Mekarsari is the park that offer a lot of amusement to its customers. It is located in Bogor. Mekarsari has a fruit park that allow people to see the park and see the fruit trees. There is a mini train served by the management of MEKARSARI for visitors. To use the mini train facility, visitors have to pay Rp3000,00. Here is the picture of a mini train in Mekarsari Fruit Park:

By using this mini train, they do not have to walk around the park to see what kinds of fruit planted there. there is also one tour guide provided in each of the mini train. The purpose is to make sure that visitors get the information about Mekarsari, for instance what they were doing, what kinds of fruits planted by them, the time for harvesting the tree, and so on. For fruit tress that have reached the time for harvesting, people can pluck the fruits from the trees and then bring it home. to bring it home, they have to pay according to the weight of the fruits.  Besides the fruit park, there is also another entertainments for visitors. they can play duck boat. the duck boat is for 2 people and the way to ride it is by oaring, the system looks like riding a bike. I recommend this place for family because it is suitable for family recreation. The ticket charge for visitors are Rp10,000.00 for adults and Rp9000,00 for children.

Ragunan is the only zoo in Jakarta. This zoo exhibits a lot of kind of animal, especially Indonesian indigenous animals such as Cenderawasih bird, Anoa, Tapir, Komodo, Orang Utans, Elephants, and many more. The atmosphere in this zoo is like in the real forest. This place is opened for public every day from  Monday to Sunday. The ticket price is Rp3000,00 for adults, and Rp2000,00 for children. If you go there by bus, the entrance ticket for bus is Rp7500,00, for car Rp5000.00 and motorcycle Rp2000,00.  This place is very crowded on the weekend and public holiday. Most of the visitors who come to the zoo bring their child because this place is very good and suitable for children to know about animals specially Indonesian Indigenous animals. They can learn how to love the animals and learn many different kinds of animals that are scarce. However, even though Ragunan zoo is the only zoo in Jakarta, most of the people in Jakarta prefer go to Taman Safari Indonesia which located in Bogor. There is also a lot of restaurant or food stalls in Ragunan zoo area, so for the people who are hungry after walking around Ragunan zoo, they don’t have to worry because there is a lot of food restaurant or stalls available there. If you interested to visit Ragunan and want to know information a lot from it, you can click to this website http://www.jakarta.go.id/ragunan/zoo.htm

WATERBOM is a new recreation place in Jakarta. it is located in Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK), North Jakarta. It has a lot of attractions provided for visitors. basically, WATERBOM is a pool that combines the entertainment and sport. WATERBOM PIK is open from Monday till Sunday. From Monday to Friday, it opens at 11.00-20.00 and from Saturday, Sunday, and public holiday, it opens at 08.00-20.00.

The entrance ticket is quite expensive. During weekdays, the ticket price for adults is Rp120.000,00, for children Rp70.000,00, and for family which consist of 2 adults and 2 kids, the price is Rp360.000,00. During weekend and ppublic holiday, the price is changed. Rp160.000,00 for adults, Rp100.000,00 for children, and Rp500.000,00 for a family.

There are many kinds of attractions in WATERBOM PIK, such as water slide (Hairpin, aquatube, speed slide, and the whizzard). the highest water slide is 21m which is speed slide. the maximum speed is 70km/hr. I quote an information about the safety in this water slide from http://www.mediakonsumen.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2987&theme=Printer. The quotation is “Saya dan anak saya Kevin yg berusia 9 thn mencoba slide setinggi 21 m, saya kaget mengetahui bhw Kevin mengalami luka di dekat pinggang setelah turun dari slide itu, kami langsung membawa Kevin ke ruang medik di sana dan ternyata hrs mendapat 5 JAHITAN & mendapat pertolongan ringan krn luka sobek tersebut.” In this site,  there is also comments from the WATERBOM PIK’s Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing. The core of her comment is that to apologize about the accident happened and WATERBOM is responsible for the victim. I hope it never happen to me and the other people. For more information, www.waterbom-jakarta.com

