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This 877 hectare land in the south of Java has the beauty and the variety of flora and fauna

HIDDEN TREASURESEMPU ISLAND

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ON THE SPOT3 HIDDEN TREASURE

It was appropriate when Dutch Govern-ment made this island a conservation in 1928.

HOW TO GET THERE13 HEAD TO SEMPU ISLAND

Malang – Turen (45 km)Bus from Hamid Rusdi terminal, desti-nation: Malang - Dampit – Lumajang-Turen. Cost Rp 4.000,00

MY JOURNEY19 TIGER AT SEMPU

actually, going to Sempu was not in our plan. We even never heard about it before. We went to Malang because we want to go to Bromo

GALLERY27 SEMPU ISLAND

LOCAL CULTURE29 LOCAL DANCE

Indonesia is not only rich for its beautiful nature a. However, Indonesia also has many kinds of traditional dances.

COMMUNITY35 ODONG=ODONG TRAVELLER

FIGURE39 DINA DUARANSEL.COM

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Contents


GENERAL MANAGERKhemal Nugroho

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EDITOR IN CHIEFambar arum

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SENIOR EDITORMuhammad Iqbal

CORRESPONDENTSGhamal Satya Mohammad

Soekarno Ibrahim

TRANSLATORSannisa M.F. Harahap

anindya LeonitaDea Maria Christa

Ryana andari Purba

DESIGNGalih Permadi

Kibar Desain Salman

WEBMASTERKurniawan aji Saputra

WEBSITEwww.backpackinmagazine.com

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Cheers for Backpackers!,

MAN HAS NEVER escaped from the deficiency,

so do we from the editorial Backpackin Magazine. We

apologize for being late to publish this online magazine

again. For the next of course we hope that it will not hap-

pen again.

This time we present Sempu Island Conservation

to the main menu of our destination. Why it has to be

Sempu? Because the island is unique and challenging,

it will not be enough if we only came once. Do not miss

the My Journey for this time, I guarantee that it will be

different from all of the stories you’ve ever heard about

Sempu! Happy adventuring!

EDITOR IN CHIEF

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Editor’s Note

REVIEW43 PEEPING AT INDONESIA’S BEAUTY

TIPS45 TAKING CARE OF UNDERWATER CAMERA

ACCESSORIES49 SNORKLING EQUIPMENTS

CULINARY51 CIRENG CIPAGANTI

CONTRIBUTOR53 BM 9TH EDITIONS

INTERACTION56 YOU”VE GOT PUNKED!

NEXT EDITION57 DIENG

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ON THE SPOT

SEMpU iSLanDIt was appropriate when Dutch

Government made this island a

conservation in 1928.

H i D D E n T R E a S U R E


SEMpU iSLanDH i D D E n T R E a S U R E


YES, THIS 877 hectare land in the south of

Java has the beauty and the variety of flora

and fauna which is too rich for being com-

mon recreational place only, moreover with

the visitors who is lacking on preserving.

ON THE SPOT

By : Ambar Arum

Photo : Ika Soewadji, Rahmanul Alianta, Galih Permadi, Flickr.com

Not only that, this island is suppose

to be the place for research and science, like

the law said on SK.GB No. 46 Stbl. 1928 No.

69 year 1928. Even before Indonesia reached

its independence, this island had already

received its acknowledgment for its nature

beauty.

But it’s better for us to manage per-

mission letter first to enter conservation area

(SIMaKSI) of Sempu Island. This SIMaKSI

can be perceived in three places, which are:

1. Jl. Bandara Juanda, Surabaya.

2. Bidang KSDa Wilayah III, on Jl. Jawa No.

36, Jember.

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ON THE SPOT


3. Seksi Konservasi Wilayah VI, on Jl. Mas-

trip No. 88, Probolinggo.

There is a Conservation Resort of

Sempu Island area in Sendang Biru, the near-

est beach to Sempu Island, but the function

is for security post only, so we can’t get the

permission letter there. However, before we

cross to Sempu Island, we need to report

ourselves along with the SIMaKSI letter to

this post.

