Away Game: Leaving Las Vegas

Buddies take trips to Las Vegas for the same reason surfers go to the ocean--to chase a wild ride. But if you want your trip to be mostly about golf as opposed to washing up in the debaucherous whitewater of Sin City, head to Mesquite. Which isn't to say this dusty town doesn't offer big steaks, high stakes and the potential for scandalous nightlife. But to put it in surfer terms, none of that breaks like it does on The Strip.

Map: Kagan McLeod & Jonathon Rivait

However, the golf in Mesquite can be more affordable and is just as good as many of the accessible courses in Vegas. And in terms of getting from where you're staying to where you're playing, Mesquite is cheaper and more convenient. One local told me: "A traffic jam here is three golf carts at one tee box."

Mesquite, population 15,000, is a 70-minute straight shot northeast of Vegas on Interstate 15. (Beware of speed traps.) I checked into the recently renovated Eureka Casino Resort, which is as nice as it needs to be. There are clean rooms, comfortable beds, coffee machines and a new massage service in the "relaxation suites." (Weekend room rates in peak season--basically October through May--are $69 to $99 a night.) Like most visitors to Mesquite, as soon as I dropped my bag and hung a few shirts, I went to play Wolf Creek.

This course is often described as a mythical layout in which you play from extremely elevated tees to elevated greens, with death-defying drops in between. I'd use the word unique. To have a course distinguish itself not only from others in town, but what is offered in Las Vegas, the United States and beyond, is hard to do. "Wolf Creek changed everything for Mesquite," says Robert (Bubba) Smith, a former city councilman and avid golfer. "It opened our eyes to what we could become."

The price for Wolf Creek's unique architecture is polarization: Opinions are split about the course's spot in our rankings, even within the halls of Golf Digest. It's No. 28 on America's 100 Greatest Public and No. 2 in Nevada (behind Shadow Creek), so clearly our course raters approve.

Even this fan of minimalist golf design had fun cutting the wacky and cavernous corners of Nos. 2, 4, 5, 13 and 16. You'll lose a lot of balls and drain your phone battery taking pictures. Plus you'll either never want to return, or want to go right back out. The latter reaction is why Wolf Creek, in part, is considered a success. It leaves enough avid golfers wanting more Mesquite that this desert destination is now a legitimate golf getaway.

"Without golf, we would dry up," says Smith, who gets credit for making sure Mesquite courses stay affordable. In 2010, he got the water district to agree to distribute a combination of river water runoff, irrigation and potable water to the seven existing courses in Mesquite for a reasonable price. The leaders of Mesquite know that golfers will continue to make the trip if it's convenient, friendly, unique and picturesque, but not too expensive (which remains a relative term).

There are six other courses within a short drive of Wolf Creek. The Palms, built in 1989, was the original. Combined with CasaBlanca and the two courses at Oasis, those four make up the less dramatic, just-off-the-freeway, cheaper and easier golf in town. I played Wolf Creek, Conestoga and Falcon Ridge.

Conestoga is Wolf Creek with a little less wolf. It's flatter and smaller but still offers some spectacular desert-golf scenery. You'll leave with a lot of sand in your shoes if you start hitting it off line; the par 3s can be especially adventurous. Managed by Troon Golf, the course was in great shape. The service and food, especially my pre-round burger at the spacious clubhouse, were excellent. Like Wolf Creek, Conestoga is a must for any Mesquite buddies trip with above-average golfers.

The 515-yard sixth at Conestoga.

Falcon Ridge's layout--a little easier than Conestoga and set within some clusters of houses--also has architectural twists on desert golf, such as the boomerang design to the 394-yard 13th and the double fairway on the 404-yard finishing hole. With the lowest Slope Rating of Mesquite's Big Three (135 from the 6,196-yard tees), it's the course that works for all skill levels.

