Kawah ijen sulfur mine

Kawah ijen sulfur mine which is in East Java, Indonesia is one of the most famous sulfur mines in the world. It's because all the mining process in Kawah Ijen still using traditional methods, everything was done manually by workers without heavy equipment.

















All pictures taken from : greenclever.blogspot.com

Interesting facts about Indonesia for Kids

If your child is interested in Indonesia, and want to find interesting facts about the state of Indonesia, then you're in the right place. We will give to you, and your child. Check it out

Indonesia is the largest maritime country in the world, and the world's largest archipelagic nation that consisting of 17.504 islands (about 6,000 of them are uninhabited)

Indonesia never colonized by the Portuguese, Spanish, English, Dutch, and Japanese. Of all the colonial powers, the Dutch were the longest, they were in power for over 350 years.

Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and the largest Muslim populated country in the world.

The word "Indonesia" is derived from the word Indus which in Latin means "Ocean" and the word nesos which in Greek means "island". So, Indonesia means the territory of the Indian islands, or archipelago located in the Indies.

There are five Officially recognized religions in Indonesia, namely Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. And Islam is the Largest one.

The position of Indonesia is located at coordinates 6 ° north latitude - 11 ° 08 'south latitude and 95 °' east longitude - 141 ° 45 'east longitude and is located between two continents, the continents of Asia and Australia / Oceania.

Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Indonesia's land area is 1,922,570 km ² and 3,257,483 km ² marine area

Indonesia consists of five major islands, namely: Java with an area of ​​132,107 km ², Sumatera with an area of ​​473,606 km ², Borneo with an area of ​​539,460 km ², Sulawesi, with an area of ​​189,216 km ², and Papua with an area of ​​421.981 km ²

The most popular sports in Indonesia are badminton and football.

Facts about tsunami 2004 in Indonesia

Seven years ago (26 Desember 2004), a devastating tsunami destroyed the Indian Ocean region, precisely around the island of Sumatra, India, and Sri Lanka. Behind this disaster, there are some interesting facts about the 2004 tsunami that destroyed Indonesia's Aceh region:

Tectonic earthquake measuring 8.5 Richter scale (Some experts say 9.1 on the Richter scale) magnitude centered in the Indian Ocean (2.9 north latitude and 95.6 east longitude), at a depth of 20 km (in the sea, is about 149 km south of Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia).



The earthquake was accompanied by a tidal wave (tsunami) that swept some offshore areas in Indonesia (Aceh and North Sumatra), Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand.

After the earthquake, thetousand of fish in the sea are drawn to the beach, it makes a lot of people flocked to the shore to find fish, and they do not realize that a very powerful tsunami is coming soon, so most of them can not save themselves.

From several countries affected by the tsunami, Indonesia is a country with the worst damage, followed by Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India.

The number of victims who died in the 2004 tsunami tragedy has reached 168,183 people, 115,229 of them are citizens of Indonesia (from Aceh and North Sumatra).

In this tragedy, there is an interesting story about Martunis, a young Acehnese journalists who photographed by the camera while it is to survive the swift water of the Tsunami, at that time, Martin dressed Portugal national team, his picture became famous and he was honored to be invited by the Portuguese national team watch Portugal national team matches.



Tsunami wave heights reached 30 feet in Indonesia, while in India and Sri Lanka reached 20 meters

Serangan, the Turtle Island in Indonesia

Serangan, that's the name of an island in Indonesia that dubbed as the turtle island. This island is located about 5 km south of Denpasar, Bali. On this island, thousands of turtles are bred by local government agencies with the help of the "Turtle Conservation and Education Centre".

On this island, turtle sale is forbidden, you are free to enjoy the natural beauty of this island and feel the sensation of swimming with the turtles (but don't think you can bring one into your home).

Beautiful Waterfalls in Indonesia

Indonesia is famous for its natural beauty, and you can not deny it, and although the Indonesian government seems really messy, but that does not prevent the natural beauty of Indonesia to look beautiful in front of you, at least until you come to visit Indonesia.

And let me invite you to look at one element of the natural beauty of Indonesia, The waterfall. I hope you will like it. Rest assured, that Indonesia is a beautiful country.

Lembah Anai waterfall



Curug Cipendok



Sipiso Waterfall


Citambur Waterfall



Makadipura Waterfall



Grojogan Sewu waterfall


Resun waterfall


Payakumbuh Waterfall


Sikarim Waterfall

Raja Ampat, World Diving Paradise

Raja Ampat is a series of four group of islands located in West Papua. Raja Ampat is renowned as one of the most beautiful dive sites in the world. there are about 540 species of hard corals (75% of the total species in the world), more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 700 species of molluscs in Raja Ampat.

Arthur Irawan, The first Indonesian player in La Liga with Espanyol

Arthur Irawan is a 18 years-old football player. He played football since he was a child,, he had a very good football talent, it makes Arthur entered in Indonesia U-17 national team, but Arthur's parents did not approve it, It is because her parents wanted Arthur to continue his education in the England.

In England, Arthur joined the Lytham Town FC (North English second division club from West Lancasshire). And when undergoing a match, a talent scout from Espanyol attracted to him and offered to join Espanyol, Arthur agreed it and Espanyol gave it contacts for four years.

Zaneta Naomi Sutrisna and Putri Ayu, Two Indonesian young singer in David Foster concert 'The Hitman Returns'

Zaneta Naomi Sutrisna and Putri Ayu | After orbit talented young singer from the Philippines, Charice, David Foster is now orbiting other talented young singer, not from the Philippines, but from Indonesia (maybe David Foster was hit by a Southeast Asia fever).

Zaneta Naomi Sutrisna and Putri Ayu, that's the name of two talented singers. They even invited by David Foster to participate at the David Foster and Friend 'The Hitman Returns' concert in Jakarta Plenary Hall a few days ago.

Zaneta Naomi Sutrisna

Zaneta and Putri Ayu is still 13 years old, but they have a beautiful and melodious voice, they've won many vocal competitions. And after attending a David Foster and Friend 'The Hitman Returns' concert in Jakarta, zaneta will participate in a vocal competition 'Born To Sing Asia', in this competition, the winner is chosen by David Foster. And the winner of this competition are entitled to participate in David Foster concert in Las Vegas.

Putri Ayu and David Foster

Javanese gamelan instruments

Gamelan is the name of a traditional musical instrument which comes from Java. Gamelan consists of many musical instruments, if the instruments were played together, it can produce beautiful music rhythm.

Want to know how beautiful gamelan music, check this video