Journey to East Java and West Bali

Travelling destination : Menjangan-Ijen Crater-Baluran National Park
Budget per person       : 750.000,-


Day 1.
Berangkat dari jogja menuju Banyuwangi bisa either naik kereta ekonomi AC/ bus AKAS dan Mila sejahtera dengan perjalanan sekitar 10-15 jam. naik kereta 90.000, naik bus 105.000 (70.000 sampe probolinggo, probolinggo-banyuwangi 35.000)
hari pertama menghabiskan waktu full di perjalanan. but the view is great! you can even see the sunset :)
perkiraan brgkt naik kereta : 07.30-21.15 . banyuwangi-pelabuhan ketapang tinggal jalan 20 mnt
perkiraan brgkt naik bus : bus AKAS/Mila sejahtera available dr jam 11 sampai jam 3 sore, kemaren dari jam 11 brgkt sampe ketapang jam 02.30

 tips : bawa buku/mp3/kartu utk menghilangkan kebosanan di perjalanan

Day 2
MENJANGAN

Masuk banyuwangi, kita masuk ke terminal di daerah ketapang (terminal selatan).
dari terminal naik angkot lg seharga 7000 ke pelabuhan ketapang. di ketapang, biar brgkt lebih cepat naik yang barengan sama ferry truk, karna ga ngantri banyak dan jalannya lbh cepet dr ferry yg biasa bawa mobil penumpang. harga ferry 6500/org - pp jdnya 13.000

 arriving at gilimanuk

 

  enjoying sunset at Bali

dari gilimanuk kita harus menuju banyuwedang utk ke pelabuhan tempat penyebrangan menjangan. ketemuan sama Bli dika, *yg manage kegiatan turis di menjangan
dari Gilimanuk-Banyuwedang sekitar stgh jam. angkotnya jalan mulai jam 7, dan perjalanan kesana seharusnya kena 10.000 tp kmrn mgkn karna musim liburan kita kena masing2 20.000

to get to banyumandi-menjangan
pelabuhan ketapang-gilimanuk : setiap jam brgkt 24 jam. 04.30-05.30
gilimanuk-banyuwedang          : 07.00-08.00
banyuwedang-pelabuhan          : jalan kaki 1 km/minta jemput sm pihak turism menjangan
pelabuhan-menjangan              : boat stgh jam, 08.30-09.00

and here we are at menjangan island. tempatnya adalah 2 tempat snorkling, dan kalau mau jalan2 di sekitar pulau, pulaunya banyak pura tempat sembahyang org2 hindu. pura dewi kwan im, dewa wisnu, dewa syiwa, dan yg paling besar pura ganesha.

 on our way to menjangan island

 ready to snorkle

ferry back to ketapang

tips : bawa obat antimual, pakai baju saat snorkel krn banyak karang yg bisa melukai badan, bawa pakaian utk menahan angin saat pulang dari menjangan, utk yg ga bisa renang ada tambahan budget lifejacket 20.000/org, bawa kamera pocket underwater kalo punya, sama bawa kamera juga saat muterin pulau (byk objek yg bisa difoto) :)


malemnya kita memutuskan buat nginep di penginapan di sekitar ketapang, namanya kalo ga salah ketapang asri dgn rate kamar 60.000/2 org atau yg mau ada AC dan TV 85.000/2 org. habis snorkling kita mau istirahat utk recharge energi naik kawah ijen subuh2nya.

Day 3
KAWAH IJEN

dari ketapang kita naik jeep ketapang-ijen-ketapang pp 400.000
dapet tips buat naik ijen bagusnya jam 2 pagi brgkt naik ke kawah, jd kita brgkt dari ketapang 11.30

ketapang-ijen    : 00.00-01.00
naik ijen-pucak : jalan santai ktnya sekitar 2-3 jam 02.00-04.30
turun ijen          : 07.00-08.00

tips: jalan santai adalah jalan dgn byk berhenti, make sure you fit enough to climb, jangan makan yg banyak sblm naik, istirahat yg cukup, even better naik lbh cepet aja kalo mau dpt liat blue fire dan sunrise.

