This year the Nyepi on 26 March, Dewata Island again received an award. This time, the magazine obtained from the Senses in Europe. Some 60,000 readers of Bali declares The Best Destination Spa in the World 2009.

Received this award at the Wellness Award 2009 in Berlin, Germany, on March 12, received by the Director General of Culture and Tourism Sapta Nirwandar, and this day is given to the Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika by the Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik in Wiswa Sabha Building, Denpasar.

Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Spa Mooryati Soedibyo proud, and that this could push up tourist visits. This motivated the development and standardization of labor in the spa industry.

Bali several times received an award, among other international destinations as the world's best version of the magazine Travel and Leasure. Established this award six times in a row until 2008.

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Travel, although progress in the group, is a personal event. Because that is personal, do not believe so or just based on the full experience of others when you, for example, want to do the same trip. But no one knows the experience of others, there are still things that can be learned from the travels of others.

Here is a guide in making travel plans based on a number of people, among others, Mark Moxon, adventurer and author things about traveling. This guide specifically for the independent traveler, the people who design their own trip.

1. Specify the destination. This is an important first step. Sounds easy but the difficulty many people want to decide where to go until finally they never go out of her home page.
2. Make a simple research about the destination. Look for information through the Internet or go to the library or bookstore and look for a guide book about the area. Books or information that is both more general, such as general information about the area, island or continent that you want to visit.
3. Check the latest information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you plan to travel to Africa, make sure that your destination was not being civil war. Many people ignore the travel warning from the government. Be careful against the threat of potential danger.
4. When it is steady with the destination, specify what would be done there: shopping, diving, hiking. This is important because it will be associated with a variety of equipment that will be taken. People are often tempted to do many activities, but consider the physical condition, weather and time available. Weather prediction is expected when you are in the goal area.
5. Learn to type of transportation and destination in the region, and define the travel route. The determination of the route associated with the activities and transportation options.
6. Select lodging. For those who are home it is the earth and the sky is the roof or to sleep in any home can be wherever, lodging is not the most important. In areas main tourist destinations in the world many options hostel, inn, guesthouse and the cheap rate.
7. The next step is to calculate the cost. This is the most difficult but must be done. Start with the cost of the flight, use the guide to find out how the cost of accommodation for the night, the cost of meals, and transportation. That way you will have a rough idea of cost is required. Make sure the budget does not pass the content of your bag.
8. Have travelers checks and credit cards, both also have the cash, especially for emergency situations.
9. Decide whether to go alone or with a friend or two. According to Mark Moxon, for the first trip, go with friends is a good idea. Especially for women, know in some regions or countries in the world, the road alone women seen negative and susceptible to danger. But also how, the decision is in your hands.
10. Update vaccines such as the need tetanus, polio, typhus, and meningitis. Provide malaria medication if you are trying to visit areas still classified as endemic malaria regions. Now in addition to this terrorist, the virus is also a serious threat to tourists.
11. Check travel documents. Find out in the country where you are required to have entry visas. Visa on Arrival can be obtained (at the airport / main entrance) or the embassy in those countries.
12. Enjoy each step of travel is. Do not put the grandiose expectations because you can just be very disappointed. Some people are disappointed or directly behind the right-turn direction. It does not matter, it is better to acknowledge that the trip is not suitable for you from the forces continue to run with the mood that is not good.

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Imlek the 2559 peak marked with the Cap Go Meh is defined as the beginning of a new life with the request of safety, health, prosperity and abundant provision.
In Palembang, the peak ritual Cap Go Meh Kemaro conducted on the island which is a delta in the Musi River, about 5 km downstream the bridge Ampera. On the island there is a pagoda Hok Ceng Bio.

Cap Go Meh celebration on the island feels increasingly Kemaro with various showtimes characteristic, such as barongsai, the Chinese puppet art and traditional Chinese ethnic, Liong.

Visitors who come among others from neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore and the RRC and other countries, and from a number of provinces in Indonesia, where ethnic Chinese citizens trust the ancestor Tri Dharma and traditions Cap Go Meh.

For the descendants of Chinese society, in the tradition they always celebrate New Year with feasts "Imlek" Cap Go Meh (Sincia) or the day-to-end 15 months of the first Imlek. The existence of the island that is considered exotic - the existence of two graves on top of it and the temple there - also one of the tourist attraction that is high enough in the city of Palembang.

Island Kemaro votes encompass potential foreign tourists and the archipelago. Potential is great, at least, visible every time the New Year Imlek and Cap Go Meh, with the arrival of tourists from different regions and countries that continue to throng to the island that split the flow of the river formed a delta that.

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About 20 thousand people of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) stodge hilly area Seger, District Pujut, Central Lombok regency, to attend the evening reception peak tradition "Bau Nyale " (catching Nyale), since Saturday (14 / 2) to Sunday night ( 15 / 2) hours early as quoted Antara News.

Evening peak reception tradition "Bau Nyale" is also the peak of the festival, cultural festival of the people carry Lombok in the south that have been held since 11 Pebruari ago.

