Increasingly prevalent trend of tourism can not be separated from the development of technology. In addition to book online via computer, travel the world in 2013 will also be enlivened by the rise of booking via smartphone applications.

Almost every traveler, especially the traveler Indonesia, have a smartphone with a variety of types. In terms of traveling, a lot of travelers who find it more convenient with the travel applications especially booking hotels or flights.

"In June 2012 our mobile users only 30 thousand., In December reached 150 thousand. From there it can be concluded, the growth of mobile users who book online up to 5-fold," said General Manager Rajakamar Indonesia, the exhibition Chanjaya International Travel and Holiday Fair (ITHF) 2013, Hall A JCC Senayan, Central Jakarta, Friday (02/15/2013).

For those of you who just got married and want to honeymoon in a beautiful place then this article are just right for you to read. Indonesia has a lot places to you choose for honeymoon. From Raja Ampat to Moyo Island, there are places to honeymoon in Indonesia. Indonesia has all the requirements to be the best honeymoon. There was a sea of blue seductive, beautiful city, to a very beautiful quiet lake. The following places of interest in Indonesia for honeymoon.

Nyepi day or silent day is a very special day in Bali. Nyepi is the Balinese New Year and the date is determined using the Lunar Caka calendar within 420 days. The night of the first new moon between March and April will be the eve of Nyepi exactly on 12th March 2013. Legend has it that on this day, Yama, the lord of evil, opens his gates and all evil deities descend upon the island. A lot of ceremonies start on this day. Some people told me it is to scare away the bad spirits.

Wonderful Island

Raja Ampat casts a spell on all who visit – scientists, photographers, novice divers and crusty sea-salts alike. This group of majestic islands, located in the northwestern tip of Indonesia’s Papuan “Bird’s Head Seascape,” lies in the heart of the coral triangle, the most bio-diverse marine region on earth.To get there is take 3 hour flght fro Bali to Papua, that is wonderful please to do diving best recommended.

Spirit of God

Borobudur famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in Jogjakarta. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa. The walls and balustrades are decorated with fine low reliefs, covering a total surface area of 2,500 m2. Around the circular platforms are 72 openwork stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha. The monument was restored with UNESCO's help in the 1970s

Tabanan - Chinese New Year 2564 in Tabanan, Tabanan commemorated with a simple. As in previous years, the celebration of Chinese New Year in Kongco Tan Hu Ren Cen, Vihara Dharma Catta lasted hidmat Tabanan. Residents arriving in China turns red dotted Khonco it.

The highlight warning lunar new year is marked by prayers and light a fire in some jumbo size wax around at 00.00, Sunday (10/2) morning. In the morning the Chinese citizens who are in Tabanan city began arriving to chant prayers and expressed his hope in the lunar new year this 2564. By noon the Chinese continued to flock to pray to be given a better life in the following years.

Bali Unique
The main religion practiced in Bali is a form of Hinduism called Agama Hindu Dharma, where the Hindu itself is consisted of some religious sect, but in Bali all of Balinese are Hindu Ciwa. The two religions (Hindu and Buddhist) arrive from Java and some extend from India during the 8th to 16th centuries. The main symbol of Balinese Hinduism is the Swastika or wheel of the sun. An important belief is that elements of nature are influenced by spirit, which has been appeased. As such offerings (Sesajen/Canang) made from agriculture product are offered to this spirit. It is believed that Mount Agung is the abode of the gods and the ancestors with the high 2717 about sea level. As such, it is revered as the `mother` mountain and is highly sacred to the Balinese.

Airports are usually the first impression of a tourist’s vacation. This destination introduction concept has informed the development of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport.
The airport is currently undergoing a major expansion with the construction of a new international terminal, a parking lot and slight modifications to the runway. The physical construction phases are projected to be done by May 2013, in readiness for the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO Summit this October. “Ngurah Rai Airport will be equipped with state of the art facilities, Bali international airport project development (PPBIB) head of public relations.
Managing company Angkasa Pura has spent Rp 2.8 trillion (US$291 million) to reach their target of becoming be one of the top ten airport operators in Asia with Ngurah Rai International Airport as their crowning jewel.

Batik is one way of making fabric. Besides Batik can refer to two things. The first is the technique of colouring cloth using the night to prevent staining part of the fabric. In the international literature, this technique is known as wax-resist dyeing. The second notion is the fabric or clothing made with these techniques, including the use of certain motifs that have uniqueness. Batik Indonesia, as the overall engineering, technology, and development-related motives and culture, UNESCO has been designated a Cultural Heritage for Humanity Oral and Nonbendawi (Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity) since October 2, 2009.

Kurt Busch's move to Phoenix Racing to get back to "old-school" and fun racing didn't do much for his public standing according to Forbes. For the second year in a row, Busch made the publication's list of the top 10 most disliked athletes.

