Alam Bahasa Indonesia

In Depok Beach near Parangtritis we can get more than the beautiful scenery and typical beach atmosphere. There is a fish market which sells fish and other seafood. We can buy fish directly from fishermen too. The fish there are fresher and cheaper than those sold in the city markets. In Depok Beach we can [...] Read more »

In traditional market you can find various traditional snacks, the traditional and modern ones. There are many of them made of cassava. They are among others gethuk, cemplon, lemet, putri solo, balok, alen-alen, gatot, thiwul, sawut, timus, tape dan cassava chips. Have you ever heard the word “singkong?” At a glance this word similar [...] Read more »

Wonosobo, the small town near Dieng Plateau in Central Java, has various specific food, among others mi ongklok, tempe kemul, opak, and mushroom chips. The best thing is to enjoy the food in the cool air of the town. In my way home to Wonosobo, what is in my mind is a hot tempe kemul [...] Read more »

Suatu sore di Candi Sambisari

 
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Taking a visit to monuments from the Indian period of Indonesian history, right before the gates we will normally see a couple of fierce-looking creatures. They are called Dvarapalas, the temple guards. The word Dvarapala is derived from the Sanskrit ‘dvara’ (meaning ‘door’, ‘gate’, or ‘passage’) and ‘pala’ (means ‘guard’ or protector’).

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My Indonesian friend who had two years lived in England was forced to stay in her hotel for two days in her holidays in Yogya recently. She had a severe diarrhea since her stomach seemed to refuse some local food. When she still lived in Yogya several years ago we often wondered when our foreign [...] Read more »

Do you find difficulties to choose a hand-made batik? Sometimes it happens to us when we are shopping in a traditional batik market or in a batik shop, we get confused to choose a [...] Read more »

Upon hearing the word Jogja normally there are three things that came across the minds of most people: Malioboro (the street that is famous for its sidewalk merchants), Kraton (the royal palace), and gudeg (the traditional food of Jogja which is made of jackfruit and cooked in a very long time). Those three have long [...] Read more »