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Visiting Monkey Forest Ubud Tips

08.10.2011, No Comments, Destination, Traveling Tips, by dwix.

Mongkey Forest, a small forest located in the center of Ubud, Gianyar inhabited by hundreds of monkeys. If you plan to visit this place, consider the following tips.

Tips:
1. Do not feed peanuts to the monkeys
2. Do not be seduced monkey
3. Do not touch the monkey suddenly
4. Prohibited from carrying a bag containing food to the forest

The ban is intended to make you comfortable and enjoy the behavior of hundreds of monkeys in Mongkey Forest.

location:
Mongkey Forest, Ubud, Gianyar

access:
Ngurah Rai Airport – Ubud is about 50 kilometers or about 1 hour
from Kuta.

Indonesia and Australia Relation in Tourism Sector

08.08.2011, No Comments, Issue, News, by dwix.

One of the bilateral cooperation relations of Indonesia and Australia are in the field of tourism. Now the relationship was cemented after a meeting between Indonesia Tourism & Culture Minister Jero Wacik with the Minister of Resources, Energy, and Tourism Australia Martin Ferguson in Building Seven Enchantment, Jakarta.

During the meeting, they will more seriously discuss various cooperation programs increase the tourism sector. This cooperation in enhancing the national tourism Indonesia. This is because Australia is the third largest major tourist market after Singapore and Malaysia. At his press conference, Wacik said that the target in 2011, Australian tourists who come to Indonesia reached 800,000 to 900,000 people.

“Plus soon will built an international airport in Lombok, by adding direct flights from Australia to Lombok and Lombok to Australia,” said Wacik. It is, further Wacik, it will greatly facilitate international tourists to enjoy the charm of Indonesian tourism. Learn more

Tags: Tourism

Tenganan is The Original Balinese

08.08.2011, No Comments, Destination, by dwix.

Tenganan, a traditional village which is famous for maintaining customs as Bali Aga or Bali Asli (the original Balinese). The village is inhabited by indigenous populations Tenganan Pagringsingan Bali Aga (original Balinese) is located in District Manggis, Karangasem regency. Remote village, about 85 kilometers from Denpasar.

This area became a tourist destination because of customs and traditions really guarded. Tenganan village awoke from the influence of the changing times that are so rapidly around the area. The village of 1,500 hectares is still important to maintain buildings and houses as the original, namely the three village halls and traditional houses in a row and exactly one another.

Along the trail, there are hundreds of houses lined up cheek by jowl. Almost all the buildings made of red brick or stone are patched with the ground. Uniquely, the entrance of the houses are made narrow, measuring only one adult, and the top of the door together with a roof made of thatch (dried coconut leaves).

Tags: Original Balinese