kita sampe di puncak jam 04.30, tp utk liat blue fire (api biru abadi yg padam habis sunrise dan keluar lg habis sunset), jalan ke bawah kawahnya menghabiskan waktu stgh jam. pp 1 jam, jd kmrn we lost the sunrise, tp msh bisa enjoy semburat pink-kuning keemasan penyambutan sunrise. :)

 blue fire

did you now that this blue fire only exist in 2 places in the world, one in europe, one in ijen crater. :)

 miss the sunrise, but get this beautiful pink ray

 ijen crater and the blue lake

view of mount Meranti and ocean of clouds

 

belerang

para penambang belerang sanggup bawa belerang dari atas ke bawah seberat 70-90kg!!

bahkan dulu ada perlombaan bawa belerang, dan yang menang bawa belerang terberat adalah 100 kg.

belerang ini nantinya dijual perkilogram sekitar 800 rupiah saja. :(

kegiatan penambangan ini turun temurun dari bapak-anak. *imagine their future vertebra taking those heavy loads.

 

 view from top

karena kita mengejar waktu ke baluran jd pukul 7 kita udah turun dari ijen menuju pos tempat parkiran.

sad thing was, jeepnya sempet mogok karena kedinginan. well, ga heran, suhunya sampe 2 derajat di atas, di bawah sekitar 5 derajat mgkn

BALURAN

kita naik jeep balik ke ketapang, dan how lucky we were, kita ketemu sama salah satu travel yg sekalian mau balik ke arah malang ngelewatin baluran, jd dia bersedia nganterin kita masuk ke taman nasional balurannya seharga 200.000

taman nasional baluran adalah taman nasional seluas 25.000 hectar! jd dari pintu masuknya ke savananya 14km, dan dari savana bekol itu ke pantai bama sekitar 4 km. jadi kalau mau masuk ke dalam, hrs carter either mobil seharga 150.000/6 org atau ojek 40.000/org. penginapan di bekol bentuknya wisma, paling murah wisma rusa 35.000/org atau merak 50.000/org. ini 2 2nya terletak di bekol

normally, dari ketapang-baluran

naik bus ketapang-baluran : 09.00-11.00 harga 10.000an

baluran-bekol                    : 11.00-12.00 jeep/ojek

bekol - bama                     : 1 jam jalan kaki

tips : better bawa kendaraan sendiri tp yg mobil agak tinggi karna jalanan dari pintu masuk-bekol rusak. jalan dari bekol ke bama ga ada kendaraan, jalan kaki lwtin 2 jalan, bisa jalur mobil atau jalur tracking hutan, try both! :)

the view was incredible, berasa tur jurassic park kita lewatin hutan, ada evergreen tempat tumbuhnya flaura2 yg selalu hijau sepanjang tahun (karna normally flaura savana di kemarau jd kuning keemasan gersang)

Ah ya, di baluran ini juga terdapat pantai Bima, bisa snorkeling juga disana. untuk ke pantainya, memerlukan 45 menit dari penginapannya. Bisa jalan kaki santai ke pantainya, bisa juga telp dari bagian resepsionis utk sewa mobil ke pantai.

Make sure you do stargazing at night. do a night picnic and do night stroll. It was incredible! duduk2 dibawah sky full of stars, suara2 alam, dan dikelilngi rusa2 berlarian. 

Jalan dari pantai ke penginapan saat malam lebih epic lagi. kalau lagi terang bulan, jalanan smacem di madagascar *ada tumbuhan pohon yang uniknya itu.

