Lawang Sewu

LAWANG SEWU

Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen , first of all I'd like to introduce myself my name is Dini and today I'd like to inform you about one of historical building in Semarang City, It's LAWANG SEWU.

Ladies and gentlemen have you ever visited Lawang Sewu before ?Well Lawang Sewu is an old building which is located at Jl. Pemuda it’s overlooking to Wilhelmina park or that has known as tugu muda areas. Do you know the access to lawang sewu? Don’t worry because it’s very easy to get to this building. It just takes 20 minutes from Ahmad Yani International Airport and 15 minutes from Poncol or Tawang Railway station. And if you come from the direction of Banyumanik it takes 15 minutes too. It can reach by public transportation or private transportation.
 The name of Lawang sewu came from Javanese word “lawang” and “sewu”, lawang means door and sewu means a thousand so lawang sewu means a thousand doors. Can you imagine it ? How wonderful it is
Semarang resident called it lawang sewu because it has many doors and windows. It was built in 1904 by dutch architect they are Prof. J.F Klinkhamer and B.J. Queendag. In 1907 this building was began to be used for Netherlands railway company. The shape of this building is like “L” in capital letter and at the right and left side of it there are Gothic towers, it used as water reservoirs and then some water was flowed into the underground room to make the room which in above it cold when the dry season and warm when the rainy season. It’s an unique technology isn’t?
In front of this building there is well pump house, its depth is about 1000m it was used to deliver the water to all room in Lawang Sewu such as the washbasin. In this building we can find five washbasins that was imported from Netherlands its brand is “van den berg” and until now it still can be used.

Well ladies and Gentlemen there are 3 parts of  lawang sewu. The first part is A building it’s the main building. In this building there is stained glass that was imported from Netherland. It was described about the Netherlands railway company symbol. It’s so beautiful.
From the first to the second floor there is a beautiful stairs its wide is 6m and it was made of concrete. The second building is B building, in this building we can see the miniature of lawang sewu. The third building is C building that used as train ticket printing . Now in this building  we can find a small museum that contain of the materials to built lawang sewu such as ceramic tiles, perforated brick glazing, triangular ridge roof, bligon and wire mesh.
Ladies and gentlemen lawang sewu is famous as scary building , Right? How come? Because in lawang sewu there is a underground room that used as underground prison when Japanese government.
In this underground prison there are 3 rooms. The first one is sitdown jail it’s a space for confine Indonesian army and the top of it will closed by steel frame. It’s for 3 prisoner. And then stand up jail its height is about 2m and its width is about 3m it’s for 5-6 prisoner. The last one is decapitation room it’s a space to behead Indonesian army. I think this underground room is the scariest room. So anybody interested in it?  And if you are interested in it, I recommend you to go there at Friday night. Because  you’ll get the different taste there.

Because of it’s a the former of railway company you can look an old locomotive there. It was moved by steam engine.Now lawang sewu often be a place of exhibition such as Semarang expo, Tourism expo and many others.

And how about if you come from outside of semarang or abroad? Don’t worry because there are many hotel which can you live in such as Pandanaran hotel, Crowne plaza, Gumaya tower hotel, Novotel, Dafam, Whiz and many others.

If you want to visit this building you have to pay the entrance fee IDR 10.000 for one person. And how about the facilities? In this building you can find some toilet, a mushola and you can take a picture freely there.

So I suggest you that you don’t have to think twice because I promise you that you will not be disappointed for visiting Lawang sewu. I just explain you about this building but I think it would be more interesting if you visit this building. So anybody want to visit this building? If you want to visit this building don’t be confused, you can call me,  I”ll be your guide and accompany you to go to this building. And of course I”ll give my best service for you.

Ladies and gentlemen I think you have understand about  LawangSewu. So Don’t miss it . It’s just in Semarang . Ladies and Gentlemen that’s all my information. Good morning

Let’s parcitipate in visit Jateng 2013
          Let’s go forward for Central Java Tourism.

