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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Events Throughout the Year TMII

Puppet People
You can see Javanese dance performances at the Theatre Arts Building every Wednesday, starting at 20:15 until midnight. Backdrop of gamelan music, stories are staged usually adapted from the epic Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Ketoprak
Ketoprak performances can also be watched in Theatre Arts Building, every Thursday night, starting at 20:00.

Cultural Dance Performances

Located on the stage of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMIII) every Sunday from 9 am until 2 pm. Or at the Ancol Art Market every Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Shadow play
Shows take place every second or fourth week, on Saturday night at the Central Museum in Jakarta.

Gamelan Music
Every Sunday morning, Sundanese gamelan played in the Central Museum.

Arts Exhibition
Located in the Hall of Fine Arts, Jalan Taman Fatahillah, Jakarta. Open daily.

Oceanarium
Watch the sea lions and dolphins in action at Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, every day, from 9 am to 6 pm.

Keong Emas Imax Theatre, TMII
Screening Imax film "Beautiful Indonesia" was started by Mrs. Tien Soeharto to show the beauty of this country from various aspects. Film screenings begin from Monday to Friday at 11 am to three pm. Except holidays, to be at 10 am and 4 pm. Every Saturday there will be screening a special theme.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

River Rafting Pekalen longest in Indonesia

Rafting adventure enthusiasts can now enjoy the adventure down the river any longer. Because, on the River Pekalen, Probolinggo, East Java, has now opened the longest rafting route in Indonesia, complete with stunning natural scenery.

However, to reach the area you have to travel from base camp to the start point by using a freight car and must walk nearly as far as three kilometers. After that, please your adrenaline racing with berarung rapids along the 29 kilometers for nearly nine hours down river.

The many challenges surrounding scenery accompanied with exotic treats. Among past five waterfalls splash and also thousands of bats that are on the sidelines of the cliff. Not only that, enjoy the beautiful view of the cliff-altitude jump seven meters from the surface of the river water could be an alternative adventure.

Darwin Festival, Northern Territory - Image Tourism NT

Darwin, the Northern Territory’s vibrant capital, is a city with influences that are as much Asian as they are western. A city with dozens of nationalities sharing an easy-going lifestyle, Darwin is located on a peninsular with the sea on three sides. It is a place unvisited by winter where the weather can usually be described as either balmy or sultry. Darwin is well appointed, possessing most of the amenities expected of a much larger city. Watching sunsets and storms are something of a local pastime, and after a cleansing rain shower you can almost hear things growing.

Darwin, the Northern Territory’s vibrant capital, is a city with influences that are as much Asian as they are western. A city with dozens of nationalities sharing an easy-going lifestyle, Darwin is located on a peninsular with the sea on three sides.
It is a place unvisited by winter where the weather can usually be described as either balmy or sultry. Darwin is well appointed, possessing most of the amenities expected of a much larger city. Watching sunsets and storms are something of a local pastime, and after a cleansing rain shower you can almost hear things growing.

Melville Island is Australia’s second largest island after Tasmania. There is little infrastructure on the island and it is yet to be opened to the public for tourism. Separated from Bathurst Island by only two kilometres, Melville Island has a similar history.It was first sighted by Abel Tasman in 1644 on his way from Batavia. In 1818 the son of New South Wales Governor Philip Gidley King, Phillip Parker King explored the island (he named it after Viscount Melville) and was surprised to discover the Aborigines knew some Portuguese words. He deduced they had made contact with Portuguese sailors after a Portuguese ship had been wrecked nearby. Ownership of Melville Island was returned to the Tiwi Aborigines in 1978 and like Bathurst Island, it is run by the Tiwi Land Council.