Matt Ginella 19 Sep, 2012

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Racun Implan Memakan Korban

Racun Implan Memakan Korban Implan payudara buatan pabrik Perancis, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) kembali menjadi perbincangan. Kali ini, seorang ibu bernama Suzanne Ellis yang menjadi korban.

Bayi yang dikandungnya lahir dalam keadaan meninggal. Suzanne yakin sekali bayi yang diberi nama Ivan lahir dalam keadaan mati setelah implannya pecah. Kini ia sedang menunggu untuk proses pengangkatan implan.

Karena kematianbayinya, ia pun berduka menyalahkan implan payudara PIP yang ia pasang beberapa waktu lalu. Seperti dikutip laman The Sun, Suzanne mengatakan para dokter tidak dapat menjelaskan penyebab dibalik kematian anaknya.

"Ketika saya memutuskan memiliki implan, saya pikir saya tahu semua risikonya. Tapi saya tidak pernah berpikir saya akan kehilangan anak saya," ujarnya.

Wanita asal Widness, Cheshire ini mengaku menjalani operasi pemasangan implan payudara di Manchester pada 2007. Tapi setelah enam bulan, salah satu payudaranya mulai membengkak dan dia mengalami infeksi dada, telinga dan tenggorokan.

Suzanne, yang memiliki seorang putri 14 tahun, lalu menderita sakit kepala kronis sebelum mengalami kehamilan. Setelah saat itu gejalanya semakin memburuk. "Saya pernah hamil sebelumnya, tapi ini mengerikan."

Dia merasakan rasa gatal di seluruh tubuh, dan seperti ada sesuatu di bawah kulitnya, dan itu terlihat  mengerikan. "Dokter bingung, tetapi bayi yang belum lahir yang ada dalam kandungan saya saat itu dalam keadaan baik. Dan aku selalu memanggilnya dengan nama Ivan. Tetapi dalam 27 minggu dia lahir dalam keadaan mati," ujarnya.

Saat ia kecewa bayinya lahir dalam keadaan mati, Suzanne kerap menanyakan apa penyebabnya, tapi tak ada jawaban.  Namun saat kondisi kesehatan wanita itu di uji, hasil tes menunjukkan, plasentanya sehat, dan penyebab kematian si bayi tetap menjadi misteri.

Setahun setelah kehilangan bayinya, Suzanne melihat ada benjolan di payudaranya. Dokter mengatakan implan kanannya telah pecah, dan implan yang dipasangnya merupakan implan buatan Perancis, PIP yang tengah menjadi kontroversi.

Memang saat ini, implan buatan perusahaan Perancis itu sangat meresahkan masyarakat dunia. Apalagi implan itu sudah banyak dipakai oleh 40.000  wanita di Inggris.

Suzanne, kini menunggu proses operasi pengangkatan implan. Saat tahu implan yang dikenakannya mudah bocor, ia pun sadar, bahwa bayinya, meninggal akibat implan yang dikenakannya.

"Tidak heran aku begitu sakit. Tak heran juga bayi saya sampai meninggal. Produsen implan PIP menempatkan kesehatan saya pada risiko dan mempertaruhkan kehidupan anak saya. Berapa banyak wanita lain yang harus menderita," ujarnya.

Implan payudara yang dipasang pada tubuh tetap merupakan benda asing dan bisa memancing reaksi tubuh.

Sebelumnya, di Prancis skandal implan payudara PIP ini sempat mencuat ke permukaan. Setiap wanita yang telah memasangnya diminta segera mengangkatnya.

PIP yang merupakan pemasok terbesar bahan baku implan payudara di seluruh dunia terbukti menggunakan bahan baku yang membahayakan kesehatan. Alih-alih menggunakan silikon berstandar medis, mereka menggantinya dengan produk lebih murah, yang biasa dipakai untuk komponen elektronik dan komputer.