 arriving at africa van java

 star gazing at savana, accompanied by 500 deers

sunrise dari tower 

 sunrise from top

 savana from top

golden savana

hari	jam	kegiatan	keterangan	budget
H1	11.00-21.00	Jogja-Probolinggo	bus	70.000
	21.00-03.00	Probolinggo-Banyuwangi	bus	32.000
	03.30-04.00	Banyuwangi-Ketapang	angkot	7.000
	04.30-05.30	ketapang-gilimanuk		6500
H2	05.00-05.30	Gilimanuk-Banyuwedang	transport-angkot/bemo/bus	20.000
			sewa perahu	435.000/share 6=73.000
			tiket	2500
			asuransi	4000
			parkir	4000
			sewa snorkel	40.000
			sewa pemandu	100.000/share 6=17000
	09.00-09.30	Banyumandi-P.Menjangan	2 spot snorkling
	11.30-12.00	P.menjangan-Banyumandi
	13.00-13.30	Banyumandi- pelabuhan Gilimanuk
	14.00-15.00	Gilimanuk-Ketapang
	15.00-23.30	stay over di ketapang		60.000
	23.30-00.30	Ketapang-Kawah Ijen	jeep pp	450.000/share 5-6 org=75000
			masuk ijen	2000
	00.30-01.45	istirahat	taruh barang di bu im, persiapan naik kawah ijen
H3	02.00-04.00	naik kawah ijen	guide	150.000/share6 = 25000
	04.00-05.00	api biru
	05.00-07.00	sunrise di Ijen dan liat keg penambangan di ijen
	07.00-08.00	balik ke start point
	10.00-11.00	istirahat	cari makan buat di baluran
	11.00-15.00	mobil ke baluran		20.000
	15.00-16.00	masuk ke baluran	pintu masuk baluran, pintu masuk tutup jam 4 sore	2500
			Dari pintu masuk ke Bekol, jaraknya 14KM (1 jam), dan dari Bekol ke Bama sekitar 4KM (30 menit)
			penginapan 6 kamar	35.000/org
			transport masuk baluran dan ke spot2 foto+bekol, pantai bama, goa jepang
			sewa pickup	100.000/share 7 org =15.000
			ATAU sewa mobil
			ATAU naik ojek
	16.00-18.00	foto2
	18.00-20.00	safari malam dan star gazing
	20.00-	istirahat	penginapan
H4	04.30-08.00	sunrise dan sarapan di bama	sunrise jg bisa dilihat dari tower
	08.00-	foto2 di pagi hari dan kejar transport pulang	06.30 naik kereta banyuwangi-lempuyangan (90.000)
			ATAU naik bus AKAS ke surabaya. TN Baluran-Probolinggo. Probolinggo-surabaya (40.000)
			atau travel sampai jogja	100.000
budget kasar			individu	550.500
			biaya tak terduga	200.000
			TOTAL	750.500
			*keterangan belum makan

AND..

we have to wave goodbyes to all that places.

time to plan the next adventure.

until next time Indonesia, we'll reveal your other part of beauty

Banyumas, THT dan jalan jalan

ke purwokerto, yang dituju adalah kuliner!

what to eat?

yang mesti banget dicoba kalau udah sampe BANYUMAS itu : mendoan nya. they have secret recipe I guess. mie nyemek juga ga kalah enaknya, mie yang kuahnya cair tapi ga menuhin mangkuk layaknya mie rebus.

sebelum masuk purwokerto di daerah SUKORAJA, make sure beli getuk gorengnya yang terkenal (ada isi  coklat, keju, duren ataupun kosongan yg asli),  sama soto sokaraja yang terkenal soto asli, soto kecik

soto asli sokaraja

sampe di PURWOKERTO, cobain
es duren dpn GOR satria

 es campur +duren 

es duren

ada di  sederetan GOR roti maryam, roti canai dan roti johnnya yang ga kalah enak.Cobain ketan susu keju duren di sebelahnya. nyummy!

umaeh inyong

disini makannya konsep rumah jadul, dan makanannya lumayan enak. cobain juga minuman2 wedangnya yang hangat. :)

another happening places di purwokerto adalah cinema rajawali. interiornya cukup oke, kursi tempat duduknya mirip 21 lama yang masih berkaki tangan kayu

masih ada chalkboard pengumuman film. :)

*note discabelle me instead of despicable me

oh, and last happening place: MORO, semacam supermarket + centro + time zone dibagian atas

 

Medical journey

Alhamdulillah, 3,5 tahun lamanya belajar di fakultas kedokteran UGM, tanggal 21 Mei 2013 saya resmi menyandang gelar Anindira Rustandi, S.Ked

pendadaran tanggal 30 januari 2013

dengan skripsi berjudul:

PRESCRIBING PATTERN FOR ACUTE DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD IN URBAN AND RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Alhamdulillah FK inter 09

 dengan pembimbing  Prof. dr. Iwan Dwiprahasto, M. Med. Sc., Ph.D.

