A Cheap Culinary Choice of Solo Typical Food

There are so many things we can explore  on our travel in Surakarta or Solo. Not only culture, or Batik , Solo also has a pretty good  culinary appeal.  In various corners of the city, you will easily find typical food of Solo that you might not find in other cities. And don’t ask the price! You will be able to taste it with just $ 1. We have a lot of choice in Solo,  so we do not have to worry about being able to enjoy the typical food of Solo though we're not carrying a lot of cash in our  wallet.

Tengkleng
There are some typical food Solo viable for you to test, the first is tengkleng. Tengkleng nearly equal to the curry but tengkleng  more dilute because it does not use coconut milk. It is made ​​from goat meat, bones and jerohan (inner part). And you will get more pleasure when you enjoy it with your bare hands, or in the Java language "muluk" (eat without a spoon). You can find this in the typical food stall near the gate tengkleng Klewer Market.

Timlo.
Timlo this kind of soup that contains sliced ​​chicken, boiled noodles, boiled eggs, sliced ​​sausage solo and sometimes contains also sliced ​​mushroom (Auricularia polytricha) and carrot soup poured fresh nodes. These foods can be eaten just like that or eaten with rice.

Solo Liwet Rice 
Liwet Rice is a typical food of the most famous, it was savory and delicious. The uniqueness of liwet rice from Solo is the way of serve by  using  “pincuk” (plate of banana leaves) with fried chilli side dish, boiled egg yolk,  areh / kumut (egg white plus coconut milk), plus a side-dish of small diced  chicken meat , "bacem" egg, and jerohan. You can find it on roadside and eat with Lesehan way, during the morning the rice sellers will be ready on the alley of village at 5 early morning.

Sate Buntel
Sate buntel  is somewhat different from sate in general. This kind of Sate is made ​​from finely chopped goat meat, and secret spices typical sate buntel, then wrapped and given a layer of fat sheep, goat fat melts and penetrates into the baked goat meat, it would be more savory and delicious. Because the meat is used for wrapping sate is goat meat choice with the best quality and the correct cooking process typical goat smell rose does not smell anymore.

Stay Healthy During Your Vacation In Surakarta

To stay healthy during a vacation in Surakarta traveler should make a good preparation. You should already know the attraction site you will visit, and then set the order based on priority. All this information will be very useful if you do not want to be confused with your destination.  After all the confusion that you experienced while in Surakarta will psychologically affect your health.

In addition to adequate information on sights in Surakarta, of course you have to prepare your health before you plan to visit to Surakarta. Keep your health so that you can spend the holidays with more fun. We all do not want to get sick or injured while on vacation.

Visit the Doctor
It is a good idea to visit a doctor at least a month before deciding  your vacation. If necessary, you can ask for the vaccine (such as Hepatitis vaccine) to your doctor. Or even if I have to ask the advice of your doctor to recommend a specific medicine for  holiday.
Some vaccines used there is a list below. You may have received some kind of vaccine before, so you may just need the rest depending on the vacation destination and what you will do during the holidays.
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• ADT (for tetanus and diphtheria)
• MMR (for measles, mumps, and rubella or German measles)
• Typhoid fever
• Varicella (chicken pox)
• Rabies
• Japanese B Encephalitis
• Polimyelitis (polio)
• Meningococcal Meningitis

Do Excercise
It is an effective way to keep  your health, especially if you will be in Surakarta or  other cities in Indonesia for long time enaugh. Of course in this case that you do not have the same when you are in your own country. You can just jogging or a easy walk in the morning, while enjoying the fresh morning air Surakarta.

Hospital
When you are in Surakarta you should already have the information where is the hospital near your location, and how to contact them. Because if there is something bad that happened, you will soon be able to ask for medical assistance.

Here is the list of Hospital In Surakarta:RSUD Moewardi
Jl. Kol. Sutarto 132
Telp. 637415, 634634

RS Brayat Minulyo
Jl. Dr. Setia Budi No. 106
Telp. 716646

RS Kasih Ibu
Jl. Brig.Jen. Slamet Riyadi 402
Telp. 714422

RS Tri Harsi
JL. Monginsidi No. 82
Telp. 656903, 646061

RS Panti Waluyo
Jl. Jen. Ahmad Yani No. 1-2
Telp. 712077

RS Panti Kosala/dr. Oen
Jl. Brig.Jen. Katamso 55
Telp. 643139

RS Islam Kustati
Jl. Kapten Mulyadi No. 249
Telp. 643013

RS PKU Muhammadiyah
Jl. Ronggo Warsito 130
Telp. 714578

RS TK.IV Slamet Riyadi
Jl. Brig.Jen. Slamet Riyadi 321
Telp. 726700, 719606

RSJD Surakarta
Jl. K.H. Dewantoro 80 Jebres
Telp. 641442, 648920

RS Daerah Banjarsari
Jl. Lumban Tobing 10 Ska
Telp. 632024

RS Yan Med Dasar Mojosongo
Jl. Malabar Utara III Mojosongo
Telp. 853359

RS ISLAM Surakarta
Jl. Jend A Yani, Pabelan
Telp. 710571, 723309,

RSK Jiwa Syaraf Puri Waluyo
Jl. Slamet Riyadi No. 301-303
Telp. 710683

RSO Orthopedi Prof Dr R Soeharso
Jl. A Yani Pabelan Surakarta
Telp. 714458


RS Jiwa Tathya Puri
Jl. Monginsidi No.82

RSK THT DR Suharso JD
Jl. Kapt Mulayadi 174


You just pick one or two hospital in your note, the nearest one.

