Not His Story: Having a Blast in South Sentul

Located in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Sentul has been the new place for people who live in Jakarta to have some fun. People know this place probably because there's a race circuit in that location. Well, i'm not going to tell you about my time visiting that circuit (in fact, i haven't been there). Some of my friends already visited a theme park named JUNGLELAND, located in South Sentul, which became famous because it almost look like Universal Studios in Singapore. And they said, beside Jungleland, I also need to visit a floating restaurant named Ah-Poong which located next to South Sentul Exit.

And here's my review

Famous USS-Look-alike Globe

Lately, i've been close to my cousins from my dad's side, probably because we're live closely and born in such a close year (93-94-96). And don't forget, the social media bring us closer. So, on Ied Mubarak's 2nd day, we decided to visit Jungleland and Ah-poong on Friday, August 8th. Then, i visited Jungleland's website to see the admission ticket price and promo. More than lucky, i found out that BCA FLAZZ will give the owner of the card 35% off on peak season& weekend, and 45% off on weekdays. Since the August 8th is still on the peak season, so we only got 35%. The normal ticket is 200.000IDR each and because of the discount, we only paid for 130.000IDR each. That promo only valid for 6 ticket in one FLAZZ card. Not only got the discount, we also got 20% off voucher for THE JUNGLE (water park) and free admission to JUNGLE FEST. 

The gate open at 10.00AM, and we're too early for that. We arrived at 9.00AM (only took 1 hour from Lebak Bulus to Sentul! wew!!), so we walked around and found an open cafe and decided to have kind of breakfast. Me and my cousin, Odi, bought green tea (16.000IDR/glass, pricey..i know), Dyah bought a french fries with cheese and Priska bought Oreo Milkshake.At least we have a place to chit chat and took pictures with my monopod. At 10.00AM we walked to the ticket box and bought 4 tickets (130.000IDRx4=520.000IDR with FLAZZ BCA). When you enter the gate, your ticket (i do love the ticket!)will be scanned and you'll meet some photographers. They'll took the picture of you and give you a ticket. You can exchange the ticket with your photo, but you have to pay for it (90.000IDR for small picture, 100.000 for bigger picture. You can also make a key-chain with your photo or buy the CD of all of your photos in Jungleland for 300.000IDR...too pricey!!). Didn't want to loose a moment, I asked the photographer to take the picture of us using my Fujifilm Instax 8s, the result wasn't disappointed.

Instax Version

The park's photograper's version

The first thing on my mind was: where should I go?

the sign, for me isn't too helpful. I still get confused because there're a lot of empty lot in this place. I suggest you to go to the right side after you entered the gate. Then, you can enjoy some adrenaline-junkie-attraction on the CARNIVALIA section. In this place, you can found a haunted house named 'RUMAH JELANGKUNG' , DISK'O ( a spinning disc, which i love), DISCOVERY ( spinning pendulum, I would love to play with this attraction, but i just can't imagine it), AIR RACE (was in maintenance when I was there), BUMPER CAR, FERRIS WHEEL (love the view..but I prefer the FW on DUFAN), and DINO WORLD (the dino seems alive, but not really interesting. I believe they can do better). At that time, i didn't visit CARNIVALIA first, me and my cousin decided to visit TROPICALIA and try CURAM JERAM. Well, on CARNIVALIA, i tried DISK'O, BUMPER CAR, DINO WORLD, and FERRIS WHEEL (for two times!). On friday, the moeslim man could do Friday Pray on a Musholla, next to RUMAH JELANGKUNG (they'll announce it! Don't worry to miss it).

Ferris Wheel Selfie! EPIC!