PIP, perusahaan yang berbasis di selatan Prancis, adalah salah satu produsen implan payudara terdepan di dunia. Ini sampai tahun lalu, ketika perusahaan itu dipergoki memotong ongkos produksi sampai 1 miliar euro setahun--dengan cara menggunakan silikon industri, bukan yang memenuhi standar medis. Wadah silikon PIP juga diketahui rawan pecah atau bocor.

Akibat hal ini, pemerintah Prancis segera bertindak. Kementerian kesehatan setempat membiayai dan menggelar operasi massal pengangkatan silikon berbahaya itu.

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Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia

Alfamart adalah sebuah minimarket lokal yang memberikan suguhan yang dapat memuaskan pelanggan ketika berkunjung ke minimarket, dengan keramah-tamahan dan kesopanan karyawannya serta sapaan yang menjadi ciri khasnya membuat banyak orang datang ke Alfamart untuk berbelanja kebutuhan sehari-hari dan bulanan. Sehingga tidak aneh Alfamart memiliki member yang setia dan terus bertambah. Adapun pihak Alfamart memberikan promo khusus bagi membernya yang memiliki kartu member Alfamart sehingga membuat pelanggan lebih menyukai berbelanja di minimarket ini. Dengan memiliki kartu anggota maka pelanggan akan mendapatkan promo member Alfamart.

Promo member Alfamart adalah sebuah usaha yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan minimarket ini untuk memanjakan pelanggannya. Pelanggan akan banyak mendapat keuntungan jika memiliki kartu member Alfamart ini, salah satu dari keuntungan yang akan didapatkan oleh pelanggan adalah promo khusus yang ada setiap dua minggu sekali, promo ini akan didapatkan oleh para member Alfamart ketika berbelanja di minimarket Alfamart dan toko serta perusahaan lain yang bekerjasama dengan Alfamart. Dengan kata lain jika anda adalah seorang pemegang kartu member Alfamart maka anda akan mendapatkan promo khusus yaitu berupa potongan harga atau harga spesial jika anda berbelanja di minimarket lokal Alfamart atau perusahaan yang bekerjasama dengan Alfamart. Sehingga tidak dapat diragukan lagi bahwa Promo Member Alfamart sangat berguna bagi pelanggan, dan tidak sedikit orang yang berkata bahwa Alfamart adalah Minimarket lokal terbaik di Indonesia.

Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia. Promo Indonesia ini diberikan oleh Alfamart sebagai Minimarket pertama yang mempunyai member terbanyak di Indonesia. Ketika mendengar kata "promo" pasti semua orang tertarik, karena pada setiap kegiatan promo pasti akan ada diskon, hadiah atau sesuatu yang menguntungkan lainnya. Dan kabar gembiranya, Alfamart sebagai minimarket besar Indonesia sedang mengadakan penawaran yang menarik, yaitu Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia. Promo Indonesia ini diberikan Alfamart untuk para calon member dan juga member Alfamart.

Minimarket Alfamart yang berdiri sejak tahun 1994 oleh PT. Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk ini yang sekarang sudah memiliki banyak member dan merupakan member terbesar di Minimarket Indonesia. Pertumbuhan  Alfamart di Indonesia sangatlah pesat bak "jamur di musim hujan", terbukti dengan berdirinya cabang-cabang Alfamart yang tidak hanya di kota-kota besar tapi sampai ke pelosok-pelosok kecamatan di seluruh negeri Indonesia.

Alfamart Minimarket Pertama yang memiliki member terbanyak di Indonesia Alfamart Memberikan Motivasi dan Inspirasi serta Inovasi untuk memanjakan membernya. Salah satunya adalah dengan konsisten 2 minggu sekali  memberikan Promo Indonesia khusus untuk Member Alfamart baik untuk berbelanja di Alfamart Minimarket atau pun di merchant-merchant yang banyak bekerja sama dengan Alfamart Minimarket untuk memberikan potongan harga atau harga spesial.

