just a reminder of the moment - a day and night trip in Palembang

WIDHI BEK

WALK ALONG MUSI

ONE DAY ONE NIGHT TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF PALEMBANG

WIDHI BEK

GREETINGS

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PALEMBANG
Palembang is the capital city of South Sumatra Province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia with a lot of history as a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square kilometres and a population of 1,441,500. Palembang is the second-largest city in Sumatra after Medan and the seventh-largest city in Indonesia. The city will host the 26th edition of Southeast Asian Games on November 11, 2011 along with Jakarta. It was formerly the capital city of the Kingdom of Srivijaya, a powerful Malay kingdom, which influenced much of Southeast Asia.[1] The earliest evidence of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, I-Tsing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6 months.[2] [3] The first inscription in which the name Srivijaya appears also dates from the 7th century, namely the Kedukan Bukit Inscription around Palembang in Sumatra, dated 683. Palembang landmarks include the Ampera bridge and the Musi River which divides the city into two, Seberang Ilir to the north and Seberang Ulu to the south. The Seberang Ilir is the economic and cultural centre and the Seberang Ulu is the political centre. Geographical Location Geographically, Palembang is located at 2 5927 .99 S 104 4524 .24 longitude. The total area of Palembang City is 102.47 km with source : an average height of 8 meters from the sea surface. Location of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palembang Palembang is strategic because it passed by the road linking the Trans Sumatra between regions in the island of Sumatra. In addition there are also in Palembang, Musi River, which traversed Ampera Bridge, which serves as a means of transport and trade across regions. Topography Palembangs topography is generally flat, with altitudes generally at an average between 0 to 20 mm. Only a small portion of the land area of the city sees significant elevation, namely in the northern part of town. The type of soil in Palembang is layered soil alluvial. Clay and sand, which lies in the youngest layer, may contain petroleum.

MUSI FROM ABOVE

enjoy the Musi River from the window of an airplane before landing at Internasional Airport of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II

SUNSET AT AIRPORT

burst of twilight reflection at the airport .. Welcome to Palembang

TWILIGHT AT PARKING LOT

Twilight in the city of Palembang, decorate by mosque tower with the gradation of evening sky as a background. Taken from the car park location hurry while removing bags and luggage. That is troublesome if traveling with a friend who is not a hobby photograph ..

NGANGKOT

cheap transport is available to take us around the city of Palembang .. but always be aware .. Do not dress too flashy with luxury goods around the body: D

BUNDARAN AIR MANCUR PALEMBANG

Stopped at the Bundaran Air Mancur which marks the kilometer zero of the oldest cities of Indonesia. The fountain right in front of the Great Mosque of Palembang was built since th 1970s and has several times renovations

MASJID AGUNG PALEMBANG

Agung Palembang mosque initially called Sultan Mosque and built in 1738 by Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin I Jayo Wikramo. Dedication made this mosque on 28 Jumadil Beginning in 1151 H (26 May 1748). The size of the first mosque built in the area of 1080 square meters with a capacity congregation in 1200. Expansion is done with the first Sayid Umar bin Muhammad Assegaf Altoha and Sayid bin Achmad Syech Sahab conducted in the year 1897 under the leadership Nataagama Prince Ibn Mustafa Karta mangala Raden Kamaluddin.

WE ARE HERE
Masjid Agung Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II

TRIO KWEK KWEK

once in a while become a model for the photo: D photo album covers the latest trio of quack quack waiting at a nearby night market stall in your town locations: the front gate the Great Mosque of Palembang

CROWDED AMPERA
Saturday night, the icon of Palembang city is also flooded filled with a variety of age. Old, young, children gathered into one. There are just a group hanging out with their friends, find a quiet place for couples, young kids running around followed by her parents or slightly dazed look of a confused idiot like me looking for a place to put my tripod .. finally photographed using just a pocket camera, handheld ... # snap

aside from the crowd to be more freely capture the beauty of Ampera bridge at night.

AMPERA AT NIGHT

AMPERA AT NIGHT - PANORAMA

Ampera Bridge at night is documented in a combined eight shots in a panoramic format to crowds and its beauty can be enjoyed with enough detail

BECAK NGESOT

Quite different from the rickshaws that I met in Java. In Palembang, rickshaws is flat, where the roof is also quite low so get in and out of the chair is quite troublesome. But its just speeding as well, accompanied by background music and sound of scraping metal crrrriiinnngggggggggggggggg and also nearly hit by a car that would not back down # pathetic

TIME TO SLEEP
zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz #snore

GOOD MORNING AMPERA

welcomes the morning sun while watching the morning activities around the Ampera bridge while my friends are still enjoying the softness of the mattress at the inn, Ive been using motorcycles to find a place on the outskirts of Musi river good morning Ampera !

MISTY AMPERA
morning mist came over the Ampera bridge, i felt as if enjoying Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. But in here accompany with the sound of malay

FISHING
on the riverbank in the morning there were a few people fishing. seen a few times they catch fishs unfortunately there are a lot of rubbish scattered around #plastic.bag.garbage

A LITTLE SUN SHY

the sun is still shy to come out of the dusk. thick fog and a bit overcast cover its beam. while human activities on the Ampera bridge has begun crowding

PERFECT SUNRISE
finally the sun began to emerge perfectly luckily I still had time to dashed over to the bottom of Ampera bridge to capture from the point of this rather extreme thanks for my ultra wide lens Canon 10-22 mm that always accompany me in every trips # promotion

FULL CIRCLE
perfect spheres that will soon illuminate the entire surface of the earth with light

ONLY YOU AND ME

forget the problem of corruption in Indonesia forget the conflicts of who claimed as political elites forget global warming anxiety enjoy the sunrise accompanied by his girlfriend time seemed to stop spinning # cie

PASSING THE BRIDGE

across the bridge toward the other side

MORNING SILHOUETTE
that morning Ampera bridge was filled with a lot of people doing activity

REFLECTION
enjoy excitement from different perspective

MAN / WOMAN
toilet .. but still locked hopefully by noon have been opened to the public: D

AMPERA FROM OTHER SIDE

from the other side, the Ampera bridge is exposed to sunlight, seem contrast with blue sky behind it.

