Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Member since September 2008

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My most impressive site: Bali

My proposal for a new site: Tana Toraja, Indonesia Nagari Sijunjung, Indonesia

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About Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

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Reviews by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

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Tana Toraja Traditional Settl… (On tentative list)

Tana Toraja Traditional Settlement

I should say that the culture of the tribe in Tana Toraja is really amazing. And that includes the outstanding story and value on their burial sites.

I was amazed …

Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage … (Inscribed)

Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto

The City of Sawah Lunto, around 3-4 hrs from Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, is actually quite a small town. It is an easy day trip starting from Bukittinggi …

Traditional Settlement at Nagari Sijunjung by Roman Bruehwiler

Traditional Settlement at Nag… (On tentative list)

Traditional Settlement at Nagari Sijunjung

There are 2 groups of settlements that is actually within the same area of 'tribe village/desa adat'. It is close to Sawah Lunto (another TWHS) so one can visit both …

Tropical Rainforest Sumatra by Clyde

Tropical Rainforest Sumatra (Inscribed)

Tropical Rainforest Sumatra

I went to Mt. Kerinci as part of Kerinci Seblat National Park, as part of the series of rainforest and mountain range in Sumatra Island in Indonesia.

The location is …

Trowulan - Former Capital City of Majapahit Kingdo by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Trowulan - Former Capital Cit… (On tentative list)

Trowulan - Former Capital City of Majapahit Kingdo

The scattered sites are located in the town of Mojokerto, around 1.5 hrs drive from the city of Surabaya (East Java). Once could start from the Museum, to get the …

Old Town of Jakarta by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Old Town of Jakarta (On tentative list)

Old Town of Jakarta

The Old Town of Jakarta/Old Batavia comprises many sites and covers quite large area. The "common" Old Jakarta is very easy to access and a very common place to hang …

Semarang Old Town by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Semarang Old Town (On tentative list)

Semarang Old Town

Semarang is the capital city of Central Java, and it is not hard to get there from Jakarta. A 40 mins flight or 6 hrs train ride will get you …

Bunaken National Park by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Bunaken National Park (On tentative list)

Bunaken National Park

Bunaken National Park is located in the Northern Part of Sulawesi (Celebes) island in Indonesia. It takes around 3 hrs flight from Jakarta (going east) to Manado city, and then …

Bali Subak system by Carlo Sarion

Bali Subak system (Inscribed)

Bali Subak system

Subak (irrigation) system in Bali is not a mere irrigation system. The water that irrigates the paddy fields comes from the water temple surrounded by the paddy fields.

While water …

Ujung Kulon National Park by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Ujung Kulon National Park (Inscribed)

Ujung Kulon National Park

Ujung Kulon National Park is one of many Indonesian Beauty. Yet, it takes quite an effort to get there, thus make the park has not been visited as often as …

Angkor by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Angkor (Inscribed)

Angkor

I have to admit that this is one of the greatest world heritage sites!

The area spanding of hundreds of kilometres square, and could only be embraced by having an …

Melaka and George Town by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Melaka and George Town (Inscribed)

Melaka and George Town

Melaka historic centre is basically a very small area covering with many redish buildings in one part before crossing the bridge, and more 'historic - old' buildings on the other …

Macao by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Macao (Inscribed)

Macao

It was quite a journey to walk through each and every building that includes in the Heritage Sites, from A Ma Temple to Guia Fortress.

Most are churches with similar …

Prambanan by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Prambanan (Inscribed)

Prambanan

The site area is quite simple, and offer a lovely atmosphere. Especially in the late afternoon. When I was there (Dec 2007), one of the three temples is under renovation …

Borobudur by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Borobudur (Inscribed)

Borobudur

One of the most beautiful WHS. So grand and full of lovely details in its wall.

The best time to see it from above is in the early morning when …

Kinabalu Park by Els Slots

Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)

Kinabalu Park

Really deserved the title as one of the WHS. The park is beautiful, and as I happen to manage to climb the Kinabalu Mountain, I could see more of the …

Sangiran Early Man Site by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Sangiran Early Man Site (Inscribed)

Sangiran Early Man Site

Quite a dissapointing site!

If I didnt insist to see the sites, the visitors could only see the museum which consist of only several bones and replica which is not …

Ayutthaya by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Ayutthaya (Inscribed)

Ayutthaya

Outstandingly beautiful! It is actually one of the reasons I took a trip to Bangkok in the first place. The ruins really takes you to the ancient times... still well …

Baroque Churches by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Baroque Churches (Inscribed)

Baroque Churches

I visited the San Agustine one in Manila. The timing was bad because I couldnt see inside. But from the outside, I couldnt see very much of it's "greatness" to …

Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago by Elisabeth Fransisca Situmorang

Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipel… (Inscribed)

Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago

It's a stunningly beautiful site. As I always love water, it gives the best out of the site. The changing of shade of colours from the sky as opposed to …