Pasir Putih Beach Situbondo, East Java

Pasir Putih Beach in Situbondo, East Java, known for its expanse of white sand. Not only that, spelled out even this unique coastal morphology. Curved topography overlooking the sea with the forest background clusters formed very beautiful panorama. To the north, tourists can see the extent of the sea north of Java with a white line on the beach. Behind him, the forest hedge presents its own coolness.

The White Sands is one of the leading beach tourism destination for the East Java Province. This is because of its strategic location, namely in the outskirts of Surabaya-Banyuwangi main road. Tourists who want to go to Bali (from Singapore), or to Mount Bromo (from Banyuwangi), usually stopping for a rest and watch the beauty of the panorama that are served, especially enjoying the beautiful sunset.

Wayang Kulit, the shadow puppets from Indonesia.

Wayang kulit is a traditional Indonesian art, which primarily develops in Java. Shadow puppet played by a puppeteer(Dalang) who is also the narrator's dialogue puppet characters, with the accompaniment of gamelan music played by a group of nayaga and songs(Tembang) sung by the singer(Sinden).

Dalang plays the shadow puppet behind the "kelir", ie screen made of white cloth, while the electric lights flashed behind him or oil lamp (blencong), so that the spectators who were on the other side of the screen can see the shadow puppet that falls into the screen. To understand the story of wayang (lakon), the audience must have knowledge of the characters are shadow puppets on the screen.

Generally, puppets take the story from the Mahabharata and Ramayana manuscript, but not limited to the grip (standard), the dalang can also play puppeteer plays carangan (composition). Some stories were taken from the Panji stories.

Wayang kulit more popular in central and eastern Java, while the puppet show is more often played in West Java.

Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 metres (7,641 ft) it is not the highest peak of the massif, but is the most well known. The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia. The volcano belongs to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.

Mount Bromo sits in the middle of a vast plain called the Sand Sea (Indonesian: Lautan Pasir), a protected nature reserve since 1919. The typical way to visit Mount Bromo is from the nearby mountain village of Cemoro Lawang. From there it is possible to walk to the volcano in about 45 minutes, but it is also possible to take an organised jeep tour, which includes a stop at the viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan (2,270 meters) (Indonesian: Gunung Penanjakan). The best views from Mount Bromo to the Sand Sea below and the surrounding volcanoes are at sunrise. The viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan can also be reached on foot in about two hours. From inside the caldera, sulfur is collected by workers.

Source : Wikipedia

Ijen Crater East Java

Category: mountain, craters, lakes
Location: Bondowoso, East Java.

Ijen Crater is the largest acid lake on earth at the top of Mount Ijen, has a height of 2368 meters above sea level with a depth of 200 meters and the area of the lake crater reached 5466 hectares.

Crater in the territory of Nature Reserve Nature Trail Ijen Bondowoso, East Java. To reach Ijen, there are two main routes, ie from the direction Bondowoso-Wonosari and Banyuwangi-Licin. Ijen crater when viewed from the top of Mount Ijen looks very beautiful. In this crater, we can also see the activities of sulfur miners. They mine the sulfur with minimal protection, with only close the mouth using a wet cloth and of course this is very dangerous for their health.

The miners use a crowbar as a tool to take sulfur. Then the miners would walk several miles carrying sulfur into the weighing station. They brought the sulfur weighing 45 to 90kg, and a miner can do two or three times a day trip. In one day the miners could only carry around Rp. 50,000 (approximately $5.00).

Gudeg

Gudeg is a traditional food of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which is made of young Nangka (Jack fruit), boiled for several hours in palm sugar, and coconut milk. Other spices are garlic, shallot, candlenut, coriander, galangal, bay leaves, and teak, which provides the brown pot. It 'also called Green Jack sweet stewed fruit. Gudeg served white rice, chicken, boiled eggs, tofu and/or tempeh, and beef stew made crispy skin (sambal goreng krecek).

There are three types gudeg, dry, wet and Eastern Java style. Coconut milk gudeg little dry and then a little sauce. Wet gudeg contains more coconut milk. Gudeg spicy oriental style uses Java and warmer than gudeg Yogyakarta-style, which is sweeter.