you about recent conditions. Sometimes can be happened minor to moderate quakes since the status is active volcano.

For those who like diving, Krakatau also enchanting about volcanic stones and lava submerged long long time ago into the ocean. The stream is quite strong.

krakatau early morning