Well, i pretty had good time on TROPICALIA. I do love the HARVEST TIME and AYUN AYUN. Those attraction help  me to be dry after a crazy, and my favorite, attraction. TROPICALIA basicly have a lot of kids attraction. Next to TROPICALIA is MYSTERIA. Actually, there are A LOT OF COOL ATTRACTION on this place, such as RARAFTINGAN (at that time, the river was receding), MEGA DROP, SNAKE COASTER...but all of them was still on maintenance huhuhu :"(. But, to add a lil mystery sparks, you can play the BOAT BLASTER! I highly suggest to play on that attraction at around 3PM because you'll meet random people to play with. It was great! And highly recommended. If you don't want to get wet..DO NOT TRY THIS ATTRACTION, EVER! We played on this attraction for 4 times. At first, was too early so our enemy was just the attraction's team. But on our 2nd to 4th time, we actually had a battle with other visitor and I got really really wet! They also sell a raincoat for 15.000IDR, but c'mon....!!

Ayun Ayun, edited using VSCOCAM & Afterlight on iOS

Ferris Wheel, edited using VSCOCAM & Afterlight on iOS

For lunch, you can go to 3 different resto in Jungleland. For Indonesian food, you can try the restaurant neer the CARNIVALIA. I bought Soto Mie for 35.000IDR and ES CAMPUR for 20.000IDR. The order method in this place is quite unique. Entering the food hall, you will get a card. Then, the food counter will give you a stamp. You eat the food first, and pay later by showing the card to the cashier. 

the food yard card

Ketoprak

We finished our fun time on Jungleland at 4PM. That theme park was pretty hot because there're not a lot of tree. Here's some suggestion for you if you want to visit JUNGLELAND

• Use sunscreen
• Bring another clothes (top, bottom, underwear) and towel (the mini). And also a plastic bag
• You still be able to bring your own food&drink, just make sure you put it on tupperware
• dress properly...don't dress up like you're going to the mall..and i mean it (forget the heavy make up, dear lady)
• If you decided to take public transportation, you can try APTB SENTUL-BLOK M
• Bring your hat
• Don't forget your camera. eventhough  you'll forget to take some cool pics, but please don't forget to take a selfie of you and update on your social media platform :p

Okay, after JUNGLELAND, we went to AH-POONG, a floating restaurant. The place was great and love the ambience. The restaurant is developed by EAT and EAT, so you need to buy a card. But don't worry, if the first money (when you buy the card) isn't enough, you can add more then. And when you're done, you can refund the money. 

I ate Wonton Noodle Combination (with chicken and duck) for 33.000IDR and mineral water for 6000IDR. Then I also tried the famous snow ice (watermelon&lychee ice) for 25.000IDR.

Wonton Noodle Combination

The Snow Ice

Don't forget the instax photo!

Behind the restaurant, you can have an experience to enjoy canoe ride for free! If you're generous, you can give some money to the boat man. Unfortunately, i didn't take that chance because it's too late and we're already tired. The river sounds make your dining experience feels priceless.

Well, I guess that's all of my experience on South Sentul. Before i say 'see ya', here's the direction to both place

• AH-POONG: go to JAGORAWI highway to Bogor and take the 'SENTUL SELATAN' exit. Go left, on the roundabout go to right. The restaurant located in front of ANDALUSIA MOSQUE.
• JUNGLELAND: go to JAGORAWI highway to Bogor and take the 'SENTUL SELATAN' exit. Go left and follow the Jungleland direction (the sign is very clear! and you can follow it)

Not His Story: Spending Summer in Yogyakarta

Finally, something great to blog about!

Setelah empat hari (plus dua hari) tidak menginjakkan kaki di rumah, akhirnya saya bisa kembali di hadapan laptop dan kembali menulis lagi. Now, I'm gonna tell you about my great journey for the last 4 days in Yogyakarta. It was really great and unforgettable. Bahkan saya dan kedua sepupu saya, yang bersama-sama ke Yogya kemarin, berencana untuk kembali berpetualang dengan yang lain...probably next year, Aamiin.

