Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Glagah Beach, from Lagoon Scenery to Agro Tourism

A coastal plain of the field will soon be greeted when visiting Glagah Beach. Spaciousness of this coastal plain to give you the opportunity to spread his views to all directions. Looking straight ahead, you can see the horizon very long ocean and the sky. While the beauty of the bend of the coastline will pamper the eyes when their eyes to the west or east.



Coastal plains of the field and a long coastline also gives you a number of alternative locations to see the beauty of the beach. Each location has a different feel as though they are located in one area. At each location, you can enjoy all the beauty of the beach with ease, there is absolutely no giant rocks which sometimes prevents eye.

The first location is very appropriate to view overlooking the beach is a location that will be the port the next few years. You can find the place when the first branch of the postal charges, the sign is a signpost that read PP. Meeting streams and the ocean waves can be seen full harmony with the view up there is a substation there.



Throughout the first location to a few hundred meters to the west, you can find a lagoon with a water flow toward the river mouth. Laguna beach is divided into two areas, locations that are still covered by some beach plants and grasses and sand dune area that directly borders the ocean. You can cross to the sand dune area through a connecting bridge which is located not far from the river mouth.

Walking further to the west, you can see the activities of local people and some people fishing. They are standing in line, along the coastal line holding their fishing rods. Sloping beach area that gives grace enough fish in large numbers. A number of stalls offering seafood there too, serving a variety of menus that are worth trying.

Besides the beautiful beach scenery, Glagah Beach also has a variety of coastal tourism facilities. One is the motor cross area which is located right on the beach with an area large enough, to give satisfaction for those of you fans of this sport. Meanwhile, the asphalted road that connects Glagah beach with other beaches can be used as an arena of sport bike.

You can even enjoy the beach facilities with visiting plantations agro Wanadri Kusumo. There, you can observe the cultivation process of elixir, such as dragon fruit and flowers Roselle. In addition, you can also hire gethek, canoeing and rowing duck that could be used for tours of the lagoon or just cross over the wooden bridge towards the sand dune area on the beach.



Tired of traveling, you can rest in the huts in the area of plantation lesehan Wanadri Kusumo. A number of exotic food and drink menu are worth trying. You can taste the fresh dragon fruit juice and is known to cure various diseases, or order Roselle flower syrup that will quench your thirst and neutralize various toxins in the body.

To enjoy the whole panoramic view Glagah beach, you can go across the two alternative roads. First, walk through the streets of Bantul, south and turn right into the path of Bantul - Purworejo after arriving in Palbapang. Second, walking west past the trajectory path of Yogyakarta - Wates - Purworejo and turn left after the signpost to find Glagah Beach. You can use a personal vehicle for easier access.



Travel to the beach is not as difficult as the way to beaches in Gunung Kidul. The roads are impassable and there was not much inclined flat so you can climb and he will teach her to relax. Trajectory toward the town of Purworejo it also connects Glagah with other beaches in Kulon Progo Regency. So, once a row, two of the three islands are exceeded, you can visit other beaches afterwards.

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Kwaru Beach : A New Tourism Place In Bantul

Kwaru Beach is located in Bantul, Yogyakarta, 8 miles west of Samas Beach, or about 4-5 miles east coast Pandansimo. The beach has a distinctive feature of the beaches on the southern island of Java, namely black sand. The beach is covered with lots of pine trees, so if the heat can take shelter under it. Moreover, if while enjoying a variety of fresh sea fish dishes can be ordered any time at local cafes.

kwaru beach, kwaru, pantai, sunset at kwaru

Kwaru Beach located in Srandakan expected to become an alternative tourism Parangtritis. This beach is supposed to be optimally suitable tilled wisdom of local communities so as to attract the tourists. Also expected are also getting better beach management and involve local stakeholders in Kwaru.

kwaru beach, pantai kwaru di bantul

According to information of citizens, on Sundays Kwaru beach full of tourists who want to enjoy the beauty of the beach and enjoy the culinary dishes of sea fish. We provide a variety of fish that is enough food taste invites tourists with affordable price, said one manager Mbah Ipan food stalls. Mbah Ipan also requested that the means streets of Bantul Regency which is still too narrow to pass the tourists. He expects to soon be widening the road and the construction of several tourism facilities.



Unfortunately, the beauty of the Kwaru beach coastal erosion threatened by the existence of an increasingly occupied the land. Every year the waves erode the beach is always so when it was approximately 150 meters of land affected by coastal erosion.



pengunjung pantai kwaru

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Ceremony : Saparan Bekakak

Events Saparan Bekakak is of great cultural agenda so that its presence is awaited by the people of Yogyakarta and its surroundings even by domestic and overseas tourists who are in Yogyakarta.In this year Saparan Bekakak expected to be more lively than in previous years. In addition to carnival participants are expected to reach approximately 5000 more personnel, also with the presence of 4 soldiers and 20 horsemen elephant will give special attraction for visitors or tourists.



