Souvenir from Garut

In the and of holiday, you should bring home some souvenirs. In Garut, you can bring home not only dodol but also many other unique and interesting souvenirs. What are they? You would feel strange when you arrived at home with empty hands (without souvenirs) from travelling. Moreover, the situation would be more complicated when your colleagues knew and they had already asked for souvenirs.

Before I left to Garut, I thought that dodol was the only souvenir that I can give to my colleagues. But after I got in the leather stuff centre, I changed my mind. I just realized that there were so many foods and trinkets can be bought for souvenirs. When we are talking about souvenirs from Garut, there are various typical culinary which are available in the shops up to cadgers along the road from Garut to Bandung. You can by various types of dodol here, from the classic type to the latest one. They are available in various flavors. Sale pisang, and various crackers like dorogdog are sold here in great quantity. The prices are relatively cheap; it won’t drain your wallet anyway.

For fashion shopping, Garut is different from Bandung which has many factory outlets or distro that spread all over its region. You will find many differences which would make you feel proud since what you find in Garut are not available in other regions. The differences are in product’s appearance, shape, up to their design especially for products of craft and products with local raw materials. For the example, their leather jacket products are famous in other countries. Try to walk a long Jalan Ahmad Yani in Sukaregang, Garut. You can buy a leather jacket with better quality compare to leather jackets sold in the mall. Meanwhile, for you who want to get a feminine look, you can choose and buy Garutan batik with elegant pattern with genuine Garut silk which is famous since the colonialism era in the past.

And for you who like to decorate each corner of your house, you can buy fragrant roots craft in Jalan Pakuwon region to give a sweet touch to your house.
You can by anything you like as long it fits your budget and meets your needs since there are many interesting and unique options in Garut to be taken home as souvenirs. Enjoy your hunting… ES
source : Tourism and Health Magazine

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Curug Malela, the Niagara Mini in Bandung, West Java

So much natural beauty which belonged to Indonesia, unfortunately not all of these are natural tereksplore. One of which is contained in Curug Malela Bandung, West Java.
The natural beauty that never existed in gali, inexhaustible to be my kembalilagi to alasana to tatar Sunda. A land which is not only rich in culture, but also the beauty of the landscapes. One of them is Curug Malela.
Curug is a beautiful Malela curug in Kampung Manglid, village of Cicadas, Cavities, West Bandung Regency. To achieve the necessary struggle curug is not easy. You have to travel approx. 3 hours time to enter the estate Montaya, at an altitude of 1000 mdpl.
It was not until in situ, the brutal conditions of the road after crossing the junction kubang. Large sharp rocks into roadblocks along the 3 km to the parking area curug. The challenge to curug gets bigger when the rainy season arrived because there are some parts of the road an easy avalanche. So, we recommend that you take your jeep with a spare tire that is ready to use.

Following up parking, you still have to walk about 1 km down the hills and passes through the paddy fields of the population. The long struggle to reach curug will paid off already when You arrive on site.

The beauty of Curug Malela directly eliminate tiredness during the journey. So beautiful, this is called by the term curug Niagara Mini at the western end of Bandung. Secured was blown away!
Curug Malela has 70 meters wide with a height of 60 meters. The name itself comes from the name Malela community leaders around, namely Lord Spurs Malela. The tomb of this can be found at the top of the cliff right curug. The cliffs are said to have the age of 5 until bebatuannya range 10 million this year, formed by Ancient volcanic eruptions that used to be found in the South Island.

If the opportunity comes to curug, you should try the freshness of the water. But it must be observed, avoid swimming just below the flow of a waterfall, because quite dangerous. If you want to swim, You can try in an area not far from the fall of the waterfall, where there is a quieter water flow.
Don’t forget to bring supplies of food and drink, because at this location there is not a seller. But don’t forget to bring back the resulting waste, because there is not a trash can.

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