Travelling on islamic prespective

“Katakanlah: “Berjalanlah di (muka) bumi, maka perhatikanlah bagaimana Allah menciptakan (manusia) dari permulaannya, kemudian Allah menjadikannya sekali lagi. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu” (Al Ankabut : 20).

"...maka bertebaranlah kamu di muka bumi (untuk menjalankan urusan masing-masing), dan carilah apa yang kamu hajati dari limpah kurnia Allah, serta ingatlah akan Allah banyak-banyak (dalam segala keadaan), supaya kamu berjaya (di dunia dan di Akhirat)." [Surah al-Jumu'ah : 10]

"Dan barang siapa berhijrah di jalan Allah niscaya mereka akan mendapatkan di bumi ini tempat hijrah yang luas dan rezeki yang banyak. -An-Nisa 100

"Berjalanlah di (muka) bumi, maka perhatikanlah bagaimana Allah menciptakan (manusia) dari permulaannya, kemudian Allah menjadikannya sekali lagi. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu. (QS. Al-Ankabut: 20)

“ Dialah Yang menjadikan bumi itu mudah bagi kamu, maka berjalanlah di segala penjurunya
dan makanlah sebahagian dari rezeki-Nya “ (QS Al-Mulk 15)

“ Maka apakah mereka tidak berjalan di muka bumi, lalu mereka mempunyai hati yang dengan
itu mereka dapat memahami atau mempunyai telinga yang dengan itu mereka dapat
mendengar? Karena sesungguhnya bukanlah mata itu yang buta, tetapi yang buta, ialah hati
yang di dalam dada “ (QS Al Hajj 44)

Subhanallah, how I love the SUN.

 Tidung Island, pulau Seribu

 Tidung Island, pulau Seribu

 Padang

 Karimun Jawa

 

Jogjakarta

 

top of Mount Lawu, East Java

top of Mount Lawu, East Java

 Derawan, East Borneo, Kalimantan

 Derawan, East Borneo, Kalimantan

Mount Bromo, Malang

 Jomlang Cave, Semanu, Jogjakarta

My Indonesia

Mencintai pariwisata Indonesia berkontribusi besar dalam membantu perekonomian negara ini.
We have a lot of destination to go. Subhanallah keindahan yang terkandung dlm ibu pertiwi ini. Start your travel, open your eyes to see our beauty in diversity. :)

Je suis alle a PRAGUE

PRAGUE ou PRAHA

Beautiful city and friendly people! They mostly are able to speak English, so no worries. But you must change the currency to Czech Krown.  100 Kc was 4 Euro, so 1 euro is equal to 25 Kc. And a little surprise from our guide, that Prague was the first one who invented the contact lenses.

Well, because mostly my trips include the free walking tour, I recommended you to go to this web, http://www.newpraguetours.com/daily-tours/new-prague-free-tour.html.

I joined the free tour, and it included:

• Old Town Square,

The old town square was the meeting point of our tour. There you may see the astronomical clock, and St. Nicolas’ Church. Funny thing about this church and the astronomical clock, in Prague, there can be several wedding in that church for a day. But Czech has the highest rate of divorce, and mostly in their 3^rd year marriage. Okay, about the clock, it is already 602 years old, and the unique thing is that the clock was work by mechanical, no electricity involved. There was the sad story behind this clock though, the inventor was blinded by the mayor. The mayor did that as a present so that he did not need more work for that gorgeous clock. However, the inventor was not happy about that, and he took his revenge by damaging the clock, and the clock have ceased for 100 years. Well, luckily, after 100 years, there was another genius that can fix the clock, so now we are able to see the clock. However, the clock was not all time working properly, it is said that the inventor’s curse were still there. *well, a myth is a myth.

            You can climb the astronomical clock tower with 55 Kc. It is worth to visit, due to it has beautiful Prague panorama on top of it. And they have this photo both where you can use a costume and take pictures with it. It cost us 14 euro for 3 people. It is quite expensive, but if you have extra money, it can be a good souvenir for you back home. 