Good bye … and See you…

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UPK GUIDING TOURISM DEPARTMENT 2013 in WONOSOBO

There are many memories that couldn't be forgeted. It was our last Guiding examination when we are in SMKN 02 Semarang and for me it is very impressing. There are many stories in our trip to Dieng we were playing a game, joking and laughing together on the bus. it's unforgettable trip of course I will miss that time when we are together. I hope that one day we can make a beautiful, impressing and memorable tour again. 

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7 BIDADARI WATERFALL

7 BIDADARI WATERFALL

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ungaran city. First of all I’d like to introduce my self my name is dini. Well ladies and gentlemen Ungaran is an interesting place that has many tourist attraction such as Gedong Songo Temple, Ungaran mountain, Seven angels waterfall and many others.  We have passed one of them it’s seven angels waterfall or in Javanese it’s called curug 7 bidadari, curug means waterfalls in English, seven angels waterfall was located at Ungaran mountain slopes, in Keseneng village.
This waterfall is called seven angels waterfall because according to the story of Keseneng village resident that a long time ago there was an angel who got a curse and then she with six other angels went to seven angels waterfall to took a bath there, because they believed that with took a bath in the seven angels waterfall their curse would be lose. So that’s why it’s called seven angels waterfall.

          It’s divided into 3 levels and seven flow that come from one source.. The height of this waterfall is about  10 meters . The water is so clean and fresh because it derived from a natural sources, they are beringin and benteng river. This waterfall is surrounded by ricefields that very beautiful so we can really feel like in the village there. We will enjoy the coolness of the air there that we will not find in the big cities. In this place we also can enjoy  the beautiful scenery of seven angels waterfall itself and also the beautiful scenery of Ungaran Mountain. It describes the greatness of God. This Tourist Attraction is managed by heads village. It is inaugurated by Semarang regent and it has opened for public since February 2010.

On the edge there is an old well its depth is about 1,5 meters, Keseneng village residents believe that it can make us always look young, can find our mate soon, get fortunes and many others.
it has many facilities such as dressing rooms, toilet, mushola, camping ground, gazebo, outbound and many others. So you not only can enjoy the natural beauty scenery of seven angels waterfalls but also you can enjoy all of its facilities.

          To enter this tourist attraction you just have to pay Rp. 2000 and Rp. 1000 for parking fees, it’s too affordable.

          Well ladies and gentlemen I think my information is enough, if you interested with this tourist attraction you can visit it one day and I can accompany you to go there. Thank you for your attention. Good morning.

The Legend of Raden Kamandaka

The Legend of Raden Kamandaka
(Lutung Kasarung)

            Once upon a time there was a kingdom in West Java, its name was Pajajaran kingdom. This kingdom was ruled by Prabu Siliwangi. Prabu Siliwangi has 3 sons and 1 daughter from 2 empress, from the first married he has 2 sons they were Banyak Cotro and Banyak Ngampar, but when they were young their mother had died and Prabu Siliwangi decided to married again with Dewi Kumudaningsih. But before it they made an agreement , if one day they had a son ,their son must be a king in Pajajaran. Then Prabu Siliwangi and Dewi Kumudaningsih married and have a sons and a daughter, they were Banyak Blabur and Dewi Pamungkas.

            One day Prabu Siliwangi thought that he was too old to be a king in Pajajaran, so he wanted his son to replace his leadership in Pajajaran. But both of them didn’t want to be a king, as the eldest son Banyak Cotro gave some reasons, first he was not ready because he didn’t have enough science and he hadn’t married yet. Banyak Cotro said that he would marry if he met a girl who has a face like his mother. So Banyak Cotro asked for permission to left Pajajaran kingdom to found out a girl who he want.

            Banyak Cotro went to Tangkuban Perahu mount to met a priest, he was Ki Ajar Winarong , he was a sacred priest he knew how to get a girl who Banyak Cotro want, but there were several requirements that must be done by Banyak Cotro, he must apart from his greatness clothes of Pajajaran and only wearing an ordinal clothes and he should be replace his name became Raden Kamandaka.
After several days he arrived at Kadipaten Pasir Luhur and met Patih Reksonoto and he took Kamandaka as his son. Kadipaten Pasir Luhur was led by Adipatih Kandandoho he has a daughter who hadn’t married yet her name was Dewi Ciptoroso. She has a face like Kamandaka’s mother.