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SENDaNG BIRU, THE NEaREST BEaCH TO SEMPU ISLaND, BUT THE FUNCTION IS FOR SECU-RITY POST ONLY, SO WE CaN’T GET THE PERMISSION LETTER THERE


ON THE SPOT

AND THE JOURNEY GOES… Sempu Island is located in Malang

Regency, precisely on Dusun Sendang Biru,

Desa Tambakrejo, Kecamatan Sumbar Man-

jing Wetan. The easiest way to reach here

is through Malang – Turen – Sendang Biru –

Sempu track. Public transportation is avail-

able from Malang to Sendang Biru. arriving

at Sendang Biru, there are a lot of fishermen

boats that are ready to be rented and carry

us to Sempu Island.

We are just going to sit for a while

because we will be told to jump down the

boat, approximately 50 meters from Semut

Bay, west of Sempu Island. Boats cannot

moor so we need to get ourselves into the

water, as high as our waist (according to

our heights of course). Then we’ll arrive on

Sempu Island!

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Sempu Island has four ecosystems

on it; mangrove forest, beach forest, lakes

and lowland tropical forest, plus with around

223 kinds of plants and 51 animals. Some of

it are Javanese eagle, hawksbill turtle, black

ape, forest pig, leopard, all gathered here.

When we arrive in the edge of Sem-

pu Island’s beach, the forest ecosystems

are sweetly lined in front us. If only they

could move like human, they would probably

dance to welcome us.

HEaDING TO SEGaRa aNaKaN Segara anakan Lake is one of the

most must-see places to visit. It is indeed

a popular lake. There are two more places

which have the same name; Segara anakan

in Cilacap (Nusa Kambangan) and Segara

anak in the area of Mount Rinjani, Lombok.

Some people said that Segara

anakan in Sempu Island is as beautiful as,

even more beautiful than Phi Phi Island in

Thailand, the place where Leonardo Dicaprio

took scene for the movie The Beach. What-

ever people said, this place is definitely a

true beauty.

However, the road to get there is no

beauty! From the edge of the beach until

in the middle of the road, floods are every-

where. Prepare to buy a new sandal when

you return home. If the weather’s bad, it is

very rare to have nice comfortable sandals

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in the end, even the expensive ones. Using

shoes are better but it will turn to brownish

also, so be prepared to clean it afterwards.

The trekking is clear anyway, so ar-

range neatly when you want to visit here.

If the weather’s good, the road will be not

too hard. The most important thing when

you want to go here is bring a lot of water,

moreover if you want to camp here, because

Segara anakan Lake is not a freshwater lake.

Normally, in an hour or more we will

arrive at Segara anakan Lake. Once we got

here, we would generally have light amnesia;

forgetting the long exhausted road we just

been. Feeling tired? already forgotten!

If you couldn’t imagine yet how beau-

tiful Segara anakan Lake is, let me help you

visualized. Imagine that there’s a quiet rush

of water, surrounded by high rocks that is

full of trees, and in front of you there’s a hole

which the water comes through from the

sea. The place you stand is a beautiful clean

white sand. That is Segara anakan looks like!

This salt lake was formed from

the circling rocks. The water from the sea

that rushes to it through the hole (Karang

Bolong), stuck in the circle of rocks that

made lake with calm water.

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HOW TOGET THERE

1. Malang – Turen (45 km)

Bus from Hamid Rusdi terminal, destination: Malang - Dampit – Lumajang-Turen.

Cost Rp 4.000,00

2. Turen – Sendang Biru (45 km)

Public transportation, destination: Turen – Sumbermajingwetan – Sendang Biru.

Cost Rp 12.000,00

HEAD TO sENDANg BiRu


TURN A BIT LEFT from Segara anakan and

climb the rocks, then you’ll see the fierce

waves of the Indian Ocean. This is the twin

beach. Let’s enjoy it for a moment while

closing our eyes and opening our arms. Let

the wind messed up our hair.

But don’t go asleep. Sempu is still

wide enough to be explored, my friend!

Keep on going along. after the Twin Beach,

go trekking for awhile and we’ll arrive at

Pasir Panjang Beach. This beach is wide and

sometimes people choose to build tent here

beside Segara anakan.

Not satisfied enough? Sempu also

has, at least, 2 caves; air Tawar Cave and

Macan Cave, but those places are rarely

visited so the trek becomes unclear. It’s

better to ask villager’s help if you want to go

there.