H-2 & H-1

Berhubung di hari Selasa malam saya harus kembali melakukan observasi untuk project yang sedang saya kerjakan, maka saya memutuskan untuk menginap dari hari Selasa hingga hari sebelum keberangkatan ke Yogya, yaitu hari Kamis pagi, di rumah kakek-nenek saya di kawasan Kebayoran Baru. Di hari selasa malam, saya dan kedua sepupu saya, Marsha dan Dio pergi ke salah satu mall di kawasan Jakarta Selatan. Sambil melakukan observasi, saya menghabiskan waktu dengan kedua sepupu saya itu yang untuk 2.5 tahun belakangan tinggal di negeri orang, Cina untuk lebih tepatnya. Saya menemani mereka untuk menikmati Yoshinoya yang kalau di Cina, menggunakan daging babi sehingga mereka tidak bisa menikmatinya. Setelah itu kamu menikmati desert di Magnum Cafe dan kemudian pulang.

Hari rabu pagi, sahur pertama saya tanpa orang tua di tahun ini. Saya menghabiskan sahur hari itu dengan kedua adik sepupu saya dan tante saya (their mom, obviously). Setelah sahur, saya kembali tidur dan bangun cukup siang untuk kemudian merapikan koper yang akan dibawa ke Yogyakarta esok harinya. 

DAY 01, Jakarta-Yogyakarta

We're taking the very first flight, 05.50 AM using Air Asia.

Bangun harus jam setengah 3 untuk mandi (it was FREEZING and yes, I washed my hair) dan sahur. Saya dan Marsha berangkat dari bilangan Kebayoran Baru sekitar pukul 03.45 oleh sepupu saya lainnya, Priska. Sempat khawatir akan terlambat dan gak sempat sholat subuh, tapi Alhamdulillah waktu masih cukup panjang untuk check in, drop barang di bagasi pesawat, dan sholat. Sekitar 05.50 kami take off dengan harapan sampai di Yogya satu jam setelahnya. Ternyata, kami sampai agak lebih cepat. Pengambilan koper dari bagasi pun cukup cepat. 

Berhubung ini adalah perjalanan saya pertama kali tanpa orang tua, jadi sempat agak khawatir karena saya juga harus menjada kedua adik sepupu saya tersebut. Awalnya saya berfikir untuk menuju hotel dengan taksi. Maka dari itu, kami berusaha mengunjungi booth dengan tulisan TAXI. Memang ada antrian di depan booth tersebut sehingga saya dan kedua sepupu saya 'tergoda' untuk menggunakan jasa angkutan yang menawarkan bebas antri. Dari bandara menuju POP! Hotel di jl. A.M. Sangaji kami kena charge sebesar 100.000IDR. Agak shock sebenarnya karena berdasarkan google map, jarang bandara ke hotel tidak sampai 1 jam. Tapi karena kami agak jet lag, kami bayar saja. Agak rugi sebetulnya, tetapi dengan kendaraan itu kami merasa lebih nyaman. Mobil yang kami gunakan adalah avanza sehingga luas, tidak seperti taxi pada umumnya yang cenderung lebih kecil. Saya tidak mau rugi, maka sebelum menuju hotel, saya meminta pak supir untuk melewati kawasan UGM untuk survey lokasi ujian Marsha di hari ke tiga kunjungan kami ke Yogyakarta. Sangat bersyukur karena pak supir bernama Karyono memang tahu lokasi dan banyak bercerita pada kami. Yaaa 100.000IDR sudah dengan pengalaman orang lain yang cukup menari..buat saya pribadi, ruginya hanya di materi saja. 