Every country in the world must have its own landmark or pride that makes them famous and different from the other countries. If Malaysia has Petronas twin tower and U.S.A has Liberty statue as their landmarks, then Monas is a landmark of Indonesia especially in Jakarta city. Monas is the tall monument located in the middle of Jakarta city. MONAS is located at West Medan Merdeka infront of Istana Merdeka. The characteristics of this building is that there is the replica tongue of fire that layered by gold in the top of this building. Inside of this monument, we can find a lot of historical story about Indonesia. In addition, this monument also exhibits several historical property of Indonesia. This monument also provides a lift for carrying visitors to the upstairs or downstairs of this monument. The lift is able to carry 10 people. Once you arrived at the top of this monument you can see the sight of the whole Jakarta city from the top. You can see the view by using telescopes available there. There are 4 telescopes and to use it you have to pay Rp2000,00 for a few minutes. This monument is opened for public everyday and the ticket price of the monument is Rp7500,00. When people pay this amount, they can go through the top of MONAS. There is also futsal court inside of MONAS area. Everyone can play futsal here, but unfortunately the usage of this court is not arranged well. if you are curious in the history of MONAS, visit http://ariesaksono.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/monumen-nasional-tugu-monas/

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Jakarta has a lot of mall but the green spaces in Jakarta are very few. In order to maximize the green space in Jakarta and to reduce the pollution, in 2007 the governor of the Jakarta at that moment Mr. Sutiyoso declare officially the new park in Jakarta. This park called Taman Menteng. Taman Menteng or menteng park located at HOS Cokroaminoto street. Initially, Mr. Sutiyoso plan to built this park got a lot of rejection from the football lovers in Jakarta because this park before is persija stadium. However after this park was built, a lot of people is very glad about this place. This park has a lot of kinds of plants, two green houses, and two futsal, basketball court. But the using of the court have not organized well. so that there are a lot of people who wait for play in that area. To see more detail from other people opinion, just click on this link http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:u5M50VxJysgJ:forum.big-reds.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D10%26t%3D2500%26start%3D75%26st%3D0%26sk%3Dt%26sd%3Da%26sid%3D38284d4a1cd6cdb16239625a303aff0f%26view%3Dprint+lapangan+futsal+taman+menteng+rebutan&hl=id&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=id

For the parents who bring their children, there is also children playground area. The last but not least, this park also provides parking space therefore people do not have to worry when they want go to here using car. This park is free entry and open for public everyday. I think this place is very suitable for people to release their stress or exhaustion after busy for working during weekdays.Great place!!

As we know Indonesia is a tropical country and has hot and wet climate. For you who want to try cold atmosphere or winter situation, you can go to Ice world. Ice world is a place that provide winter atmosphere. So, for you who want to feel or try winter season in Jakarta, this place is the right choice for you. This place provides – 3°C. Ice world is located inside of ANCOL Recreation Park. Inside ice world, we can find a lot of replica of seven wonders building in the world made by ice. We can also find snow in this place, so we can play with snow. Unfortunately, I think this place is not too big, so if the visitor too crowded it is very hard for us to walk around this place. For the people who are not able for a long time in the cold situation, I recommend you to wear multiple shirts or bring wool jackets from your home. Otherwise, you should not come to here because the temperature inside the ice world is very cold and you will just able playing inside the ice world for a few minutes and it is not worth with the price ticket that you have been paid before. The tickets price for this place is Rp50.000 including rented mantle. By paying Rp50,000.00 it is unlimited time for you to be in that place. When people have pay the ticket, then the ticket counter will give you a bangle made from paper and you have to use it in your wrist. I think this place is good. For more information, you can browse http://www.ancol.com/newsroom_detail.php?pkid=29

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Ancol Recreation Park is a family recreation park in north Jakarta. Today, Ancol recreational park also known as Ancol bay city. Ancol is a beach that located in North Jakarta.  This place is suitable for the people who want to spend their time to recreation in the beach atmosphere. They can swim, playing sand, or others activity over there. This place offer a lot of water sports facilities. The visitors also can cruise the Java Sea by renting boat. Beside beach, there is also pasar seni or art market. Pasar seni is the market that sells the product of Indonesian art. Around the beach area, there are a lot of  places selling food. So, the visitors do not worry if they are hungry. The restaurant consists of fast food restaurant to seafood restaurant. There is also the café that should be tasted for the people who wants to visit Ancol. The name of this café is Le Bridge. The things that make this café special are this café is located in the middle of the sea. In the night, there is also club in this area. The others facility is Gondola. Gondola is basically same with cable car, thus the visitor can see the whole of the Ancol area from the top. There is also boat for renting to the customers who want to cruise the ocean. The ticket price of this facility is around Rp20.000,0o for renting a boat. Ancol is opened every day for public from to. The ticket entrance price is Rp10.000 for car and Rp10.000 for motorbike. This place is very crowded on the week end and public holiday because this is the most favorite’s family recreation place.

