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Peucang Island
Peucang is a tiny island located within the Ujung Kulon National Park / Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon, between Ujung Kulon mainland and the Panaitan Island.
Panaitan is perhaps more familiar to die-hard surfers with its rather dangerous surfing spots.
The 180 degrees view facing the Ujung Kulon forests from Peucang Island is what we call serene, calm and beautiful. Wake up early morning when it's still dark, catch the sunrise lurking from behind the dark green trees of Ujung Kulon forest still covered with morning mists. Sitting there on the pier waiting for sunrise you'll only hear cicadas, scream of monkeys from the trees, early morning birds singing, peaceful sound of water sweeping the white sandy beach, and your own heartbeat.
During the day, the entire island belongs to you. Swim, snorkel, or just float lazily on the water. Trek to the other side of the island through a real forest full of big trees, home to plenty of deers during the night. During the day, they would wander freely around Peucang Lodge, grazing, or just sitting lazily under the shade.
Yogi the Boar
A family of big wild boars would walk by, sniffing everything on the ground. Each boar is given a name by the Forest Rangers at Peucang Island. Yogi is the biggest, eldest, and perhaps laziest, and most likely the leader of the pack. On the day you are about to leave the island, one of these boars would come near to you and wish you a safe journey.
That wild boar was wandering alone far beyond the pier, when it saw us about to leave the island, then it approached one of our guests, a beautiful Russian lady, and asked to be touched.
Wildlife Grazing
Cross to the mainland in less than 10 minutes by boat, and see wildlife grazing in the morning where all kinds of wild animals peacefully gather at the wide open grazing ground. Walk further by the trail along the coast, passing big trees, and reach the first point of Java Island, the real "zero kilometer" of Java, facing the south seas or Indonesia Ocean (Indian Ocean).
Sleep
Peucang Island doesn't offer you a lot. It is not Gili Islands and for sure it is not Kuta in Bali. No "city-style or urban-style nightlife". It is somewhere else. It is different. The only acommodation is Peucang Lodge. Very basic accommodation. Take it or else sleep in the forest with monkeys ! At the end of the day you'll realize, it's cozy, simple, and that's what it should be like in Peucang.
What to watch for as Indiana heads to the polls
By Lauren Weber
Tuesday May 3rd, 2016
TOP STORIES
INDIANA HEADS TO THE POLLS What to watch for tonight as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump look to lock up their respective nominations once and for all. [NYT]
AIRLINE PROFITS WERE INSANE THIS YEAR While you put your phone on a tray the size of well, your phone, airlines made triple their profits last year, netting a cool $25.6 billion. [Chris D'Angelo, HuffPost]
ALL WHILE WAIT TIMES INCREASE "Security lines at airports are getting longer -- much longer -- and wait times could reach epidemic levels when air travel peaks this summer, according to airlines, airports and federal officials." [NYT]
THREE EARTHS FOUND? Three temperate planets that could support life have been found orbiting an "ultracool dwarf star" (for the record, ultracool is a scientific term, even though we do think this is really cool). [Micheal McLaughlin, HuffPost]
IWO JIMA PHOTO UNDER SCRUTINY "The Marine Corps has opened an investigation into whether it misidentified one of the six men shown raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima in February 1945, The Associated Press reported Monday." [WaPo]
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WHAT’S BREWING
A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS HAPPENED AT THE MET GALA Kanye West wore ripped jeans, Beyonce confirmed Rita Ora probably wasn't Becky all while wearing a lot of latex, many stars broke out their baby bumps, Kate Upton showed off her engagement ring, and A-Rod showed up with not a model, but a successful woman entrepreneur. It was a crazy night. [HuffPost]
'WICKED' HAS MADE $4 BILLION WORLDWIDE Talk about defying gravity. [Variety]
TRY NOT TO FALL MORE IN LOVE WITH JUSTIN TRUDEAU With this video for the Invictus Games. [HuffPost]
REMEMBER HOW GOOD LEBRON WAS IN 'TRAINWRECK?' Well get excited, as it looks like "Space Jam 2" is finally happening. [HuffPost]
INSIDE ONE OF THE 'RIDICULOUS SENTENCES' "Because this was a federal case, and the amount of meth exceeded 500 grams, or 1.1 pounds, Guthmiller was suddenly facing at least 10 years behind bars as a co-conspirator." [NBC News]
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DRIVERLESS BOATS "While they might end up putting sailors out of a job, fully autonomous boats could help the fossil fuel-hungry shipping industry drastically slash its carbon emissions." [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ One last Met Gala note -- we want Claire Danes’ Cinderella light-up gown.
~ First class seating is causing "air rage."
~ There is a wearable device called a Pavlok, that shocks its users to keep their behavior in line. What a perfect name.
~ Watch out -- Australia wants to kill its Carp fish problem with herpes.
~ On this week's "Candidate Confessional," Jeb Bush's former communications director Tim Miller talks why the campaign couldn't "fix it."
~ Meet the first "climate refugees" being resettled in Louisiana.
~ Try not to smile watching Leicester City players celebrating one of the largest upsets in history with their win of the English Premier League title.
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Ujung Kulon National Park
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| Ancient map of Ujung Kulon. |
Krakatau (about 2 hours by fastboat from Ujung Kulon) and Ujung Kulon was declared as World Heritage Site on February 1992. On May 3, 1992 the management of the Krakatau Nature Reserve was transferred to Nature Resource Conservation, Lampung, Sumatra.
