Sanur Beach

Sanur Beach

Sanur Beach is a beautiful white sandy beach with calm and warm seawater located in east part of Denpasar Town. The beach location in eastside and south part of Sanur Village is an edge of Indonesia Ocean. This place has famous since long time, especially when the happening of the Puputan Badung war on 20 September 1906, where that moment the Dutch colonist land its army in this coast. There is a stone monument found in this place as an inscription of Sri Kesari Warmadewa King with the palace in Singhadwala year 917, whereabouts now there are in Blanjong, southern part of Sanur Beach.

Sanur Beach, a Tourist Place in Bali

Sanur Beach is first time introduced by Belgium artist called A.J. Le Mayeur and his wife named Ni Polok which remains in Sanur since year 1937. He has performed his own masterpiece painting exhibition and start introduces Sanur as a tourist place in Bali. In south-east side, we can see the bunch of Nusa Penida Island and eastside we can see beautiful panorama of Bali strait with its Agung Mount as a backdrop. The tropical atmosphere sweep entire of Sanur Beach that makes it as an ideal place for relaxation. It is also blessed by the breathtaking view of sunrise that one is the fascination for tourist to visit and stay in this place.

Beautiful Beach Resorts in Bali

Sanur Beach is located only 4 km from downtown of Denpasar and it can be easily reached by car or motorcycle. It is many visited by foreign and local tourists especially on the weekend and holiday season. At the night of full moon, many people come to this place for relaxation, swimming or enjoy the beauty of coast. The Le Mayeur Museum is one of the art museums in Sanur also a lot of drawing the tourist enthusiasm to visit this place. As a tourist place in Bali, Sanur Beach is one of the alternative place to perform the event from local, national and also international. For example events are held in this place like Kite and Jukung Race. Other tourists facilities can be found in this place are the existence of hotels with international standard like The Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Bali Hyatt Resort, Sanur Beach Hotel and more. The various of this tourism facilities are mixed with other facilities for local resident are making the good combination tourist area which is different like Nusa Dua that is a closed area. The art shop, accommodation from cheaper hotels until five star hotels, bar and restaurant are quite a lot available in this place.

Bali Art Center

Bali Art Center

Taman Budaya or Bali Art Center is the culture building complex with the best style of Balinese traditional architecture. It is featuring the good lay-out building of amphitheater to be a place/hall of show performance purpose. It is symbolizing the twiddling of Mandara Giri mount in the milk ocean and spattering the Amerta holy water for the life of endless as according to nature of dynamic culture and stayed alive during the human being still dwell the earth planet. This amphitheater can accommodate up to 6.000 audiences for the show of colossal both for modern and also traditional. This Taman Budaya (Cultural Park) is opened in the year 1973 with the Bali Artistry Party (Pesta Kesenian Bali) within one month. On that month, there are full of entertainment amusement traditional dance, exhibition, and other cultural activities. At the opening ceremony enlivened by artistic parade started from Puputan Park and finish at the Art Center. Its distance is about 2 Km and this parade is followed by entire regencies and towns in Bali by delivering their artistry mission. This event is often followed by other provinces in Indonesia as well as from outside country like Japan, Korea, Europe, America etc. In this culture parade is presented in so many forms those are from the sacral until contemporary traditional. There are also type of marry and custom clothes from each area, instrument of music or gamelan, forms Sesajen (offering) and others

Bali Art Center in Bali Tourism Development

In fact this event is not tourist event due to visitor and audience are mostly come from the local resident. But some of tourists can enjoy this party which is every year. The person who is propose this yearly culture event is Mr. Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra (who was been a Bali Governor. Taman Budaya or Bali Art Center is published as one of place to visit in Bali or tourist destination in Bali.

Denpasar Badung Traditional Market

Denpasar Badung Traditional Market

Denpasar Traditional Market is a center of town's economics which is located in Gajah Mada Street, that is main road and become a shopping centre of Bali. This traditional market is apposite to the village temple that is one of three biggest temples in Denpasar. It is initially does not as big as like now because have changed experiences and modification which is adapting to the requirement and town growth. This market cannot be discharged from the existence of an existing market in the cross Badung's river that is called Kumbasari Market because the local society will feel incompletely go for shopping if they are not come to Kumbasari Market, especially for the Balinese who want to buy the ceremony items.

Kumbasari Market

Denpasar Market is a market selling the costume and clothing items with the prices are relative cheaper than clothing items sold at the shops in Gajah Mada Street which are most owned by citizen of Chinese clan. Kumbasari Market is previously called by Peken Payuk (pot market), it sell the items from gerabah /jar like pot, pengedangan, cubek (plate from land), paso (pail from land), caratan (water jug from land), jeding (barrel from land), penyantokan (mixer from land), coblong (cup from land), kekeb (rice cover) and others. All of these items are the kitchenware and also the items for ceremony. Since this market most popular as a place to sell payuk/pot, hence Kumbasari Market in the past referred as Peken Payuk or pot market. But now it sell the material or art items for tourist therefore it is one of tourist destinations in Denpasar Town.

