Friday, April 04, 2008

• Photos from The Trip

  Here's the belated post of the trip to Indonesia. :P
  
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  Well, I arrived to Jakarta on January 25, 2008 (Friday). On Saturday, I went to Taman Mini, which is an "Indonesian miniature park" which shows the different ways of live of the people in Indonesia's 26 provinces. It was sort of like National Village of Indonesia, with different-styled houses from each of the provinces. It is located in East Jakarta.
  
  In the park, there were also a Komodo Museum, an IMAX theater, and an aquarium. So I visited them also. In Teater Imax Keong Emas (the IMAX theater), I watched "Beautiful Indonesia" which was a very good and informative movie about all the provinces of Indonesia. At the Komodo museum, they have also displayed snakes and turtles. You can even take a photo with a python wrapped around your neck. I declined. :P At the aquarium, there was a lot of species of fish.. Unfortunately, I didn't get to take good photos there because it was a bit dark inside. I finally saw how a piranha looks like though.. :D
  

  Figures wearing Traditional Batik	Wall Painting from one of the pavilions	Wihara Buddha (one of the pavilion)
  Cable cars passing over Yogyakarta pavilion	the famous Komodo @ Komodo Museum	Imax Theater

  We ate lunch at Taman Mini, and then afterwards, went to Mall Taman Anggrek (translation: Orchid Garden Mall) at the outskirts of Jakarta. Actually, it happened to be just a window-shopping cos we've just reached Jakarta, and we will still amazed by the currency difference - $1=9000 Rupiah Dollar - so we were abit "gasping" at the prices, which were like 200,000 for a blouse..  haha (Don't worry.. I got used to it later :P)
  

  Mall Taman Anggrek

  Posing especially for me :P (a sales promoter at the mall)

  Ice Skating Rink is said to be the first in SE Asia

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  On Sunday, we went to Bandung. Bandung is the capital of West Java Province. It is located about 180km (112 miles) southeast of Jakarta. It is 768 meters (2,520 ft.) above sea level. Bandung is sort of like Kalaw – a summer resort town and there are a lot of mountains and pine trees there. It is the city where the first African-Asian Summit was held in 1955. It is also know for its shopping outlets.
  

  

  We visited Tangkuban Perahu volcano in Bandung. Tangkuban Parahu means “up-turned boat”. It’s 28km north of Bandung and 1830 ft. above sea level. It is still active, but you can only see the mud and not the red hot lava. Since it was cold there, there were vendors selling hats and scarves.
  

  View from Tangkuban Parahu	Tangkuban Parahu's Kantin (Canteen)	View from the Crater (Tangkuban Parahu)
  Bamboo Pipes	They call this Batik Wood	Selling hats & scarvers

  Afterwards, we went to eat lunch at Kampung Daun Cultural Restaurant and Café. We ate traditional Indonesian meal – rice on banana leaf, fried chicken, fried fish, and Indonesian sauce with vegetables. One thing we have noticed about Indonesian meals is that they put chips (which looks like fish crackers from Myanmar but is not made of fish) on the plates as an appetizer of some sort.
  

  Entrance to Kampung Daun Culture Cafe Waterfall is abit muddy there

  Kampung Daun Culture Cafe

  Private Huts where you can eat your meal in peace

  
  We didn't get to visit a lot of places on this trip to Bandung because by the time we finished eating lunch, it was already around 3:00pm. We didn't want to get caught in traffic so we left Bandung. But don't worry.. I went there again two weeks after (slept a night in Bandung and went shopping!), and also visited the vicinities.
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  Will update about other trips next week. (I hope :P)
  

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