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Tangkuban Perahu Mountain and the Legend

Tangkuban Perahu MountainTangkuban Perahu Mountain is very beautiful and cool place which become one of the tourist destination in Indonesia.

Tangkuban Perahu Mountain is one of the active volcano and also it has a great legend for the story behind which reflects about the culture of Indonesia. Actually, this mountain is located in the area of West Java and it means that when you calculate from the north of Bandung city, you can say that to go there you need to go around 20 km.

If you visit Indonesia, then one point that needs to be done by you is about visiting this Tangkuban Perahu Mountain to find out the beauty of the scene from this location that is about the condition of the mountain.  Well, the first view that you can get is about the crater which named Queen’s crater that you can find in the peak of the mountain itself which can make you see the amazing scene there which is so natural, but that is amazing. The crater of the mountain itself is the bigger crater. Many tourists actually visit and add this object as one of their destination during having traveling because they feel so interest with the attractive of the panorama from the crater also the peak itself.

When they want to hike to the peak, some of them also like to ride to the edge of this Tangkuban Perahu Mountain’s crater to watch the water which is hot and it is spring. That is why you’d better to prepare picnic blankets in case the weather is not good. With the unique way, somehow the hot water itself can be the way to boil the eggs. That is why when they want to taste about eggs cooked on its hot surface; they really enjoy eating it.

Tangkuban Perahu Mountain came out with the popular legend about the story.

If you just translate about the name of the Tangkuban Perahu Mountain itself, it has a meaning about upturned boat and in the story, it tells about the love story of Dayang sumbi and also her child who had been already separated since her husband died because of his child. Somehow, they met again and Dayang Sumbi is never getting older, even her face still young and made his child falling in love without understanding that the woman he loved was his mom.  Because he could not fulfill his promise and could not accept that the woman is his mom, he then kicks away his boat to the mountain and that is the story.  Well, this is a good recommendation for you if you just visit Indonesia especially in Bandung, it is better for you to have a picnic or hiking with your family to see the beauty of Tangkuban Perahu Mountain.

Once again I just remind you to bring blanket or jacket  while you enjoy the view of  Tangkuban Perahu Mountain.

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah for Traditional Culture

Taman Mini Indonesia IndahTaman Mini Indonesia Indah or in short you can call it as TMII which means that beautiful Indonesia miniature park.

TMII is actually is created as the place for recreation completed with the park as the synopsis of the virtual aspect from Indonesian lifestyle which is representing cultures, natures, even about the heritages which is came out from Indonesian people. If you want to visit it, you can find the location on the Pondok Gede persist on the east of Jakarta with the width for it is only more than 160 hectares.

The history about why the president established this place is since the period of President Soeharto as the second Indonesian president. The idea about creating park recreation was come from her wife as the way to respect the sense of nationality, proud of Indonesia, and also about devotion among Indonesian people itself and that idea made president realized to create the recreation park that until now still represent about the beauty and also the wealth of Indonesia in miniatures and the construction itself started since 1971 then opened in 1975. I

In this place, you can find out the traditional pavilions that became the traditional houses and it is built from 26 provinces in Indonesia only. The pavilions however created with the ornaments and also the motif itself appeared from every territory. Not only that, but also in this place you can find out the traditional furniture that has been the icon from each territory. Some pavilions which are created in this Taman mini Indonesia Indah are included in the traditional house such as tongkonan from tana toraja, balon alsof from batak toba and also many more. Because there are actually 26 provinces that Indonesian people have, so of course there must be 26 pavilions in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. Besides the traditional houses in this tourist object, you can also find out the museum around 15 museums there that represents about Indonesian natural museum which can be the good place for you to find out more history about Indonesia.

The last point that you can find in this object of tourisms is about the park in this object that are around 11 units of the park such as orchid park, cactus park, jasmine park, bird park, and many more. Well, it is better for you if you also choose this destination to the travel within your family so that you can get meaningful traveling in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.

Do visit Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Jakarta

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