Member Alfamart Adalah sebutan untuk para pelanggan setia Alfamart.Para member Alfamart akan mendapatkan berbagai macam keuntungan dan kejutan special dari Alfamart seperti: HematKu, Kalender Belanja, Specialku dan Hadiahku,serta program ekslusif lainnya. Member Alfamart adalah pelanggan yang memiliki dan bergabung dalam keanggotaan Kartu AKU, A Card Flazz atau Kartu AKU BNI Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia

KARTU AKU Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia

    Kartu Aku

Adalah kartu member yang pertama kali diluncurkan Alfamart pada tahun 2005. Dengan Kartu AKU, Member akan dapat memperoleh manfaat dan berbagai macam keuntungan serta Promo Indonesia menarik yang tidak dapat diikuti oleh pelanggan lain yang bukan merupakan member Kartu AKU. Kartu AKU berlaku Nasional di Alfamart seluruhIndonesia.

A CARD FINAL Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia
    A Card Flazz

Adalah Kartu Member Alfamart yang di luncurkan pada 15 Mei 2010 bekerja sama dengan Flazz BCA, yang selain berfungsi sebagai kartu member juga dapat digunakan sebagai alat pembayaran/transaksi karena A Card Flazz merupakan Kartu Prepaid (kartu non rekening yang dapat menyimpan uang untuk keperluan berbagai transaksi).

A Card Flazz dapat digunakan sebagai alat pembayaran tidak hanya diseluruh outlet Alfamart, Alfamidi ataupun Alfaexpress tetapi juga diseluruh merchant Flazz antara lain restoran, salon, toko buku, parkir, bioskop dan masih banyak lagi. Untuk sementara ini, A Card Flazz berlaku di Jabodetabek,Surabaya

KARTU AKU BNI Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia
    Kartu Aku BNI

Merupakan salah satu Kartu Member Alfamart yang di luncurkan pada 1 Januari 2010, merupakan kerjasama antara Alfamart dengan Bank BNI. Kartu AKU BNI merupakan kartu multifungsional, yang selain berfungsi sebagai kartu member, juga berfungsi sebagai alat pembayaran. Pengguna Kartu AKU BNI juga akan mendapatkan berbagai keuntungan dan kejutan spesial dari Alfamart serta tentunya dapat mengikuti program-program eksklusif khusus member di Alfamart. Untuk saat ini, Kartu AKU BNI berlaku di Alfamart Jabodetabek.
8 Keuntungan Member Alfamart

   1. Hematku dan Kalender Belanja
   2. Spesialku dan Hadiahku
   3. Special Big Program for "Member Alfamart"
   4. Redemption For "Member Alfamart"
   5. Member Alfamart" Thematic Promo
   6. Special Treatment for "Member Alfamart" Birthday
   7. Special Event/Activities For "Member Alfamart"
   8. Merchant For "Member Alfamart"

 

Demikianlah penjelasan singkat tentang  Promo Member Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia Semoga dapat bermanfaat dan memberikan pengetahuan Lebih kepada masyarakat agar dapat bergabung menjadi Member Alfamart dan pastikan anda mendapakan keuntungan dan manfaat lebih dari Alfamart Minimarket Lokal Terbaik Indonesia

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Saat Anak Balita Belajar Bicara

Saat Anak Balita Belajar Bicara Bagi bayi, belajar bicara merupakan bagian penting dalam proses pertumbuhannya. Keterlambatan berbicara bisa jadi petanda bahwa anak memiliki masalah pada pendengaran, atau bisa juga mengalami autisme.

Ada 310 daftar kata yang wajib dikuasai balita. Kata-kata ini menjadi pedoman yang mengindikasikan anak tidak memiliki masalah pengembangan bahasa.

Dari daftar itu, peneliti menyusun 25 kata yang paling umum diucapkan bayi yang baru belajar bicara: mama, ayah, bayi, susu, jus, hello, bola, iya, tidak, anjing, kucing, hidung, pisang, biskuit, mobil, panas, terima kasih, mandi, sepatu, topi, buku, lagi, hilang, dan bye.