OTHER PARTS OF SEMPU ISLAND

Sendang Biru – Pulau Sempu (0,8 km)

Sendang Biru – Pulau Sempu (0,8

km). Fisher boat to Semut Bay. Then go

trekking. Cost Rp 100.000 (round-trip),

can accommodate 10-12 people

HEAD TO sEmPu



HOW TO GET THERE

1. Boat

Rp 100.000,00

2. Porter

Rp 150.000,00

3. Guide

Rp 100.000,00

RENTAL

1. Entry ticket Sendang Biru

Rp 5.500,00

2. Entry ticket Sempu Island

Rp 20.000,00

ENTRY TiCKET


Police of Sendang Biru Forest

1. Setyadi

(085233468545)

2. Ardiyanto

(085233104008)

imPORTANT CONTACTs

1. Check for SIMaKSI (Surat Ijin Masuk

Kawasan Konservasi) at :

o Balai Besar Office KSDa East Java on

Bandara Juanda Street, Surabaya.

o KSDa Field Office Regional III, on

Jawa Street No.36 Jember.

TiPs

o Conservation Office RegionalVI, on Mas-

trip Street, No.88 Probolinggo.

2. Do not come to this place when rainy

season, the track becomes very slippery

and dangerous

3. Take a look at the entry hour of Sempu:

o For those who do not spend the night: at

6am

Until 12pm (up to 12pm, is not allowed to

enter the place)

o For those who spend the night at 6am

until 4pm. (up to 4pm, is not allowed to

enter the place)

4. Bring plenty of water to Segara anakan,

because there’s no fresh water there

5. If you want a camper, do not put tents

too close to the sea, because it will be tide

at night.


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T h e r e w a s T i g e r a tSEMPU ISLAND

ACTUALLY, GOING TO SEMPU was not in our plan. We even never heard about it be-

fore. We went to Malang because we want to go to Bromo. Me (Ghamal), and my three

bestfriends, Khemal, alfi, and akbar were having trip together.By: Ghamal-Khemal-ali-akbar | Photo: Ghamal-Khemal-ali-akbar, Rahmanul alianta & Erlangga Mahardika



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We used Matarmaja to go there. In

Malang, we visited my relative. Their house

is in Dinoyo. In this place, we heard about

Sempu from my aunty.

“He just came back from Sempu”,

while pointing at my cousin. “The place is

good. It’s in the South, near from here. Just

just have to go down there”

Sempu Island is actually a conser-

vation, Indonesian army has their practice

there. Whoa, I never knew about that kind of

place. From his story, it seemed so easy to

reach Sempu. Okay, we think it’s okay if we

go there.

after went to Bromo, we rode a bus

to Sendang Biru. Before went there, we asked

the bus assistant if the bus is going through

Sendang Biru. “ah, yes. Come in!”, he said.

Few hours later, we were come off

the bus. The bus conductor said that we

just had to walk through the street to reach

Sendang Biru. However, after we walked for

a long time, there was no Sendang Biru sign

in that place. We felt something was wrong,

until we met a personel of Koramil (like

a military personnel), then we asked him

where we were.

“Sir, we want to go to Sendang Biru (pointing

at the map).”

“This is the location of Banyu Biru.”

“Hah?! This one, sir. Sendang Biru on the

South.”

“Hm, now you’re on the North, kid (pointing

at the map).”

Whoa this is insane! We took the wrong way

since the beginning!

Finally, we had to took some buses,

and it was getting dark. Then we rode the

open-carrier car, and we sat in the back

together with some motorcycles.

One of the man started a conversa-

tion, his name is Slamet. “Where are you

going?” he asked. “Sendang Biru, sir”, we

replied. Then he responded, “Hmm, you bet-

ter stay in my house tonight.” Then we ate

dinner with him before go to his house. His

house was located in near Turen market.

We woke up early in the morning.

after had some conversations with Slamet,

we left his house and went to Sendang Biru.

We arrived at 2pm. While asking some info

about the boat to across and the other stuffs,

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there was a person shouted, “If you want

to cross and go to Sempu, you have to ask

the Forest Service’s permission!” We just

thought, “What the...”

Then we went to the security office.

There, the officer asked many questions

to us. The person was nice, he said that in

2008, Sempu was still a quiet place. It just

became popular nowadays. Because Sempu

is a conservatory, if we want to go there we

had to have the letter of permission. There

are a lot of wild animals, tigers and croco-

diles for example.