The island is situated in the middle of the Musi River, about 6 km from Benteng Kuto Besak.

KEMARO ISLAND

Called the Kemarau /drought , because, although the current-rising tide, the island is never sink, even though these areas by the river Musi partially submerged in water when the tide rises.

WELCOME PROSPEROUS
welcome to the island Kemaro .. may always be prosperous

LEGEND OF KEMARO ISLAND

Kemaro Island is a legend of love affair. It was about a Palembang Kings daughter, Siti Fatimah, and a Chinese Kings son, Tan Bun An. In Palembangs tradition, man should give Mahar (amount of money or Gold to the brides family). The Mahar was 9 jugs of gold. Tan Bun An went back to China told this to his parent. In avoiding the pirates attack on its way back to Palembang, Tan Bun Ans parent covered the jugs with salty food and vegetables on the top of them. when he got to Palembang, he wanted to check the jugs before he gave it to his bride. To his surprise, he found the jugs contained nothing but salty food and vegetables. He was disappointed and furious that he threw the jugs into the river. But one of them, hit the ships wall and broke into pieces that he could see the gold inside. Regretting for what he was doing, he decided to jump into the river and get himself drowned. Seeing this, Siti Fatimah did the same thing. She jumped into the river while saying if a land comes out of this river, it will be the place where I am buried.

SPECTATOR
because there was a renovation so we can not freely explore the room in the temple. simply by watching from the window of the newly finished

RITUAL
Visitors will lay hands on the wood, then the culmination of his hand marked with a rubber band. Further spread his hands for a second trial. If the second try beyond the first stretch that mark with rubber band, then it will be good luck.

ALTAR
altar is believed to be as grave of prince Siti Fatimah and her husband Tan Bun Ann
uh .. im not sure with my self :D because while here im concentrated to take a photoso maybe i wrong receive the information: D

and because it is being renovated so there were cans of paint: D

DOUBEL DRAGON
I remember the old game on nintendo console - DOUBEL DRAGON who I usually play games with my brother, tells about a pair of twin brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee fight to eradicate the enemies with his martial arts skills .. # remembered.childhood

WHERE ARE WE
feel like we are not in Palembang .. # ealah yet we are never to Palembang so not know if there are pagodas on the Kemaro island: D

9TH FLOOR PAGODA

The Kemaro islands iconic pagoda was built in 2006 unfortunately covered with fence so we can not enter into the pagoda maybe if there is a certain event they will open access to the pagoda. i think its pretty cool if you could observe Kemaro island from above

FEEL LIKE IN CHINA

no coment . . .

GUARDIAN
pagoda dragon guards that will scare anyone who tries do unfavorable on the Kemaro island #justmyimagination

SMILEY DRAGON
dragon guards were friendly and lots of smiles: D

SMILEY FACE
turned out to be here all happy smile: D #smile

GOING BACK
trip down the river Musi, the Ampera bridge no as a foreground

16 ILIR MARKET

This market is estimated start in the mid-19th century. Trading activity, which actually began in the Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam, mainly takes place on the banks of the River Musi. The traders, who generally come from Uluan areas (Musi River upstream) carrying agricultural produce, especially fruits, vegetables, and other needs by using a Kajang boat

SEE YOU AGAIN

at other times on other occasions

EITSSS.... NO YET FINISH

many say the of Palembang is culinary place so youll be sorry when it came to Palembang but did not taste some typical food lettss gooooo find the food

DURIAN
although in almost all places we can meet this fruit .. but yeah how else .. i like it very much so we content ourselves enjoying durians while hanging out at the curb it feels .. hmmm for me its tasty and delicious

PINDANG IKAN PATIN

arrgghhhh... I forgot to take a photo of Pindang Ikan Patin !!!!! #hungry.factor its served with stove.. taste is delicoius ... if you want to know it please came to Palembang by yourself :D

MIE CELOR
for breakfast we stop at noodle cafe in a very busy traditional market Mr. JK (Jusuf Kalla, - our ex vice president) have eaten here too Ruli try to promote it feels ... hmmmm .. VERY DELICOUS its big noodles, bigger than spagethi, mix with shrimp sauce.. slurppppp one package Bang ! i asked the waiter to package one mie celor for my frieds who still rest in the hotel

MARTABAK HAR
Restaurant was established on July 7, 1947. There is an attached images for an old man who was laying his hands in an attitude of prayer. Photos old father is the founder of this restaurant. His name is Haji Abdul Rozak or shortened to HAR,

MARTABAK - HAR
Martabak (a stuffed pancake made by chicken or duck eggs that scrambled) and puor with Indian curry sauce that given a few potatoes) plus green chili sauce .. yummmyy

PEK PEM

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SOUVENIR
as usual, local foods become target for souvenirs to bring back one of them krupuk its light ... but take a big space when you bring it to the cabin :p

ENDING
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