Berdasar hasil survei yang menyertai penelitian itu, balita menguasai rata-rata 150 kata. Namun, balita yang hanya mengetahui 75-225 kata sudah dapat dikatakan normal.

"Jika balita tidak menggunakan sebagaian besar kata-kata tersebut pada usia dua tahun, maka mereka kemungkinan akan terlambat berbicara," ujar Professor Leslie Rescorla, yang menciptakan versi pengujian ini.

Jangan langsung panik dengan penelitian tersebut. Sebab, sekitar tiga per empat balita yang terlambat bicara, terjadi karena terlambat belajar bicara.

Hanya, jika anak masih berjuang pada daftar kata-kata tersebut hingga usia 2,5 tahun, orangtua harus mempertimbangkan agar anak mereka mendapatkan terapi bicara. Jangan menunggu hingga usia tiga tahun.

Kosakata yang terbatas pada usia dua tahun dapat menjadi petanda masalah lainnya seperti tuli, autis, bahkan dyslexia.

Menginjak usia remaja, kemampuan bahasa anak yang terlambat belajar, juga sedikit di belakang anak balita yang berbicara lebih baik. Anak-anak yang terlambat belajar bicara cenderung memiliki masalah pada memori verbal, seperti mendengarkan kata-kata, kalimat, angka, dan akan kesulitan mengulanginya kembali.

Interaksi yang nyata antara orangtua dan anak sangat penting dalam hal ini. Karena interaksi tersebut dapat membantu anak memcahkan kode berbicara. TV dan radio tidak dapat menggantikan peran orangtua.

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Ragam Sport Drink Isotonik

Ragam Sport Drink isotonik Sport drink terdiri atas isotonic sport drink, hypertonic sport drink, dan hypotonic sport drink. Yang paling banyak dijual jenis isotonik.

Isotonic sport drink mengandung elektrolit dan 5-8 g karbohidrat/100 ml. Mengonsumsi isotonic sport drink setelah olahraga membantu tubuh memperbaiki kecepatan resistensi glikogen. Cocok dikonsumsi bila olahraga berlangsung lebih dari satu jam. Dapat dikonsumsi sebelum, selama, dan sesudah olahraga.

Hypotonic sport drink kandungan karbohidratnya kurang dari 3 g/100 ml. Merupakan tipe minuman yang cocok untuk orang yang mengalami dehidrasi dan membutuhkan asupan cairan dalam waktu cepat. Minuman ini baik untuk mereka yang berolahraga dalam intensitas rendah atau kurang dari satu jam.

Hypertonic sport drink dicirikan kandungan karbohidratnya yang lebih dari 10 g/100 ml. Diserap tubuh lebih lama dari air biasa, sehingga cocok bagi yang membutuhkan energi dalam waktu cepat.

Sport drink berbeda dengan stimulant drink atau energy drink. Ke dalam sport drink biasanya ditambah ion-ion elektrolit, sedangkan energy drink berupa komponen pemacu tenaga seperti rempah-rempah, kafein, ginseng, taurin, karnitin, dan sebagainya.

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Raspberry Pi Komputer Mini

Raspberry Pi Komputer Mini Komputer seukuran kartu kredit dengan berat hanya 45 gram yang menarik perhatian banyak orang ini mulai dipasarkan pada Rabu.

Penjualan komputer supermini ini membuat lalu lintas situs web yang menjual komputer tersebut sangat sibuk dan akhirnya dibuat menjadi situs statis.
 
Komputer yang diberi nama Raspberry Pi, berjalan dengan sistem operasi Linux. Komputer ini dikembangkan selama 6 tahun oleh lembaga non profit Raspberry Pi Foundation, yang terdiri dari relawan dan akademisi teknologi Inggris.
 
Untuk mengoperasikannya, pengguna bisa menghubungkan komputer ke monitor ataupun ke televisi, lalu mengkoneksikan keyboard dan mouse dengan Bluetooth.
 
