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Solo town

Solo, which is formally known as Surakarta, is a city in a middle of Central Java Province. City of Solo are modern city, but with a lot of old district which built since early 1700. This city is also known as the capital city of Java culture.
Solo has been termed the ‘Spirit of Java’. It won the award for The Best Destination in Indonesia in the topic of Indonesian Tourism Award (ITA) 2009. As a best tourist destination, Solo has lots uniqueness, started from culture, historical site, and the warm hospitality. It is a great vacation destination because of the many things it has offer for a reasonable price.
You will find that the natives are very friendly, thus making your stay comfortable as well as fun. If you are someone interested in learning about other cultures and heritages then Solo is the perfect vacation destination as it is rich with culture, and beautiful in its own way. There are many exotic sights and sparklingly beautiful palaces, a fun night life, traditional market, and many more. There are many places you can travel in Solo, Kampoeng Batik Laweyan, Mangkunegaran Palace, Kasunanan Palace, Klewer Traditional Market, Ngarsopuro Night Market and others. Solo has magnificent potential in various sectors and products such as textile, furniture, handicraft, agriculture, farmfood, etc. Moreover it has unique creative products that have good future chances for local market or global one.

source: http://www.rumah-turi.com/news/solo-best-destination-indonesia.html

1. When was Solo being established? 
2. Why does Solo become one of best destination in Indonesia? 
3. Mention some places that we can find in Solo according to the text above!   
4.  Why is Solo called as “spirit of Java”? 
5. What does “reasonable price” means?

Some things that you can find in my hometown are……

kenjeran park

kenjeran park corner

1. What kind of handicraft that we can buy in Ken Park?
2. What are the main ingredients of Sate Kupang? 
3. Where is Ken Park located? 
4. How much rupiahs that we pay entering Ken Park? 
5. What is the verb form of entrance?

Necklace
Bracelet
Night lamp
Ring

Throughout Indonesia, there is only one beach can be witnessed sunrise and sunset the same standing in one spot. I was initially confused by this fact. Outstanding beach stretching north-south is indeed able to witness the rise and setting of the sun in one position.
Losari beach is one of the most rehearsal and nice beaches I have ever come across Indonesia, and another great beach is located right heart of a big city. Comparing with some great beach cities in Java, Losari Beach free of garbage and comfortable visit.

1. What kind of the text above? 
2. Why does Losari Beach is better than some beaches in Java? 
3. What can we do in Losari Beach?
4.  Where can we see Losari Beach? 
5. The word beach has a similar meaning with…

Losari Beach is….

raja ampat island

This small area in Indonesia has the richest coral reef life in the world. Kind of the coral reef epicenter of the planet. It's expected to soon become the first marine Unesco World Heritage Site. Unfortunately, the underwater housing for my camera had a little problem with leakage... so I didn't have the opportunity to do any underwater photography.
Apart from the reefs, this area also has some of the most stunning top-side views in the world; lime stone islands that reminds you of, but are even more dramatic than, the famous Rock Islands of Palau; big cathedral-like caves inside the islands; quiet lagoons with crystal white sand and water in every shade of blue and green; bird life such as the Birds of Paradise that brought Alfred Russel Wallace to this region over a century ago; the most stunning sunsets you'll ever see; and - almost no tourists...
I really liked this place.

One reason why I decided to prepare this site was that you won't find any information on this area in standard Indonesian travel guide books such as Lonely Planet. The Raja Ampats, located west of the Birds Head Peninsula, are administratively part of Papua Barat/Iran Jaya, but they are very different from the rest of west Papua, which the travel guides are focused on. Geographically and when it comes to nature, history and culture, the Ampats are in many ways closer to Moluku.
Raja Ampat* means "the four 'kings'", a name dating back to the 15th century, when the Sultanate of Tidore - one of the muslim sultanates in the original Maluku west of Halmahera - appointed four local "rajas" in Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo.

Even earlier, Seramese traders from small islands off the eastern tip of Seram had established trade settlements, sosolot, throughout the region, exchanging cloth, beads, and other products from western Indonesia for trepang, plumes, forest products and slaves from Papua. There where also a strong ties to the island of Biak east of the Bird's Head Peninsula.

1. What does “Raja Ampat” means according to the text?  
2.  What is Raja Ampat actually? 
3. What are the characteristics of Raja Ampat? 
4. The word this in sentence “ any information on this area in standard Indonesian travel” likely refers to…
5. The word established in the sentence “eastern tip of Seram had established trade settlements” can be replaced with…

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