Landscape Photos

Lampuuk - LhokNga Sunset

Prambanan Temple Central Java

Prambanan in Sunset

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, Banda Aceh

Hunting Makanan Seputar Banda Aceh

Ini beberapa tempat yang pernah direkomendasikan para penggila kuliner di Aceh:

1. Restoran Padang Bunda. Menjadi istimewa karena bo, susah ya nyari makan padang yang padang gitu. Harga selangit impas dengan rasa, kebersihan dan pilihan makanan di resto yang dipunyai oleh yang punya Pante Pirak.
2. Melodia. Lokasi di Setui (a.k.a Teuku Umar). Coba deh tom yam udangnya. Buset. Enak banget. Seger banget. Datang ke meja biasanya masih panas, dengan rasa asam, sedikit pedas, sedikit manis. Paling pas kalau udah ada masalah ama tenggorokan dan nafsu makan lagi ada di titik terendah. Tempatnya kecil, jadi cepet penuh apalagi di jam-jam makan. Kalau udah gitu, musti sabar nunggu deh.
3. Ayam Tangkep di Aceh Rayeuk. Ke arah mau ke bandara atau ke Lampulo. Ada dua sih di jalan itu, aku suka yang pertama dapet (dari arah Banda Aceh). Ayam tangkap atau ayam sampah, entah deh. Ayamnya dipotong kecil kecil gitu, potong 20 kali, atau potong 40 (saking kecilnya), terus digoreng dibakar pake dedaunan dan cabe hijau. Satu porsinya 45 ribu, jadi mendingan di makan rame-rame deh. Cocok banget buat acara acara spesial. Konon ayam kayu – sejenis gulai – juga enak. Hanya saja, untuk alasan yang aku bilang di akhir tulisan, aku gak terlalu nge-fans ama makanan ini.
4. Imperial Kitchen. Nama berbau Cina, tapi interior serasa ada di Bandung, soalnya Sunda pisan euy. Lagi-lagi yang berbau thai-nya top banget. Sayur-sayurannya nikmat banget. Pas banget kalau datang rame-rame. Secara susah banget menetapkan pilihan mau makan apa (kalau rame-rame bisa saling icip icip kan), terus bisa sharing bayaran doong.

Aceh Coast

The old bridge in Lamno, Aceh Besar devastated by tsunami on December 2004

Iboe beach in Sabang, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

Small quay in Iboe beach, Sabang - Aceh

Next generation of mangrove -- planted after tsunami

The earthquake of May 2006 in Java

The powerful earthquake killed more than 5,750 people, injured more than 37,500 others and destroyed thousands of homes. Nearly one million were left homeless

On 27 May 2006 at 5.54 am, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Indonesian provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java. The powerful earthquake killed more than 5,750 people, injured more than 37,500 others and destroyed thousands of homes. Nearly one million people were homeless. One day after earthquake, with my country director – David Prettyman and Puji Sutrisno, I was on the ground from Adisumarmo Airport – Solo, to conduct rapid assessment and provided first emergency supplies distribution on behalf AmeriCares’ emergency response team to the worst damaged area, in Bantul and Klaten district.

Makanan Terbaik Penurun Kolesterol

POLA HIDUP saat ini yang serba instan, ternyata juga telah mempengaruhi POLA MAKAN kita sehari-hari. Berbagai macam restoran cepat saji kini menjamur dimana-mana. Pengunjungnya pun membludak khususnya di hari libur dan di bulan puasa.
Namun, di balik kenyamanan dan kelezatan yang ditawarkan, sadarkah kita akan bahaya kolesterol yang mengancam?

The tsunami of December 2004 in Sumatra

Tsunami, killed more than 180,000 peoples with many more still missing

On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred with an epicenter off the west coast of Northern Sumatra.

The earthquake and the tsunami it spawned resulted in more than 225,000 confirmed deaths, the worst tsunami disaster on record and one of the top 10 earthquake disasters ever recorded. The tsunami itself was generated along the 1200km fault rupture and the waves were recorded over 5,000 miles from the source. It has been estimated that the power of the tsunami itself was the equivalent of approximately 5 megatons of TNT; to put that into perspective, the entire explosive arsenal used during 6 years of World War II was around 2 megatons. The earthquake itself generated around 1.5 exajoules, which is around the same amount of energy consumed in the United States per annum and more than 1000 times the power of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.