STUDENT CITY

STUDENT CITY, JOGYAKARTA

Among four years of 1946 – 1949 Yogyakarta is the capital of Republic of Indonesia. All the founding father stays in here. .. The Fighter City. As a capital, all the younger Indonesian people had been attracted to come to Jogja. They want to have participated in the development program a new country. Indonesia needs many educated people and skilled people. So the government builds a University in Jogja. This is the first university of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University.

After that, there was built Academi Seni Rupa Indonesia (Fine Art Academic of Indonesia), and for Islamic study, there is Perguruan Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri …IAIN Sunan Kalijaga. Time by time, there are many college and university were built in Jogja. At the end there is no subject matter that never studying in Jogja. They have their own college or university. So jogja called as Student City also. Jogja has developed as a student city and became the centre of education of Indonesia. The most popular transportation modus in Jogja is a bike or a motorbike. Almost the people use it; even do officer and student in jogja. Along the day almost jogjanesse people use a bike...than Jogja is wellknows as a Bike City. ( by Joe and Adjie )

HISTORY OF JOGYAKARTA

Between 1568-1586 in central Java Island, There is a Pajang Kingdome, Sultan Hadiwijaya rules this kingdome. He have a famous name “Jaka Tingkir”. While a brotherhood war between Arya Penangsang, Jipang Residencial. The sultan is a winner. He have some aid from his commander ki Ageng Pemanahan. And his son, Bagus Sutawijaya. He is setle in the north of a market. So he is wellknow as Ngabehi Loring Pasar. After wining the war, Sultan granted him a wide land of Bumi Mentaok. Bagus Sutawijaya rules Bumi Mentaok, in the future became Yogyakarta Sultanate. He rules in his famous name Panembahan Senopati. Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusuma had rule mataram kingdom as the third sultanate. He is one of son of Panembahan Senopati with Retno Dumilah, the daughter of Madiun Residence. He is a real hero. He could win a fight with VOC of Dutch Kingdome. Sultan Agung could take over Batavia from VOC.
In the 1813, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I, granted his land to his son Notokusumo Prince. The area is about the west of Progo River. Than Prince Notokusumo rules the land of Adikarto. He called as Sri Paku Alam I. After Independence Day of Indonesia, he makes a union of Yogyakarta. And Yogyakarta state as a part of Republic of Indonesia

HOW TO REACH KAWAH PUTIH

You can reach Kawah Putih object. While you start from Jakarta. You can go to Bandung by train or vehicle. After bandung you must go to Ciwidey first. Than you go a head to Kawah putih Object.

Jakarta-Bandung Trip Budgeting. If you go by train. You must pay 25.000 IDR for a business trip to Bndung from Jakarta. If you choose an executive class, You must pay about 40.000 IDR. But while you get a bus for your trip. You must take your money from pocket about 35.000 IDR for business bus and 70.000 for executive bus. There is another ways, you can get a travel. The ticket is about 70.000 IDR.
Bandung-Ciwidey Route. While you get Bandung by train. After reach Kebon Kawung Train Station. Let you find a minibus (mikrolet) to Soreang in Soutern Bandung. The cost is about 8.000 IDR. From Soreang you must go to Ciwidey city by a yellow mikrolet with 6.000 IDR. After that you must reach Kawah Putih enrty gate form Ciwidey by an other mikrolet. You must pay 8.000 IDR per person. Entry get ticket of Kawah Putih is about 6.000 IDR. The last route is from entry gate up to the hill and than down reach Kawah Putih. You can ride a motorcycle (ojek) with 25.000 IDR two ways went and back from the entry point to Kawah Putih. If you don’t like to ride a motorcycle, you can rent a pickup with 100.000 IDR two ways went and back. It is better if you go in a group with a pickup.

If you confussing with all about above route. You can reach Ciwidey from Bandung Bus Terminal Station. You only pay 10.000 IDR. After reach Ciwidey you can go to Kawah Putih entry gate. With 6.000 IDR by mikrolet. But if you want more fun journey , let you get an ojek (motorcycle). You only pay about 35.000 IDR and you will drop until the Kawah Putih.

