BukBer Travel Troopers di Solaria - Plasa Semanggi - Jakarta

Tepat tanggal 21 Juli 2012 komunitas Dua Ransel Wanna Be #DRWB akhirnya mempunyai nama resmi yaitu Travel Troopers #TrTr dengan blog: traveltroopers.wordpress.com *yay*

Dengan menyandang nama baru tersebut (logo masih dalam perdebatan antar troopers haha) dan memasuki bulan suci Ramadhan, maka kami sepakat untuk mengadakan gathering berikutnya, yang merupakan 1^st gathering kami dengan nama Travel Troopers, dalam bentuk acara buka puasa bersama (bukber) di Solaria Resto Plasa Semanggi.

Agenda dari Bukber ini selain tentunya berbuka puasa bersama dan silahturahmi antar troopers, kami juga melakukan briefing serta update perihal our upcoming event yaitu Travel For Charity yang akan kami adakan di Bandung dan Ciwidey dalam waktu dekat ini.

Bali, When Love and Hate Collide! Is It Just Me?

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Bali! Siapa yang tidak tahu Bali, bahkan sebelum Barack Obama terpilih sebagai Presiden USA, banyak masyarakat internasional lebih tahu (pernah dengar) Bali daripada Indonesia sendiri. Dijuluki sebagai Pulau Dewata, Bali mempunyai reputasi yang sangat baik bagi dunia pariwisata di Indonesia maupun internasional.

Love and Hate Collide di Bali begitu saya rasakan (juga dirasakan oleh beberapa teman)* setiap kali saya berkunjung ke Bali.

Pertama kali ke Bali saya masih kanak-kanak (yang tersisa hanya ingatan samar) dan terulang kembali pada tahun 1996 pada saat saya lulus SMA bersama teman-teman satu angkatan untuk perpisahan di Bali. Menginjakkan kaki di Bali kembali terulang pada akhir tahun 2000 dan sejak tahun 2003 hingga tahun 2005 saya rutin ke Bali hingga 2 kali dalam setahun. Kunjungan terakhir saya ke Bali adalah tahun 2009 dan unfortunately entah kenapa perasaan love and hate collide tersebut masih saya rasakan meskipun (good things) kadarnya semakin turun.

Ujung Genteng Area (07 to 08 July 2012) with DuaRanselWannaBe

Ujung Genteng is located about 6-7-hour drive from Jakarta City; in Sukabumi County, Ciracap District, nearby Surade District. Ujung Genteng is a pretty wide beach, especially during receded, with white coarse sand. It was pretty beautiful. There are many beaches and waterfalls around Ujung Genteng area, like “rocky” Cibuaya Beach, “mesmerized” Cipanarikan Beach, “virgin” Ombak Tujuh Beach, “stunning and mystical” Cikaso Waterfall, etc and one famous conservation area for green sea turtles. Ujung Genteng also has a traditional fish market (TPI), which also sells other raw seafood like crabs, shrimps, squids, clamps, etc.

It was early July 2012 when we visited Ujung Genteng. The sun was warm, the fresh wind was comfortable and there were no mosquitoes. I’m not a fan of beach but definitely Ujung Genteng area is one of my favorite beaches so far.

Dieng Plateau (Dieng Festive) 30th June to 01st July 2012

Dieng (Plateau) is one of the largest plateaus in this planet, along with Nepal Plateau. Name of Dieng is from the Javanese words “Di Hyang” means the place of holy spirits, gods and goddess. Dieng Plateau is located 2,000 meters above sea level and for sure it makes the weather chilly and the sun even felt warm but could burn your skin in the afternoon. 

Apart from many stunning landscapes, Dieng has unique phenomena called Anak Rambut Gimbal (kids with beggar hair), who can be found only in Dieng. Anak Rambut Gimbal has been found since many years ago and the reason of the most famous event in Dieng held, called Pemotongan Rambut Anak Gimbal (haircut for Anak Rambut Gimbal). The festive also commonly recognized as Dieng Festive along with many art shows held before and after the main event.

Dieng also is the biggest supplier of potatoes (including red potatoes) in Indonesia with best quality, beside Carica fruit (only grows in plateau). Dieng also exports wasabi to Japan and also has a unique mixture herb spices called Purwaceng for your coffee, tea, milk, etc.

Dieng Plateau was told exist because of a massive explosion of Gunung Perahu (Perahu Mountain) about 2 million years ago and because of that Dieng Plateau has many of telaga (telaga means bigger than pool but smaller than lake) and craters.