            Kadipaten Pasir Luhur has a tradition ceremony that holds every year,in this ceremony all family of Kadipaten followed to catch fish in logawa river. When Reksonoto followed this ceremony , secretly Kamandaka had followed him. At this time Kamandaka met Dewi Ciptoroso and they fell in love. Dewi Ciptoroso asked Kamandaka to met her in Kaputren park. In the evening secretly Kamandaka went to Kaputren park to met her,but their meeting didn’t take a long time, because the soldiers had known it. Before Kamandaka had gone he had told his identity that he was Patih Reksonoto’s son,it was heard by the soldiers and they reported it to Adipatih. So Patih Reksonoto called by Adipatih and he must gave his son,and he had done that command. But Kamandaka can run away from Kadipaten,he was diving a long the river, Adipatih Kandandoho thought that he had died. Then he met a man he was Rekajaya and they were be a bestfriend,then Raden Kamandaka stayed at Panagih Village.
Raden Kamandaka be a fan of cockfighting, fortunately Mbok Reksonoto has a rooster,its named Mercu, in every match Raden Kamandaka always be the winner,so he became very famous as chicken botoh. It was heard until Pasir Luhur,because of hearing it Adipatih Kandandoho was very angry,he command his soldiers to catch Kamandaka. Suddenly a handsome man came,he admitted that his named was Silihwarni who will devote himself for Pasir Luhur. So he get a command from Adipatih he must killed Raden Kamandaka and to prove it he must bring Raden Kamandaka’s blood and liver.
Actually Silihwarni only a pseudonym name his real name was Banyak Ngampar the younger brother of Kamandaka, he was asked by his father to found out his sibling who had gone for a long time,to overcome any problem in the trip he provided Kujang Pamungkas kerisas a weapon. Then he went to Karang Luas village and at this village he met Raden Kamandaka but both of them didn’t know each other. Then cockfighting between Kamandaka and Silihwarni happened, suddenly Silihwarni stabbed Kamandaka by Kujang Pamungkas keris,but it wasn’t in his purpose. Raden Kamandaka kept run until he arrived at a cave, he took a rest and hid from pursuit of Silihwarni in that cave. Silihwarni challenged Kamandaka from mouth of the cave, after hearing that challenge Kamandaka replied and told his identity that he was son of Pajajaran Banyak Cotro, then Silihwarni told his identity too that he was son of Pajajaran too. So the name of Jatijajar cave is the second version of that cave. Then both of them forgive each other.
But because he must bring Kamandaka’s blood and liver so he killed the dog and took its blood and liver. He said that it was Kamandaka’s blood and liver.

            Then Kamandaka meditated in that cave and he get a clue his dream to get married with Dewi Ciptoroso will come true if he can get lutung’s clothes.
The hobby of Adipatih is hunting, one day he and his family hunt, they met a large and tame monkey that actually it was Raden Kamandaka . But when they want to brought it home suddenly Rekajaya came and claim that it was his monkey,he said that he want to help kept the monkey in kadipaten. After arrived at kadipaten all girl want to kept the monkey but during at kadipaten it didn’t want to eat, it only want received food from Dewi Ciptoroso so the monkey was kept by Dewi Ciptoroso. In the evening that monkey changed into Kamandaka and during the day it turned back into monkey,only Dewi Ciptoroso who knew about it.
One day king of Nusakambangan king Pule Bahas wanted Dewi Ciptoroso to be his wife, and if she refused he will destroy kadipaten pasir luhur. Lutung kasarung(Kamandaka)suggest to accept Pule Bahas proposal but there was a requirement during the wedding Dewi Ciptoroso must be accompanied by Lutung Kasarung. When the wedding took place Pule Bahas always disturbed by Lutung Kasarung,it made he was very angry, and they were fighting. Because of his supernatural power Lutung Kasarung could be the winner, after king Pule Bahas had died Lutung Kasarung immediately turned back into Raden Kamandaka.