The local people helped us to find

fisherman that wanted to take us to Sempu.

We had to swim little bit to reach the shore

after we arrived. There was a big sign ‘Sem-

pu Island Conservatory’. The fisherman said

that we only had to walk straight. alright

then, let’s start the journey!




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We met many unique animals. First,

alfi saw a big bird flew above us. Next, when

we went further, Khemal saw a big black

monkey. I also saw rangkok and Javanese

eagle. at that time we didn’t talk much

about it and just keep walking.

We heard unusual sounds when we

were walking inside. “Oaaakkk.. Oaaakkkk..”

It was quite loud and seemed like near us.

We had no idea what the sound was; either

it was a monkey, or bird, or something else. I

had a bad feeling, so we walked slowly.

I wanted to know where the sound

came from. Me and akbar stepped forward,

while alfi and Khemal were waiting. This


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time I heard a sound again, but now it was

more scary than before. “Rrrrrrrr......” I made

no noise at all. Then the voices came again,

“Oaaaakkk.. Oaaakkkkkk..” followed by

“Rrrrrr.....”

Suddenly alfi whispered, “Gham!

Gham! It’s a tiger!”. Khemal suddenly be-

came very pale. Me and akbar shocked.

Without any thought, we stepped back-

ward. I said to my friends don’t run, but the

“Rrrrr...” voice was still there.

We tried to leave that place, and

finally those voices were gone. We walked to

the beach where we first started to explore

this island. We met 3 men who brought sick-

les. We felt relieved because we met people

that have gun with them. We had nothing to

protect ourselves beside cameras and tripod.

alfi and Khemal told them about

what we saw earlier. One of those men

slightly answered, “ah, tiger? Where? ah,

it’s okay. This is their home, I think they just

want to find food.” Those men were the local

people of Sendang Biru. They walked to find

firewoods. They had never seen tiger before,

but they knew there are a lot of tigers in

Sempu.

We decided to walk inside again,

together with those men. It felt save when

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anakan, they walked separately from us.

and the 4 of us walked again.

We kept walking until we saw a lake

in front of us. We walked faster, and we

stepped on white sand. Here we are, Segara

anakan!

after we played, took some pictures,

then we went to the hill and saw the Indian

Ocean. We were so happy! Finally we could

reach this place after so many unpredictable

events.

We stayed there for couple of hours,

but we decided to come back to the beach

because we were already promised the fish-

ermen that will bring us back. Thank God,

there was nothing scary when we went back

to the beach.

No longer after we arrived at the

beach, the fisherman’s boat came. When we

arrived at Sendang Biru, we told everything

to the forest officer, including our experi-

ence seeing a tiger. Guess what, they were

just laughed. They didn’t know our feelings,

seems like death was close with us. Huuft..

There was our story in Sempu. and

I have a quote that reflect our unforgetable

trip, ‘It’s not about the destination, it’s about

the journey!’ Our journey was more remark-

able than the destination.


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R E V E a L i n G T H E V a L U EO F L i F E F R O M a D a n c E

Indonesia is not only rich for its beautiful

nature and its varieties of traditional language.

However, Indonesia also has many kinds of

traditional dances. Even, the dances have

different elements in each district.

By : Ilma Dityaningrum | Photo: Berbagai Sumber


NOT ONLY THE MOVEMENT, but also In-

donesian dances have a lot of stories about

the values of life. Based on agrarian culture,

Indonesian clans have done many ideas of

dancing, like other arts, comunally, for en-

tertainment needs, traditional ceremony, or

socio-cultural activities. In life arrangement,

the feeling of togetherness becomes the

central point of a value of dance.

There are many parties that involve

dancing surrounding us, and in the whole

world in many kinds of events – traditional

or modern nuance. Just like Minangkabau’s

custom, alek nagari (village party), the

coronation of the village chief, wedding and

many more, always involve dancing. another

example in Batak, North Sumatera’s custom,

almost all of the events involve dancing

(general term, tortor).

Even in Southeast Sulawesi, for

example in Kalesusu Village, Buton, dance

LOCAL CULTURE


acompanies the people in almost every

activity, starts when people are still in their

mother’s womb until they die, therefore

many people from other clans name them

dancers clan. Whereas in Bali, it is very obvi-

ous that dance does not only come in all of

the events, it also becomes a part of life, so

does in other regions, such as Sumba, Timor,

Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Papua, Jawa, etc.

