Where is Rune?

Together with our hosts we drove to Museum Nasional (history museum) in central Jakarta, and thereafter all four of us had lunch at a Padang restaurant near Pasar Baru.

After lunch Uno and I separated from our hosts and took a bus to Kota, the old Jakarta, and walked a bit around. Beer at Cafe Batavia. We walked to Sunda Kelapa, the old port from 1527. Taxi back to Cibubur. The taxi trip took almost an hour and cost Rp 130,000.

Museum Nasional.

Sunda Kelapa.

Car trip to Kebon Raya Bogor (Bogor Botanical Gardens), Puncak Pass (where we had lunch), and Taman Safari Indonesia (a drive through zoo).

Dinner in the evening at a Malaysian restaurant in downtown Jakarta (near Senayan).

Dutch cemetery at Kebon Raya Bogor.

View from restaurant at Puncak Pass.

Taman Safari Indonesia.

Tall waitress at train to Jakarta

Today we took the Parahyangan train service to Jakarta, departure 12:45, arrival 16:00, 15 minutes behind schedule. Ticket price was Rp 40,000 each.

I decided to take a quick trip to Paberik Kopi Aroma (Aroma coffee factory) before departure, and took a becak from the hotel while Uno was on internet. The coffee factory dates back to 1930, and all the machines are also from the Thirties, according to the owner, whom I talked to.

Kopi Aroma building

In Jakarta, we were picked up at Jatinegara train station by Caecil’s parents and thereafter installed at their residence in Cibubur, East Jakarta.

The owner of Paberik Kopi Aroma showing one of the machines.

Kopi Aroma.

Packing of the coffee.

Today we negotiated with a taxi driver outside our hotel to take us to Kawah Putih (White Crater), which is about 40 km south-west of Bandung. The trip lasted from 11:00 to 18:00 and cost Rp 400,000.

Kawah Putih is 2200 meter above sea level (according to my GPS), and is a sulphuric lake inside a volcanic crater. There is a strong odor of sulphuric acid from the lake, and the nearby trees are dead as a result. Still, the scenery is very beautiful.

Afterwards we made a short side trip to a nearby hot springs resort, which was nothing special.

Lunch in a small city called Ciwidey on the way back to Bandung. Indian buffet at hotel in the evening.

Kawah Putih.

Our taxi and driver.

Hot springs.

Muslim women eating corn.

GPS track log.

We started the day by walking from the hotel to the Asia Afrika conference building museum (Gedung Merdeka).

From Gedung Merdeka we walked to the city square (alun-alun), where a big, relatively new (2004) mosque is situated. Uno searched for a place to fix his camera; a memory card was stuck inside. So we took a taxi to Bandung Supermal, a huge mall, where the camera was fixed. From there, we took another taxi to Atmosphere Cafe downtown, where we had lunch.

Thereafter taxi to Dago Tea House, with nice views over Bandung. Catched an angkot (public minibus) back downtown (jl. Braga). We then decided to take a taxi to Kampung Daun for dinner, 14 km outside the city, 1200 meter above sea level. Kampung Daun is an outdoor restaurant built in a valley with waterfall and many tropical plants. Very nice. We called the taxi company to pick us up later.

Mesjid Raya Bandung.

Atmosphere Cafe, Bandung.