Sunday, April 15, 2012

Sanur Beach, Bali

Sanur beach is located in the east of Denpasar, the capital of Bali. Sanur Beach is located in Sanur Village, approximately 6 km from the City of Denpasar, Bali Province, and Island of Bali. Sanur beach is easily reachable from Denpasar, about a 5 to 10 minute drive. Sanur beach is the beach for family recreation; many families come from the City of Denpasar to Sanur beach for relaxing.


Sanur is the second best diving spot in Bali after Tulamben, blessed with reef bed aquatics and various kinds of marine organism. Its moderate wind and transparent water surely provides water sport enthusiasts with a playground of the first degree in terms of quality and safety. Head yourself north to find a wilder swell at Keramas Beach. If you just need a break from your daily routine, strolling along the grainy beach in the morning whilst catching the sunrise is surely a good remedy. At Sanur beach, many foreign tourists sunbathing on the beach while enjoying the beautiful Sanur Beach. Sanur beach is famous for the beautiful sunrise. The sunrise in the morning in Sanur is so beautiful. Sanur Beach is an excellent site to watch the sunrise; this is the opposite from Kuta beach which has an amazing sunset.


Swimming is the prime water activity in Sanur. The lower tide, clean and cool water are some of the reasons you might choose to swim in Sanur over Kuta or any other beach in this island, not to mention its smaller crowds and safer waves. Swimming in Sanur is safe for minors as well as for adults. Aside from Sanur Beach, southern Sanur’s Sindhu beach is also the site of an excellent salt water lagoon. Sanur is also offer many things like surfing, windsurfing, cruise and underwater cruise, marine walk, kite flying, etc.


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Friday, April 6, 2012

Semeru, Highest mountain in Java Island

Semeru or be known with Mahameru is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, and also the highest mountain in Indonesia with height about 3.676 meters from sea. This mountain is located in Malang, East Java. For climbing this mountain is taking around 4 days for up and down. Semeru's eruptive history is extensive. Since 1818, at least 55 eruptions have been recorded (10 of which resulted in fatalities) consisting of both lava flows and pyroclastic flows. All historical eruptions have had a VEI of 2 or 3.


There are not only for adventure when people climb this mountain, Semeru offering many things, from the amazing scenery, an adventure when start to climb, etc. There are two beautiful lakes, in the up side is called Ranu Pane and the other one nearby called Ranu Kumbolo, Ranu is mean lake. In the evening, it is very cold to stay here. Its population is about 600, surviving their lives from vegetable agriculture. For the first time, people can’t imagine in the height like that there is beautiful lake.


Climbers forbidden to pass through the southern path because of the poisonous gas and lava path, as an active volcano, Semeru still release of toxic gases and also often experience an earthquake. In the route, we will pass pine forest, field weeds, range of edelweiss and if we luck we can see wild birds and wild cocks. Many tourist local or foreign come to climb this mountain. In the top of the mountain, called Mahameru, We can enjoy an unforgettable and fantastic panorama towards many peaks of East Java, coasts and seas, and sunrise in the east horizon. The climbers must wait an exploded crater to take a picture. Before 9 AM the climbers must leave the peak, because the explosion toward to the peak, bring poison, sand, stone, ash, and dust.




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