Dance can also come in social events, not

only for stage performance.

Dance can also become the symbol

of cultural expression because of its realiza-

tion involves many participants. Therefore,

cultural values, that are had by the people

where the dances come from, will be pre-

sented in each dance. Dance can be said as

the realization of cultural expression, includ-

ing the varieties of ethnicity that are in its

social scope.

For instance, Tortor dance Batak Toba

in Silaen, North Tapanuli, North Sumatera,

in ‘Parmalim’ ceremony shows that dancing

can be personal, cultural, and spiritual ex-

pression. The function of dancing, especially

group dance, is generally for spiritual, social,

and cultural needs. Not only it is a ceremony,

but it is also as an entertainment. It may

happens because there is a movement in the

function of dancing.

another example in Java, in tayu-

ban, Ronggeng (female dancer) generally

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LOCAL CULTURE

DaNCINGS WITH aLL OF ITS TRaDITION aRE THE SYM-BOL OF PEOPLE’S EXPRESSION TO BE GRaTEFULFOR GOD’S GRaCE

becomes the target of entertainment for

males. There many regions which have this

kind of Javanese Dance, such as in Bali, this

dance is called as Joged Bumbung; Bugis

also have that kind of dance which is called

as Pojoge (danced by females) and Pojoge

angkong (danced by females and shemales);

Melayu societies have Ronggeng Melayu,

whereas Betawi has Cokek, and so on.

In Indonesia, it is felt that there is

something that color the lifestyle of Indone-

sian majority. The sucessful of agriculture in

harvest time or the sucessful of the sailors in

the ocean are the happiest moment. Many

people show their gratefulness and happi-

ness in doing dancing performance, or other

kinds of arts.

In this kinds of events, a person or

a group of people communicate to other

human beings, ancestors, or God. Dancings

with all of its tradition are the symbol of

people’s expression to be grateful for God’s

grace.

Therefore, dance is not only for en-

tertainment. It has the values of life. Hope-

fully, as Indonesian people, we can conserve

traditional dancing as one of the arts and

as a part of local wisdom that needs to be

studied for a better life. Cheers!


COMMUNITY

Odong-OdongTravellerT O G E T H E R W E B E A R E V E R Y T H I N G

The name is Odong-Odong Traveller (OOT). Yes, the (Indonesian) children’s

play was accidentally named for this community.

By : Ambar Arum | Photo: OOT doc.


COMMUNITY

LATHIFUL AMRI, THE CHIEF of the

community told the story of how the name

derived: “It was the time when we just got

back from Baduy. While we were hanging

out, we thought about making a traveling

community. Then out of sudden, an odong-

odong (a small version of merry-go-round

run manually by a man paddling) came up

on the street. One of us said, ‘why don’t we

name ourselves odong-odong! Like you guys,

odong (slow, sometimes stupid -red), ha-

haha’”

The statement became serious. after

deep thought, odong-odong had the same

value and characteristic with the community.

It was official that on June 11, 2010 Odong-

Odong Traveler born.

Like common backpackers commu-

nity, when there is a trip, the rule of cost, fun

and pain sharing are always there. Together

WHEN THERE IS a TRIP, THE RULE OF COST, FUN aND PaIN SHaRING aRE aLWaYS THERE.

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we bear everything. That’s why every trip is

always memorable, although not every trip is

considered successful.

They’ve once traveled to Sempu Is-

land. The itinerary was far away from reality;

the travel went very late, arrived at Send-

ang Biru too late, the field to Sempu Island

was very slippery that injured some people,

which made the plan to explore other spots

of Sempu Island was cancelled. There was

some other time when they failed to reach

the peak of Mount Slamet because of the

storm. In spite of all the failures, they be-

came more solid, knew each other very well

and learned to survive on difficult situations

which could happen everytime.

No wonder traveling with them is

always addictive. Every time a trip is open,

there are always a number of people who

wants to join them. However, they made

limitations for the number of people. “If

there are too many people, it will be trouble-

some. We won’t enjoy it,” said amri.

The membership system is open;

everyone is welcome if they are willing to

mingle and share the good and the bad of

the journey together. Until now, the number

of member in Facebook has reached 600

people and the active ones are about 120

people, well spread in East java, Kalimantan,

even Lombok.

