Situated in old Surabaya‚ this stately Dutch colonial-style compound was built in 1862 and is now a preserved historical site. Previously used as an orphanage managed by the Dutch‚ it was purchased in 1932 by Liem Seeng Tee‚ the founder of Sampoerna‚ with the intent of it being used as Sampoerna’s first major cigarette production facility.
The compound consisted of a large central auditorium‚ two smaller buildings on the east and west sides and numerous large‚ single story‚ open-space structures behind the central auditorium. The side buildings were converted to family residences and the large warehouse-like structures were used to accommodate facilities for tobacco and clove processing‚ blending‚ hand-rolling and packaging‚ printing and finished goods processing.
Today‚ the compound is still functioning as a production plant for ... [
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Written on 12 Jan 2012 | Posted in
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Temple Cetho (Javanese spelling: cethå) is a Hindu temple relics patterned end of the Majapahit period (15th century). The first scientific report about it was made by Van de Vlies in 1842. A.J. Bernet Kempers also doing research about it. Excavation (digging) for the purposes of reconstruction was first performed in 1928 by the Archeological Department of the Dutch East Indies. Based on the situation when the debris started to study, this temple has not aged a lot with Sukuh Temple. Location in the village temple Ceto, Gumeng Village, Sub Jenawi, Karanganyar District, at an altitude of 1400m above sea level.
Until now, the temple complex is used by local residents who are Hindus as a ... [
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Written on 8 Aug 2010 | Posted in
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Silih Asah
Silih Asih
Silih Asuh
This poetic word is not random poet, but rather as life philosophy, but rather as life philosophy which is followed by majority of west java citizen. This philosophy teach human to take care each other, based on love and share the knowledge and experience each other. The truth is a life Democritus's concept which is rooted in awareness and nobleness of intelligence and this philosophies root is stab for to the earth in literal meaning. Different with other civilization's people in Indonesia archipelago, West Java's civilization's people which has original citizen and speaks Sudanese is influenced by fertile and nature world. That's why in social interaction, the citizen there follow that philosophy.
Beside they can be intimate with nature environment and other human. ... [
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Written on 5 Aug 2010 | Posted in
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Maluku is the only Indonesian province in which land makes up just 10 percent of the area's total surface. In many places the surrounding seas could be thousands of meters deep. Maluku is a transition zone between the Asian and Australian fauna and flora, and also between the Malay-based cultures of western Indonesia and those of Melanesia.
Its approximately 1000 islands support a population of less than 1.7 million people. The average population density figure is 19 people per-square kilometer, but the distribution is uneven. Air and sea transportation are the main means which link the islands together. The province has 32 seaports and 20 airports, and only about 160 km of roads. However, good roads on many of the islands provide easy access to the ... [
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Written on 1 Aug 2010 | Posted in
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This time were going to do Travel Adventure by enjoying one of many best places for diving dan surfing in Indonesia. Mentawai Island Located in the middle of the Indian Ocean and takes 9 hours trip from Padang, West Sumatra. Mentawai glowing with all the nature spirits and make it a great place to escape from a hectic life. Mentawai is the natural habitat for 16 endemic species, and some of them such as endangered species e.g. monkey Simakobu.
simakobu monkey
The present life of Mentawai people categorized as heritage from the Neolithic period, and they have a strong spirit to believe in nature, their life strongly affected by nature. They believe that nature is at the center of life. All the attributes of real Mentawai a ... [
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Written on 29 Jul 2010 | Posted in
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Some electronic books in the Indonesian tourist guide you can