If you want more simple ways. Get your own vecycle or rent an automotive vecycle.

Acomodation. If you want have a night at Kawah Putih area. You can rent a cottage with 300.000 IDR. But if you want more have fun, you can rent a native house around the object. With good negosiation you can have 200.000 IDR for one night stay.

Custom. Don’t forget you must have a jacket, to wrap you body. Because the temperature at the object sometimes down until 10 degre in celcius.

Enjoyee your Trip at Kawah Putih Ciwidey, Soutern Bandung Area, In West Java Indonesia. Cheers up. ( By Juhdy & Adjie )

KAWAH PUTIH BANDUNG, INDONESIA

Mount Patuha, 2300 meters. In southern Bandung area, have a mistery story in the past. People think the Mount Patuha area a scream territory. The peak of Patuha is a meeting point of older leader of native soutern Bandung people. But the mistic story had discloser by Dr Franz Wilhelm Junghun, 1837, a scientist Indo Netherlands-Dutch. He is an agro-bussinesman who love green peace environment. The area was a black forrest. Fullfill with tropical woods. Like rasamala, saninten, huru, samida etch.

By his intriguing and unbeliefable mind, Junghun make a brave journey and explore the forrest of Mount Patuha. Finally, he find an exsotix beautiful lake. Although the lake had explored at 1937, but this area just became as a tourism object at 1987 by PT. Perhutani (Persero) Unit III, Jabar and Banten Division.

Entering the Kawah Putih area, you will not feel afraid but you will be shocked by the beauty scenery in your sight. A big water lake full with white steam above the waters lake. The water colors is not white always. The common color is white. But sometimes became an apple green colors or a bluishgreen. While in the hot sunlight sometime the lake color is like a chocoa milk colors.

The common problem for people is sulphur smelt aroma. Most people fell unhappy about it, sometime make cough syndrome. Not far from the lake, there is a hole fulfill with heavy sulphuris aroma. In the past this is a sulphur source mining and factory, Zwavel Ontgining Kawah Putih. Kawah Putih is an exploding result of Mount Patoha around 10 – 12 BC. There is another lake also. Welknowen as Kawah Saat. There are some tourism shops. They sell many gift and tourism souvenir. The special fruit you can find is strawberry. It is Ciwidey specific fruit. If you visiting Ciwidey . Don’t forget to came Kawah Putih. Because you can find a very eksotic scenery. In a holyday and weekend many tourist visiting this object. Tourist can enjoyed how beautiful this area. This beautifulness will influence your mind. And you will alawys remembering forever.

TRAVELLING TO BANDUNG

BANDUNG CITY :

Bandung, I will introduce you Bandung city. This city is famous and wellknow as “Paris Van Java”. Bandung also being a centre of fashion in Indonesia. There are many textile mills in here. Modern or traditional textile industry, garment factory and some related textile industy. Bandung people are very fashionable. Many designer was came from this city. And nowadays there are many factory outlet. Many tourist always pay attention and unloaded his wallet to get many fashion item.

HISTORY OF BANDUNG, INDONESIA

HISTORY OF BANDUNG

They are many verses about Bandung name. Some of telling that Bandung name means “banding” a Sundanesse frase. Its mean side by side.
The other verse, Bandung is mean a very large pool. That word is derived from “bandeng”. In Sundanesse “ngabandeng” mean a big dam of water. It is look as a quiet and silence pool. But full with a misytical mind. Than the word of “banding” change onto “bandung”. But there is one other else, Bandung derived from“bendung”.
Historycal of Bandung name, always commemory with explotion of Tangkuban perahu mount. This explotion make Citarum river unflow by material volcanic. Tangkuban perahu mount exploded at about 6000 years ago in holosen era.
And the result, the area Padalarang – cicalengka and Tangkuban perahu mount to Soreang was watering. The area became a very huge water dam. It was called with Bandung Lake or ancient Bandung Lake. Geological research., Bandung lake begin to dry at neolitikum era ((± 8000 – 7000 BC). Time by time and the Drying process need about hundreds years old.

TRAVELLING