A little trivia from the tour, the clock was designed to be located in Prague, because if you put it in other places, it won’t work perfectly. The clock consists of day, months, zodiac, sun and moon rotation. The clock will be ringed every hours, but then after 10pm, it will stop ringing because it was the agreement that after 10 was the time to take a rest, so yes, it make sense to cease all noises.

• Church of Our Lady before Tyn

This church represent the gothic style, where you can see by the tall pointed towers, and also the curve and pointed window. It is told that it is tall so it became nearer to the god.

• Kinsky Palace

• Statue of Jan Hus

• House of the Black Madonna &

• Museum of Cubisim

• Powder Tower

• Art Nouveau Municipal House

• Czech National Bank

• Wenceslas Square

• Estates Theatre (First Mozart Performance)

Here was the famous Don Giovanni world premiere performance.

• Kafka Statue, the statue of a Jewish writer.

• Maiselova Street & Old Jewish Quarter

This street was used to be a Jewish ghetto slum area, but then now it became one of the expensive streets in Prague. History in world war 2 about Jewish being conquered and tortured by the Nazi is very heart breaking. After all the assassination, Nazi only gave quite a small area where all the Jewish buried. It is the Jewish cemetery, where it consist of 50.000 bodies being buried, with 12.000stone tombs, put in a very small spaces, and 12 layers of human bodies inside ever tomb.

• Rudolfinum – Czech Philharmonic

• Prague Castle & St. Vitus

Prague castle was called the Prasna Bresna

• Karlov Most – Charles Bridge

This is the most interesting part from the tour, because in this very bridge which joining the separated Prague by the Vltava river, they have the statue of St John Meponog. In his statue, which is the 8^th statue if you go from town square direction, you’ll see the shiny spot in the right place of the statue. If you rub this spot, then it is said that you’ll be back to Prague. And beside his statue, you will see the small symbols, a gold covered with picture of man lying down, and it is said that if you rub this, your wish will be come true. Yeaay I rubbed both of it. Hahhaa.

Next day, we went to see the Castle tour, you may also joined the Sauderman neweurope tour. It is worth to see where you may see the beautiful Prague castle,
• Malá Strana – the Lesser Quarter
• Hradčany – the Castle District
• St Vitus’ Cathedral
• Strahov Monastery and Brewery
• St Nicholas’ Church
• Domeček Gestapo / StB Prison
• Wallenstein Palace
• Amazing panoramic views

Here you may see the Prague panoramic views, see the small cities and great places to take pictures.
• The Loreto
• St George’s Basilica
• The Garden of Eden

In this garden, they have this amphitheater, and if a person who stands in the middle of the amphitheater and speaks, you may hear a weird echo in that place, but only you can hear it. You should try that place.

 

‘Mozart’s House’
• The Deer Moat
• Novy Svět – New World Street
• The Black Tower

Tips from Prague and other cities that I’ve been:

-       Make sure you get the mineral water with no gas. Because they have many kind of mineral water, and if you don’t adapt to the taste, you’ll find it horrible.

-       Make sure you bring chilly or other sauce, because if you don’t adapt the European taste, you’ll find it plain and less watery

-       Fruits are mostly expensive; make sure you find the right market that sells the right price.

-       The walking tour was only for screening purposes because it didn’t take you right to the tourism places where you can enter. But you can leave the tour if you interest to a particular place.

-       Not all city maps are free. Check the information center in every city you’ll go.

-       Have a good physical fitness. Backpackers or walking tours can be very exhausting.

-       Water in Europe is mostly drinkable, especially in Italy except Venice. Always bring a bottle with you.

-       Ask for the good restaurant, souvenir places, even other things with good prices there to your guide or your hostel people. They’ll give you a good recommendation, so you don’t spend your money for anything unnecessary. :P

-       Do not eat fast food unless you ran out of money, because well, you’re in Europe! You have to taste European taste, spend more to have more experience.

-       Check for any luggage store in the train station, you may need it if you want to transfer

Always take care of your belongings. If necessary, bring a lock for your bag or backpack, or bring your belongings in front of you. Beware of the pickpockets, since they are everywhere, not only particular races, but aslo tourist, they may steal something from you.