Raspberry Pi saat ini ditujukan untuk penggemar software dan hardware, pehobi, guru dan siapa aja yang ingin berkreasi dengan komputer mini ini.

Dikutip dari situs resminya, Raspberry Pi ke depannya ditujukan untuk dunia pendidikan yang akan dimanfaatkan agar para siswa belajar pemrograman. Raspberry Pi untuk pendidikan bakal diluncurkan pada akhir tahun ini. Waktu tersebut akan dimanfaatkan pembuat Raspberry Pi untuk mengatasi masalah dan bug.
 
Raspberry Pi hadir dalam dua versi, yakni Model A dan Model B. Model A dijual dengan harga 25 dollar AS dan diperkuat dengan prosesor ARM11 700MHz dan RAM 256MB.
 
Model B juga dibekali spesifikasi yang sama, hanya saja tersedia port Ethernet dan 2 port USB. Model B ini dihargai 35 dollar AS.
 
Saat ini, pembuat Raspberry Pi sedang berkonsentrasi merakit Model B karena permintaan untuk model ini sangat banyak. Sehingga, permintaan untuk Model A akan ditunda hingga akhir 2012.

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Bromo Rest Nature

Typically, December through New Year is the peak tourist crowds of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo district. Visitors want to enjoy the exoticism Bromo with exquisite panorama. The sun rises into the momentum that awaited.

Since the eruption of Mount Bromo experience and spewing volcanic ash, it's almost like a tourist spot of suspended animation.

Volcanic ash rain continued to gush from the crater of Bromo. Ash did not just damage the crop, but also broke tree limbs into the street. Access roads to Bromo from Wonokerto to Cemorolawang volcanic ash covered. When hot, steaming. When the rain, making roads slippery. Electricity outages, electrical wires lying on the road because the mast collapsed.

Last weekend, Sunday (19/12/2010), still looks visitors enjoy a puff of smoke from Penanjakan Bromo, Pasuruan, or Cemorolawang, Probolinggo. However, since Monday (12/20/2010) night, there was a rain of ash continued flushed. In fact, on Tuesday (21/12/2010) afternoon, the rain of ash reached Probolinggo.

Raining ash on Wednesday (12/22/2010) forced a number of hotels around Mount Bromo cap and refuse guests who want to stay. In fact, the ceiling of the restaurant space, warehouse, and the Lava View Hotel receptionist there is a broken-down for not withstand the thickness of ash into the gutters and plastic gutter.

Female employee was discharged. Only six male employees who kept vigil on Wednesday night. Eerie atmosphere as electric lights went out. Hotels in pitch black conditions. With candles lit in the restaurant space, visible lava from the crater of Bromo like sparks soar.

Thursday (12/23/2010) morning, the manager of Lava View decided to return the money already transferred the prospective guests. Customers who long ago had made reservations was told that while the hotel does not operate.

Some employees clean the room full of ashes and mixed into the mud because the rain water. Others climbed onto the roof and rake the ashes so as not to thicken and break down the roof.

Operations Section Lava View, Momo, argued, for while the hotel does not accept guests. During this hotel could be an option for visitors to see the beauty of Mount Bromo enough of a restaurant or hotel. "We stopped a while than not being able to give the best service," said Momo.

Lonely visitors also experienced Casuarina Hotel Indah, Bromo Permai, Cafe Lava, Java Banana, and Yoschi Hotel. Although no damage, ash also covered the hotel. If room is available, access to the hotel from the ash-covered Wonokerto. The last two days, the rain also flushed, making roads slippery.

Income decreased

Lonely hotel guests also means reduced income residents of the tourism sector. Residents who rent out his house for homestay also contact the guests. For a while, a rental house uninhabitable. "It was done so as not to disappoint," said Yarno, an employee of the homestay.

Service providers are horseback riding, jeep driver, souvenir merchants, jerseys, gloves, scarf and hat warmers also lost the buyer while. In fact, lonely visitors since declared Bromo eruption and closed access to the sea of ​​sand.