Sesampainya kami di POP!Hotel, masih terlalu pagi untuk check ini (jam 09.00, yes it is soo early). Akhirnya kami memutuskan untuk berjalan kaki hingga Malioboro. Kami mengalami salah jalan sebetulnya...kami mengikuti arah mobil karena takut untuk menyebrang. Jadi yang seharusnya jalan lurus saja dari hotel, kami malah berjalan memutar. Karena bingung dan masih mengantuk, kami berhenti di KFC Malioboro. Untungnya Priska memang sedang tidak berpuasa, jadi ada waktu untuk rehat sejenak berhubung belum dapat kamar hehehe :p. Di KFC, kami bergosip ria sambil menikmati sejuknya ruangan hehehehe. Satu jam setelah itu, kira-kira, kami memutuskan untuk mengunjungi Keraton Yogyakarta yang jaraknya tidak terlalu jauh dari kawasan Malioboro. Kami memutuskan untuk naik becak kesana dan menghabiskan 30.000IDR untuk dua becak.Di kawasan keraton, biaya yang harus dikeluarkan adalah 5000IDR/orang+1000IDR untuk biaya izin foto di kawasan tersebut. Kami memutuskan untuk tidak menggunakan guide, selain memang menghemat pengeluaran, kami memang hanya ingin menghabiskan waktu saja disana. Like most girls in my city, selfie is important and also taking pictures to be uploaded to any social media is also important for us. Jadi, dengan monopod (or 'tongsis') kami berfoto bersama-sama. Lucunya, banyak wisatawan asing yang terlihat heran dengan apa yang kami lakukan. Yaaa lumayan lah ya, pahala membuat orang lain tertawa, LOL. Sambil melihat-lihat, kami mampir ke sebuah (well, let me call it) museum yang berisikan peralatan keramik dan perak milik keluarga kerajaan. Seorang penjaga (i guess he's an 'Abdi Dalem', forgot to ask actually) memberikan penjelasan pada kami. Kemudian ia 'membaca' diri kami melalui tanggal lain (or Primbon). Dari hasil membaca tanggal lahir saya itu, ia mengatakan bahwa saya orang yang sedang-sedang saja dari segi kemampuan belajar, mengingat orang tua saya adalah dua orang yang pintar. Ia juga mengatakan bahwa saya dan saudara saya terbilang akrab ( and I Do agree with this!). Yang serunya lagi, ia mengetahui nama kota asal dari keluarga besar saya. 

"Kamu orang Jakarta ya?"

"hmm iya..campuran sih pak sebetulnya"

"hmmmm dari Mojo...."

"lah....iya Mojokerto"

"iya saya lihat kamu ada keturunan dari Mojokerto dan Magelang"

Sedikit kaget sekaligus bingung, kenapa ada Magelang..sedangkan sepengetahuan saya, Magelang bukanlah nama kota yang relevan dengan  kehidupan saya. Ternyata, ketika saya ceritakan hal tersebut pada orang tua saya, kakek dari sisi Ibu memang ada keturunan Magelang....jeng jeng...

Malioboro to The Palace using Becak 

The Gate of The Palace in double vision

Setelah puas mengelilingi Kraton, kami naik becak menuju hotel karena jam sudah menunjukkan pukul 11.00. Kami memutuskan untuk kembali ke hotel dengan harapan sudah bisa check in. Dari keraton menuju Hotel, kami menghabiskan 70.000IDR untuk dua becak (sebetulnya bisa lebih murah kalau jago nawar, ini juga sudah ditawar harganya). Saya sih merasa gak begitu rugi mengingat memang si tukang becak mengajak saya berkeliling meskipun gak saya minta. Alhamdulillah ketika sampai hotel jam 11.30, kami sudah bisa check in dan menikmati kamar hotel tersebut. Awalnya saya khawatir kamar kami akan terasa sangat kecil. Tapi ternyata tidak! Kasur kami cukup untuk 3 orang dan bahkan bisa ditambah 1 orang yang bisa tidur di sofanya. Ada selimut bersih yang dapat digunakan untuk orang yang tidur di sofa. Memang, tidur di sofa kurang nyaman, mengingat ukurannya memang lebih kecil. Untuk bantal, bagi orang ke-tiga yang menginap di hotel (jika ingin) harus membayar 50.000/malam. Yaaa karena saya rasa gak worth it, akhirnya saya menggunakan selimut tambahan dan selimut yang saya bawa dari Jakarta sebagai bantal. Lumayan bikin hangat badan karena AC di kamar cukup dingin, belum lagi di malam pertama menginap saya memang tidur dengan menggunakan tanktop dan celana pendek, hehehe. Oh ya, kami menghabiskan 864.000IDR untuk 3 malam+30000IDR untuk deposit hotel card. Pemesanan kami lakukan secara online melalui booking.com. Di kamar hotel POP!Hotel, tersedia handuk, sabun & shampoo, air panas untuk mandi (dan di wastafel), dan selimut tambahan seperti yang sudah saya infokan sebelumnya. Kamar mandi tidak terlalu kecil bagi saya, tapi memang sulit meletakkan baju tapi cukup untuk meletakkan handuk kok. Hotel ini, dari segi kamar dan pelayanan, saya beri skor 8/10. 

