It all began at 8 in the morning. We started our city tour to Sam Poo Kong Temple. There are several temples with “Sam Poo Kong” name on it. The one that we visited was the closer one (+/- 20 minutes angkot-driving). The driver asked us which Sam Poo Kong we would like to visit. The other Sam Poo Kong—according to the driver—had a Pagoda, but it was located farther (+/- 45 minutes car driving). Too far.. We chose the closer one. Too far..
Posing at the front gate.
"Some Poo Kong"
Separated at birth moment.
Dog of heaven, it bites!
Posing all together !!!Sam Poo Kong:
No ticket
No ticket
Charter angkot: 20.000 one way.
After visited Guang Zhou, we moved our feet to an old-Dutch-designed building, Lawang Sewu. Lawang Sewu means 1000 doors. It’s true that there were so many many many doors; but is it 1000 doors?! Ask the architect. It was built in 1907. That place is one of the scariest places. On “Uji Nyali”—a reality TV show—there were ghost sighting caught by camera once. Since we came there around 10 o’clock in the morning, and there was an exhibition with too many anak es de (elementary students) participating drawing competition, and also band group performing, the horror atmosphere was entirely nothing. But we liked it then, because we could visit all of the rooms easily (and took the picture anywhere!!!).
After visited Guang Zhou, we moved our feet to an old-Dutch-designed building, Lawang Sewu. Lawang Sewu means 1000 doors. It’s true that there were so many many many doors; but is it 1000 doors?! Ask the architect. It was built in 1907. That place is one of the scariest places. On “Uji Nyali”—a reality TV show—there were ghost sighting caught by camera once. Since we came there around 10 o’clock in the morning, and there was an exhibition with too many anak es de (elementary students) participating drawing competition, and also band group performing, the horror atmosphere was entirely nothing. But we liked it then, because we could visit all of the rooms easily (and took the picture anywhere!!!).
The 1000 doors pose. 
Love this pic !
the upstairs
Whoa.. whoa.. we found mozaique window !
Felt like entering Hogwarts.Ah, the interesting part of Lawang Sewu was the underground quest. We had to pay Rp 9.000 for the ticket (including: sticker, boots, hand lights, and of course the leader). Down there, we went through some kind of pitch black and half leg flooded labyrinth with standing a la sardines jail, jongkok jail, and the execution room.
It’s a MUST to go down there everyone! The air was too clammy and the smell was poor, but it was sooooo worth it. It was horribly fun, special and well worth it. We loved every step of the way. Please mind your head!!!
It’s a MUST to go down there everyone! The air was too clammy and the smell was poor, but it was sooooo worth it. It was horribly fun, special and well worth it. We loved every step of the way. Please mind your head!!!
The Sardines Jail: 7 ppl inside!
The jongkok jail.. awas eeknya keluar !!!
Lawang Sewu:
No ticket
Underground quest: Rp 9.000
Noontime already arrived. We were crucially in need of food. We ate at Bandeng Juwana Resto (2nd floor). The taste was the BEST! The price was surprisingly CHEAP (compared with Jakarta)! I forgot the name of the menu. I remembered that the taste was sour and spicy. Don’t forget to order Bandeng Lombok Ijo and Nasi Bakar too. The price for each menu was Rp 8.000 – Rp 12.000. Arrr… We also bought Bandeng Presto (bandeng tulang lunak) on the 1st floor, it was for our souvenir.
Jl. Pandanaran 57, Semarang. Yummy !
After my stomach felt like super full, I was actually lazy to continue the city trip. The air was too hot, the sun was too insane. It was best to be massaged and spent that lazy afternoon with a siesta.. But we had to move on! Our next destination: Saudi Arabia. Ha! Just joking, we went to the Great Mosque of Semarang. There, we found a huge mosque, with a huge bedug, and also the tower. We took a rest there first until the sun calmed down. To enter the tower, we had to pay Rp 5.000 including Cinta Laura Juice. Up there, we had our sky viewing the city. This tower had a a spinning restaurant and a museum inside it; it told us the story about the mosque construction and the Moslem history. Ohya, we also found a largest Al-Quran too inside the museum. Superb!!!
It was a HUGE mosque.. see, there were 4 'umbrellas' behind us, and also the tower.
Great Mosque of Semarang (Masjid Agung):
The Tower: Rp 5000
In the afternoon, the sun was much friendly to us. We went back to the land of Dutch’s. Yup! The Blendug Church. Once again, we met an old-Dutch-designed church. No need to pay when you enter it. But you need to pay when you want to exit.. Here are the beautiful interior design pics. Old style!
Rio was posing in front of the church.
Felt the emptiness.
The Chandelier.
They always there, listening to the preach.
From the heart of the church.
Always plays good song.
Halelluya!!! Amin, Sodara-sodara !!!!
Blendug Church:
No tickets just donation.
Sun was almost set. We didn’t know where to go. We went back to the pond near Tawang station. That was accidentally a good spot for sunset. We sat there talking shiz and blah blah blah… And we planned to go to gang Lombok, people said that there were many kind of foods. But unfortunately, we didn’t make it to go there. Finally, we ate at Sate Kambing 29 in front of Gereja Blendug. 5 satays (1/2 portion) was Rp 15.000. Rp 15.000 too for 1 portion gulai. It was tasty. FYI, there are 2 restaurants like this in Semarang, and also one restaurant in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta.
No tickets just donation.
Sun was almost set. We didn’t know where to go. We went back to the pond near Tawang station. That was accidentally a good spot for sunset. We sat there talking shiz and blah blah blah… And we planned to go to gang Lombok, people said that there were many kind of foods. But unfortunately, we didn’t make it to go there. Finally, we ate at Sate Kambing 29 in front of Gereja Blendug. 5 satays (1/2 portion) was Rp 15.000. Rp 15.000 too for 1 portion gulai. It was tasty. FYI, there are 2 restaurants like this in Semarang, and also one restaurant in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta.
Back to the pond.
We're talking about _________.
Mbok.. jualan mbok ??
Sunset in front of Tawang Station.
Eating at Sate Kambing 29.
The night was on. We didn’t know what to do. The only thing we know was we didn’t wanna go back to the hostel… >.<
We decided to go back to Ciputra Mall, and jeeeezzz… u know what ??? Crap happened: we watched Merantau and Harry Potter there.
This is it! Semarang: one day is more than enough.
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