Tuesday 27 July 2010

Maribaya waterfall



Maribaya tourism object is at an altitude above 1000 meters offers many charms of affection to miss.
Object area of 5.5 hectares, this tourism attraction hot mineral springs, waterfalls, up to a beautiful panorama of the forest.


Located about 27 kilometers from downtown Bandung or five miles east Lembang, the atmosphere is very cool. There is also a hot springs for you to enjoy on the cool air. If you want to enjoy the hot springs, the manager will accommodated water into a pool for rent. Pool size of about 20x10 meters of hot water with temperatures of 20-40 degrees centigrade. If you saw that the water turn yellowish, it means that the water was coming from a high content of sulfur minerals.

If it is felt less confident with people bathing in hot spring pools, please just go into the bathrooms of hot water that already poured into troughs. Your privacy will be maintained here. But there is a specified time limit if you choose to enter the bathing room. Approximately 20 minutes. Unlike the pool, also may want to overnight. Also offered cheaper rates; Rp2750 for adults and Rp 1250 for the children.

entry fee is also cheaper than Ciater, which is open 24 hours Rp.3.250.

Besides offering hot springs, also flown by Maribaya two rivers, called the River Cigulung and Cikawari River. Two of these rivers form the three waterfalls. There's Cikawari waterfall, Cigulung Waterfall, and Cikoleang Waterfall.at But Cikawary waterfall is the the only waterfall which basically quite shallow from all of them

In addition to the hot springs and waterfalls, the other charms that make visitors feel at home Maribaya is cool and mountainous. The appeal of the mountains, the natural situation indeed become the main selling power Maribaya.Therefore, the beauty of these sights is maintained properly.

Sunday 25 July 2010

Angklung

Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch when struck. The two tubes are tuned tooctaves. The base of the frame is held with one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three or more angklung performers in an ensemble will play just one note and together complete melodies are produced. Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but originated from Indonesia (used and played by the Sundanese since the ancient times).

The angklung functioned to build community spirit. It was used by the Sundanese until the colonial era (Dutch East Indies, V.O.C). At that time, the Dutch East Indies government forbade the playing the angklung. Because of this, the popularity of the instrument decreased and it came to be played only by children.

The angklung got more international attention when Daeng Soetigna, from Bandung, West Java, expanded angklung tuning not only to play traditional pélog or sléndro scales, but also the diatonic scale in 1938. Since then, angklung is often played together with other western music instruments in an orchestra. One of the first well-known performances of angklung in an orchestra was during the Bandung Conferencein 1955. A few years later, Udjo Ngalagena, a student of Daeng Soetigna, opened his "Saung Angklung" (House of Angklung) in 1966 as a centre for its development.

Dago Pakar Cave


The cave is located at jalan Dago Bandung, that's way the name is Dago pakar cave, distance of approximately 7 km from the city center. There are some caves, each cave is named each of them.


Gua Jepang/Japanese Cave
Called Gua jepang/Japanese Cave because the cave was made during the Japanese occupation in
1942. The caves was made after the Dutch surrender and serve as the defense of allied attacks. There are four large caves that line, as well as some holes are small caves, between the cave which is connected with each other hallways.

Gua Belanda/Dutch Cave
Called Gua Belanda/Dutch cave because it's made by the Dutch in early 1941. At first Dutch military build this cave as hydroelectric tunnel Bent. However, because of its strategic location and close to downtown, then finally becomes a place ahead of the Dutch defense radio network to the second world war.

From gua jepang/japanese cave to gua Belanda/Dutch cave can be reached by walking less than 15 minutes. You can also go directly to the Dutch Goa by car.

Cave has also become the pass towards Maribaya sights in Lembang. Distance from Goa to Maribaya approximately 5 KM. It's just could not ride because of special vehicles for pedestrian through the beautiful forest.
For those of you who might be interested balls to get into the cave of darkness. But do not worry because there are many who want to take a complete guide with a flashlight.