Sesampainya di kamar 251, kami langsung merapikan barang-barang dan terlelap. Terbangun ketika menjelang waktu berbuka, kami langsung menuju lantai satu untuk membeli minuman hangat dari vending machine. Di POP!Hotel Yogyakarta ini ada dua vending machine, yang pertama dari Coca Cola yang isinya minuman bersoda dan minuman dari pabrik tersebut. Satunya lagi adalah untuk minuman hangat seperti kopi dan susu. Harganya 10.000IDR untuk masing-masing minuman. Untuk vending machine dari Coca Cola, kita harus membeli voucher sehargan 10.000IDR di resepsionis. Saya sendiri memutuskan untuk membeli hot milo untuk berbuka. ternyata oh ternyata.....POP!Hotel menyediakan ta'jil berupa teh hangat dan kue-kue. Another 'zonk' moment for that day....Usai menikmati minuman hangat untuk berbuka, kami kembali ke kamar hotel untuk bersiap ke Malioboro. Kali ini kami tidak jalan kaki seperti di pagi hari, kami memutuskan untuk naik becak yang memang sudah ada di depan hotel. Layanan ini memudahkan kami yang ingin berjalan-jalan dengan kendaraan roda tiga tersebut, terutama karena sudah ada price list untuk lokasi-lokasi wisata. Mereka juga bersedia menunggu loh! Untuk kunjungan kami ke Malioboro di malam itu, menghabiskan 60.000IDR PP untuk dua becak. Kami mengunjungi Mall Malioboro untuk makan di food point (lantai 3). Saya dan Marsha membeli gudeg dan Priska membeli bebek peking untuk makan malam. Total dengan minum, kami menghabiskan sekitar 90.000IDR-an. Setelah makan, kami sempat bergosip terlebih dahulu sebelum ke kawasan perbelanjaan di Malioboro dan kembali ke hotel dengan becak yang sama. Kami upayakan tidur lebih awal karena keesokan harinya, kami berencana untuk berjalan-jalan ke pantai. Tapi alhasil, kami baru tidur jam 12 malam karena sudah tidur 5 jam di siang hari.

Ini dia price list becak di POP Hotel Tugu

My dinner @ Malioboro Mall

Not His Story: Being Happy for 100 Days? COMPLETED!

At first i'm not sure to follow this challenge. Then, I re-read the information from the website,  http://100happydays.com/

 So, I dare myself to post 100 pictures of the thing that makes me happy for 100 days on instagram (you can choose between using Twitter/Facebook/Blog/Email/Instagram). It seems sound easy, but the commitment to do this stuff isn't as easy as you thought. But in search of happiness, i'm willing to do this! Countdown from 100 to 01, and let's go!

The very first post of #100HappyDays

 If you're done with 100 photos of your happy days, you will see that there're lot of things in our life that could make us happy, even in a bad day. And to be honest, it makes me more grateful with my life.

Anyway, you can also DONATE to create another person's happiness by making your own merchandise with your favorite pictures of #100HappyDays starts from 15 USD and they deliver WORLDWIDE! Seems cool huh?

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.-John Barrymore 

Fashion Addiction: Another Chance in Summer

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it - Jean Paul Gaultier

Working by project makes me could arrange my free time. So, i decide to bring a sweet side of me this summer and dress up. Put a dress and buy a pair of heels in my favorite color to bring another chance to bring another side of me...
 this summer.

