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Paradise in Mandalika, Lombok

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In the last 10 years, West Nusa Tenggara, Lombok is very famous with Gili Trawangan, Rinjani Mountain, and Mataram, but did you know that in 1980, there was a famous destination in South of Lombok Island, Mandalika. It places had been one of the tourist destination besides Bali Island. It has a large bay and wide white sand that make local and foreign people fall in love at the first sight. Now, Mandalika has become one of the priority destination in Indonesia besides Borobudur, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Lesung, Danau Toba, Labuan Bajo, Morotai, Wakatobi, Bromo Mountain, Kepulauan Seribu. Rony AN/Kompas Travel Actually, there are several beaches in this area like Gerupuk Beach, Tanjung Aan Beach, Serenting Beach, Kuta Beach, and Seger Beach. If you like surfing, there is Ubrug Beach that has beautiful scenery. The unique thing in Mandalika, there is a Bau Nyale Festival. It's present the tradition of taking earthworms that have been hundred years. And if you...

Sragen's Attractions

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Randy/detikTravel Sragen regency is about 20 km from Surakarta City. It's adjacent with Ngawi and Karanganyar. If you want to go East Java through southern, you have to traverse Sragen. Furthermore, you can enjoy some place such as historical attraction and cultural heritage. 1. Sangiran Early Man Site Sangiran is a place that fossil of Meganthropus Palaejavanicus and Phitecanthropus Erectus were discovered.  Moreover, many fossils of ancient human had discovered at that place. So far, there were 13.685 fossils in Sangiran. and you have to know that Sangiran had been enacted as World Heritage by UNESCO. 2. Kemukus Mountain Kemukus is one of the popular destination for looking wealth. People usually have a sex ritual at Kemukus to get rich. 3. Batik from Kliwonan  Batik is a part of Javanese culture and acknowledged by UNESCO as a representative list of the intangible cultural heritage humanity. Kliwonan village located at Masaran district