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Discussionharry on October 5th, 2008

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Topic: Destinations, News

Ancol, Still Interesting to be Visited

Discussionfahmi on October 5th, 2008

Jakarta has many destinations, but you know...Ancol is still the best and interesting destinations, especially in Lebaran holiday like now. This can be proved, since Lebaran, there are many visitors, domestic and abroad, spent their holiday in Ancol. The main destination in Ancol, still the beaches. ...

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Some Islands Were Sold!!

Discussionfahmi on September 27th, 2008

Some islands, which were located near Komodo Island, were sold. One of them is Tatawa island which located near Komodo island. The legislatif staffs of Nusa Tenggara Timur were shocked after they knew this news. They accused that Kabupaten Manggarai government staffs involved. Patah, one of legislatif staf, said that ...

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Cleaning of Gronggong Destination

Discussionfahmi on September 27th, 2008

Recently, some officers from Satuan Pamong Praja/Satpol PP (Disciplines Officers) cleaned Gronggong destination from unofficial booths. This cleaning actions must to be done, since those booths corroded the beauty of Gronggong destination. The booth owners had been received warning, at least twice. But because they ...

Topic: Event, News

Petang Megang, A Traditional Event in Pekanbaru

Discussionfahmi on September 7th, 2008

Petang Megang is well known as a traditional event in Pekanbaru in order to greet Ramadhan (fast season). This event, in this year, took a place in Siak River and was opened by Pekanbaru major, Herman Abdullah. In his speech, Herman Abdullah wanted this event become ...

Topic: Destinations, News

Batik Laweyan

Discussionfahmi on August 25th, 2008

There are many variants of batik. One of them is batik Laweyan from Solo. Laweyan was coming from the village where majority of the residents work as batik maker. On this village, batik become part of life, not only for (ceremonial) dressing but also for becak ...

Topic: Destinations, News

Anak Krakatau Condition

Discussionfahmi on August 24th, 2008

Anak Krakatau, as one of best destination in Indonesia, for this week was announced as a prohibit destination to be visited. The cause was it's activities were increasing, and it means it will endanger the tourism especially, and the civilization around it. However, Krakatau Festival 2008 ...

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Decreasing, Tourists who Visit Jakarta

Discussionfahmi on August 12th, 2008

Since there were many demonstrations, especially during moment of gas price was going to increase, that ended in chaos, many tourist decided not to visit Jakarta. The safety factor became their priority, since Jakarta had a bad moment in 1998. Previously, there were 128.772 visiting on ...

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Fire in Some National Parks

Discussionfahmi on August 12th, 2008

Recently, there are some national parks are on fire. Let's say, Merapi Mountain and Ciremai Mountain National Parks. The damage is quite bad since in Indonesia is a dry season, so the wind's blows make the fire is getting bigger. Some actions had to be done, not ...

Topic: Event, News

Cipete Vaganza, Faboulus Vaganza

Discussionfahmi on July 30th, 2008

Last Saturday, Jakarta citizen were entertained by Cipete Vaganza, a biggest (I think) vaganza that ever made in Jakarta on this year. This event was held in Cipete, one region in South of Jakarta. Cipete Vaganza object is to conserve Betawi culture and to celebrate the ...

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