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Singapore, a small country with a big past, fully understands the significance of Churchill’s remark. Those who run the island city-state have taken steps to ensure that the nation’s history is recorded in several museums that are not only well preserved but very professionally managed.
One is the National Museum of Singapore (NMS), a treasury of the past that stands boldly amidst the onslaughts of consumerism and modernism.
The NMS now looks even bolder and more determined – not to mention sophisticated and high-tech – following a thorough renovation that started in April 2003 and expanded it to nearly 20,000 square meters.
“Many modern buildings in Singapore get built in less than three years. After a while, Singaporeans began to get impatient waiting for the NMS renovation to finish,” notes Mohamed Hamim Read the rest of this entry »
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Pulau Seribu, the “Thousand Islands”, extend northward from Jakarta in Jakarta Bay. Actually numbering only around 140, they nevertheless offer many points of interest, particularly maritime tourism with white sand beaches, calm waters, and underwater coral formations. Most of the islands lie within the Maritime National Park; only 37 islands are allowed to be used for commercial purposes.
Pulau Rambut (“Hair Island”), also known as Bird Kingdom Island, is one of the closest to the mainland of Java; you can get there in just an hour from Muara Angke harbor. The status of this uninhabited 45-hectare island has recently been upgraded from nature preserve to wildlife preserve, because of the rising level of damage within and around the Pulau Rambut area.
In addition to coastal forest, mangrove forest and mixed secondary forest, the Pulau Rambut Wildlife Preserve is also home to 25 species of water birds, among the 61 bird species found there. These include pecuk ular (oriental darter), kuntul (egret), cangak (heron), bangau (stork), and ibis.
A 20-meter bird observation tower stands near the middle of the island. As well as birds, reptiles also live on the island, including monitor lizards, pythons, and geckos. The only mammals found here are fruit bats. There’s also a great diversity of plant life, with tree species including pidada, mangrove, key lime, and banyan.
Also found on this island is a bird species that migrates from Australia, the milky stork (bangau bluwok, Mycteria cinerea) Read the rest of this entry »
The city of Pagar Alam is a seven-hour drive from Palembang, South Sumatra, by way of Prabumulih, Muara Enim and Lahat Regency to Liku Endikat.
The city’s slogan, Besemah (Bersih, Sejuk, Aman dan Ramah, Clean, Cool, Safe and Friendly) resounds in our minds, because it really is accurate. The city of Pagar Alam lies in the Bukit Barisan range, with the iconic Gunung Dempo rising 3,159 meters above sea level; at its foot are luxuriant farms and plantations growing tea, coffee Read the rest of this entry »
Since mid-day yesterday, even before we set foot in Ngadas village, heavy rain, strong winds and fog have been here to greet us. The trees seem like black shadows wreathed in white fog, as do the terraced rice fields on either side of the village road.
“When the weather is clear, the view here is magnificent,” says Purnawan, a lecturer and researcher on the Tengger community, who is accompanying us to Ngadas.
Our destination is Segara Wedi Anakan – the upper “sea of sand” – located to the south of and–next to Bromo’s crater. Until recently, most people only knew about the sea of sand below Mount Bromo. Ngadas (2,140 meters above sea level), the highest inhabited village in Java and located within Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, is our base camp.
This very morning, we canceled our plan to see the sunrise over Bromo from the south, because of the relentless rain and fog. Our plan to find Segara Wedi Anakan also seems rather uncertain Read the rest of this entry »