Monday, July 27, 2009
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The Estuary of Cipanarikan River, Ujung Genteng, Sukabumi Regency
Very quiet water of Cipanarikan river with rfelection the woods on the water. Almost no moves..but the river crocodile is there..becareful.
Tranquility, and quiet . That is the impression when we are in the estuary of t Cipanarikan river in Ujung Genteng. The white sand of the beach is on the right.
The sun went down and would dissapear behind the land. The sand body is between the oceon and the estuary on the right.
Ujung Genteng is located about 100 kilometer to the south of Sukabumi. Or if we started off from Jakarta, we would have to go on a 250 kilometers journey. It would be a 6 hours journey by land because we have to pass through several small towns like Cicurug and Cibadak which were famous for its quite dense population. But we can also take the Cikidang road to Pelabuhan Ratu, we turn to the right at Parungkuda before Cibadak. After Pelabuhan Ratu we take to the east that we will come across winding and hilly roads with beautiful scenery on the side of the road. Ujung Genteng is on the south coast of West Java.
Cipanarikan Estuary is also one of interesting place to visit in Ujung Genteng. This estuary is the meeting point of Cipanarikan River with the ocean. Cipanarikan River forms a path before meet the ocean, so that is formed extent of sand that is wide enough with form of real smooth sand, very compatible as playground sand for children. We can reach Cipanarikan only by motorbike accross a beach jungle from the Ujung Genteng village, where people usually take a cottage to stay.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
PARAHYANGAN AGUNG JAGATKARTTA: A temple in the foothill of Salak Mountain, Bogor Indonesia
In the 23rd of May 2009, I visited a Bali Hinduism temple in Bogor. It was the first time for me to visit and I was amazed with the beauty and greatness of this Pura ( Balinese Hinduism temple). It is located in a high land at the foot hill of Mount Salak, in the Warung Loak village, Taman Sari, Ciapus at Ciomas district of Bogor. This is the largest Hinduism temple in the Land of Sundanese or the Land of Parahyangan, and even in the Java island.
The establishment of the Pura ( Hinduism temple ) started in 1995 in a place that was believed to be the place of King Siliwangi ( Prabu Siliwangi ), a great king of ancient kingdom, called Padjadjaran Kingdom, of Sundanese in West Java Indonesia. The golden years of the government of Prabu ( King ) Siliwangi was in the years 1482 to 1521 AD. The government was then continued by his son the King Surawisesa . All of these was written on a stone at Batu-tulis street in Bogor city, which was written in the Caka years of 1455 or 1533 AD. 
The temple was built here since there was a strong mystical feeling of the existence of Eyang Prabu Siliwangi in this place. It was Anggawijaya and several Balinese blessed people in 1985 who felt the mystical power of Eyang Prabu Siliwangi in this place. This point of land ( Ind: petilasan ) is believed to be the place where Prabu Siliwangi and his last troops dissapeared. In this place Prabu Siliwangi disasapeared when he was gone after by his son Prabu ( the prince ) Kian Santang and being forced to convert his beliefs in Hinduism to Islam. Prabu Siliwangi is believed to be "moksa" in this place and the troops become " artificial tiger" who then is believed to protect the Sunda land and the Sundanese. This legendary folklore sends a message to the Prabu Silwangi 's descendat that Prabu Siliwangi is never conquered and blessed by God the Creator of Universe.
The picture above shows the Balinese Hindu worshippers smiling before prayer in the shrine, with Mount Salak in the background. The Balinese Hinduis strongly believes that Prabu Siliwangi and the ancient Sundanese Hinduis are their ancestor. Many Balinese words is the same with Sundanese language words. This temple and shrine were built in the spirit to honor the Prabu Siliwangi who brought the Padjadjaran Kingdom to reach its golden years. When the Prabu ( King ) governed the Kingdom with the spirit "Tata Tentram Kertha Raharja", peaceful in justice and prosperous, based on the teachings of the ancestors "Sang Hyang Dharma and Sang Hyang Siksa". 
Non-Hinduism people like to visit and enjoy the temple. The picture above shows , Anto Jadoel the presenter of Riwajatmoe Doeloe TV program and Pak Tarcisius Soehardjo sharing the happiness feeling in the temple. The worshippers in the temple believe, whoever the visitor and whatever their religion, who visit the temple does not come by their will, but they were called to visit by Eyang Prabu ( Siliwangi ). The worshippers believe whoever will be invited to come on their own time when Eyang Prabu to call them. So this place are open to everybody to visit and seeking a peaceful feeling. The worshippers believe that all Indonesian are, whatever their religion now, Eyang Prabu descendant and being loved by Eyang Prabu, so they welcome every body to come by the temple.The mistery of Prabu Siliwangi
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Curug Cikaso at Surade, South-East of Sukabumi
Curug Cikaso or Cikaso waterfall is located in Surade. It is about 220 kilometers from Jakarta or about 130 kilometer to the south-east of Sukabumi.
