Taipei 101 is 3rd tallest building in the world after Burj Khalifa of Dubai, CN Tower of Canada and before Petronas Twin Tower of Malaysia. I am happy to be there although cannot enter the building due too bad weather. So yeah this is my first post after my trip to Taiwan last week. Hope you will enjoy the pictures below and after this post.Continue reading “Taiwan: Taipei 101”
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Jakarta: Dinner at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, The Signatures Restaurant Review
Imagine that you can traveling across India right now. Imagine you can taste every such delicacy cuisine from northern, southern, and the rest of India without leaving Jakarta. Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta welcome you to taste original Indian culinary by their guest chef, Chef Ashwani Kumar Singh, a top chef at an award winning restaurants Dilli32, Kempinski Ambience Hotel, Delhi. For this special Colours of India event, Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta and Kempinski Ambience Hotel Delhi present colourful Indian buffet set up from 02 to 17 October 2014 at The Signatures Restaurant.Continue reading “Jakarta: Dinner at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, The Signatures Restaurant Review”
How To Celebrate National Batik Day
1. Discover batik knowledge. Batik National Day 2014 is being held under the theme “Sogan, Seni Batik Klasik”. Sogan Batik is a classic brown batik with natural dyes from soga bark.
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Penang: People and Buffalo
Found this wood carving in Pinang Peranakan Mansion. I love the details and its comical people. Everyone looks happy including the buffalo.Continue reading “Penang: People and Buffalo”
Tourism & Community Development: Traveling for People or Places?
What do you remember after your traveling days?
If we relate this question to my traveling lifestyle then my answers would be combination of ‘meeting old and new friends’, ‘business purpose’, ‘experimental travel’, ‘world exploration’ , and ‘volunteer for a cause’. I am pretty sure your answer would be different or maybe similar like mine.
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RE: Indonesian Scientist in Social Media [In Bahasa Indonesia]
Bisa dibilang ini adalah terjemahan tidak resmi atau malah diskusi lanjut dari INDONESIAN SCIENTISTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA – #WOMENTWEETSCIENCETOO. Ide awal tulisan ini dan sebelumnya sebenarnya timbul sesudah pembicaraan bersama dengan Susan Tsang, seorang teman di US, mengenai peran perempuan sebagai komunikator sains dan sebagai bentuk respon artikel Science Magazine tentang K-Index, yang mana menyatakan saat ini hanya ada 4 saintis wanita yang aktif sebagai komunikator sains di dunia Twitter.Continue reading “RE: Indonesian Scientist in Social Media [In Bahasa Indonesia]”
Indonesian Scientists on Social Media – #WomenTweetScienceToo
“Kadarshian Index or K-Index is a comparison of a scientist’s number of Twitter followers with their citations. … Although the index is named for a woman, Science’s survey highlights the poor representation of female scientists on Twitter … Of the 50 most followed scientists, only four are women.” – (Science Magazine on Kadarshian Index).
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Conservation Travel Vs. Ecotourism
Ecotourism is defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.” (TIES, 1990)
If you guys previously know about Ecotourism, what about Conservation Travel? There is no single definition on Conservation Travel even though it has been coined by several ecotourism and travel based websites to date. However, it does have strong relation to ecotourism as mentioned in The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) webpage. I guess if you talked about traveling based conservation, it would not only including nature sightseeing but also what you can give back to society at your travel destination.
Penang: Nyonya at Pinang Peranakan Mansion
Pinang Peranakan Mansion is located in business neighbourhood of Georgetown. It is adorned with high quality houseware and jeweleries that you might find in Chinese wedding reception or high-end Chinese family. One another time, I met a Nyonya Just before gone back to my hostel. She is beautiful Chinese lady who talks in speedy Malay. One of her attention on me is my solo traveling. From all people who questioned my traveling lifestyle it’s only her and the other woman in Penang who praised this (crazy) idea. Well she definitely loves to chat and maybe travel when she’s young too.
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Penang: 5 Solo Traveler Things To Do in Penang
Solo traveling means spiritual journey for me and perhaps you! This Penang Trip is my first solo trip after years always go with friends or family. So what you can do in Penang as solo traveler?
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Penang: The Blue Mansion
It was a great fun to visit this famous Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. This place has unusual indigo colour and very picturesque. You can visit this place with admission fee only RM 16 per person. Find great stories behind this place and if you love Chinese Culture and Architecture you will love this mansion.
[Event] Skyscanner Workshop Smart Travel Planning
This is sort of my first meet up with Travel Bloggers Indonesia (TBI) friends and my second-ish traveling workshop with Skyscanner Indonesia www.skyscanner.co.id.
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