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Bali Tourism Map

Bali may be small in size. You can drive around the entire coast in one long day, bu it’s prominence as a destination is huge and rightfully so. Ask travellers what Bali means to them and you’ll get as many answers as there are flowers on a frangipani tree. Virescent rice terraces, pulse-pounding surf, enchating temple ceremonies, mesmerising  dance performances and ribbons of beaches are just some of the images people cherish.

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Did you know the history behind the name Papua and Irian Jaya ???

This is the answer :

When the Portuguese first sighted the island now shared by Papua and Papua New Guinea. In 1511 they called it ilhas dos Papuas (Island of The Fuzzy Hairs), from the malay word papuwah. Later, Dutch explorer called the islands New Guinea, because the black skinned people reminded them of the inhabitans of Guinea in Africa. When sovereignty was transferred to Indonesia, the province was renamed Irian Barat (West Irian) and then Irian Jaya. Jaya means “victorious” in Bahasa Indonesia and irian means “hot land rising from the sea” in the biak language.

To placate the growing separatist movement, the indonesian government agreed to rename the province of papua on 26 December 2001. To add to the confusion, many papuan activist, and some international nongovernmental organisations, refer to it as west papua. and at the time of writingm papua was divided into two provinces: Papua and Irian Jaya Barat.

native of papua islands

Papua’s mystique piques the imagination of explorer, naturalis, anthropologist, politician, and traveler in you. What about papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya) would not intrigue? The diversity in lifestyle and culture of indigenous people, who speak more than 250 language, is matched only by Papua’s biodiversity and geography. The terrain covering half of New Guinea, the planet’s second largest island, ranges from the misty peak of Puncak Jaya which features permanent snowfields and small glaciers to the steamy island group of Biak and Raja Ampat , just shy of the equator.

Endemic wildlife gracing this vast expanse of jungle, mountain, swamp, and sea include such weird and wonderful creatures as cassowaries, dugongs, showy cenderawasih (bird of paradise) , egg-laying echidnas and tree-dwelling monitor lizards.

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Bromo and Semeru clouds

Mount Bromo is one of the best volcanoes tourist destinations in Indonesia. It is located in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park in East Java.  Mount Bromo also is one of part massif Tengger most visited tourist attraction because Bromo is an active volcano and more easily visited.

Mount Bromo park is a natural phenomenon that is not found in other places such as the crater in the crater with the spread of sand-sea that surrounded.  For you who want to take much closer and smell of volcanic smoke you have climb to peak first.  After climbing the peak using the stairs you will be presented the view of Bromo crater scene with a puff of smoke coming out from caldera (marks it’s still active).

From here tourist can enjoy the Bromo crater with a thin cloud of smoke, and to the back you can see the beautiful panorama spread of sand sea with a fascinating natural silhouette.

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Bali Weather

Bali is located 8 degrees south of the equator, and therefore has a tropical climate. Bali is not the usual four times, but only two – the wet and dry season. Every time the gate takes about six months. Dry season from March to August and the rainy season from September to February. Although the weather does not vary by many during the rainy season may have some rain for an hour or more in the afternoon, followed by warm ocean breeze on the beach of Kuta and Dua Nusa.

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