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

WIDHI BEK

WALK ALONG MUSIONE DAY ONE NIGHT TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF PALEMBANG

WIDHI BEK

The town is famous for its typical food “empek empek” and flickering fluorescent lights adorn the bridge glance similar to the Golden

Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Late June, along with wedding ceremony of my close friends in Prabumulih, I took time to enjoy the beauty of the night at city that was

famous as a center of Srivijaya kingdom.

Due to limited time, only one day a night to enjoy the city of Palembang, so many details missing, but hopefully this little book can

describe the impression I had about this city of Palembang.

And keep in mind this book is not a guidebook, or how to - about a city that you can find on books store shelves and scattered on

the internet, or a romantic trip records. I just try to give you an idea of Palembang city from the perspective of a travelers who like

landscape photography.

Hope you enjoy this book

Keep Traveling & Sharing all !

Widhi bek | @widhibek | widhibek@gmail.com | widhi-bek.blogspot.com | www.LandscapeIndonesia.com

GREETINGS

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 LocationGeographically, Palembang is located at 2 ° 59’27 .99 “S 104 ° 45’24 .24” longitude. The total area of Palembang City is 102.47 km ² with an average height of 8 meters from the sea surface. Location of 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.

TopographyPalembang’s 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.

source :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palembang

PALEMBANG

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

MUSI FROM ABOVE

burst of twilight reflection at the airport .. Welcome to PalembangSUNSET AT AIRPORT

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 ..

TWILIGHT AT PARKING LOT

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: DNGANGKOT

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 1970’s and has several times renovations

BUNDARAN AIR MANCUR 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.

MASJID AGUNG PALEMBANG

Masjid Agung Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II

WE ARE HERE

once in a while become a model for the photo: Dphoto album covers the latest trio of quack quackwaiting at a nearby night market stall in your town

locations: the front gate the Great Mosque of Palembang

TRIO KWEK KWEK

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

CROWDED AMPERA

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

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 it’s 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 # patheticBECAK NGESOT

zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz#snore

TIME TO SLEEP

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, I’ve been using motorcycles to find a place on the outskirts of Musi river

good morning Ampera !

GOOD MORNING 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

MISTY AMPERA

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

FISHING

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

A LITTLE SUN SHY

finally the sun began to emerge perfectlyluckily 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

PERFECT SUNRISE

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

FULL CIRCLE

forget the problem of corruption in Indonesiaforget the conflicts of who claimed as political elitesforget global warming anxiety

enjoy the sunrise accompanied by his girlfriendtime seemed to stop spinning # cie

ONLY YOU AND ME

across the bridge toward the other side

PASSING THE BRIDGE

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

MORNING SILHOUETTE

enjoy excitement from different perspective

REFLECTION

toilet .. but still lockedhopefully by noon have been opened to the public: D

MAN / WOMAN

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

AMPERA FROM OTHER SIDE

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

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. KEMARO ISLAND

welcome to the island Kemaro ..may always be prosperous

WELCOME PROSPEROUS

welcome to the island Kemaro ..may always be prosperous

Kemaro Island is a legend of love affair. It was about a Palembang King’s daughter, Siti Fatimah, and a Chinese King’s son, Tan Bun An. In Palembang’s tradition, man should give Mahar (amount of money or Gold to the bride’s 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 An’s 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 ship’s 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.”

LEGEND OF KEMARO ISLAND

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

SPECTATOR

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.

RITUAL

altar is believed to be as grave of prince Siti Fatimah and her husband Tan Bun Annuh .. im not sure with my self :D because while here i’m 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

ALTAR

I remember the old game on nintendo console - DOUBEL DRAGONwho 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

DOUBEL DRAGON

feel like we are not in Palembang .. # ealahyet we are never to Palembang sonot know if there are pagodas on the Kemaro island: D

WHERE ARE WE

The Kemaro island’s iconic pagoda was built in 2006

unfortunately covered with fence so we can not enter into the pagodamaybe if there is a certain event they will open access to the pagoda.

i think it’s pretty cool if you could observe Kemaro island from above

9TH FLOOR PAGODA

no coment . . .

FEEL LIKE IN CHINA

pagoda dragon guards that will scare anyone who triesdo unfavorable on the Kemaro island #justmyimagination

GUARDIAN

dragon guards were friendly and lots of smiles: D

SMILEY DRAGON

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

SMILEY FACE

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

GOING BACK

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

16 ILIR MARKET

at other times on other occasions

SEE YOU AGAIN

many say the of Palembang is culinary placeso you’ll be sorry when it came to Palembang but did not taste some typical food

lettss gooooo find the food

EITSSS.... NO YET FINISH

although in almost all places we can meet this fruit ..but yeah how else .. i like it very muchso we content ourselves enjoying durians while hanging out at the curb

it feels .. hmmmfor me it’s tasty and delicious

DURIAN

arrgghhhh... I forgot to take a photo of Pindang Ikan Patin !!!!! #hungry.factor

it’s served with stove..

taste is delicoius ... if you want to know it please came to Palembang by yourself :D

PINDANG IKAN PATIN

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 DELICOUSits 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

MIE CELOR

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

MARTABAK - HAR

some says you not going to Palembang if not eat pempek

is made of fish and sago flours and served together with a dark,

rich sauce called cuka.

uh .. I’m not eating pempek this time...

because of limited time while in Palembang

but do not worry, you can bring it as souvenir

PEMPEK

as usual, local foods become target for souvenirs to bring back

one of them krupukit’s light ... but take a big spacewhen you bring it to the cabin :p

SOUVENIR

wew, finally reach more than 50 pages for

myPalembang’s scrapbook.

sorry if a lot of deficiencies, lack of proper

informations, my english language or bad images.

i’m open for criticisms, suggestions, comments, to

make an improvement for the next scrapbook.

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Widhi-bek and his friends

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images taken with Canon 450D camera, Canon 10-

22, Canon 70-200 f4 L and the Canon S95 pocket

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