DUFAN is the largest recreational place in Indonesia. This recreational park is suitable place for family to spend time together with. Dufan is located  in ide of Ancol Bay City, which is in North Jakarta. This place provides a lot of recreational vehicles. The new vehicle in DUFAN is called EXTREME LOG. People who come to Dufan must try it. People are allowed to watch in the Extreme Log. Beside Extreme Log, there is TORNADO. It is another favorite vehicle in Dufan. You should try this vehicle because this vehicle capable to spin until 90 degrees. For the people who doubt the security of this machine, don’t worry because this machine 100 % safety for people. Each person is equipped with safety belt and pacifier. It can be proven trough visiting this link www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/10/tgl/24/time/180229/idnews/844617/idkanal/10. The other vehicle that DUFAN offer such as roller coaster, Istana Boneka, jet coaster, arung jeram, niagara gara, kora-kora, bianglala, and so on. If you hungry after playing or walking in DUFAN, there are also provides restaurants inside DUFAN. There are Mc Donald’s, Mister Baso, Hop Hop, Wall’s Ice cream, and so on. A lot of the restaurants there are quite expensive. It is not as usual, like the one in malls. The reason is maybe because DUFAN is a recreational places. in addition, people who come to DUFAN are not allowed to get out from the gate just for eating. they can go out but they can’t come back in and continue to play. DUFAN is opened everyday for publics from Monday to Friday. The entrance ticket price is Rp100,000.00 for public holidays and Rp60,000.00 for weekdays. This place is very crowded on the weekend or public holiday.

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Seaworld is the place that exhibits a lot of species of fish and others water animals in the big aquarium. This place is located inside of ancol recreation park area. In this place, we can see a lot of species of fish such as ray, shark, piranha, white shark, dugong, and so on from the big aquarium or we can see them from the glass tunnel. The visitors do not have to walk while they are inside of the tunnel because the floor is moving automatically. There are also others water animals such as turtle, crocodile, and so on. This place also provides a lot of information about ancient fish. The visitor also allowed giving food to the certain animals like turtle except crocodile and piranha because surely that is very dangerous. The most favorite show in this place is when the diver giving food to the white shark. White shark is the most dangerous shark amongst the others species of shark and the others sea animal. Seaworld also provides small cinema for the visitor. This cinema shows the movie about under sea life. To watch in this small cinema, visitors can entry freely. In addition, seaworld also provides accessories shop. Thus the visitor can buy anything product about seaworld as their memory. However the weaknesses of this place are this place is too small when the visitor too crowded and there is no restaurant or café inside the seaworld. This place is very crowd on weekend or public holiday. Seaworld opened everyday for public from 9 AM to 6 PM. The ticket price to enter this place is Rp. 30.000 for weekdays and Rp. 40.000,- for weekend or public holiday. This place is very crowded on the week end and public holiday. For more information about this place, you can click http://www.seaworldindonesia.com

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah also known as the miniature of the Indonesia. You can see a lot of traditional house throughout Indonesia and you can know all the culture that Indonesia has. There is also cable cars, so you can see the whole Taman Mini Indonesia Indah area and the replica of Indonesia archipelago by cable cars from the top. This facility is called sky lift Indonesia. The ticket price for sky lift Indonesia is Rp. 20.000,-. The other facility that Taman Mini Indonesia Indah has is Keong mas. Keong mas is an IMAX theater. That is the only IMAX theater in Indonesia. This theater equipped by sophisticated technology. You can see a lot of movie available there. For the parents who bring their children they can bring them to the istana anak – anak. The ticket price for istana anak – anak is Rp. 4.000,-. The other facilities that TMII has such as tanah airku theater, monorail train, birds garden, flora and fauna garden and so on. I think this place is very suitable for the family recreation place and very good because this place provides a lot of information about Indonesian culture. So, for the people who haven’t known all about Indonesian culture, they can go there. The price ticket to enter the TMII is Rp. 9.000,- for above 3 years old, Rp. 10.000 for car, Rp. 6.000 for motorcycle, Rp. 15.000,- for bus or truck, and Rp. 1.000,- for cycle. This place is very crowded during weekend and public holiday. For more information about this place, you can click their website in http://www.tamanmini.com/