History

Denpasar Market is opened on 24 April 1984 by Bali 's Governor, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra. Then after experiencing of the fire accident, it has been repaired in year 2000 at that moment Bali 's Governor is Mr. Dewa Made Berata. This market owns the broadness about 14.544 M² and broadly park 9064 M² which is built in four floors. The local people who go for shopping at this market are not only from environment of Denpasar community but also come from outside of town. The moment before the big holiday like Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi and others, this market is always crowded by the buyer which are most of them the local society.

Opening Time

Denpasar Market is opened at 5 o'clock in the morning and close at 5 o'clock in the evening. Then, it is changed by the evening market opened from 05:00 pm until at 05:00 am the day after. Meanwhile at Senggol Market in Kumbasari is opened at 02:00 pm and closed at 11:30 pm. The unique of Senggol Market's name is possibility taken away from the situation and condition of people movement on shopping where they each others jog because of visitor denseness. This Senggol Market is selling the variety of food, from the cheap Balinese, Javanese and Chinese cookery. It is also sell the various types of clothes from adult until children one.

Location

Denpasar Market is encircled by shop along the street of Gajah Mada, in the right side there is Sulawesi Street which is famous of cloth items. Denpasar Traditional Market is progressively strengthening the identity of a center of Denpasar's economics which is opened within 24 hours and never silent by visitor.

Cleanup begins after Mt Kelud eruption

 

The ash and debris that Indonesia's Mount Kelud blasted from its belly brought death and misery, and disrupted international air traffic. But for many of the millions of people cleaning up in the wake of the explosive eruption, it was also a money earner and a shot of life for their crops.

"This is a blessing of the disaster," said Imam Choiri, a farmer who was scraping up the ash from the road to use as fertilizer on his small vegetable plot a few kilometres from the crater of the rumbling mountain. Choiri said locals believe the ash helps drive away pests from crops.

The eruption of the 1,731m-high mountain on Java island late Thursday (local time) was one of the most dramatic to hit Indonesia in recent years, with ash falling as far as 600 kilometres away.

Four people, including a 97-year-old woman, were killed when the roofs of their homes caved in under the weight of ash. More than 100,000 people were evacuated to temporary shelters.

On Saturday, scientists said Kelud's activities were dying down, in line with its reputation as a mountain that blows its top dramatically but then quickly settles down for another 10 years or so. But authorities warned that water from its crater, along with rain, could bring deadly landslides of fresh ash and rocks down river beds into villages and valleys.

Army troops enforced a ban on people returning to houses within 10 kilometres of the volcano, but many people sneaked back to check on livestock and clean up. Authorities were finding it hard to prevent people from returning, given the money farmers stand to lose by staying away, and said about 56,000 people remained in 89 shelters.

"Our cows need to be milked. If they aren't, they can get sick and die," said Marjito, who was riding on a motorbike with his wife to his village around 5 kilometres from the crater.

"We have so much work to do, including running and hiding from security officers," said his wife, Dinayah. Like many Indonesians, both go by a single name.

Volcanic ash and debris are also prized in the building industry because they make especially strong cement, and sand diggers can charge almost twice as much per load than they can for regular sand. Scores of diggers were collecting the fresh, easy-to-dig sand, packing the windfall into bags or onto trucks.

"Kelud is a valuable source of livelihood to me and my family," Harjito Huda, a sand miner from Ngancar village, said.

Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said that the Juanda international airport in the country's second-largest city, Surabaya, resumed operation late Saturday along with three others in Malang, Semarang and Cilacap.

A total of seven airports on Java - Indonesia's most densely populated island and home to more than half of the country's 240 million people - had been closed because of ash on the runway and on planes.

Three other airports in Bandung, Solo and Yogyakarta are scheduled to reopen later Sunday or Tuesday at the latest, Ervan said. The Darwin, Australia-based Volcanic Ash Advisory Center informed that the conditions in Indonesia are safe for airlines, he said.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left the capital, Jakarta, on a 10-hour train trip to East Java to visit the devastated areas.

A massive cleanup was underway in the region, where millions of homes received ash fall. Police and soldiers used water cannons to clear roads that in places were covered in up to 10 centimetres of white ash. Supporters of political parties campaigning for April elections, wearing party colours, also chipped in and gave out food, seeking to win votes on the back of their assistance. Many people were wearing face masks to protect against the dust that remained in the air.

