The Grojogan Sewu Waterfall

The Grojogan Sewu tour that was located in the Karanganyar Regency, Central Java this indeed had the special character. Moreover if being enjoyed at the time of the normal day where the number of visitors not too many. With the location of the height approximately 1000 metre on the surface of sea water (this according to Sir Sukino-volunteer), the cool climate was really felt in this place. Moreover in right left the waterfall of many big trees that were tens even hundreds of years old. Went on a trip to Grojogan Sewu indeed almost fully enjoyed beauty of the waterfall, because practical did not have other facilities apart from the waterfall. Was available also several games for the very simple child, if not wanting to be said was not available. Perhaps the tour of the vegetables expenses and typical mountains could increase the alternative to the aim to this place. Moreover around the entrance also was available the leasee of the horse, not there is mistakenly to try to go round rose the horse only denga the cost fifteen thousand rupiah for one round time.

Further information about this place then not we could, because not the availability of the guide and the brochure that explained about this place. In broad outline, indeed Grojogan Sewu be classed as in the concept ekowisata, that is the tour that relied on beauty and the authenticity of nature. In the future, this tourist attraction could become one of the Karanganyar mainstays of the Regency tour, because apart from could be covered easily by the motor driver and the car, was not far from here still one road direction, we could reach the Sarangan Lake.

When seeing the door to the jostling ticket, seldom loosened the spirit to see Grojogan Sewu. What the power, foot we have taken a step and exact stood exact in front of the entrance. Finally must be willing to queue to get the admission ticket into the tourist attraction. Moreover not only that, to menuruni the ladder headed Grojogan Sewu, then must experience the alias impasse must be willing the road was very slow because of the number of people. After one by one overtook in the bend, approximately to the descendants of the ladder to our 70 succeeded in passing several parties of the person and rocking from side to side rather fast down.

Such was Grojogan Sewu tour scenery at the time of the Public Holiday holiday. Indeed according to Mr Sukino (36) sala one Grojogan Sewu additional volunteer during days besar,”Kalau lebaran yes like this Mas his condition, like the market bubar,”. Almost in each place of the rest, in the corner of the place, on the edge tebing, in fact arrive in low the waterfall was full of the person. not this a blessing of the lebaran day? One-sided indeed we could not enjoy beauty of this waterfall optimally, but in other the side definitely this turned on the wheel of economics of many people especially around this waterfall tour. From beginning this place manager to the available sellers certainly felt his positive impact.

Because of the road around the relatively narrow waterfall, whereas the quite crowded person, to take the picture of the location then was forced to have to stop the footpath several times. Be enough to have difficulty taking the good picture, because in all the places always had the person who sat relaxed to enjoy cool him the waterfall from various sides. After going round around the waterfall with the height approximately 81 metre this, we sat sembari enjoyed chicken satay of Mr Kin. Apparently the only chicken satay that was in the location of the waterfall. It seems moderate was glad, and his price then was not too expensive, only dibandrol six thousand rupiah per the portion. Although in right left our place sat many milling people, even increasingly increased the fun ate satay, “nuansa him berbeda”.

Bogor Botanic Garden

Like that entered the main gate that was guarded by two Ganesha statues, the god of the Hindu policy, the visitor could choose four routes that were offered in the garden measuring 87 hectare that. Entered the route of one, we will trace Street Kenari, in accordance with the tree kind had a name latin Canarium commune that often grew in the region. This tree was planted by Johannes Elias Teysmann in 1832, penata the garden from the Netherlands that at that time held the office of the first curator of the Bogor Botanic Garden.

Apart from being overgrown by thousands species the good crop in and foreign, the Botanic Garden also was the "island" of the protected place for was varied birds in the middle of the developing city fast, was recorded by more than 50 birds kinds was here, a fairy kepodang, walik the flower, the thrush, kucica, kowak, the heron, and cinenen grey. Like that was seen that afternoon, dozens of herons milled about on the tree that grew in the middle of the pond, with his voice that was typical.

Continued the trip entered the second route, apart from will meet rimbunan the pandanus tree, the palm, and several ponds with various water crops. Very picturesque scenery could be experienced in Cafe Botanicus that was surrounded the meadow and the big pond were adorned with the water lily crop. In this place the visitor many that made use of him to rest or relax. Lay was based on grass or enjoyed food provisions with the family.

