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The Attractions of the City of Angels

Bangkok, known as the “City of Angels”, is truly an ideal city for tourists. It’s a dynamic city, able to motivate visitors with a wide range of options: it offers the down-to-earth traditions of the city’s residents, while at the same time inviting the elite to enjoy the many aspects of progress that have made it a famous metropolis...more

Features
- Art and Culture
  
  The Search for God through Art Group Expression
  
  This February, the Jakarta Art Movement (JAM), an art community initiated by groups of artists and curators in Jakarta, is cooperating with the Indonesian National Gallery to present an art exhibit entitled “The Second God”, which will also feature a seminar and workshop...more
- Destinations
  
  Mentawai - Eternal Identity and the Forest Primeval
  
  We started our journey with a ten-hour crossing of the Mentawai Strait from the fishing port of Bungus (near Teluk Bayur) in a wooden ship crammed with foreign tourists. I felt the ship being pounded by rolling waves, which seemed to be headed for Muara Siberut, considered one of the world’s ten best surfing locations...more
- Marine Tourism
  
  Muck Diving at Gilimanuk
  
  Gilimanuk Bay, a three and a half hour drive from Denpasar, Bali, was made popular in the early 90s by a Japanese underwater photographer who owned a dive center in Bali. Thanks to his underwater photos, many Japanese divers made the journey to go diving at Gilimanuk Bay...more
Departments
- Appreciation
  
  Traditional Incense Makers in Demak
  
  The big poster outside the VIP Room at Yogyakarta’s Adisucipto International Airport was very enticing, a photograph of an incense maker, together with information about tourism to the incense production center at Mranggen, Waru Village, Demak, Central Java, around 25 km towards Demak from Semarang...more
- Profile
  
  Wimar Witoelar - “There’s always something in which you can be useful”
  
  Ia berlatar belakang teknik namun tidak anti ekonomi; ia kemudian mendalami disiplin ekonomi tapi ini bukan berarti ia asosial. Itulah Sang Komunikator Wimar Witoelar...more
- Event
  
  Garuda Indonesia Actively Participates in the Success of the Indonesian Delegation to the UN Climate Summit
  
  The leaders of 192 nations met in Denmark’s capital city between 7-18 December 2009 for the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit to discuss the issue of climate change around the world with a view to reach agreement on how to tackle a range of problems related to the environment and global warming...more