Finally Raden Kamandaka married with Dewi Ciptoroso.But because Raden Kamandaka had defect in cockfighting with Silihwarni so he couldn’t be a king in Pajajaran and he only be Adipatih in Pasir Luhur replace his father in-law while the king in Pajajaran was Banyak Blabur.

Narasi Guiding about CARICA

CARICA

            Good morning Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to Central Java especially Wonosobo regency , first of all I’d like to introduce our team we are from Delta tour and travel, on your right side he’s our driver his name is Mr. Andi and on your left side he’s our co driver his name is Mr. Ahmad and I am as your tour guide my name is Dini. Well I’d like to inform you about our schedule, today we’ll go to wonosobo. It will take 5 hours, so at 11.30 p.m. we’ll arrive in dieng and have a lunch at Dieng pass restaurant. Our next destination is Dieng Plateau, we can enjoy the beauty of Telaga warna, sikidang crater and Arjuna temple there for 3 hours. Then we’ll go to Wonosobo special food centre and have a dinner at kledung pass restaurant. After we have dinner we’ll go back to SRG and we’ll arrive in SRG about at 9 p.m.

          Well , Wonosobo is a beautiful regency that has many uniqueness it has many tourist attraction, cultures and of course it has many kind of special food. Today I’d like to explain you the most special foods from Wonosobo it’s Carica.
Do you know Carica?
Carica is like a papaya but it’s smaller than papaya. Its shape is like cacao fruit and it has distinctive smell when it is ripe its colour is yellowish. It can only grow on the highlands. This fruit came from Southern Mexico and Northern South America, but now it had planted in some country like Indonesia. Dieng resident usually called it “Gandul Dieng” Do you know why? Gandul means Papaya in Wonosobo language and Dieng is one of a place in Wonosobo so Gandul Dieng means Papaya Dieng and in Indonesia carica can only be found in Dieng Wonosobo, because Dieng is a suitable place for planting Carica so that’s why it’s called Gandul Dieng.

          Carica contain of many vitamins, it contain of vitamin A that good for our eyes health it also can protect our body from foreign organism infection such as bacteria pathogenic. Carica also contain of Vitamin C as an antioxidant that can repair the body cells and damage skin tissue because of free radical it also can improve our immune system. Then carica also contain of vitamin E which is a good substance for skin health and wound healing , and the last one carica also contain of papain enzyme that can accerelate the protein digestion and prevent the growing of harmful bacteria in colon. So I think Carica is very useful fruit for our health, isn’t it?

          Well ladies & gentlemen carica fruit cannot be eaten directly, because its flesh contains a lot of latex, it is bitter and causing itchiness in your throat and can hurt your skin if it patch on the skin. So Wonosobo resident try to cultivate carica they started to cultivate it in 1980, and now carica become a fruit that has a high economic value. It  can cultivate into a carica candied and carica in syrup. The taste of carica candied is very sweet and very delicious, its texture is chewy, it is like mango while the taste of carica in syrup is very sweet too and it has distinctive smell.

Well ladies & gentlemen carica candied can last for 1 year, while carica in syrup can last for 2 years if it is packed in a bottle, but if it is packed in a cup it can only last for 6 months but don’t worry because it is not contain of any preservatives.
The price of carica product is affordable, you just have to pay IDR. 10.000 for a can of carica candied and IDR. 15.000 for a bottle carica in syrup.
In wonosobo we can find many store that sell carica product easily, such as in Dieng Plateau area and Wonosobo special foods store.
So if you want to buy and try the taste of carica product, don’t worry because we will visit Wonosobo special food centre in our last tour and you can buy many kinds of carica products there.

          Well Ladies and Gentlemen that’s all my explanation I hope you’re satisfied with my explanation. On behalf of delta tour & travel I’d like to say thank you for trusting our company in your trip and we hope you’ll back again one day and with pleasure I’ll accompany you to know more about interesting place in central java. So if you need us please call us in +6224 8455 757. Thank you for your attention , enjoy your trip and
Good Morning.