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Purwodadi Botanic Garden is located at Purwodadi, in the countryside of Pasuruan, East Java and is situated on the main road which connects three cities in East Java; Malang, Surabaya and Pasuruan. It is about 24 km from Malang, 30 km from Pasuruan and 70 km from the capital Surabaya. It covers an area of 85 ha which is at an altitude of about 300 m above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 2366 mm.
Purwodadi Botanic Garden was established in 1939 by Dr D.F. van Slooten, as one of three branches of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens.

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Once in Surabaya, you need not to go to other regions in Indonesia to see the specific animals in those areas. The Zoo in Surabaya is not only the biggest in Indonesia but also the biggest in Asia. No less than 3.500 heads of animals from 400 species of mammals, birds and reptiles are being kept there. The Surabaya Zoo was formarlly opened on August 31, 1916 when a group of animal lovers gathered together and decided to open a zoological garden on an area of approximately 16 ha downtown.

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The founder of ’s Lands Plantentuin, the name given to the Garden by the Dutch, was Casper Georg Carl Reinwardt, a German who moved to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and studied natural sciences, specializing in botany and chemistry.
In 1817, at the age of 44, Reinwardt was appointed to the position of Director in agricultural business, arts and sciences on Java and neighboring islands. He was interested in investigating plants which were widely used by the Javanese for domestic and medicinal purposes.

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Cibodas Botanic Garden has a long and important history of research and conservation. The early history of Cibodas Botanic Garden is also the early history of what is now one of Indonesia’s most significant National Parks and a World Heritage Area, Mt Gede-Pangrango National Park. Cibodas is renowned as one of the first tropical research stations in the world, and numerous scientists have used the station for their research on tropical rainforests.

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The rugged road to the small fishing town of Pelabuhan Ratu in Southwest Java is well-troden by Jakartans on weekend and holiday jaunts. But an even bumpier road, heading 20 km to the west of it will take you to the lesser known and excellent Ocean Queen Resort.
Until recently, the secluded Ocean Queen Resort was a little known collection of time-share bungalows. But the rooms have now been made available to the visiting public and a steady trickle of townies (especially expats) have been discovering the mellow delights of this peaceful family retreat since then.

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In a certain way Sumbawa is the most western island of eastern Indonesia. It is -travelling from west to east- the first island that isn’t directly influenced by the hinduist cultures from Jawa and Bali. On this mainly islamic island, adat still is an important factor.
Sumbawa consists of two different parts: Sumbawa Besar in the west and Bima in the east. In the western part most people speak a language which looks like the language of the Sasak from Lombok. The language, spoken on Bima, looks like the one on Flores and Sumba. In the past, Sumbawa Besar has been influenced from Bali and Bima from the Makasarese from Southern Sulawesi.

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Mt. Rinjani forms the second highest volcanic peak in Indonesia, part of celebrated “Ring of Fire”. The dramatic landscape has been created over millions of year of cone - building, violent explosions, and erosion. Forested slopes rising directly from the sea create their own weather pattern and act as water - collectors for the hole of Lombok.
Mount Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. It rises to 3,726 m (12,224 ft), making it the third-largest volcano in Indonesia.

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In term of promote the tourism in Bondowoso, especially in east java, and also to introduce the tourist destinations to the visitors. So we consider to publish booklet of tourist object in Bondowoso.
This booklet is a brief introdution which consist of information about name and address of tourist object, also another explanation that very important to visitors who come to Bondowoso.
We realize that this booklet is not quite perfect enough but it really mean to give some information to visitor.
Lastly, we would like to offermy thanks to all those who helped to publish this booklet.

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Its very nice to introduce you that I am Arnold a Senior Guide Adventure in the main land of Sulawesi, and I got experience to escort guest more than 10 years from all of destination requesting tour.
For example of my activities can escort you such as :
1. Mountain trekking at Mahawu, Lokon, AWU Sangihe island, PIAPI at Talaud islands, Soputan Volcanoes, and Klabat Mountain.
2. Wildlife Safaris at Badda-Valey-Lorelindu National Park at Central Sulawesi

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Taking advantage of the pristine tropical waters surrounding Bali considered perfect for nurturing and production of South Sea Pearls, Bali’s near neighbour of Nusa Lembongan is now home to a fully operational pearl farm.

A joint venture between Bali Hai Cruises and Atlas Pacific - acknowledged leaders in the field of pearl cultivation, the pearl farm will allow passengers on board Bali Hai’s popular day cruise the chance to see first-hand how valuable pearls are produced by nature, all done with a little help from man.

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