Now the owners of horses or cattle are not just lost income, but also having trouble finding food. They are too busy with clean up activities of ash on the roof of the cage so as not to collapse.

Full-blooded, a resident in Cemorolawang, assisted by his colleague was busy cleaning the sand on the roof of the stables. In the cage were three horses. Now look for the horse feed is rather difficult because the ash-covered grass. If any, should be cleared first. "If ya want a slightly cleaner look to the area that the thickness of the ash is not severe," he said.

The driver who used to take visitors to the Penanjakan Bromo to enjoy the sunrise or to the crater of Mount Bromo across the sea of ​​sand is also lost revenue. Usually to take visitors away from the lodge-home rate of Rp 300,000 for a jeep with a capacity of six people. The driver can be a commission of Rp 25,000. If the deposit model, then the driver pulled Rp 60,000 per passenger. "The price was also agreed with the jeep-run cooperative," said Sugik.

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Paralyzed Bromo Tour

Agricultural activities and tours at the foot of Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, East Java, paralyzed as it is covered Mount Bromo volcanic material carried by the cold lava's as thick as 40 centimeters.

Residents Bromo now lost their livelihoods, due to agricultural land at the foot of Mount Bromo is expected can not be processed until the next two years. As for the sights to the summit is closed until such time that could not be determined.

From observation to Sunday (30/01/2011), sand rain flushed the nearby village of Mount Bromo Ngadisari Village, District Sukapura, Probolinggo district. Mount Bromo also repeatedly beating hard.

Between the hours of 09:00 to 11:00, there are at least five times the boom from the top of Bromo is accompanied by rain of sand. Loud booming voice to make the glass housing residents, hotels, and restaurants are located in the Village Ngadisari vibrate.

However, some residents desperate business as usual, among them hawking souvenirs, motorcycle taxi service offers or search for firewood.

Taufik, T-shirt sellers are usually hung at the entrance says Bromo tour, since otherwise Bromo alert status and alert, the number of tourists who come to Bromo can be counted on the fingers each day. Whereas in a normal situation there is at least 100 foreign tourists thronged the Bromo every day and the number jumped at the weekend.

"The vendors pengojek souvenir to take tourists to the usual crater in lost revenue. Merchandise is only sold one or two T-shirts every day, instead of the usual ten-shirt, "said Taufik.

The tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists who could not dare come down to the Bromo caldera.

Besides disturbing the tourist activity, also weighed on the sand wet roofs and damaged farm residents. In the village Ngadirejo, Sapikerep, Wonokerto, Ngadas, and Jetak under Ngadisari, the thickness of the sand also reached 40 cm. Sand is even already in the form of mud because the water mixed with rain on Saturday.

Village headman Ngadirejo, Twins Sanyoto, say, there are already 121 houses damaged due to heavy and light rain bursts of sand in the village since December. The house collapsed to seven units.

Ngadirejo and surrounding residents also lost their livelihoods, farmers 651 hectares of fields are also buried in the sand and volcanic ash.

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Bromo Tour Back squirm

The number of tourist visits to Bromo has not improved despite high demand. This was revealed by Vice Chairman Rudiana to Kompas.com ASITA Jakarta, Thursday (18/02/2011). He said the domestic market began to buy back the package tour to Bromo.
Although sometimes there are dust from entering, we busy-busy cleaning the streets in order to create a comfortable travel. Although not high season, tourists are still a little nonsense.
- Tutug Edi Utomo

"The domestic market has gone the way again, but the international market yet," he said. He added that the market is re-stretched it can only be seen within 1-2 weeks. April, so the main criterion for the low season months of the travel agency will usually issue a low-cost packages.

"At the consideration is infrastructure because, he said, hotels and roads are damaged due to volcanic ash. It is feared," he said. Meanwhile, Head of Culture and Tourism District Tutug Purbolinggo Edi Utomo said Bromo tourism began to move again. Currently it works with tour players held a clean-up activities.