Bekakak Bride, so society called the two couples bridal doll which is always in the wine and the butcher bekakak ceremonial. This doll made by residents of high yielding varieties of rice flour, in which given (syrup) juruh Java sugar. The existence of this stems from bekakak “syarati” that must be fulfilled to overcome falling fatalities in the limestone mining area in the Gamping Village, in every second month of Java, Saparan.

Formerly Gamping community livelihood limestone miner. Obtained answers, recurring disasters that can be overcome with one condition, Gamping society must sacrifice two pairs of bride. Finally, make a mock wedding in rice flour as loroblonyo. In the body of the content juruh, Like a wedding, the bride made all the offerings which include complete consists of cone (tumpeng), rooster still alive, flowers and ‘dlupak’.



On dates between 10-20 Sapar or near full moon, two bridal pairs of offerings and their citizens paraded around the village and taken to the center of the limestone miners earlier times. Bridal couple was taken to Mount Ambarketawang, the others a couple to Mount Kliling. After the prayer, the bride bekakak slaughtered. Every part of his body and then divided and contested citizens. It is said that after being given offerings of two couples bekakak, the number of accidents has dropped dramatically.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sadeng Beach, An Ancient Estuary Bengawan Solo

In ancient times the Solo River flows quietly from the upper reaches in the north until it empties into the Coast Sadeng now in Gunung Kidul Regency. However, four million years ago, a geological process occurs. Australian Plate Java goes down, causing the plateau slowly lifted the island of Java. River flows eventually could not resist until the flow finally turned to the north. Ended up staying on track trail that slowly dries up because there was no water. This area became rich in limestone hills, which according to some research, originally a coral reef under the sea surface.




On the way to Sadeng Beach, a few hundred meters of flow path can be enjoyed Solo Ancient landscape. Flow path can be seen after arriving at the blue signpost reads "Girisubo - Capital District." Pause at the edge of the road to the beach or walking slowly is the best way to enjoy the scenery used this genre, and to provide more opportunities immortalize it with a camera.

Appear two high limestone hills stretching flanking a lowland which it was originally a path of flow. Lowland arable crops farming land is now a local resident was beautiful winding, stretching as far as 7 kilometers to the north, to the region in Wonogiri Pracimantoro.



When you've reached the shore, then the different views will be found. Coastal areas have also experienced changes, such as the flow path that is now the fields of population. Sadeng Beach is now a fishing port in Yogyakarta the most advanced, proven with complete supporting facilities, such as motor boats which are larger in size, terminal fueling, lodging house where the fishermen to fish auction and cooperatives.

Expanding Sadeng as fish port also has its own story. Around the year 1983, a group of fishermen fish from Gombong, Central Java, came to this place. They consider Sadeng big potential as a place to fish. The challenge was quite tough, not only because of the great southern ocean waves, but also the trust of local residents who do not allow to sea and the coast is reputedly mistic.

Visiting Sadeng like witnessing an evolutionary process. During the trip, could be remembered for the evolution of lowland Solo Ancient flow path from where the flow of water up to become a productive farm crops. Meanwhile, visiting the beach as if remembering the beach which was originally the estuary of the river becomes a quiet area and eventually evolved into the largest fishing port in Yogyakarta.

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Baron Beach, an Interesting Tourism Place

Baron Beach is located in the Village District Kemadang Tanjungsari about 23 KM south Wonosari City, is the first beach encountered from a series of Baron Beach area, Kukup, Sepanjang, Drini, Krakal and Sundak.





On this beach there is also an underground river that can be used for bathing after playing in the sea. In addition visitors can also enjoy a variety of fresh sea fish or fast food, affordable prices, including Baron Beach is a typical menu snapper soup. On the east side can be achieved through the limestone hills, tourists can rest in the substation of view, the beach sipping a refreshing air. Approximately 10 KM west from the Baron Beach there is Racuk Parang Beach with a towering hill, and steep, challenging the courage to be adventurous and enjoy the beauty of the sea around the freedom of the hill.

In each month suro new year local fishermen communities java Ceremony held marine charity is an expression of gratitude to Almighty God for the harvest of fish abundance and safety yan find fish in the sea. . .