Kelud's last major eruption was in 1990, when it spewed out searing fumes and lava that killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds. In 1919, a powerful explosion that reportedly could be heard hundreds of kilometres away killed at least 5,160 people.

 

Mt. Kelud Eruption Update

Airports on Java Start to Resume Operations Two Days After Massive Explosion of East Java’s Mt. Kelud 

 

At 22.50 West Indonesia Time on Thursday, February 13, 2104, Mt. Kelud, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted violently spewing 10- kilometer of smoke and volcanic material into the atmosphere. Located in East Java, a densely populated province, Mt. Kelud is surrounded by the cities of Blitar, Kediri, Malang. Malang and Bata - panoramic hill resorts popular with domestic and international tourists alike.

Exploding during wind conditions known as the “westerly’s” the first areas covered by rains of ash and gravel were the towns of Blitar and Kediri. Within hours, the fallout had spread to Yogyakarta and Solo– more than 200 kilometers away from the mountain.

By 10 am Friday, February 14th, the airports of Surabaya and Malang in East Java, as well as airports in Yogyakarta and Solo were closed as runways became covered with over 3 centimeters of ash and gravel. The Borobudur temple, near Magelang, has been closed indefinitely to visitors with protective plastic covers placed over some of the monuments ancient statuary.

Because Mt. Kelud had been afflicted by earthquakes for weeks prior to Thursday’s major explosion, authorities had closed off a radius 5 kilometers from the crater, declaring it as a "danger zone" and had raised the warning status to Alert (stage III). With Thursday night’s eruption, the danger zone was extended to a 15-kilometer radius and Kelud’s status raised one level to “Awas” or stage II. Accordingly, the local population was removed to prepared evacuation centers located over 30-kilometers from the mountain.

The second day after the violent eruption, February 15th, Mt Kelud’s explosions had abated somewhat, although still showing high activity. Chief Volcanologist, Surono, said people were still prohibited from venturing into the danger zone of a 10-kilometer radiuss from the crater, given the possibility of dangerous pyroclastic clouds. “Let us learn from the recent tragic lesson at Mt. Sinabung in North Sumatra, where 17 people died within the danger zone (killed) by a searing hot cloud after Sinabung exploded, thinking it was already safe,” advised Surono

Meanwhile, Director General of Civil Aviation, Herry Bakti S. Gumay, told METROTV that his Ministry has issued a NOTAM (notice to airmen) closing Indonesian airspace to all air traffic flying below 2000 feet over East and West Java. International flights flying over 2,000 feet are considered safe from encountering any volcanic effluent.

By mid-day Friday, February 14, 2014, cities as far away as the southern part of West Java, including Cilacap and Pangandaran, were reporting fallout of sand pouring down on their areas.

Declaring a force majeure situation, airlines flying to Yogyakarta, Solo, Surabaya and Malang were cancelled on Friday, February 14th. By Saturday, February 15th, airports at Surabaya, Bandung and Cilcacap resumed at least limited flight operations.

By Saturday, February 15th, 4 of 7 airports on Java that were closed to air traffic following Mt. Kelud’s eruption resumed operations. These include: Surabaya, Bandung , Malang and Cilacap . Yogyakarta's airport is expected to reopen only on Tuesday, February 18. Solo's airport is expected to be operational on Monday, February 17th, with Semarang's reopening date still under consideration.

Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport have remained operational without any interruption.

More than 300 flights were canceled to and from cities affected by the eruption.

Mt. Kelud Explosion Background

Mt.Kelud's most recent explosion has spewed no less than 150 million cubic meters of volcanic materials into the atmosphere in the 24-hour period following its initial eruption. This roughly equals emission from Mt. Merapi, - the other active volcano in Central Java - that ejected 200 million cubic meters that it spewed during a month long period in 2010.

Authorities report that over 76,000 people had been evacuated from the 10-kilometer radius declared a “danger zone” and have received shelter, food and necessities at 172 evacuation centers towns across East Java.

The head of the Blitar district said that evacuation proceeded in a fast and relatively orderly way, since it had been well prepared through close coordination among relevant disaster agencies, including the Army and the Police.

Three fatalities have been reported killed in the district of Malang, east of Mt. Kelud. One person died when hit by the roof of a house that collapsed under the weight of volcanic materials, while two persons died after inhaling volcanic ash. Authorities continue to warn that volcanic ash is dangerous contains silica - minute, sharp glass particles invisible to the naked eye, but dangerous when inhaled or when it comes in contact with the naked eye.

President Yudhoyono convened a cabinet meeting on Friday, February 14, 2014 to coordinate all emergency relief.

As a precautionary measure Virgin Australia cancelled its flights in an out of Bali on Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, 2014.