1. anticipated children’s play.

2. Cheap and merry (Rp 1000.- for two

songs) and economist for parents.

3. The guy who operates odong-odong

smile sincerely, paddling the bike for the

sake of children’s happy smiles.

4. Making children addicted.

Those philosophies are also applied

in traveling, which are to make a fun jour-

ney without costing too much, use sharing

cost, traveling together, getting happiness

together. Traveling with OOTers (Odong-

odong Travelers) is always awaited for and

making people want to travel more and

more.

FiLOsOFi


How do you get the idea of being nomad?

We actually planed to backpack in a

year, and we did not plan to work as back-

packers. However, we are still travelling until

now. It becomes our job too. Therefore, we

can afford all of our needs in term of finan-

cial. That’s why we keep doing it. It has been

two years and we still can afford it. Then we

thought of becoming nomadic.

What obstacles do you face the most as

long as you live nomadic?

Perhaps, internet. Not every place

has good network. However, we really need

internet. Ryan should actively work. If there

is no internet, Ryan cannot do his work. I

think, other obstacles are not very crucial.

Since you have no house, backpack

must have become your number one priority.

Dina duaransel.com

INDONESIA ISINCREDIBLY BEAUTIFULTHIS COUPLE, WHO LIVE nomadic around the world, has been in Indonesia since July 2011.

They made several meetings in Jakarta, Bandung dan Jogja. adhadi Praja got the chance to

interview Dina.

By : Adhadi Praja | Photo: duaransel.com doc.

FIGURE


Could you tell us what kind of backpack you

have? What are the things that you must

bring in your backpack?

Right now, our backpack’s volume is

60 liter. It is not too heavy, but it is enough

to bring all of our needs in the last two

years. We dream to decrease our backpack’s

volume. The things that we must bring are

aCTUaLLY PLaNED TO BaCKPaCK IN a YEaR,

aND WE DID NOT PLaN TO WORK aS BaCKPaCKERS. HOWEVER, WE aRE STILL

TRaVELLING UNTIL NOW. IT BECOMES OUR JOB TOO.

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FIGURE


“INDONESIa IS INCREDIBLY BEaU-

TIFUL. HOWEVER, INDONESIa HaS BaD FaCILITIES.

-Dina duaransel.com-

laptop and important documents. We do not

have to bring lots of clothes.

How is your opinion about the potential of

Indonesian tourism?

Indonesia is incredibly beauti-

ful. However, Indonesia has bad facilities.

For example, going to Raja ampat is more

expensive than traveling abroad. For foreign-

ers, the bureaucracy to go to Indonesia is

very complicated. It is easier to go to other

Southeast asia countries, such as Thailand

or Malaysia. Therefore, we need to repair our

facilities especially for transportation.

What is the image of Indonesia for your

foreign friends?

To them, Indonesia is beautiful,

exotic, tropic, and mystical. Many of them

know Bali, especially the ones who love to

have fun. However, serious backpackers have

been to many islands, like Sumatra, Kaliman-

tan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara. Once, I was

really embarassed when I met a backpacker

from australia who has been going around

Indonesia. He knows more about Indonesia

than I do. Well, what I knew was Bromo.

Hahaha..

Anyway, when will your book release?

Hopefully, it will be released in the

end of 2011 or early 2012.

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REVIEW

peeping atindonesia’s beauty

This book is about Indonesian travelers, winners

of Aku Cinta Indonesia (I Love Indonesia)

program held by detik.com. They explored

Indonesia’s exotism from the archipelagos,

mountains, cultures and histories.

By : Ayu N Surya | Photo: ACI.doc



TITLEaku Cinta Indonesia : Jelajah Eksotisme NegeriPUBLISHER B FirstEDITORdetik.com team

LEONARDO DICAPRIO MIGHT be

surprised when he saw Koh Phangan Beach

in Thailand -- the shooting place of The

Beach -- but Indonesia has Bereuh Island

which is more awesome in natural beauty

that makes you feel eerie and also has the

highest freshwater lake in south-east asia.

Indonesia has the best diving spot

in the world with various coral reefs and

sea animals, also the underwater that has

cave dive and wall dive system. Indonesia

has Kakaban Island Lake which became the

wonders of world’s waters for its non-toxic

jellyfish species.