Kris Souvenir in North Square of Surakarta

For the traveler who wants to get unique souvenirs of Kris and precious stones, you should go to the  “ Alun Alun Utara “ or The North Square of Surakarta.

This place  can accessed on the way to palace, precisely before going into the main part of the palace, from the Pasar Gede, you'll pass through the North Square, where the entrance is marked by a large gate near the statue Slamet Riyadi. A statue of the Hero of the Republic of Indonesia became more interesting when seen at twilight. If you arrived at this place, you better go on foot, because the location of each tourist objects near each other, or at least you can ride a Becak or Indonesia rickshaw.

Once come to this square, you will see so many shady banyan trees along the way. Not far from the gate, on the left side of the road, you will find the Batu Mulia Market, There is a huge collection of precious stones in place.

Then you can go to the center and souvenir dagger opposite Crafts Gamelan "Great Hall" or on the left side of North Square. In this place you can find a wide range of local souvenirs are usually a dagger, blangkon, and traditional musical instruments of the Javanese.

Do you know Keris or Kris? The kris is an asymmetrical dagger, a traditional weapon with magical power (in old time)  most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia, especially in Java Island.

A kris  has three  parts: bilah (blade), hulu (hilt), and warangka (sheath).  The art of kris is on these three parts  which often carved in meticulous detail and made from various materials, metal, precious or rare types of wood, or gold or ivory.

A kris's aesthetic value covers the dhapur (the form and design of the blade, with around 150 variants), the pamor (the pattern of metal alloy decoration on the blade, with around 60 variants), and tangguh referring to the age and origin of a kris.

While Blangkon (Javanes) or belangkon (Indonesian) is a traditional headdress worn by Javanese men and made of batik fabric. Actually Blangkon souvenir sold in North Square of Surakarta is Surakarta Blangkon type. Because There are 4 different types of blangkons,  Ngayogyakarta blangkons, Surakarta blangkons, Kedu blangkons, and Banyumasan blangkons. But if you are lucky, you will get three other type of blangkon here.

Tawangmangu, Enjoys Your Travel on Cold Temperatures In Tropical Country



In West Java there’s Puncak, while Central Java has Tawangmangu, a tourist resort known for its cool climate. Perched on the western slope of Mount Lawu at an altitude of 3,265 meters, Traveller can  enjoy the cold temperatures of between 22 and 31 degrees Celsius..

Since the Dutch colonial era Tawangmangu has become a tour. Tourists can reach Tawangmangu by public transportation for about an hour from the city of Surakarta (Solo). Actually, Tawangmangu is a district in Karanganyar regency, Central Java. Tawangmangu known as a tourist attraction in the mountains of the western slopes of Mount Lawu. The main object for  tourist destination  is Grojogan Sewu waterfall (81 m high). In this resort there are various supporting facilities like swimming pools and various forms of lodging. From Tawangmangu you can begin the climb to the summit of Mount Lawu (Post Cemorokandang). Moreover, from here there is the pass that led to the passing Sarangan in Magetan Cemorosewu.



You must not worry about accomodation in Tawangmangu, because it  has some hotel choices for visitors. There are  44 hotels  from the star-rated hotel to more modest accommodation, with the range of price from Rp 25,000 ($ 2,6) to Rp 300,000 ($ 31) per night. What’s a price!




Tawangmangu is at mountain fertile area surrounded by forests and hills. However, this small town has been known up to foreign countries because this region is a tourism object suitable to be selected  on tour series.


It is the best place for local tourist who look for place  to escape the heat and enjoy a relaxing holiday. because Tawangmangu offers a perfect retreat, perched on the slopes of Mount Lawu.  Tawangmangu promises a cool time for all traveller.  If you travel to the resort area, you will find that there are much more to Tawangmangu than the cool climate. You can explore this areas natural attractions, its traditional rituals and its special delicacies for your culinary satisfaction.

Gamelan Orchestra, The Atmosphere of Nobility in Kusuma Sahid Prince Solo Hotel

Kusuma Sahid Prince Solo Hotel is 5 star hotel with 121 rooms in Surakarta. It is a unique hotel that  keeps the long history of Surakarta. This hotel used to be a noble residence. Therefore Kusuma Sahid Prince Solo Hotel has a traditional appeal of Java, with the quiet location outside the city center. If you stay at the hotel you will feel like in a party of different atmosphere , the nobility - princess palace complete with exotic java gamelan music.