Wearing: Printed Folk Pattern Dress by Forever21, Daily Eyewear by Ray Ban, Summer Bracelet, Infinite Ring, Minty Heels by BATA.

Make Up: MaybellineClear Smooth with SPF18 (Honey), Maybelline Volume Express Turbo Boost Mascara, Make Up For Ever Eyeshadow, Boho Cosmetics Lipstick Mate Transparent (307), 

Photo taken using iPhone 4, edited using Photoshop CS3, Afterlight Application (iOS), and VSCOCam application (iOS)

Not His Story: Summer break with Ready-Made-Friends

 “God made us cousins, because he knew our moms couldn’t handle us as sisters (and brothers).”

Cousins from my father's side: FULL TEAM

Exactly!

As the only one kid in my family, I don't really know how to grow up with someone else except with my parents. But, since I have a lot of cousins from both side, I can get another experience and fun with people other than my mom & dad. I have 8 cousins from my father's side, and 13 from my mom's. From 22 cousins that I have, I'm very close to Dyah, my cousin from father's side (she's my dad's older brother's second daughter). She was born in 1994 and we live in the same neighborhood since we were very young. We went to same school (she's my junior) for 12 years and long time ago, when my maid back to her hometown, I always go to her home, play together, until my mom pick me up. No wonder, we're close until today (and forever, d'oh!). She's my partner in crime for gossiping, watching movie, and spending our saturday night with sleep over on our grandparent's home & run during Car Free Day on Sunday morning.

Early June, my other cousins (still from my father's side), Marsha, came back to Jakarta from Shanghai to do some university test. I'm not really close but since we have social media (twitter, instagram, and path) we know how each other life everyday and make us closer. Last tuesday, we went to Kota Tua and Monas just because she and her brother haven't been there (fun fact: They had lived in Jakarta before!). 

My father's family LOVES swimming, we grow up to love this kind of sport. So, after a suggestion from my aunt, I arranged a cousin day out yesterday, exactly a day before Ramadhan. It was superb fun!! We began our day out by swimming in Cilandak Sport Center, South Jakarta. Six of us (Me, Dyah, Marsha, Dio (marsha's brother), Priska (my other cousins), and Nisya (Priska's sister)) swam for about 2 hours. Not only swimming in the pool, we also do crazy thing like underwater selfie (yes, WE ALL LOVE SELFIE, except the only guy :p), hunchback each other in the pool and talk like crazy. I haven't got this experience before, so I'm very happy that we did it all. After swimming, we had lunch in Billie Chick, Cilandak Town Square, South Jakarta (less than 3 min walk from the sport center) with our aunt (Marsha&Dio's mom) and our uncle (Priska&Nisya's father). Then, my aunt took a picture of us to make our other cousins jealous, LOL. 

After lunch, we drove to Grand Indonesia to experience Transformers: Age of Extinction in 4DX3D. Unfortunately, the tickets already SOLD OUT and will be available on next Tuesday (CRAZY!). So, we decided to watch it on 3D. After such a long time waiting, we got 6 tickets for Transformers on 17.20 WIB, yayness!. While waiting until 17.20, we tried the hippest place for nitro gelato in Grand Indonesia named RON'S LABORATORY. It located on 5th floor (just use the escalator from 8th floor) West Mall of Grand Indonesia. We ordered 3 kind of gelato: Red Velvet (with double injection of cheese), Chocolate Windproof (gelato with Tolak Angin & an injection of chocolate), and Bubble Gum (with PUYO puding & injection of strawberry jam). 

Each cup cost us around 60.000IDR (except the Bubble gum, it's 50.000IDR) and each injection cost us 8000IDR (I think you can ask for no injection, especially the red velvet because it already has cheese injection). We spent, totally almost 200.000IDR. Quite expensive but it made using nitrogen, the liquid one. The place also cozy and you can see the creation of the gelato while waiting. The most important thing, I spent my quality time with my family..PRICELESS!

