Beyond Bali: Yogyakarta City

The Prambanan ruins, a Hindu temple, are actually a vast group of many temple ruins spread over five kilometers. Towering in the middle of them is the 47 meter high main Temple of Siva, a symbol of the Prambanan ruins. The Siva temple is flanked by the Brahma and Vishnu temples and standing opposite them are the temples enshrining the animals which transport them.

Borobudur, on the other hand, is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. It was buried in the jungle for about 1000 years before finally being discovered in 1814 during the British occupation. The temple is still shrouded in many mysteries.

The Yogyakarta royal palace located in the middle of the town of Yogyakarta is still the home of the present king, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. At the museum located inside the royal palace which is open to the public, you will see gifts to the king from many countries of the world, and treasures and antiques as well as the clothes worn by successive kings. The museum, a reminder of how the kings lived and the history of Yogyakarta, has become a renowned and fascinating tourist spot.

No doubt, Yogyakarta is your-must-next-visit destination after Bali. If you often hear that Ubud is the true of Bali, then Yogya is the true of Java.

Nusa Penida Bali

Nusa Penida is an island located at the south side of Semarapura city, Klungkung. There are some places of interest for the tourist to enjoy the island. And mostly, for water sports. The water sport at Nusa Penida is the most interesting attraction. Also, there are some beautiful coral reef and fishes.

In Nusa Penida, there is another places of interest that is also very interesting, called Sauna. In Sauna we can see white sand beaches and the hills. There is also founded a cave, called Goa Giri Putri. This cave located in Dusun Karangsari, Suana village about more than 5 kilometers at the east side of Batununggul village, the most busy village in Nusa Penida, Bali.

What interesting is, the door which is very small, for the people to entering in. To enter the cave, we must make slow progress for about 3 kilometers! After that we will find a very big room inside the cave.

There are some stalagmite and stalactite inside. Also founded for a holy oase. From the edge of the cave we can see a panorama of the hills, widely and clearly seen.

Places of Interest in Nusa Penida

In Nusa Penida tourism area, there are some interesting places we can visited. This recreational area is quiet interesting, with the maritime tourism surrounded by beautiful reef and interesting fishes around the sea. This small island is only about 45 minutes reached from Padangbai Harbor, Bali.

SUANA
Beside a white sandy beach and a beautiful hill surrounded the area, in Sauna there is also a cave called Giri Putri Cave. Inside the cave we can find many of stalagmites and stalactites and a holy source. It is quiets different to entering the cave, as the entrance place is very small. But, after we succeed to reach the inside of the cave we will find a quiet large space.

KARANG BOLONG
This place of interest can be seen from the village of Sakti, Nusa Penida. We can enjoy the beautiful panorama there, along with the white sandy beach. We can also find an interesting water source in this area.

LEMBONGAN BEACH JUNGUTBATU
Beautiful beach with white sandy and limpid water. We can see quiet clearly the almost the bottom of the sea. Many fishes also there so it should be a lovely thing to see on the beach. The tourist can be also do some activities, like riding banana boat. Do not forget to see the sunset at beach around late of the afternoon

G-Land Surfer Paradise

G-Land Surfer Paradise, it isn't wrong idiom which the surfer mania said from many countries. The G-Land Surfer Paradise is located in Banyuwangi, the most east side of the city in Java island. The place is widely known as the alternative of the surfing paradise beside the beaches in Bali island.

For along time we just know Kuta beach, Sanur, Padang Padang, and some beaches in Bali as Surfer Paradise. Beside that beaches, Banyuwangi has a famous beach in the surfer mania, that place is Plengkung. But it is known as G-Land. For the information, Banyuwangi is one of cities in East Java Province, Indonesia.

It called G-Land because this place like G character when see from upside, this place was discovered when the finder in flight with the plane which across the G-Land upside.

According the surfer, G-Land has second biggest wave and the longest wave in the world. Because that, G-Land become the one of Surf Paradise.

Nusa Lembongan Bali

The beauty of Nusa Lembongan scenery make this place become one of tourism destination in Bali. Bali, which already known of its Kuta beach, temple in Tanah Lot, Besakih temple or sunset in Dreamland beach, but we can enjoy the white sand and also diving in Nusa Lembongan and it can make an unforgotten experience.

Nusa Lembongan is one of three small islands in South East of Bali. Those three islands are Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan. The three islands is part of Klungkung residence and it separated from Bali island by Badung strain.

To go there we must pass the small strain from Padangbai harbor - from Sanur or Karangasem - Denpasar which will take time for about 1 - 1.5 hours.

In Nusa Lembongan, you will see a white sand beach with a clear sea and many kinds of colorful fishes and also beautiful coral. Unlike in Kuta, Tanah Lot or Dreamland, the environment is still natural, it haven't touched by wrong man hands, but there is already a lot of facilities we can use to satisfy our self, such as: Hotels, restaurants, cultural gallery, and sea tourism object for diving and see the beautiful coral inside.