Senin, 31 Januari 2011

Beautiful Valley in Tanah Minang

A admirable basin which is amid in Mount Singgalang become an figure of tourism mainstay of West Sumatra Province. Sianok canyon, the name of this admirable basin at the bound boondocks of Bukittinggi, District IV Koto, Agam regency, West Sumatra. Magnificent amplitude of abrupt basin extending up to 15 kilometers. Width with a abyss of 200 meters to 100 meters cliff.
Because flowed "Trunk Sianok"which agency bright clear river, coulee or basin alleged Coulee Sianok. Sianok rod can now be forded by application the canoe and kayak yg disaranai by a baptize sports alignment "Qurays". The avenue taken is from apple to apple Sitingkai Lambah Stem Palupuh for about 3.5 hours


Sianok coulee continued and meandering as the southern bound boondocks of Coulee Koto Gadang accomplished the coulee Sianok Six Tribe, and ends at Palupuh, is allotment of the accountability which divides the two island of Sumatra. Accountability Fault acclaimed by the name Semangko (shaped like a watermelon cut open) is to anatomy a abrupt wall, even erect and anatomy a blooming basin - the aftereffect of decreased movement of apple band (sinklinal) - which fed the baptize is bright clear Sianok Trunk. In the Dutch colonial era, this gap aswell alleged addle sanget, because of the abounding abandonment agrarian addle in the basal of the canyon.
Sianok coulee is aswell generally referred to as the "Dream Land of Sumatra 'has a alluring accustomed backdrop and the air is so cool. Like a clover absolute of blooming amidst by admirable hills, this is the actualization of this admirable basin if beheld from above. On the hills in the coulee Sianok abound attenuate plants such as Rafflesia or ashes flowers, alleviative plants, and so forth. At the basal of the gorge you can airing leisurely, accost the locals who reside in settlements in the surrounding area. You aswell can acquisition a array of fauna in the coulee Sianok like long-tailed monkey, siaman, hoop, deer, agrarian boar, leopard, and tapirs.



If you enjoyed from Panorama Park is advisedly complete by bounded governments in the breadth of Bukit Tinggi, the adorableness of the coulee Sianok looks incredible. From the Panorama Park is aswell a lot of bounded and adopted tourists adequate the sun rises and sets on the coulee Sianok. Its adorableness is so arresting and is a acceptable ambition for able and abecedarian photographers and painters to mengabadikannya nature.
When the sun rose the blast beggared and emerged from the crevices of coulee slopes with blinding light, or if "the king's day" was accepting dark fell, abrogation traces of orange on the ancillary of the coulee walls, is the admirable backdrop that is actual baby to miss.
If you wish to adore the adorableness of the coulee from Panorama Park, just pay a burden of Rp 3,000 per person. In Panorama Park, visitors can aswell adore the day-tripper sites in underground holes Japan Sianok coulee area. Only charge to pay added guides about Rp 20,000. The area of this Japanese aperture about 40 anxiety beneath ground. The aperture was founded in 1942-1945 by bounded populations on the orders of Japanese soldiers forced. In the underground passage, there were 21 baby alley. Among them was the armament accumulator hall, kitchen, jail, courtroom, ache chamber, area reconnaissance, area the ambush, and escape door.



To ability the coulee Sianok Panorama Park which is about 1 km from the centermost of Bukittinggi (Clock Tower breadth and Upper Market) can be done by application a car or on bottom while adequate the air-conditioned air of Bukittinggi. Stunning coulee backdrop can be enjoyed from there as he saw activity coulee monkeys that reside advisedly in the Park area.
A amount of airlines accouterment appointed flight from Jakarta to Minangkabau International Airport, Padang. From Padang, Bukittinggi, a ambit to 90 km can be accomplished by application a rental car or minibus.
Well, acceptable day trips to the Coulee Sianok!

LAKE created by DISASTER

Incomplete feel if you visited the North Sumatra did not stop for a moment to Basin Toba, agitable basin which is the better basin in Indonesia, and even Southeast Asia. Exotic agreeableness all-inclusive amplitude of the basin like a sea with adumbral copse and hills, charming. The lake, barometer 1700 aboveboard meters with a abyss of about 450 meters and lies 906 meters aloft sea level, in the average of the basin there is Samosir Island became the article of not beneath absorbing excursions.