"Although sometimes there is dust in, we roll in clearing the way to create a comfortable tour. Although it's not high season, tourists are still a little nonsense. I'm just back from the Hotel Bromo Permai 1. I see there are a number of foreign tourists there , "said Tutug to Kompas.com via telephone.

Manager of Hotel Bromo Permai 1 Indra Setiawan to justify it. Hotel Bromo Permai 1 is located close to the sand area of ​​Bromo. He said that traffic levels have increased. Moreover, this time every night Bromo issued lava. In fact, many local residents in the region Purbolinggo up at night to see the phenomenon.

"From mid-January there is an increase. In February, I called the travel agent that this phenomenon is rare and can be visited Bromo. Guests so excited to see lava," said Indra. He said the number of guests staying at his hotel balanced between domestic and foreign guests.

Foreign tourists who stay are from the United States and Australia. However, foreign tourists from Malaysia's most lots. He added, rooms are being sold currently around 4-5 rooms. Despite small numbers, this is still far better than a few months ago.

"It used to really quiet all the hotels. Sometimes there is a one-bedroom sold. However, instead usually empty," he said. In March, orders began arriving rooms. He also said, the thick ash in the hotel and the roads were cleared. Tourism department is also providing heavy equipment to hotels as an effort to clean up the ashes on the driveway.

"Abu is still out, but not too thick and direction to Lumajang," Indra said via telephone.

Tutug also tell long-term plan to revive the tourism Bromo. One of them, set up some tour package that will be sold in April to welcome the school holiday months of June-July.

"We also plan a Jazz Mountain to be held on June 2," he said. It noted, the number of domestic and foreign tourists who stay in hotels in the District Sukapura on Friday (11/02/2011) through Sunday (13/02/2011) reached 116 people.

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Bromo eruption Tourism Offer

Having been closed since late last year due to the increasing status of Mount Bromo, then start on Wednesday (03/30/2011) tourism in the region of Probolinggo regency was finally reopened. New types of tours offered are tours of Mount Bromo eruption sea of ​​sand with views of the main cloud of smoke coming out of the mountain.

"We opened this tour with the eruption of Mount Bromo has been consulted on the experts such as volcanology and manager Bomo Tengger Semeru National Park. So it is certainly safe travel home tourists follow the signs and instructions given," said Regent Probolinggo, Hasan Aminudin, in Probolinggo.

Hasan hopes with the opening of this eruption then tour around the main perpetrators of the community's economy in tourism services there are dead since about four months ago could come back excited. "Tourism is still beyond 2 kilometers from the crater of Bromo. Where are the safe limits of Mount Bromo today is still two kilometers from the crater lip," said Head of Central Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS), Sutrisno.

Based on data from the Postal Monitor Mount Bromo in the Village Cemorolawang, Sukapura district, Malang regency, until now the status of the mountain is still alert level III. "But it tends to fall kegempaannya conditions. Even two days is very uncommon to hear the pounding of Mount Bromo," said observers monitored the seismicity in the mail, Subhan Ahmmad.

Today is recorded tremors still occur with a maximum amplitude of 20-40 millimeters (mm), with a height of 400-600 meters smoke, with smoke gray color thin leads to the East and Northeast.

Head of Culture and Tourism Probolinggo, Tutug Edi Utomo, adding that tourism Bromo eruption in the sea of ​​sand will still be coupled with the charm of travel and tour volcano Mount Mentigen Chrysanthemum hamlets. In buit Mentigen tourists can see the sunrise and sunset (located in the vicinity of Mount Bromo monitored post). The Chrysanthemum tourist hamlets formerly known as the climbing II.

Since the eruption of Mount Bromo late last year, according to Chairman of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association Branch Probolinggo, Digdoyo, hotel occupancy rates in Bromo dropped to 50 percent of the total of 310 rooms in 12 hotels in District Sukapura. Currently tourists have increased again.

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