Sunday, February 24, 2013

LIFE : TRIP TO JAKARTA DAY 4

 Day 4 in Jakatra. Check Out from Hotel Amaris in Jakarta. Pak Rashid on his way to fetch me and next destination was Bogor. A rain city of Indonesia. Wet and cool weather. Pak Rashid came with his neighbour Pak Harto, an engineer by profession. Then  as usual we took Blue bird taxi to Depok and from Depok we will proceed to Bogor by train. My first plan to visit Bandung but been told by Pak Harto it not worth it to visit Bandung due to the distant and time. He suggested to visit Masjid Kubah Emas in Depok.
Masjid Kubah Emas situated in Depok district.  Privately own mosque. Nice and clean with well maintain mosque. The garden surrounding the mosque was large. Lots of manggo trees were planted surrounding the mosque. I did my Zohor and Asar shalat there.

This big palaces is belong to Ibu Tien, Wife to a former Indonesian President Suharto. The palaces is similar Malaysia Prime Minister Office in Putra Jaya by design. The palaces is just opposite the Masjid Kubah Emas. Both of the places have a connection. I been told  this mosque was funded by the Suharto family. A good way to spend money by doing a good thing for public.
 Tau Sumedang, one of hawker selling a hot fried  snack can be found all a long the road in Indonesia. Selling fried bean curd cake, tapioca and sweet potato.
 Nasi bebek for my lunch. Bebek mean duck. Two choice either fried or grill to be eaten with rice. Side order will be charged separately to add in Veggie, sambal and tempe. Tempe is fermented soy cake. Most of the Nasi bebek are owned by Aceh clan in Depok.
 A common side in Jakarta. Busker singging in front of Restaurant to entertaint customer while taking lunch or dinner. You can ask them to sing any song with a small fee.

Hotel Pangrango 1 in Bogor. 320,000Rp per night. A hotel with Dutch Colonial style building. Swimming pool is located at the middle of the hotel . Service OK but the room is not well maintain and you can see all the dirty strain on the wall and the bathroom. Air condition not working properly and need a regular service. They have three Pangrango hotels belong to the same owner with different style of furnish and interior design to fit with the traveller budget.

My dinner at the Pangrango Hotel 1. Sup buntut, rice and hot lemon tea. Sup buntut mean Ox tail soup. Cost me 75,000Rp per set. Feel exhausted after full day of exploring from Jakarta, Depok and Bogor. Tried to close my eye even though the sound of the Air Condition sound was so irritating me..................

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