WALKING DEAD IN INDONESIA TANA TORAJA

If you thought that zombies were only a figment of the imagination of storytellers, well, prepare to have your mind blown. If the rituals of the villagers of Toraja, Indonesia, are to be believed, almost every person who dies can turn into a zombie. Apparently, certain people of the village had and still have the ability to make dead people walk. And I don’t mean that metaphorically. Reading about the funeral rituals of Toraja, I’ve come to realize that there are two separate theories on how the ‘walking dead’ evolved. According to one, in the ancient past, it was believed that a dead...

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TANAH LOT BALI INDONESIA

Tanah Lot is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home of a pilgrimage temple, the Pura Tanah Lot (literally "Tanah Lot temple"), and a popular tourist and cultural icon for photography and general exoticism. Tanah Lot means "Land [sic: in the] Sea" in the Balinese language. Located in Tabanan, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Denpasar, the temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide. Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 15th-century priest Nirartha. During his travels along the south coast he saw the...

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LOMBOK ISLAND PARADISE IN INDONESIA

window.open("http://indonesiaheaven2013.blogspot.com/2013/04/tanah-lot-bali-indonesia.html"); Geography & Climate Lombok island is located east of Bali. Lombok geographically is almost the same size as Bali and, just as there are popular tourist areas on Bali, so Lombok offers a variety of destinations to suit different holidaymakers' tastes. Tropical climate with warm and humid weather all year round. Temperature range from 21 Celsius to 32 Celsius. Wet season starts from November to May and dry season start from May-October. The best time to come is in the month of May when...

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ABOUT BALI ISLAND - THE MOST ISLAND IN INDONESIA

Bali Island is a small beautiful island and a part of Indonesia archipelago. It own the panorama and unique culture that make this island is exclusively than others. It is located in the tropical situation that has stated this island as Dream Island for a vacation. Bali Island has many kinds of places to visit like rice paddies, beautiful panorama, volcanoes soaring up through the clouds, tourism activities and attractions, dense tropical jungle, long sandy beaches, warm blue water, crashing surf and friendly people who don't just have a culture but actually live here, daily community ritual...

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LAKE TOBA - THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE IN INDONESIA

window.open("http://ceritasexdewasa21.blogspot.com"); Lake Toba, the largest lake in South East Asia, and the deepest in the world, was formed 75,000 years ago after an earth splitting volcano eruption. It is the largest and deepest volcanic crater lake in the world. It's 906 meters above sea level with an average depth of 450m. The lake has an island in the middle called Samosir. You can get to Lake Toba from Medan in around 3 - 4 hours. Lake Toba is in the centre of the homeland to the Batak people but 'Tano Batak' covers an area the size of Belgium within North Sumatra. With their own...

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BANDUNG PARIS VAN JAVA INDONESIA

Bandung is the capital of West Java Province, located in the western part of Java Island, Indonesia, with a population approximately 7.7 million inhabitants. Bandung is a cool city, because it lies at an altitude of about 768 m above sea level, the average temperature is 23.6 Celsius. So that the air temperature in Bandung is very friendly and cool air, ideal for spending a holiday at the weekend to calm the mind in the midst of solid work activities that can create stress. This makes the city as one of the favorite domestic tourist destination. While the existence of state universities...

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