Lombok residents from many corners, especially from Central Lombok regency was busy visiting the coastal hills and Seger is using various types of vehicles going to the flow of traffic congestion and the long queue at the entrance area of the beach.

District of Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province and the Government agreed to the tradition of "Bau Nyale" this year's date is February 14-15, but the cultural festival was held a few days before.

Tradition "Bau Nyale" that has been hereditary since hundreds of years ago was based on the calendar year according to the Sasak.

Every year, "Nyale" or a kind of sea worm anelida (polycaetae) that appear once a year on the south coast of Lombok Island, arrested on 19 and 20 the tenth and eleventh month. Sasak marked the beginning of the year with stars shine "Rowot", while according to the Sasak tribe first days starting on 25 May and every month is calculated based on the age of 30 days.

If compared with the year of our Lord, the difference or slightly different cycle days and the tenth and eleventh ranges from the February or March.

The tradition of "Bau Nyale" conducted in the four-point beach "Selong belanak", District Praya West, The Beach, District Pujut, Mawun Beach, Tumpak Village, District Pujut, Seger and the beach, Kuta Village, District Pujut.

"Nyale" who want the arrested are believed to Putri Mandalika incarnation of the hundreds of years ago chose to plunge South Sea island of Lombok difficulties when choosing one of three princes who really want to gain.

I wonder when the dive was Princess Mandalika changed to "Nyale" which is then assumed by the public around the coast south of the Princess Mandalika changed to "nyale" so useful for many people, become the object of seizing the third earl.

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Pangandaran beach is one of the beach tourism object in West Java. Beach is located in the Village Pananjung, Kecamatan Pangandaran with distance ± 92 km south of the city Ciamis. Some of the specialty of this beach are:

1. Be able to see the sun rise and sinking one of the same place.
2. Sloping beach with crystal clear water and the distance between the ebb tide and relatively long, making it possible for us to swim safely.
3. There is a beach with white sand carpet.
4. There is a team savior coast tour.
5. Street environment mulus asphalt roads with adequate lighting.There is a garden with a fish-sea fish and sea life that mesmerize.

Visitors can enjoy the natural panorama of beautiful Pangandaran Beach and paving sloping beach of white sand memesona. Two hills that flank Pangandaran Beach exhale slowly to create wind and waves ripple marine relatively small, so that your visitors comfortable doing various activities, such as the ban swimming, boating circum navigate the peninsula, fishing, relaxing on the beach, or simply from the natural beauty cottages guide there are many in the area. In addition, visitors can see the sun rise and down from the same place.


Green Canyon real name is Cukang Taneuh, located in the Village Kertayasa District Cijulang, ± 31 km from Pangandaran.
This tourism object is a river that cut through the cave Cijulang with stalaktit and stalaknit the glamor and the two hills with rocks and trees provide many natural attractions and a unique challenge.

At the mouth of the cave there is a waterfall Palatar objects in the atmosphere so that this tour is so cool. Activities that can be made of them rock climbing (rock climbing), swim, canoe while fishing.

To reach the location of this tourist boat that can use widely available in Central Ciseureuh, both paste and boat paddle boat.
Tourism object is close with tourism object Batukaras and Flying Field Nusawiru.

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Large waves which strike the coast Buleleng to Sunday (8 / 2) yesterday seems to still hold violent. In addition to the house residents and tens of hectares of swamp rice fields by the beach, the waves are also used Buleleng Harbor that is now used as tourism object that collapse.

Almost all the rest in the harbor was destroyed by the incoming waves to the mainland. Large waves that occurred Saturday (7 / 2) that night cause severe damage along the 50 meters from the statue Yudha Mandala west to near Buleleng Pura Segara. Severe damage also occurred just below the entrance to the restaurant which is located above the sea. If the rest under the bridge is not repaired immediately feared the bridge to the restaurant also crumble.

Destruction back in the port of Buleleng, the Sunday yesterday, a spectacle of the current recreation at the beach is. Some residents have requested that the rest repaired immediately because it is feared that the land in the port that will participate abrasion to the sea. Even the property of Pura Segara Village Buleleng Pakraman will also feared damaged. 'This must be treated immediately, because the land in the port this can all abrasion,' said a resident.

Previously, the large waves that occur since Thursday (5 / 2), the already destroyed dozens of homes in several coastal villages, such as the Village District Bungkulan Sawan, Village Buleleng District Kalibukbuk and in some villages in the District Seririt. In addition, the waves also caused tens of hectares of rice fields submerged sea water and a number of palms trees.

Head Office PU Buleleng Ir. Nyoman Gede Suryawan, Sunday yesterday, said the data has not yet sure about the damage this has caused big waves lunge in Buleleng. According to him, the few days since PU is busy collecting data and hold the victims in the landslide damage Gitgit, Kubutambahan, Seririt and others. 'We are to record a landslide damage, including damage due to record large waves on the beach,' he said.

Head of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Distanak) Buleleng Ir. Putu Ardika also claim to have not received reports about the exact amount of rice land is submerged akir sea. For that, starting Monday (9 / 2) this will reduce the staff to record the submerged rice farmers as well as the sea water the amount of loss.

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