During his appointment in 1996, Prince Bernard of the Netherlands even bidding his account for the admirable panorama of the lake. "Sell me name to this lake. I can not call how admirable Basin Toba, "he says enthusiastically.
There are seven districts about the lake, namely Simalungun, Toba Samosir, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Dairi, Karo, and Naidoo who has a admirable accustomed panorama and a day-tripper destination location. Generally, tourists adore the adorableness of Basin Toba Parapat in Simalungun and Tuktuk Siadong on Samosir Island.
It is estimated that Basin Toba access occurred at about 73 thousand-75 thousand years ago and is a cool abundance access (super volcano) the a lot of recent. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University appraisal that agitable abstracts spewed out of the abundance as abundant as 2800 km Ві, with 800 km Ві of bedrock Ignimbrite and 2,000 km Ві of agitable ash which is accepted in the wind to west for two weeks.

Volcanic dust in the wind has advance to bisected the earth, from China to South Africa. Explosion occurred during the anniversary and bandy the dust up to 10 km aloft sea level.
This adventure acquired accumulation afterlife and, in some species, aswell followed by extinction. According to some DNA evidence, this access aswell reducednumber of of humans to about 60 % of the absolute animal citizenry of the apple at that time , which is about 60 actor humans . The access was aswell contributed to the accident of ice ages, although the experts still debate.
After the eruption, the caldera formed which is again abounding with baptize and became what is now accepted as Basin Toba. Pressure advancement by magma that has not appear out could cause the actualization of Samosir Island. While adequate the adorableness of this lake, you ability not brainstorm that the agreeableness of the abode comes from the adverse agitable eruptions that brought abhorrence and abhorrence at the time.
Travel overland to Basin Toba, absolutely to Parapat, takes four to 5 hours from Medan. Available bus or biking anon to Parapat. The avenue through the Lubuk Pakam, Cliff High, and about-face against Siantar. Alongthe cruise , wewere advised to a panorama of approach oil and elastic plantations .
When application the train, from Medan baddest a avenue to Siantar. From actuality the adventure continues by bus to Parapat. Left sails through one hour.

For a abode to break and break best to adore the adorableness of Basin Toba, there are abounding hotels and inns. In Parapat, there are at atomic 900 auberge apartment of all types, alignment from four brilliant to homestay, in Tuktuk aswell not different. Both in Parapat and Tuktuk, tourists can instantly adore the basin from the rim. Rates for hotels in Parapat Tuktuk and varied, according to archetypal tourists who come. Starting from Rp 30 thousand to USD 500 thousand per night depending on the blazon of hotel.
A biking companies even action to adore the adorableness of Basin Toba from the air, ie use paragliding. Each adventurer was accustomed the befalling to fly application the paragliding from the mountains Tongging, Karo District, Arctic Sumatra. For tourists who wish to try paragliding will be accompanied by an accomplished instructor, but of advance assurance can fly or not depends on acclimate distance and wind.
Not alone that, adore the admirable aurora and dusk you can adore from the littoral lakes. From the Karo highlands on the north, the basin looks continued adorableness beheld from Sikodonkodon. However, there is alone one resort here. On the west side, angle of the basin and the island of Samosir can be altogether apparent from the Tele. There is a examination column at an distance of about 1,000 meters from sea akin to adore the dusk on Basin Toba.

Minggu, 11 April 2010

NIAS ISLAND



Nias Island lies about 125 km of west Sumatra Island on the Indian Ocean. It is allotment of North Sumatra Province. The baptize beleaguer the island is abundant for sea activities, such as surfing and scuba diving. The humans aswell accept analytical culture, which will adorn visitor's heart. The island has some aged remains, which congenital on megalithic Stone Age, and advised came from the oldest megalithic ability in Indonesia.
The bounded alarm their acreage as Tano Niha or "land of the People", while the humans calls them selves as Ono Noha. Ethnically, the Niasers are complex in to the Ptoto-Malay indigenous who already anytime get with the Asian Proto-mongoloid world. Niasers allege a affectionate of accent accompanying to Malagasy. Because of the affinity in languages, custom, physique admeasurement of the Niasers with the Bataks on Sumatra mainland, it is accessible that the Niasers accept acquired from the Bataks.