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Pinisi - The Art of Boatbuilding in South Sulawesi

Pinisi – The Art of Boatbuilding in South Sulawesi

Congratulations. On Dec 7, 2017, UNESCO Acknowledges Pinisi as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Participants at the 12th Session of the UNESCO Unique Cultural Heritage Committee were enthralled by the art of Pinisi shipbuilding, Indonesian Permanent Representative to the UNESCO T. A. Fauzi Soelaiman noted in a statement received by Antara on Friday.

Pinisi has become the epitome of the Archipelago’s…

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Where-to-go while in North Sulawesi

Where-to-go while in North Sulawesi

For me north sulawesi is heaven, they have everything I love so dearly, a beautiful beaches, delicious food, nice secluded trekking area, added good music and friends to that list and done, thats all i need. So maybe you wonders where to go while in north sulawesi, here is the list :

North sulawesi tourism icon, Bunaken national park. Cover 65 km² area with 97% of marine habitat, this national…

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Enjoy Traveling To Manado In Tight Budget

Enjoy Traveling To Manado In Tight Budget

Lots of my friends said that to enjoy traveling in Manado, North Sulawesi you will gonna needs a lot of money. For first time travelers, maybe that’s true but after I lived there for almost a year, I can tell you that’s not completely true. You still can enjoy your traveling time in Manado. Here is some trick to enjoy your time in Manado to the fullest.

1. First, tickets.

Never ever come to…

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Family Picnic To Bandung 

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West Sumatra Culinary Adventure  There is no separating West Sumatra from its culinary riches. Everyone in this country familiar with the famous "Masakan Padang".

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How To Get To Semeru

Yesterday a friends from Philippines asked me how to get to Semeru. I said that “it’s been a long time since my last mountaineering but still I know how to take you guys to Ranupani, the last village before trekking.

First, international flight usually arrives in Jakarta or Surabaya, if you arrive in one of those airport, you need to continue your journey to Malang, by connecting plane, car or…

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Weekend Escape To Pulau Kotok

Weekend Escape To Pulau Kotok

When I mention “thousands Island”, 100% I’m sure that you will think about salad dressing, but no that’s not what I mean. Thousands Island or Kepulauan seribu is area in Jakarta that consists of 200 something Island and one of them is Kotok island, an island where we gonna escape from fast and busy Jakarta life for a while. Snorkeling, fishing, camping and off course bonfires. Come join us!

This…

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Indonesian Street Food Adventure 

Indonesia is huge archipelago country with their own uniqueness in every island. God gives us with such beautiful land, rich with everything, fruits, veggies, plant, forest, ocean, river, mountains, everything. Each island develops their own flavor, a perfect combined of their cultural, traditions, culinary techniques, and off course their land. 

I love food, and as a kid, I dreamed that someday…

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Natural Wonders of Sulawesi 

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Wonderful Indonesia – Lake Linau (video) Read more about lake linau here

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Wonderful Indonesia – Otanaha Fortress of Gorontalo (video) Read more about Otanaha fortess here

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Pal Beach, Your Perfect Private Beach

Pal Beach, Your Perfect Private Beach

Pall beach is one of many-many beaches in North Sulawesi, not that virgin and not too famous. Locals know this beach but not tourist. So if you wanna sunbathing all day or swimming or whatever you want without nuisance this your beach. 

Located on Marinsow – Likupang, about 30 km northern Manado. You’ll only need less than an hour drive to get there. The road quite smooth, only a little bumpy at…

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Otanaha Fortress 

The story behind this fortress is not that clear. Some say Portugese sailor builds this fortress after trick Gorontalo king, some say Gorontalo king asked for help from Portugese sailor to defend their sea from pirates. Either way the fortress is stand strong on the Dembe hill, till this day. The fortress is made from unique mixture, white eggs of maleo, calcium and sand. 

There is three fortress…

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Lake Linau - a little beauty in the center city of flowers Tomohon 

Lake Linau – a little beauty in the center city of flowers Tomohon 

Linau lake, a beautiful small lake in the city of flowers Tomohon. It’s pretty small, only about 46 hectares but it’s so damn beautiful. To reach Linau is Pretty easy, only a hour drive form Manado to Tomohon, follow the main road and about 3km on your left side there will be small alley with name Linau Street (Jalan Linau) on it. That’s the only road to reach the lake. 

When you reach the lake…

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Tanjung Puting National Park Tour

Tanjung Puting National Park Tour

Day One Airport – Kumai – Bekantan Tour – Houseboat

Bekantan (Nasalis larvatus)

Photo By Charlesjsharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41630519

On arrival at Pangkalan Bun airport, meeting service then transfer to Kumai, seaport and the gate to reach National Park. Onboard, crossing Kumai river in approximately…

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Laiwangi Wanggameti National Park 

   Located on sumba island, Indonesia. Laiwangi-Wanggameti National Park represents all forest types in Sumba, including alpine forest which is not common in Sumba. This Park has a species diversity of high value, in particular at an altitude of 800 m asl. Among the species of flora are jambu hutan (Syzygium sp.), pulai (Alstonia scholaris), beringin (Ficussp.), kenari (Canarium oleosum), kayu…

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Manado Culinary Adventure

This city is very known with it’s culinary, from the standart ones till the extraordinary ones. This city also very known with the seafood products. This is Manado. Wanna have culinary adventure in Manado, here a list that you must to try from breakfast to dinner.

1.    Tinutuan This is the most popular dish for breakfast. It’s porridge, contain with vegetable such as corn, spinach, pumpkin,…