BALI

village of Ubud

 Ubud is a village municipality, oversees the 13 (thirteen) train service consisting of 6 (six), traditional villages, including the district of Ubud, Gianyar regency with a distance of 20 km from the city of Denpasar, Ubud can be reached in 30 minutes or 15 minutes from the town of Gianyar .

With a height of about 300 meters above sea level, Ubud has a cooler air from the plains region south of the original Balinese. Ubud Village has a population of about 9800 inhabitants. With an unspoiled environment, this area is an area source of inspiration for artists, including artists overseas, mainly European artists.
Ubud besides having beautiful nature, this area is also a village with a rich cultural heritage of the great artists, especially the famous painter, for example, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad (1862-1978), Anak Agung Gde Sobrat (1919-1992), I Gusti Made Deblog (1910-1986), later followed by others like, I Gusti Ketut Kobot, Ida Bagus Made, Dewa Putu Bedil, Ida Bagus Rai and others. The fame of the painters mentioned above participate inspire Western artists to reside in the village of Ubud.

Around the 1920s, two European painters from the Netherlands Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies of Germany and carve a new history of development of painting in Ubud area. Both the European painters introduced the technique of European aesthetics, especially in the fields of lighting, shading, perspective and anatomy. The local painters to absorb the new techniques in accordance with the basic values and local mind while taking the traditional themes so as to give a separate identity with a name or style Ubud Ubud style.

Ubud Village became famous as the birth of the artist thanks to the cooperation between Tjokordo Gde Agung Sukawati with Rudolf Bonnet to form an association of artists with the name of Pita Maha, who also gave birth to the birth of the Pita Maha is Gde Raka Sukawati Tjokordo, I Nyoman Gisti Lempad on 1936. Pita Maha is a gathering and a place to discuss issues and development of painting, as well as to exchange ideas and introduce the results of their art.

In its development and then, on the initiative of Ida Tjokordo Gde Agung Sukawati, supported by Rudolf Bonnet, a painter born in the Netherlands as well as local artists plan to establish a museum. Yayasan Ratna Wartha previously established given the task to carry out the development and management of the museum. In 1945 began the construction of the museum which is laying the first stone by Prime Minister Ali Sustroamidjoyo. In the past two years, precisely in 1956 the museum was opened by the Minister of Education and Culture Mr.Moh.Yamin
As a tourist destination, Ubud has many objects that appeal to tourists, both domestic and foreign. Some of these objects is the Puri Saren, which is located in Puri Ubud, the traditional art market, Monkey Forest (Wenara Wana) and museums.

NUSA TENGGARA BARAT

Moyo Island

Although small, quiet island but has a tremendous natural wealth of this, some people managed to attract "large" caliber Lady Diana and Mick Jagger for a vacation. Moyo Island, a small island located in the northern island of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara Province. Seeing the beauty of the beach, sea and nature, it offers tranquility for connoisseurs of the beauty of the outdoors and underwater.

When visiting this island, we can see unspoiled natural beauty. Forests are beautiful and almost untouched, waterfalls and rivers experience, as well as the beauty beneath the endless sea. In addition to hiking in the woods, along rivers and waterfalls, several caves that can be reached by foot, can be an alternative activity. One of them is Cave Sweet Ai that must be achieved with a little rock climbing. This cave where hundreds of bats nest. In addition, other activities you can do is trekking for two hours that can be started from Labuan Haji, Waterfalls toward Brang Rea (Big River) located in the middle of the island.

 Moyo Island also offers natural beauty under the sea. Almost the entire island surrounded by reefs that are still in good condition and not damaged. Sharks with a length of approximately two meters, anemones, pelagic, eels, groupers and even mantas, all there. If you want to dive, you can do around the Island Medang, located in northwestern island of Moyo. You can contact Blue Lagoon Resort is located on the outskirts of the town of Sumbawa Besar. Cruises from Bali, Lombok or even abroad often do a stopover on the island. Pcrjalanan usually stop in the island of Moyo and Satonda Island, a tiny island in the northeast of the island of Moyo who has a salt water lake in the middle of the island.

