Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo [Paperback]

Eric Hansen was the first westerner ever to walk across the island of Borneo. Completely cut off from the outside world for seven months, he traveled nearly 1,500 miles with small bands of nomadic hunters known as Penan. Beneath the rain forest canopy, they trekked through a hauntingly beautiful jungle where snakes and frogs fly, pigs climb trees, giant carnivorous plants eat mice, and mushrooms glow at night.

At once a modern classic of travel literature and a gripping adventure story, Stranger in the Forest provides a rare and intimate look at the vanishing way of life of one of the last surviving groups

Jusuf Kalla vote for Jokowi on the 2nd Round of Jakarta Gubernatorial Race

Today September, 20th 2012 is the 2nd round of Jakarta Gubernatorial Race. On the first round the couple party Jokowi-Ahok  won with reach 42,76% vote, the runner up is from the couple Fauzi Bowo-Nachrowi Ramli who reached 33,99 vote. The ex-vice president of Indonesia Jussuf Kalla (JK) has decided to vote Jokowi-Ahok implicitly before attending the TPS (Tempat Pemungutan Suara / a polling place). The implicit meaning appears

what is the way to prevent dispiriting in building a good blog?

Dear readers, sometimes some people want to create a blog depending to their needs and purposes. Some people create a blog just want to express in a written media about their life experience. Some other want to sell their product. And some else want to spend their spare time. Then, how about when the boring come to you. How to conquer it? How to build a good blog so there will be many visitors coming and enjoying your blog? Here, I will share the general tips of building a blog and the tips of avoiding the dispiriting when blogging.

BATIK = the art of fabric painting from Indonesia

Batik is the art which has high art value and already become the part of Indonesia culture, especially for Java island. Women in Java used to make their skill of batik as a income of their livelihood. So, at the past, doing batik was an exclusive job. The tradition of batik is a hereditary tradition, so we can assume one motive comes from certain family. The motive of batik can show the status of a person. Even though now days some of the traditional motives only be used by a noble family from Yogyakarta and Solo kingdom in Java island, Indonesia.

Agriculture in Indonesia

In general, the Indonesian livelihood is based on cultivation of  food crops, plantation, forestry, horticulture, stock-breeding and fishery.  The Indonesian history since colonial era until now can not be separated from agriculture because of this sector plays the most important role in deciding the formulation of the economical and society in varies Indonesian culture.