We reached the water fall by boat sailing the Cikaso river. The waterfal was very beautiful.
We reached the water fall by boat sailing the Cikaso river. The waterfal was very beautiful.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Cheerful Children in the Pelabuhan Ratu Beach.
On June 26 , In the middle of the trip Jakarta to Ujung Genteng, since the the day still in the mornig we turn right in the Pelabuhan city junction to the West in the direction to Samudera Beach Hotel. There was an open beach area close to Samuder Beach Hotel taht we could play on the baech and taking some rest and pictures.
Pelabuhan Ratu is located about 60 kilometer to the South of Sukabumi. Or, if we started off from Jakarta, we would have to go on a 180 kilometers journey. It would be a 4 hours journey by land because we have to pass through several small towns like Cicurug and Cibadak which were famous for its quite dense population. But we can also take the Cikidang road to Pelabuhan Ratu, we turn to the right at Parungkuda before Cibadak. Pelabuhan Ratu is on the south coast of West Java.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Ujung Genteng Beach
Ujung genteng's located 70 kilometer to the south of Sukabumi. Or if we started off from Jakarta, we would have to go on a 250 kilometers journey. It would be a 6 hours journey by land because we have to pass through several small towns like Cicurug and Cibadak which were famous for its quite dense population. After that, we will came across winding roads with beautiful scenery on the side of the road. Ujung Genteng are on the west coast of West Java. One of the well-known beaches here is Pengumbahan Beach, located in Ujung Genteng. This white sandy beach is a favourite place for the Green Turtle to lay their eggs. The beach covers more than 110 hectare (hectare n. metric unit of square measure, 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square meters).
The beauty of Ujung Genteng beach is not limited to its cleanness and unschated ground, we can also enjoy the view of sunset and sunrise. We can have quality time with families with rest assuring feeling because the wave is not so strong due to natural barier formed out of sea rocks.
This beach is a favourite spot for the Green Turtle—its Latin name is Chelonia Mydas—to lay their eggs. During lay season between Augusts to March, these turtles can lay eggs up to 3-4 times. Due to its location which is near the main street, the beach are full with tourists during this time of the year. They all come to see the turtles lay their eggs in natural habitat.
Pangumbahan, is one of unique tourism object at this location. Watch the sea turtle lays their eggs at the beach at night time. This must be a unique even for some person an not all coastal has it. The turtle which lying eggs at this area is green turtle which is live at the sea-water. Green turtle can grow until reaching more than 1 meter long, more than 200 kg in weight and life more than 100 years. Before turtle starts to lay their eggs we suggest to generate any light because this make the turtle refuse to lay eggs and back again to the sea. After egg starts to release then we can be near and observes it by using flash light. If the turtle already started to release its egg, it won’t stop until finished and numbers of eggs released from a green turtle are more than 200.
Cipanarikan Estuary is also one of interesting place to visit at ujung genteng. This estuary is the meeting point of Cipanarikan River with the ocean. Cipanarikan River forms a path before meet the ocean, so that is formed extent of sand that is wide enough with form of real smooth sand, very compatible as playground sand for children. At this estuary we can found many animals like crab, teal, iguana and estuary fishes. When we trace the beach, there are also many decorative fishes typical of variegation of sea-water fish swimming freely in between rock.
Ombak Tujuh, located around 15 Km from pangumbahan are able to reach on foot for about 3-4 hours walk. This is the favorite location for foreigner to surf. Ombak Tujuh is named after heavy wave which comes seven times within a period. Around this location, we can found some isle, with the natural rocky beach. If you want to go there, you can hire a motorbike, but when the rainy season comes, it only can be reached by foot.
Cibuaya, a perfect location for bathing and swimming because the beach has many depth varying, from half meter to six meter. It also has beautiful shore. The location is well suited to enjoy evening sunset. It also has clean seawater. When fishing season came, cibuaya is ideal place to fish kakap or krapoe.
If you want to see when the turtles lay their eggs, then you should come during the night. Local villagers will help you as they were assigned to taken care of these turtles’ existence. We will walk along side of the beach trailing down the turtles’ foot prints using a torch. If we are lucky, we can see a turtle slowly walking towards its nest and then lay eggs. Turtles are a very selective when it comes to finding place for them to lay eggs. If they encounter any trash or branches during a dig, then they will stop and move somewhere else. Their eggs have the size of a ping pong ball and loaded with proteins. Therefore many people try to take them by force. Some people capture them to eat their flesh; whilesome people did it for their beautiful and expensive shells.
Turtles laid 100-200 eggs each time. And out 1000 eggs, only 2-5 turtles able to reach its maturity and comes back to lay eggs. It’s an irony for so many people hunt these turtles for money. Their eggs alone are worth 2000-3000 rupiahs each. Others died because they were caught in fishermen’s net or get eaten by their natural predators.