After coming in at No. 10 last year, Busch was No. 8 this season, behind Michael Vick and ahead of Kobe Bryant.In 2012, Busch was suspended for the season's first race at Pocono after threatening a reporter after a Nationwide Series race at Dover when Busch was asked about racing against Justin Allgaier. That incident was preceded by a fracas in May after the Southern 500 at Darlington when Ryan Newman's crew was unhappy with Busch's driving on pit road after a late race caution.

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4711 begins on Feb. 10, 2013.
Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.
 

A Buddha statue in Gilimanuk Jembrana regency, Bali which construction cost about 1 billion more, claimed to be the tallest Buddha statue in Indonesia.

"Hopefully, this Buddha statue a new icon so that it can be a tourist attraction coming to Bali," said Chairman of the Council of Buddhism, Theravada Indonesia (Magabudhi) Bali, Sudiarta Indrajaya in his official statement in Denpasar, on Friday (01/01/2013).

For tourists and other people who come to the island, it's amazing to see the building, not far from the Port Gilimanuk or exactly in the area of ​​Temple professor Astapaka, Gilimanuk.

If not extinct, the Bali tiger locally called "samong" is also a wealth of invaluable biodiversity. He is the world's smallest tiger, the largest is the Siberian tiger. Weight Bali tiger male between 90 to 100 pounds were females between 65 to 80 pounds. Its size is equivalent to the size of a leopard or jaguar. Its size is an anomaly, generally getting away from the equator, the greater the size of a tiger. Perhaps evolution is due to the small size of the island and has a more limited game.
He has short hair, a dark orange color. Lorengnya less than Javanese and Sumatran tigers, but among striped lorengnya sometimes there are small black spotted leopard. This distinction has led sometimes Bali tiger striped described as having a more tightly.

Supply of fresh fish catch of fishermen in the area south of Kuta is Jimbaran, Bali Province decreased dramatically since most of them were afraid to go to sea due to deteriorating weather conditions in the region's waters.

"Revenue sail now slightly because of high waves and strong winds to fishermen not to fish," Nyoman said one of the fishermen, he said, although there is still fisherman who sail only a small part, it was not far from the beach for fear of the big waves come suddenly and hit their boat.

Mount Batur Bali is around 23,000 BC, during the cataclysms that marked the forelast shift of the earth's poles, an explosion of incredible magnitude formed the gigantic Batur caldera which today has a diameter of ca. 13 km - one of the largest and most impressive in the world. Before that eruption Mt Batur rose about 3,800 m above sea level and it was thus higher than Mt Agung (3,142 m / 10,308 feet).
Another heavy eruption took place around 10,500 BC - at the time of the last shift of the earth's poles - and formed a smaller, secondary crater with a diameter of ca. 7,5 km in the southeastern part of the larger caldera, nowadays marked by the Bali Aga villages of Songan and the popular panoramic viewpoint of Penelokan, with the current volcanic cone in its center.

 

Kecak Dance and sunset are two things that should travelers see when on holiday to Bali. In the Uluwatu Temple, Badung, Bali southern part, you can see the beauty of motion Kecak Dance with a beautiful sunset background. Perfect!

The charm of Bali is famous all over the world. No wonder that Bali offers many vacation experiences, from nature to culture. One of them is the famous Kecak Dance.

It is no doubt that Bali is rich in both natural and cultural travel is already very well known. One is the Kecak Dance. Kecak dance is a dance performed by many men.

President Barack Obama delivered a full-throated defense of the nation's safety net programs and vowed to tackle the issues of climate change and gay rights in his second inaugural address Monday afternoon.

"We reject that Americans must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future," Obama told the crowd of hundreds of thousands of spectators who descended on the National Mall Monday morning. "The commitments we make to each other--through Medicare, and Medicaid and Social Security--these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."

In the 37 years ago, two Concorde supersonic jet to fly for the first time a commercial route. Two planes respectively Concorde takes off from London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport, Paris.
Flights from London will take passengers to Bahrain via the Persian Gulf. While the aircraft will fly from Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal.

NOVEMBER 2013, Bali will host the World Culture Forum. Event aims to make Bali as the world for meetings and discussions in the field of culture.
Rector of Udayana University, Prof.. Dr. dr. I Made Bakta, Sp.PD-KHOM, said on Saturday (19/1) yesterday, revealing many things that could be raised in the forums Bali international scale. Including encouraging the establishment of the Institute of Culture to accommodate a variety of research related to cultural. '' A lot of that could be because it is the cultural core of Balinese life,'' he said

Nusa Lembongan has a population of approximately 5,000 people living in two villages, Desa Lembongan (Desa = Village) and Desa Jungut Batu. There is no industry on Lembongan and electricity required for the villages is generated by diesel engines that were contributed by the government. These generators only operate in the evenings. Update!: start from 2004 Nusa Lembongan got electricity even day or evening.