Not only Indonesia has many archi-

pelagos, but also it’s surrounded by volca-

noes (one of it had erupted and became the

worst catastrophe in the world) and has

the most beautiful mountains in south-east

asia.

Even World War II left its history

which unified with the beauty of nature in

the mouth of the Pacific. ah, maybe God

was in a happy mood when He created Indo-

nesia, created small heaven on earth. How-

ever, the heaven is still unreachable; lacking

facilities and transportations, also getting

threatened by marine pollution and refores-

tation.

Let’s explore our country, preserve

and spread the virus of aku Cinta Indonesia

(I love Indonesia). Explore heaven on earth,

all in Indonesia.

THIS BOOK IS aBOUT INDONESIaN

TRaVELERS, WINNERS OF aKU CINTa INDONESIa

(I LOVE INDONESIa) PROGRaM HELD BY

DETIK.COM. THEY EXPLORED INDONESIa’S

EXOTISM FROM THE aRCHIPELaGOS,

MOUNTaINS, CULTURES aND HISTORIES.


TIPS

F R p M E R L a n G G a M a H a R D i K a

Taking care of Underwater camera


CLEANING PROCESS

a. The first process

1. after completing your activity, flush the

camera with flowing tap water immediately.

Navigate in the lens and the parts in between

the buttons or button holes (5 minutes), to

clean sands that are trapped

2. Soak in a basin of water, min ½ hour (longer

is better)

3. Lift and dry, and let it dried by wind. avoid

contact with sunlight directly.

4. Let it stand still for about ½ hour (until it’s

dry)

HOW TO TAKE CARE CHASING

a. For the saving

1. Put in the dry place (not in the moist

place)

2. Put the silica gel inside

3. Cover with soft case so the LCD will not

be scratched

B. at the time of use

1. Use oil lubricants before and after using

the camera

2. Before using it, use anti-fog liquid in order

to avoid a condensing lens

3. after the use ,

o Finishing your activity, flush the casing by

flowing tap water. Navigate in the lens and

between the buttons or button holes (5 min-

utes), to clean the sand that is trapped.

o Soak in a basin of tap water for about ½

hour (longer is better)

o Make it dry and let it dried by wind. avoid

contact with sunlight directlu.

o Let stand it for about ½ hour (until it’s dry)

B. The last process

1. Use a blower to clean the sidelines, the

corners, hollow sections, lenses, button

holes

2. Open the battery & usb, then clean the

rubber (the rubber walls) with dry cotton

bud. Here is the last water entry but should

be cleaned, otherwise it will be mossy mil-

dew or rust

3. Do the same thing in the part of tulosan,

the sidelines, the corners, with wet bud cot-

ton bud but then with a dry

4. Then wipe it with a rag for all parts of

lenses


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ACCESSORIES

SnORKLinG EQUipMEnTS

SNORKEL PIPE TECHNOLOGY

“DRY PIPE”

Why is it called dry pipe?

(a) Because water cannot pass inside.

When you dive down (duck technique

dive)

(b) Because there is a pendulum ballast

closes the air holes automatically

b Y : E R L a n G G a M a H a R D i K a

SNORKEL PIPE

TREATMENT:

1. STORAGE

(a) Save in the dry place (not in the moist place)

(b) Better to use soft case

2. USAGE

There are 2 parts that are easily

get damage, they are mouth

piece & purge valve.

(a) Mouth piece

It’s so easily torn espe-

cially for those who are

easy to panic. If it were

torn, water will easily

come into the mouth.

(b) Purge valves

function is to get in and out of water from the bottom.


3. TREATMENT

(a) The top of the snorkel pipe should not be subject to impact

4. BRAND RECOMMENDATION

Oceanic

Cost -/ Rp. 500.000,00

MASK / GOGLE

1. STORAGE

(a) Store in a dry place

2. USAGE

(a) Ensure that no hair tucked away.

(b) Make sure you do not pinch your nose

to the mask, in order to be able to do activi-

ties such as cleansing mask or mask clear-

ing

(c) Make sure the straps do not pinch the

ears, and not bent at the hair. Ideally above

the ears and the back look for the kind ex-

isting straps padded cushion so smooth and

soft on the hair

(d) Prior to the use of wear anti-fog liquid

on the glass or can use toothpaste applied a

bit and then rinsed (let sleek)

TIPS TO SELECT A MASK

Find a mask according to the form of

the face by attaching the mask to the face

(simply attach a modest course) without

tied it in the head. Then hold a deep breath,

the masks are not falls, the mask is fitted

with your face shape and is suitable for you.