LOMBOK

Senggigi Beach

Senggigi Beach is a famous tourist spot in Lombok. Located on the west coast of Lombok Island. Senggigi Beach is not at Kuta Beach in Bali, but once we were here will feel like staying in Kuta Beach, Bali. Coastal beaches are still beautiful, although it is still littered with garbage foliage because rarely cleaned. Very beautiful underwater scenery, and tourists can do as much snorkeling as the waves are not too big. Coral reefs towering ketengah cause large waves breaking in the middle.

About half an hour by foot, the tourists can find Batu Bolong in this beach. This is a temple built on the reef which is located on the waterfront. According to local legend of yore often held sacrifice a virgin to fed to the sharks in this place. Another legend says early days, many women who deploy away from this place into the sea because of a broken heart. From this place also seen Mount Agung in Bali.

KALIURANG-YOGYAKARTA

Kaliurang gives the feeling of coolness and the beauty of nature. There are some in Kaliurang the beauty of various shows. Kaliurang itself is shaped like a complex right and left is still surrounded by vast forests and beautiful. There is a place where we can look at the beauty Kaliurang, namely watching post.

Yet there are other places around Kaliurang are quite beautiful and deserve to be visited times yellow. There you can walk along the creek is clear and clean. Sometimes we will not tire when we walk away in a place like that. Or if you want to see the ex larva 2007, you can stop at Kaliadem. You will be treated to views of a former keperkasaaan trim a large river is covered with sand (former erosion trim).

Kaliadem area was once a tourist area that beautiful rivers and natural beauty of the mountains promises with the river water flows clear and cold. Kaliadem tourist area has now changed its name to Lava tourist area TOUR former Kaliadem. Following the eruption of Mount Merapi at the time, this area is buried by Mount Merapi Lava material.

Many houses were buried under lava material, and this area was like a lost Kaliadem drowned Lava buried. Yet we still be able to track a visit from Merapi lava flow with the background of the Merapi find that seems so exotic. The situation had remained untouched since the event was the eruption of Mount Merapi.

To access the area Lava Tour, we are required to pay Rp. 5000 per person. Furthermore, even here there are not many tourist facilities in general, all of nature really. Sightseeing Kaliurang slope area has been flattened, so this is a tourist attraction is a highland area that cold weather and cool. Ground could be said was a "peak" of his city of Yogyakarta, with a location close enough, only about 40-60 minutes drive from the city of Yogyakarta.

BINTAN ISLAND

E-collar Bintan Island in Riau Islands province, the atmosphere on the island is truly enchanting natural beauty of one of them. Gleaming white sand, blue water, and thick pepohonaan is the combination that makes this island so beautiful.

Lagoi area is landscaped very nicely with the maximum safety, to ensure safety for tourists. Structuring these Lagoi like Nusa Dua in Bali, with several 5 star hotels, golf courses and a spa. Dihotel imposed currency-star hotel Singapore or U.S. dollars. Although Bintan island has no airport, but the access, both kepulau Batam and Singapore is very good.

Trikora beach on the eastern island of Bintan. The origin of the name seemed Trikora two versions: the first is connected with the words "three bead" allegedly uttered by the first foreign settlers on the island is a few decades ago. Other versions are more common for many, Trikora name is linked to the Tri Komando Rakyat a "euphoria nasionalistic" is echoed in the late first president Soekarno, in connection with a campaign of confrontation "Crush Malaysia" a few years ago.

 Unlike Lagoi, this beach, with the name of one of the selected version, provided that the local tourism which certainly did not get treated like a beach Lagoi. This can be seen along the way, the people and fishing villages are found also in the form of hotels and other infrastructure infrastructure such as restaurants and so on.