If you were the lover of the kind tree nail-pakuan, then the third route was his heaven this kind. There had the Mexican Garden, the part of the nature forest that was filled by the collection nail-pakuan, spices, the palm and the bat. For the lover of the orchid, in the route of the four Bogor botanic gardens also kept many valuable collections high. It is not surprising that in 1977, Siti Hartinah, the wife former President Soeharto mendanai the production of the special greenhouse for the wild orchid collection available in Indonesia. Unfortunately, to enter him must have special permission and bought the ticket before.

The existence of this garden started from the wish of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Javanese Governor to 1811-1816, to form the Istana Garden that was occupied by him to the stylish English garden. Two penata the garden from the Kew Botanic Garden in London, England deliberate was brought in by him. The arrangement for the sake of the arrangement then was carried out in order to bring about the dream would the beautiful garden. What was dreamt of by Raffles had finally succeeded in being realised by Casper Georg Carl Reinwardt that at the same time was crowned as the founder Lands Plantentuin, the name that was given the Dutch nation for the Botanic Garden. Reinwardt was Germans that that moved to Amsterdam and studied nature mathematics, with spesialisi botany and chemical knowledge.

Reindwardt then decided to gather all this plants in a botany garden in Bogor, that at that time was acknowledged as Buitenzorg, that was significant without the maintenance or the maintenance. This also gave the opportunity for him to collect plants and the seeds from various territories in the Malaya peninsula. This botanic garden that in the long run made Bogor the centre of the development of horticultural agriculture in Indonesia. Just in 1817, the land measuring 47 hectare that shared a border with the palace of Dutch Governor was appointed to become the Botanic Garden. Reinwardt was the first director (1817-1822). In 1830, penata the garden from the Netherlands Johannes Elias Teysmann became the curator of the botanic garden and spent spare time from 50 years to develop this garden.

Pelabuhan Ratu

The coastal panorama evidently could be medicine that was effective for us after so many time were always covered by routine that could make us bored, suntuk in fact depression. The coastal tour could be also obtained by us with the price that relative cheap, with various activities that could be enjoyed by us, swam for example. One of the appropriate coasts was visited by us was the Pelabuhan Ratu coast. Apart from beautiful, the coast that was located around 4 hours of the land trip from the City of Hujan Bogor this had various surpluses in the other coastal equal in Indonesia.

The Pelabuhan Ratu coast was the coast that had beauty of the typical panorama. The blend between the steep coast, the gradient coast, steep coral that dilatar rebuffed the forest nature reserve and the mountain as well as the river that his swift current could be used for the arena of rafting. Around the Pelabuhan Ratu Coast, most did not have nine location points played surfing. From the Guram Stone, Karang Sari, Samudra Beach, Cimaja, Karang Haji, Indicator, Sunset Beach, Ombak Tujuh and the Tip of tiles. In certain months between May- and October these locations usually would busy was visited by the surfers.

For the activity in the land, we could walk towards the source of hot water around at Cisolok. His location around 17 kilometre from Queen's port city. The source of this hot water really was suitable to cleanse skin of all the illness sorts. As you know, his water contained the element of the high sulphur. Most of the tourists who visited both that was local and manca the country might be said came to Pelabuhan Ratu because of the background of the mystery to be overturned by beauty of his panorama, when-during certain many ritual agendas that often were held by the local inhabitants as the feeling of thanking you they against the ruler of south sea. The myth that told how that Pelabuahn Queen was the place of the rule of Queen Pantai Selatan Nyai Roro Kidul was the special attraction for penginjung. What next around the location of the coast to be precise in Hawu Coral was gotten the Petilasan place (persinghahan) Queen Pantai Selatan, that could be visited to do reorganised certain or only called in to look around.

For the accommodation affair, all along the coast often was gotten accommodation with the price that berfariasi from that was cheap with facilities an existence until the hotel had stars that already clear had more adequate facilities. Or you could choose the Inna Samudra Beach Hotel that also could not in released from many myths that developed in the local environment in fact possibly in West Java, because the Hotel was four-star that beforehand often in visited RI President first this had one unique room that is the room 308 that according to the story once in stopped over in Nyai Roro Kidul. In this room and you too could do ritual or just looked around to treat the curious feeling.

After satisfied to go round enjoyed beauty of the Pelabuhan Ratu coastal panorama, and you too could visit the place of the auctioning of the fish and bought several kinds of the sea creature for only a present that was typical from Pelabuhan Ratu on the end of your holiday agenda. The location of the auctioning of various sorts of this sea of occupants's kind off the Pelabuhan Ratu bus terminal. You were interested?