AFTER USE :

Whether it’s a mask, air pipes, or fins

(a) Flush with flowing tap water.

(b) Soak in a bucket for half an hour

(c) Dry it and let it dried by wind

(d) Special for the masks, dry it with a

clean lab, such as kanebon.


CULINARY

CIRENG, A SNACK MADE from sago, is al-

ready famous for many people, especially for

them who lived in Bandung. If you are walking

through Cipaganti Street, you will see a lot of

cireng seller’s carts. The name is Cireng Cipa-

ganti.

b Y : a D H a D i p R a j a

cipaganti’s cireng with peanut Sauce Filling


The location is on Cemara Street (in

front of Cipaganti gas station). I think this

is one of the most delicious cireng I’ve ever

tried. It’s highly recommended! This cireng

is also famous in Bandung because it is the

beginning of cireng industry in Bandung.

Cipaganti’s cireng is famous because

of the peanut sauce filling. The mixture

between the crispy cireng with the peanut

sauce makes us addicted. The texture of

cireng is crunchy, similar with sago crackers.

Cipaganti’s cireng is the crunchiest cireng

among other cireng.

Beside its crunchy texture, the pea-

nut sauce filling is the reason why many

people addicted to this cireng..

The peanut sauce is made from

mashed peanut, added with secret spices,

and tadaaaa...Here there are, the famous

peanut sauce. and the taste is soooo good!

This is the specialty of Cipaganti’s cireng.

The process of making cireng of pea-

nut sauce filling is little bit different with the

usual one. To make this cireng, first we have

to fry the cireng. after that, it is filled with

the peanut sauce. It’s is better to eat this

cireng when it’s still hot. The cost for one

cireng is only 1,000 Rupiahs.

HERE THERE aRE, THE FaMOUS PEaNUT SaUCE. aND THE TaSTE IS SOOOO GOOD! THIS IS THE SPECIaLTY OF CIPa-GaNTI’S CIRENG.


CONTRIBUTOR

1.ADHADI PRAJA This Garut (West Java area) young man has strong

will, passing ACI (Aku Cinta Indonesia – I Love Indonesia) 2010 selec-

tion and went around Palu (Central Sulawesi) for free. 2.AYU N SURYA Al-

though her skin is dark, this skinny girl is always proud of herself by

saying “My skin is Indonesian exotic.” 3.ERLANGGA MAHARDIKA We will

always talk about this guy when it comes to a discussion about snorkel-

ing, diving, or beach. 4.ILMA DITYANINGRUM The founding father of Back-

packer Indonesia community, who is now in Pare (South Sulawesi), is

very excited when there is a discussion about Indonesian culture. 5.IKA

SOEWADJI Prefers to play with kids in Dieng (Central Java) or make bon-

fire in the mountain. 6.MOHAMAD “EBIET” HABIBI This guy has been

to Sempu. We put his pictures on this edition of Backpackin Maga-

zine. 7.GHAMAL-KHEMAL-ALFI-AKBAR Are four soulmates since they

were in elementary school. 8.RAHMANUL ALIANTA Really loves pho-

tography and her friends call her “nona lincah” (miss energetic).

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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ANDIN RAHAYU. SURABAYA. after hav-

ing a vacation in Yogyakarta, me and my

2 friends had to go back to Surabaya. My

friend asked us to ride the business train. I

refused, because it was an expensive class.

But she said since she is the daughter of the

employee, so she could go everywhere by

train, and it’s free. She also said we could

ride the business class for free too. Finally

I said okay. at the end, those excuses were

ineffective. We had to change train in Solo

and continue with economy class train to

Surabaya. Huh.

SUCI RIFANI. JAKARTA. I brought handy-

cam and became the cameraman during my

KIT trip to Sawarna. When we wanted to go

home, we had a scenario for filming. after

the closing scene, my friends would run

through the bridge. Then when I recorded

the scene, they ran fastly, they even run until

the parking lot and didn’t come back. They

left me with the camera that still recording

and my stuffs. I need a couple of minutes to

realize that they really left me. Damn!

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