Ujung Kulon is the last refuge of the critically endangered one-horned Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Sondaicus). The park also protects 57 rare species of plant. The 35 species of mammal include Banteng, Silvery Gibbon, Javan Lutung, Crab-eating Macaque, Leopard, Java Mouse-deer, and Rusa Deer. There are also 72 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 240 species of birds.
Discover Peucang
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| Peucang Island, overlooking Ujung Kulon mainland. |
Peucang was called Meeuwen Eiland by the Dutch, perhaps due to many seagulls around the island during the "quest-for-spices" days hundreds years ago.
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| Paradise. |
Visit Peucang Island
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| Sunrise at Peucang. |
If there is a place to be remembered for the rest of your life, it is Peucang. Small, green, deers, wild boars, monkeys wandering around. Sparking water, pristine sandy beach, it's a place to be alone. Sit there by the pier or white sandy beach, watch the green lush mystical Ujung Kulon forest at the distance across the Peucang Strait. A dark stork would fly by, low, aiming for fish in the water. A sea hawk high above lurking. Before sunset, big black bats flying from one tree to another, finding a place to spend the night. Once on a while a baby shark might be seen in the shallow water. As it gets darker, sound of cicadas in the quiet night. Sometimes owl, or some other night birds could be heard. It's a place to listen to nature, and your heartbeat. Wake up early morning when it's still dark and wait for sunrise lurking slowly from behind the Ujung Kulon forest, painting the skies with glowing colours.
It's paradise !
It's paradise !
Ted Cruz's weakening chances
By Lauren Weber
Monday May 2nd, 2016
TOP STORIES
TED CRUZ'S TERRIBLE FEW DAYS His numbers in Indiana look lackluster, his delegate count is softening and Donald Trump may sweep the nomination Tuesday. And on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders is promising a fight to the finish with a play for superdelegates at the convention. [NYT]
ANDREW SULLIVAN RETURNS WITH A VENGANCE "And it is when a democracy has ripened as fully as this, Plato argues, that a would-be tyrant will often seize his moment … Is [Trump] testing democracy’s singular weakness -- its susceptibility to the demagogue -- by blasting through the firewalls we once had in place to prevent such a person from seizing power?" [New York Magazine]
'THIS CAN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT' Inside the slower housing recovery for African-Americans in Atlanta. [WaPo]
WSJ: 'THE TECH BUBBLE IS BURSTING' Sound the alarm. [WSJ]
CIA DIRECTOR AGAINST RELEASING PAGES OF 9/11 REPORT "CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday defended the government’s decision to withhold 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission Report, telling NBC the classified pages contain 'inaccurate' information that could be used to tie Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 terror attacks." [Christina Wilke, HuffPost]
BITCOIN FOUNDER REVEALS HIMSELF Meet Australian Craig Wright. [Reuters]
WHOSE FAULT IS DONALD TRUMP? We here at First to Last are pointing the (short) finger of blame. [Howard Fineman, Jason Linkins and Lauren Weber]
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WHAT’S BREWING
ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD After last night's "Game of Thrones." In case you live in an Internet-free, Twitter-less world, we here at The Morning Email won't spoil it for you. Just read here. [HuffPost]
PREET BHARARA IS 47 Inside the meteoric rise of the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. [The New Yorker]
SO MANY ROYAL PHOTOS Between the teasers of Princess Kate's Vogue shoot and the pictures from Princess Charlotte's birthday, we don't even know what to click on. [HuffPost]
EXPERIENCE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Thanks to the Guardian’s new virtual reality feature. [The Guardian]
THIS GUY MAKES $600,000 'TORMENTING RICH PEOPLE' "Describing himself as 'Hitch on steroids,' the 26-year-old overhauls the bodies, minds, wardrobes, and sex lives of the very rich." [Thrillist]
THE ENGLISH MAJOR IN US Is geeking out over the casting news of Elisabeth Moss of "Mad Men" fame as Offred in Amazon's "The Handmaid's Tale." [Vulture]
THIS IS A LIST TO TIDY YOUR LIFE We sadly do almost none of these on a daily basis. Thus the need for such a list. [HuffPost]
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THE LIBRARIES HELPING PEOPLE DECLUTTER "Have you ever checked out a sewing machine from your local library? What about a guitar or a 3D printer? If you haven’t, you might soon. Public libraries across the country are housing so-called 'libraries of things,' from which people can borrow useful items for a short time instead of buying them outright." [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ “That’s like buying a ticket on the Titanic.” -- Lindsey Graham talking about whether people want to be Donald Trump's vice president.
~ These "Biggest Loser" contestants' bodies have fought back to gain weight.
~ In college decision news you were dying to hear about, Malia Obama is headed to Harvard after a gap year.
~ "Fifty Shades of Grey" is looking tame compared to this new Showtime show.
~ Radiohead has wiped its Internet presence.
~ The Beyhive isn't happy with its Queen after she postponed her Nashville show.
~ We can't get over this video of Oprah and her audience freaking out over the iPod. Oh what a wonder 2003 was.
~ What if you didn't have to wear jumpsuits in jail?
~ Why you should ban "I feel like" from your vocabulary.
~ And all of the photos from "nerd prom" aka the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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