The establishment of the Kusuma Sahid Prince Hotel Solo can not be separated from the Kraton of Surakarta Sultanate and Mangkunegaran Palace. These two magnificent palace is evidence of historic relics in the city of Solo. Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat  built by Pakubuwono II after the palace in Kartasura destroyed by the Chinese rebellion in 1744.  In Surakarta Palace was then the king enthroned, from Pakubuwono II to Pakubuwono XII. Among the Kings in Keraton Surakarta,  Pakubuwono X reigned between the years 1893 to 1933 was the most successful kings who can reached its glory, where Surakarta be prosperous and well-known of the economic, social, cultural and arts especially Javanese culture and the development of Islam religion.

In 1909 th Prince Kanjeng Hadiwijoyo, son of Pakubuwono X build his residence "Ndalem Kusumoyudhan" with a mixture of Javanese and Dutch architecture. Housing complex with an area of ​​about 2 acres and built a room adapted to the use for the purposes of a prince and his family are great. Just for you know that at the time, almost all King in Java has so many wives. Even The King of  Pakubuwono X had 45 wives.

Atmosphere of nobility and gamelan orchestra and entertaining live music every night at the Grand Hall from the 19th century deliberately presented in this hotel, for your satisfaction. The hotel has a building "pavilion" traditional and some new modern wing. Overall this hotel exudes grandeur and tranquility. The rooms are elegant, spacious swimming pool and seafood dishes available that are appropriate for the nobles Javanese royal palace heyday.


Although Kusuma Sahid Prince Solo Hotel is located outside the city center, but is available free airport pickup and taxi available to take guests batik shop or to one of the shopping malls in Solo. Room rents are not too expensive for those of you who want to feel the atmosphere and unique, you are able to stay at this hotel with the money of Rp 650,000 or about $ 69 per night.

You only need fifteen minutes from the airport, about 15 KM, and 2 Km from railway Station  aand 2 Km from Bus Station

Learning The History Of Human Civilization in Sangiran Museum



Travelling Solo really give satisfaction to you. In addition to cultural tourism, batik solo, the Mangkunegara Palace, Solo   also has a place where you can learn about the history of early human civilization. Sangiran Museum is the archaeological museum in  with 13,809 ollection of fossils and relics of the age of dinosaurs.


Sangiran Museum is Asia's most complete archaeological museum. Most of the collection can be found at Asia's largest archaeological museum include ancient human fossils Pithecantropus erectus, Pithecantropus erectusPithecantropus mojokertensis, Meganthropus paleojavanicus, Homo soloensis, Europe Homo neanderthal, Asia  Homo neanderthal , dan Homo sapiens.. There are also fossils of ancient animals like Mastodon sp ancient elephant, tiger Felis paleojavanica, Rhinocerus sondaicus rhinoceros, hippopotamus Hippopotamus sp., And a number of ancient man-made hunting supplies. Fossil collection is largely derived from Sangiran, because the museum is also used as a place to hold fossils of the largest archaeological sites in Indonesia.


Sangiran Museum is located in the village of Krikilan, District Kalijambe, Sragen, Central Java, or 18 miles to the north of Solo. The museum has an area of ​​approximately 56 square kilometers.

Homo soloensis is ever settled in the area around the river of Bengawan Solo 1.5 million years ago.  Archaeological research has not revealed all the secrets of this ancient human cultures. Hominid species that lived much later, 800000-300000 years ago, is known to have created the tools.
Man  of Solo including archaic Homo erectus (archaic: old-fashioned), lived between 1.5 million and 1 million years ago, is the oldest hominid ever discovered and experienced the evolution in Indonesia. In Sangiran hominid evolution period extends for one million years. There are two types of human evolution in situ, ie archaic Homo erectus, 1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus and tipic, 300,000 years old.
Homo Soloensis fossils found in Ngandong, Blora, at Sangiran and Tigers Connect, Sragen, by Ter Haar, Oppenoorth, and Von Koenigswald in 1931-1933 from Upper Pleistocene layers. Soloensis Homo, which lived about 900,000 to 300,000 years ago. Brain volume reached 1300 cc. Koenigswald is a paleontologist and geologist Netherland origin who conducted research on hominins, including Homo erectus


According to Von Koenigswald this human has higher level than Pithecanthropus Erectus. Estimated that this creature is an evolution and Pithecanthropus Mojokertensis. By some experts, classified as Homo Neanderthalensis soloensis which is a type of Homo Sapiens from Asia, Europe, and Africa come from the Upper Pleistocene.

Sangiran is one of the valuable sites of human evolution in the world, although it is not the only one. It is rarely found elsewhere, both in Indonesia and in the world. Only in Africa and China that shows the evolution of this kind.