Music Gamelan Java in Alps

Traditional music of jawa in the reality have wide in ordinary europe. Ussually gamelan enjoyed in palace or building. But unique really extraordinary and when played above alps, Switzerland.

Last Saturday, gamelan oscillation and Java Javanese song heave melodiously in downtown Martigny, Kanton Valais, Switzerland. Song Java, Suwe Ora Jamu, early gamelan concert performed by Java in Especial Podium, Place Du Manoir, Martigny. Concert Gamelan the deputize Indonesia in festival 5 continent “Festival des Cinq Continents“ presenting is assorted of cultural and artistic type from foreign countries.

More than 200 visitor follow to witness Java gamelan concert, brought by fifteen adolescent people, Music schoolboy 1,2,3 Musique Sion, head Nicole Coppey. Javanese song Java like "Kupu Kuwi" and is "Kagok Semarang" also played in the concert. Even do not be chummy in ear all visitor which mostly European people, they very is enjoying traditional music of Indonesia.

This Java Gamelan Concert is not the first time concert in europe. Before this is ever performed by Group Music Nicole Coppey. Previous, this Group Music have performed concert gamelan in Sion, Montreux and Bern, Switzerland.

Pride and moved emotionally that's which I feel when knowing gamelan music have been heard by European people in mountain of alpen. Gamelan is original castanets from indonesia jawa indicating that Indonesia have valuable culture and owning high civillization.

Taman Wisata Alam Sangeh Bali

Taman Wisata Alam Sangeh located in Countryside Sangeh, Badung, Bali, about 20km from Denpasar. According to this travel guide, Taman Wisata Sangeh made as garden from empire of Mengwi. So that looking nice this garden is cultivated by nutmeg tree which is special to be delivered from Mount Agung. In fact plan making of this garden very secret but finally making of this garden is known by some people, as a result making of that garden discontinued, till finally that area is called by Sangeh, with the meaning there is one who see.

This place have Very famous Pura that is Pura Bulit Sari. this wisata forest area, becoming place live monkey, only some of just small which exploited by entrepreneur to make some place kiosk sell multifariously of cinderamata manner.

This Forest garden dwelt many by hundreds of monkey. former Monkey Sangeh is true recognized by very wild and oftentimes bother visitor. Monkey Sangeh is also recognized by very ignorant, because oftentimes take goods property of visitor to be returned if when the monkey given by food rasher. But now Sangeh monkey shall no longger as wild as and as ignorant as ahead, because now the monkey have been managed better.

If we have time to visit this wisata garden, we surely will interest with beauty of nutmeg tree which grow this forest, because besides growing of is diametrical, nutmeg tree also have very good wood. But surprisingly, according to some source of Sangeh nutmeg tree according to story cannot be planted in other place. According to this nutmeg forest information have hundreds of year, even among the nutmeg tree it is said there is which have more than three hundred year.

There is interesting matter narrated by organizer and visitor about a tree which have old and will crumple. From estimate of many people, the tree will crumple toward Pura Bukit Sari but its its all in the reality out of the target. Initially the tree will be cut away but nothing that dare to for fear of get anathema.

Krakatau Volcano Mountain

Possible you have be fed up with your run of the mill vacation and you wish to feel more challenging vacation. The unique of Mount Krakatau can make experience Vacation. Mount with various mystery story and smell this mistical is Child from Mount Krakatau which have Erupt at 27 August 1883. Its eruption very awful with resulted tsunami it defeat about that 36.000 eruption victims. Sound of eruption is heard to reach Alice Springs, Australian and Island Rodrigues near by African, 4.653 kilometre.

Mount Vulkanik which still active located in Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java. Mount Krakatau is in area of Ujung Kulon National Park. According to history note, Mount Krakatau erupt very awful, causing a commotion world and generate super tsunami before Acheh tsunami disaster at 26 December 2004 then. Please mention that lava blast and Mount Krakatau ash at that time reach height 80 km, whereas its ash encircle earth for a number of years. Its explosion generate waving tide as high as 40 metre and sweep the board coast as long as Lampung Bay and Banten area west coast. At least 36.000 people defeated and its eruption voice is also heard till in Singapore and Australian. Eruption Kratakau also generate earthquake network which is separate to Australian south, And Philippine Srilanka. This object enough draw to you to visit vacation time in indonesia.

Bunaken National Park at Manado

Bunaken is part of the Bunaken National Marine Park, which has some of the highest levels of marine biodiversity in the world. Bunaken is located at the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs administratively to the municipality of Manado.

The Bunaken National Marine Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. The park covers a total surface area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is overlain by sparkling clear, warm tropical water. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. Although each of these islands has a special character, it is the aquatic ecosystem that attracts most naturalists.


The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are extremely deep (1566 m in Manado Bay ), clear (up to 35-40 m visibility), refreshing in temperature (27 to 29 °C) Pick any of group of interest - corals, fish, echinoderms or sponges - and the number of families, genera or species is bound to be astonishingly high. For example, 7 of the 8 species of giant clams that occur in the world, occur in Bunaken. The park has around 70 genera of corals; compare this to a mere 10 in Pacific , are found.


