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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
LOCAL CULTURELOCAL DANCECOMMUNITY ODONg-ODONg TRAVELLERFIGUREDiNA DuARANsEL.COm
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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
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Contents
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GENERAL MANAGERKhemal Nugroho
EDITOR IN CHIEFambar arum
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
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
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SEMpU iSLanDH i D D E n T R E a S U R E
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
we walked together. Before arrived in Segara
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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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LOCALCULTURE
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
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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
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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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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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cipaganti’s cireng with peanut Sauce Filling
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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.
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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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