Ada kalanya sebuah perjalanan dimulai bahkan sebelum kita berangkat. Bahkan bermula dari perjumpaan setelah sekian tahun berlalu dan tak bertemu, kemudian reconnected dari percakapan masa lampau mengalir menuju tempat yang selama ini berada begitu dekat…
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Catatan dari Panggung Perak Skena Heavy Metal di Jember
Reportage dari Press Release Debut Album Serversick Malam itu aku menghadiri undangan press release publik untuk debut album Distorsi Panggung Perak dari band Serversick. Acara berlangsung di Shata Space, Jalan Tidar, Jember. Aku datang ketika…
Pengalaman Mendaki Gunung Raung via Sumberwringin
Seperti yang diceritakan oleh Faesol, pemandu dan porter Gunung Raung Gunung Raung selalu menjadi gunung acuan di Jawa Timur. Jalurnya panjang, medannya menantang, cuaca sering berubah cepat, dan setiap pendaki yang berhasil sampai puncak pasti…
Sam – A Tour Guide Story
Aku pertama kali mengenal Sam sekitar tahun 2007 di Bondowoso. Di daerah, wisata alam khususnya ke kawah Ijen belum seramai sekarang. Untuk mendapatkan tamu tak jarang kami mendekati ke hotel, home stay bahkan on the…
The Roar of Raung (Part 6)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. Every mountain has a story — not only of eruptions and rocks but of names, meanings, and memories that live among the people…
The Civilization Beneath the Volcano (Part 5)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. As we step into the next era after the great volcanic eruptions, the stones that once told stories of fire and creation now…
The Living Landscape: Geotourism, Hot Springs, and Coffee Farms of Ijen (Part 4)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. Every stone tells a story — alive, ancient, and filled with memory. In Ijen, the rocks are not silent. They speak of time,…
The Ancient Lake and the Fiery Birth of Ijen (Part 3)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. Before the great fracture occurred, the vast Ijen Caldera was once home to an ancient lake. At that time, the volcanic supply was…
From the Ancient Sea to the Rise of Volcanoes: The Birth of the Ijen Caldera (Part 2)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. Roughly 30 million years ago, deep beneath what is now East Java, the earth began to move.The tectonic plates — those massive slabs…
Understanding Ijen Geopark: The Earth’s Story (Part 1)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. “What is a Geopark?” A Geopark is a kind of geographical model — an area based on its geological characteristics. It can stand…