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Kota Jogja District Overview

I BOUNDARY REGION
Domicile as the capital city of Yogyakarta Special Province of Yogyakarta and is the only level II regional city status in addition 4 other regencies regency status
Yogyakarta city is located in the middle of DIY, with territorial boundaries as follows
North side, Sleman Regency
East side: Regency of Bantul and Sleman
South: Bantul
West side: Regency of Bantul and Sleman
Yogyakarta region, stretching between 110o to 110o 28I 24I 19II 53II East Longitude and 7o 7o 15I to 49I 26II 24II south latitude with an average altitude of 114 m above sea level


II STATE NATURAL
Broadly speaking city of Yogyakarta is lowland where from west to east is relatively flat and from north to south has a slope of ± 1 degree, and there are 3 (three) across the river city of Yogyakarta, namely:
East was Gajah Wong River
The middle part is the Code River
The west is the River Winongo


III Area
City of Yogyakarta has the narrowest area compared with other regencies, namely 32.5 Km ², which means an area of 1.025% of DIY Province
With an area of 3250 hectares is divided into 14 districts, 45 villages, 617 neighborhoods, and the 2531 RT, and populated by 489,000 inhabitants (data as of December 1999) with an average density of 15,000 people / km ²


IV SOIL TYPE
Conditions of Yogyakarta City is fertile ground and allows planted various crops and trade, because it is situated didataran slopes of Mount Merapi (fluvia vulcanic foot plain) contains the outline of land regosol or young volcanic soil line with urban development and settlement growth, land City agriculture each year through depreciation. Data in 1999 showed 7.8% shrinkage of area of Yogyakarta (3249.75) because of switch functions, (yards)


V CLIMATE
Climate type "AM and AW", average rainfall 2012 mm / year with 119 rainy days, average temperature 27.2 ° C and average humidity of 24.7%. The wind was generally blowing in summer monsoon winds and rain with a southwest wind blowing at 220 ° is wet and bring rain, in the dry season southeast monsoon winds blowing in a rather dry with a direction ± 90 ° - 140 ° with an average speed of 5-16 knots / hour


VI Demographics
City population growth from year to year is quite high, at the end of the year 1999 population of 490,433 inhabitants and the City until the end of June 2000 carrying as many as 493,903 residents of Yogyakarta City soul with an average density level 15.197/km ². The life expectancy of population in Yogyakarta by sex, men and women aged 72.25 years 76.31 years of age.


YOGYAKARTA CITY VISION

The city of Yogyakarta as the realization of quality education, cultural tourism, growth and excellent service, friendly environment and civil society imbued by the spirit of Mangayu Hayuning Bawana

YOGYAKARTA CITY MISSION

1. Make and create institutions of formal education, non formal education and human resources capable of mastering science and technology and competitive in order to develop quality education.

2. Making and to realize the tourism, arts and culture as a leading region in order to develop the city as a tourist city of culture.

3. Making and to realize the city of Yogyakarta as the motor of growth and service excellence to the region of Yogyakarta Province by developing the populist economic system.

4. Making and create a society that realizes the importance of environmental sustainability which imbued the spirit of belonging / handarbeni.

5. Making democracy and create a society that is imbued by the attitude of Indonesian nationality who berketuhanan, berkemanusiaan a fair and civilized, berkerakyatan and social justice in the spirit of unity and cohesion

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Kulon Progo District Overview

Kulon Progo Regency is the area of Yogyakarta Special Province which is located farthest west and north west boundary is the Central Java Province and south of the Indonesian Ocean. Geographically located between 7 ° 38'42 "- 7 ° 59'3" south latitude and 110 ° 1'37 "- 110 ° 16'26" east longitude.

The area is 58627.5 hectares covering 12 districts and 88 villages. 24.89% of the area is located in the South region which includes districts Temon, Wates, monkey bars, and Strain, 38.16% in the central region which includes districts Lendah, Compassionate, Sentolo, Kokap, and 36.97% in the northern region which includes Girimulyo districts, Nanggulan, Kalibawang and Samigaluh. Area districts between 3000 to 7500 Ha and the most extensive territory is an area of 7379.95 Ha Kokap district while the most narrow region is an area of 3200.239 hectares Wates district.

In physiographic conditions Kulon Progo Regency area is a flat area, although surrounded by mountains, mostly located in the northern region, areas to be 17.58% at an altitude of <7 m above sea level, 15.20% were at a height of 8 to 25 m above sea level, 22.85% were at an altitude of 26 to 100 m above sea level, 33.00% are at the height of 101 - 500 m above sea level and 11.37% is at an altitude> 500 m above the surface sea. When seen where its slope, its slope areas to 58.81% <15 °, 18.73% slope between 16 ° - 40 ° and 22.46% slope> 40 °

Kulon Progo Regency has topography varying with the altitude between 0 - 1000 meters above sea level, which is divided into 3 areas include:

a. Northern Section

An upland / hilly Menoreh with altitude between 500 1000 meters above sea level, covering Sub Girimulyo, Kokap, Kalibawang and Samigaluh. This region is the use of land set aside as conservation farming area and is an area prone to landslides.

b. Middle Section

Is a hilly area with altitude of between 100 500 m above sea level, covering Sub Nanggulan, Sentolo, loving, and most Lendah, areas with slopes between 2 and 15%, classified as a transition choppy and wavy plains and hills.

c. Southern Section

Is lowland with an altitude of 0 100 m above sea level, covering Sub Temon, Wates, monkey bars, strain, and partly Lendah. Based on the slope, has a slope of 0 2%, an area of 24.9 km along the coast, when the rainy season is flood-prone areas.

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