                                

                                

Don't forget to take selfie! Unfortunately, we forgot to bring our monopod :(

After movie, we went to our grandparent's house and ate Sate Sambas for late dinner. 

I love yesterday because I spent my time with people that God creates as my other friend...friend by blood. I'm looking for another chance to go somewhere with my cousin (from both side!). Next plan is going to Yogyakarta with Marsha and Priska on July...so excited!!

Anyway, Happy Ramadhan! See ya on the next post :)

Not His Story: The Old City

I've been to this place for few times, but I think yesterday was my first in 2014. The change of this place wasn't much since my last visit on 2013. I personally love this place, the vintage aura always be the reason for me to keep coming back. And don't forget, the culinary! Kerak Telor is the other reason for me to visit this beautiful place, LOL.

Kota Tua Jakarta, Tuesday June 24 2014

So, It's such an easy peasy to visit this beautiful place. You can reach it using your own vehicle or the easiest (and for me, the most fun thing) using public transportation such as Trans Jakarta or KA Commuter JABODETABEK. By Trans Jakarta, you need to stop on KOTA bus stop (Corridor 1). And if you use the Commuter, you have to stop on JAKARTA KOTA station. Then, you can walk on the underground way to Museum Fatahillah (the underground way will bring you to the Bank Mandiri Museum, and then you can walk to north and found Kota Tua).

Commuter Line Route

Trans Jakarta Corridors

I recommend you to visit Kota Tua area first before visiting my favorite museum, Bank Indonesia Museum. It located next to Kota Tua and it's a modern museum. No entering fee, it's all free, and you'll get a ticket (it's free, you'll get the ticket..sounds great huh?! especially if you love scrapbook-ing). Anyway, don't forget to keep your bag to the front desk, you're allowed to bring camera, phone, and your wallet. In the museum, you can see the history of banking in Indonesia since the first time European touch the land. 

In Kota Tua area, you may enjoy the view or visiting some museums (Fatahillah and Puppet Museum). If you have your student card, don't forget to show it when you buy the ticket because you can get a cheaper price! (Student for 2000IDR  and College Student for 3000IDR instead of 5000IDR each)

Fatahillah museum used to be the colonial government building. It located on near the harbor to facilitate the people from Netherland to visit Jakarta (Batavia at that time) and monitoring the people. The point behind the making of the Kota Tua area by the Netherlander to block Batavia from their enemy, since Batavia was very close to the sea. Then, the Puppet Museum was the church. If you visit this place, you will found a small garden with the written wall. It used to be the cemetery but all moved from that place and now, that's what we called Puppet Museum.

One thing that i found different yesterday was Fatahillah Museum, the icon of Kota Tua. Last year, after bought the ticket, we can go everywhere inside the museum with our own shoes. But now, you need to change your shoes with the hotel sandal. And you can't go anywhere you want, there's a specific way to enjoy this place. Too bad, i think the museum isn't completed yet with the collection. I found lot of room seems so empty. Not good at all actually.

Anyway, beside of the museums, you need to taste some delicious and also famous foods from Jakarta and all around Indonesia. You can found Chicken Noodle (Mie Ayam), Ketoprak, Gado-gado, Batagor, Siomay, Tahu Gejrot, Rujak, Bakso, and my all time favorite: Kerak Telor. For my favorite, there are two seller in Kota Tua area, one in the backyard of Fatahillah Museum and the other one located near the Ceramics Museum. I like them both but i prefer the one in the backyard for some reason. For the price, kerak telor with duck egg is 20.000IDR (recommended!) and with chicken egg is 15.000IDR.

Kota Tua is the perfect place to throwback to the years before Indonesia is independent. You can take A LOT of cool picture for your instagram, enjoying the ride with old bicycle for 20.000IDR/30min, or taking picture with some unique peoples for any price!

Now, it's your turn to visit and enjoy it. I hope you'll get a great day!!