In order to maintain these turtles population in Ujung Genteng, Sukabumi, the regional government has revised regulations concerning taxes for swallow bird, turtle eggs, etc. And so trading of turtles eggs are highly restricted. It seems obvious that to make these turtles conservation works, local resources must be empowered not only to conserve, but also to develop other potentials such as tourism
The beauty of Ujung Genteng beach is not limited to its cleanness and unschated ground, we can also enjoy the view of sunset and sunrise. We can have quality time with families with rest assuring feeling because the wave is not so strong due to natural barier formed out of sea rocks.
This beach is a favourite spot for the Green Turtle—its Latin name is Chelonia Mydas—to lay their eggs. During lay season between Augusts to March, these turtles can lay eggs up to 3-4 times. Due to its location which is near the main street, the beach are full with tourists during this time of the year. They all come to see the turtles lay their eggs in natural habitat.
Pangumbahan, is one of unique tourism object at this location. Watch the sea turtle lays their eggs at the beach at night time. This must be a unique even for some person an not all coastal has it. The turtle which lying eggs at this area is green turtle which is live at the sea-water. Green turtle can grow until reaching more than 1 meter long, more than 200 kg in weight and life more than 100 years. Before turtle starts to lay their eggs we suggest to generate any light because this make the turtle refuse to lay eggs and back again to the sea. After egg starts to release then we can be near and observes it by using flash light. If the turtle already started to release its egg, it won’t stop until finished and numbers of eggs released from a green turtle are more than 200.
Cipanarikan Estuary is also one of interesting place to visit at ujung genteng. This estuary is the meeting point of Cipanarikan River with the ocean. Cipanarikan River forms a path before meet the ocean, so that is formed extent of sand that is wide enough with form of real smooth sand, very compatible as playground sand for children. At this estuary we can found many animals like crab, teal, iguana and estuary fishes. When we trace the beach, there are also many decorative fishes typical of variegation of sea-water fish swimming freely in between rock.
Ombak Tujuh, located around 15 Km from pangumbahan are able to reach on foot for about 3-4 hours walk. This is the favorite location for foreigner to surf. Ombak Tujuh is named after heavy wave which comes seven times within a period. Around this location, we can found some isle, with the natural rocky beach. If you want to go there, you can hire a motorbike, but when the rainy season comes, it only can be reached by foot.
Cibuaya, a perfect location for bathing and swimming because the beach has many depth varying, from half meter to six meter. It also has beautiful shore. The location is well suited to enjoy evening sunset. It also has clean seawater. When fishing season came, cibuaya is ideal place to fish kakap or krapoe.
If you want to see when the turtles lay their eggs, then you should come during the night. Local villagers will help you as they were assigned to taken care of these turtles’ existence. We will walk along side of the beach trailing down the turtles’ foot prints using a torch. If we are lucky, we can see a turtle slowly walking towards its nest and then lay eggs. Turtles are a very selective when it comes to finding place for them to lay eggs. If they encounter any trash or branches during a dig, then they will stop and move somewhere else. Their eggs have the size of a ping pong ball and loaded with proteins. Therefore many people try to take them by force. Some people capture them to eat their flesh; whilesome people did it for their beautiful and expensive shells.
Turtles laid 100-200 eggs each time. And out 1000 eggs, only 2-5 turtles able to reach its maturity and comes back to lay eggs. It’s an irony for so many people hunt these turtles for money. Their eggs alone are worth 2000-3000 rupiahs each. Others died because they were caught in fishermen’s net or get eaten by their natural predators.
In order to maintain these turtles population in Ujung Genteng, Sukabumi, the regional government has revised regulations concerning taxes for swallow bird, turtle eggs, etc. And so trading of turtles eggs are highly restricted. It seems obvious that to make these turtles conservation works, local resources must be empowered not only to conserve, but also to develop other potentials such as tourism
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Tanah Lot Amanda Ratu Ujung Genteng
Amanda Ratu Resort is located in the estuary of Cikarang river in the beach of Ujung Genteng in souther edge of west Java. The Amanda Ratu geographically lies in the border of Kecamatan Surade and Kecamatan Ciracap. It is constructed on the land of coconut plantation of PT. Wira Citespong
The above picture was taken from the resort to the estuary. It is to the east direction from the Resort. The left part was the Cikarang river that flowed to the sea on the right part. The waves too strong strucks the estuary so the delta did not form on the mouth of the river. Contrary to that, it appeared that the waves destroyed the main land so some pieces of land separated from the main land. The separated piece of land on the right part look very beautiful with the struck of the waves. It appeared like Tanah Lot in Bali, so people, especially the photographer called this view as Tanah Lot Amanda Ratu.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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