Read on! Photo Journal! You definitely won't be bored reading the captions because I have provided photos to get you the idea of what it feels like to glimpse the Old Town of Batavia :) This is again my first time visiting this place. I have passed this region a lot of times but have never actually stepped down from my car and take a look around. So this was it! Read on:)
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| Vivi and I rode the bajaj and stopped nearby the Museum Mandiri but we waited for Ci Lisda to appear, we started wandering around and to our luck the Bank Indonesia Museum was easily spotted and so we went there. The guard asked us if we wanted to come in we told him that we were still expecting someone, so we waited sometime. Ci Lisda hadn't still replied after I chnged the meeting location to be at Museum Bank Indonesia. But I guess she might have not received because you could not just depend on the phone reception in Indonesia. So I went back to Museum Mandiri although at first I thought this building was a police station. |
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| Anyway finally united with Ci Lisda and we came up the stairs and was greeted with this mustache fellow |
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when we looked around we saw this awesome stained glass window. the left was Indonesia's logo, the right was Netherland's
and the middle was I presume the bank's logo |
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| another guard |
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| everything was in dutch and the bank setting was like a train station |
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| account book! look how huge it is and how neat it is! |
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| the hall |
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| idk why this was put here |
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| we could take photos too! |
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| manual calculator |
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| electric calculator |
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| abacus! |
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| hello there |
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| this guy surprised me because i wasn't expecting any clay models here further inside |
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| look how intricate the machine is |
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another interesting thing was that there was directions to the "Chinese" section of the bank which was served by mostly
chinese employees. I have never thought that there would be caste difference. I guess racism is everywhere in the world |
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| westerners in the head office room |
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disclaimer: try to put some mosquito-repellent ointment beforehand because let me
tell you, the mosquitoes here are too miniscule that I could barely feel them sucking my blood.
I could only feel the itchiness after they stole my blood. I came out of the bank with lots of
mosquito bites. |
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| lol idk if the instruments were actually inside the bank for real |
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| the piano keys were covered. |
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| chinese section of the bank |
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| After the first stop, we moved on and crossed to Taman Fatahillah. There are more museums there! |
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| sorry but i dont trust you |
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| this is kinda cool |
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| many ontel for rent |
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| it was too bright i couldnt even open my eyes widely without squinting them |
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| i wish i could ride a bike :( |
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| second stop: Museum Wayang! Shadow puppets! |
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| Rp 3.000,00 per person |
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| so much for a narcisst |
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| unyil! i always miss this show when it was aired on sundays !! hahaha |
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| the myth (legend) idk, Si Manis Jembatan Ancol |
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| souvenir shop at Wayang Museum |
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| spinning tops? |
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| this guy painted himself black and posed despite the severe hot weather |
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| fatahillah museum was unfortunately closed! |
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| this is ridiculously awesome! |
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| we decided to grab a snack here at Cafe Batavia |
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| lots of pictures hung on thew wall |
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| frank sinatra |
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how quaint! the surrounding was so relaxed and calm and quiet perfect for
someone who was trying to find an escape from the hot weather of Jakarta and business
of the streets of Jakarta. Escape to the past! |
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| look how vintage it is |
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| candid on purpose |
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| my bag matches the seat cushion how uncanny |
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| those women were doing a photoshoot |
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| our Batavian waffle has arrived |
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the waitress was kinda shocked because the three of us just ordered one dish. well what do you expect from such a fancy
restaurant which attracts tourist, the dishes are so expensive! not to mention the tax! Dude the govnt tax is about 21%!
sorry man we are on a budget basically dining in was just a nibble on the eating experience.
the decor is superb though i must say. |
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| we should have sat there but when we arrived it was taken! look at the wall! it was covered |
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| even around the toilet! |
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| stellate lamp |
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| even inside the toilet! more pictures on the wall! |
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| silly face is a must! |
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| a definite must-try for an awesome eating experience and cooling down from the hot weather outside |
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weirdly funny-looking woody
and that pail is used for carrying donation |
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| a slanted photo of the cannon |
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| picnic out while we were on our way to the Fine Ceramic Museum |
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| camera was not allowed inside but weird thing was that phone camera was allowed. |
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| finally used my camera on the backporch |
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| this museum displays paintings and pots! |
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| es selendang! |
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| Rp 5.000,00 each! so refreshing |
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| decided to stop by here for some ice cream cone |
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what a bad shape !! so disappointed. costs Rp5.000,00
McD tastes so much better |
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| coconut trees or maybe it'S Palm, idk |
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| yeayea nomnomnom alright |
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| were about to eat here but we were just too fall from all the snacking |
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| le old car |
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| Next stop was Museum bank Indonesia! |
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| more stained glass |
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| free PASS |
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| the brightest photo we got ! |
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| more clay models! |
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| love the outfit! #frenchmode |
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| old money notes |
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| the changing of the Bank Indonesia Logo |
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| the courtyard! it was close :( |
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this green room is very cool!
oh and I believe this clock was a gift to the bank by someone i forgot. |
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| this is worth 5AUSD |
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| you could try to carry a kilo of gold |
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| the door to the old currency notes |
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| a lotus growing! |
I guess this is the time for my verdict from all the museums I have been too today. The best museum today would probably without a doubt be the Museum of Bank Indonesia (MBI). With all the clay models, background noise, perfect lighting for the mood and very informative history of Indonesia's economy from its good state to its repression in 1998 and even a glance to our economy today.
The underdog for today would be the Museum Wayang. I underestimated this due to the fact that I am not a fan of shadow puppets but it has an amazing showcase. Not to mention they also display shadow puppets from different parts of the world like Malaysia, India and also Vietnam. Moreover, they have puppets from France, England and also the US which look like the ones on cartoons and movies. I should have posted some here but the photo quality was too bad. It was put in a glass box and which makes photography worse was that the lighting in this museum was just plainly bad and insufficient. Oh another interesting bit was that there was this room with a sign "Do Not Enter". This room was filled with lots of shadow puppets and I heard that these shadow puppets were donated by someone because they were possessed. ooh spooky. I hope I got you all chilled! I don't know if this is true or not but rumor has it.
Anyway, after the trip was done, we decided to have a bite to eat. We went to eat noodle called Bakmie Loncat at Petak Sembilan if not mistaken. So good! Costs about Rp17.000,00 and it was worth it! Incredibly cheap too. Then we went to Ci Lisda's place to play The Sims 4! It was so fun! I also played with her dog, Miki. So cute and hyperactive.
I came back home late with Vivi lol. Super tiring day!
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