Biologists believe that the abundance of hard corals is crucial in maintaining the high levels of diversity in the park. Hard corals are the architects of the reefs, without them, numerous marine organisms would be homeless and hungry. Many species of fish are closely associated with particular types of corals (folious, branching, massives, etc.) for shelter and egg-laying. Others, like the enormous Bumphead Parrotfish, Balbometopon muricatum, are "coralivores" and depend on hard corals for their sustenance. Bony mouth parts fused into an impressive "beak" allow these gregarious fish to crunch corals like roasted peanuts.




Some 20,000 people live on the natural resources of Bunaken National Marine Park. Although there are inevitable conflicts between resource protection and use by people, the Indonesian government is taking a fairly unusual and pragmatic approach to park management. The idea is to promote wise resource use while preventing overexploitation. Local communities, government officials, dive resort operators, local nature groups, tourists and scientists have played an active role in developing exclusive zones for diving, wood collection, fishing and other forms of utilization. Bunaken Marine Park has become an important example of how Sulawesi, and the rest of Indonesia, can work to protect its natural resources.

source: wikipedia

The Beauty of the Wild Nature

The photos in this post made by photographer Jim Richardson are of the Hebrides islands in Scotland. Somewhere between the lakes and rivers, the mountains, the sea caverns, the meadows, and the misty landscape is a kind of tranquil beauty that makes one truly appreciate the wild.

The Canoe Trip

After leaving MayaPedal I decided to head on over to the Carribean coast for some tropical weather and jungle exploration. The whole country had just been beaten down by a number of natural disasters, and it seemed like a good idea to move away from volcanoes and fault lines.

After a short stay in Guatemala City I arrived at the Rio Dulce river. A boat ride took me through the canyon to the seaside village of Livingston, a mix of hispanic and Garifuna culture (descendents of slaves from St Vincent, relocated to the coast due to consistent, and often successful, rebellion). During the boat ride I quickly realized that the best place to be in this area was not the tourist centers of the town of Rio Dulce or Livingston, but between the two on the river itself.

The locals along the river all use simple dug-out canoes to get around, and I decided this was the best way for me to explore as well. With a few days of haggling with the locals I was able to secure an overpriced and completely broken canoe. Another two days and I had an overpriced and poorly repaired canoe, complete with a watertight bucket and improvised storage compartment.

The journey took me from Livingston back up to Rio Dulce in 5 days. I was a bit nervous to begin because I had brought all my camping equipment and camera, and the canoe was riding rather low in the water. I had drawn a little map for myself, but had a lot of difficulty getting straight information from the locals. The first day I rowed up to one of two hotels in between the two towns. The first one is called Finca Tatin and had all the amenities: rope swing, foosball table, and really cool grotto area I was able to park the canoe. Unfortunately they wouldnt let me cook my own food, in an effort to force me to buy an expensive dinner, so I had to canoe off and cook at other places along the river to save money. This turned out to be a real blessing as I met a few very friendly locals who let me hang out and cook at their places. The third night I went over to the Hotelito Perdido, located on another little tributary, Rio Lampara. This was a small bungalow style hotel with really laid back owners who had no problem with my penny pinching habits.

Outside of these two hotels there is nothing but small mayan settlements, so I would spend most of my time that I wasnt activelly travelling or sleeping rowing slowly down the rivers, surrounded by dense jungle and little mayan shacks. In this area everyone uses canoes, so the river banks are full of little tunnels and shortcuts you can paddle through. On these slow paddles I was able to see a lot of wildlife as well, such as toucans, otters, lineated woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and a myriad of other birds I couldnt identify. It also brought me to a waterfall, a hot springs, and a cave along the river.

After three nights I decided to continue the journey. I still had about 15 miles to Rio Dulce, and this section included the 10 mile long El Golfete region, which is wider and gets some significant waves. I came to the conclusion that it would be better to not try and cross this section, just spending a night up in a small village in the Biotopo Chocon Machacas (a nature preserve) and then returning back to Livingston, but sometimes things dont work out quite according to the plan.


After paddling for about 4 hours I realized I had passed the river that led to the Biotopo by a couple of miles, and I could already see the waves picking up as a storm approached from the south. My canoe began to take on a bit of water with each wave, and I realized I was in the most remote section of the journey, with no houses for several miles in each direction. I weighed my options and decided it would be better to try and camp out on the riverbank, and start again in the calm morning waters, than to try and row back, risking a potentially dangerous capsize. The jungle around the river is very dense, and there is little actual land, mostly just intertwined root systems. After a bit of seaching a found a small plot between two trees and set up my hammock. There were thunderstorms all around me, but barely a rain drop fell on my hammock. I was feeling pretty good about the situation until about 1am when I heard water right underneath me. I realized the river level had been increasing, and if it raised another 2 inches my piece of land would be submerged. I prepared my things for an emegency evacuation, but decided to hold out and see if the river would recede. I marked the water level with my machete, and after about an hour I could see that it was starting to back off. I then slept for about 2 hours, woke up as soon as possible at 430am, and started rowing for Rio Dulce. 7 hours later I arrived with a sore butt and blistered hands, but also a big smile and a nice tan.



The canoe trip was an amazing experience and really the best way to experience the river. I learned a few things I would do differently, but I can easily see another paddle journey in my future.

Now I think it is finally time to get out of Guatemala. Today I hope to head down into Honduras and start moving south. I have to be in Cartagena, Colombia by August 11th to meet up with Viviana and then the actual South America adventure begins.