Batavia - Oldies City of Jakarta

Last week TIPS, photography community in my office, held a program photo hunting in Kota Tua. Unfortunately i couldn't go with them because of some reasons. But i've been there last year. That program arise my memory about my last trip there. Since i never published this trip in my blog (i think i still dont have blog that time), so i better upload it now, to late is better than never.


So me with my best fellow joined a tour, we paid for 150.000 (CMIIW). We gathered in the center field at front of Fatahillah museum. First, we were very confuse, how to find the others, we just know one contatct person, named Frans. Before the day, we looked up into his blog, and found his photo. We both thought "not bad" lah ... hahaha (i thought my pal kinda like him), but too bad, the photo was obsolete, it was his photo at young age ... after we met him ... ummm [*no comment mode on] [sorry Frans, no offense]. Sooo, the short story is, we couldn't find that face, so we have to guess.


Later on, we found a group of people, under a tree, wore same white T-shirt, short story ... we found them.

The tour started around 9am, first trip was Kali Besar area, there were so many sights there, such as : Kali besar it self and the oldies building arround such as Toko Mera (red house), ex Samudra Indonesia Office Building, and Jembatan Kota Intan (original Dutch Dawbridge left in Jakarta).

at Kali Besar, so beautiful (but the "Kali = river" is not appear in the photo hihihi)

Toko Mera (Red House)

With tour member at front of ex. Samudra Indonesia office building (now, Destroy half already...to bad !)

Jembatan Kota Intan

Next, we moved on to ... harbor area, we visited Uitkijk (watchtower) and Museum Bahari (Maritime Museum). I got the information that the watchtower was built at 1839 and still stand until now ! At the old time (Dutch era), they used this tower to watch the ship trade in and out the harbor (now Sunda Kelapa harbor). When we got the top of the tower, all we could see was only a river full of garbage ... so sad!


After the watchtower, we moved to museum Bahari (Maritime Museum). It was a very antique museum. There were so many ship miniaturs (from trade ship to war ship), armor miniaturs, maps about old Jakarta, and old story about Dutch era in Indonesia (Dutch colonized Indonesia for 3.5 centuries!! But no one of us can speak dutch..huhuhu).

Watchtower dor (couldn't photo all of the building)

Inside the Museum Bahari, ps: this site also used for shooting film "Simanis Jembatan Ancol"

After Harbor area, we visited the museum area, so we went back to Fatahillah museum complex.

Fatahillah museum was used as Governoor Kantoor(dutch) = Governor office. Huge two stories building with little garden inside. At the front of the kantoor, there is a court called Fatahillah court, was used for gathering and for death execution. In the court there is a canon called Fertility cannon, it is belived to give fertility to everyone who touch it.

Fatahillah Museum, i wish a house like that .. hahaha.

The trip continued to Bank area, we visited Museum Bank Mandiri and Museum Bank Indonesia, and the trip was over.

i think Jakarta Citizen shall ever visit this area of Kota Tua, minimal once in the life time, not just passing through.

Remnant Photos to be uploaded !