Showing posts with label Bengkulu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bengkulu. Show all posts

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Bung Karno Seclusion House - Bengkulu

Bung Karno Seclusion House, Bengkulu


The house in Soekarno-Hatta street, District Gading Cempaka, is a witness Bung Karno struggle for independence along the Indonesian people. For four years, 1938 - 1942, house 9 x 18 meters was the residence of the president.

Chinese architecture can be seen from the form of the vent and the typical Chinese ornaments in some parts of the house. Allegedly this house formerly belonging to the Chinese traders who then hired by the Dutch as a place of exile of Bung Karno.

Inside these places, you can see a collection of books Bung Karno. There are also bicycles, table, chair, bed, sewing machine and even a love letter between Sukarno and Fatmawati first. Interestingly, in the back of the house there is an old well that myth can be granted if a visitor wash your face with water.

Just to 2,500 rupias, you can log into tourist attractions in Bengkulu full value of this history. This seclusion house crowded on weekends.

Friday 10 August 2012

Rat Island & Coral Reefs

Rat Island & Coral Reefs, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Tourist Attractions and Beaches in Indonesia
Rat Island & Coral Reefs
Mice island located west of the city of Bengkulu at a distance of about 10 KM from the city center, is a small coral island located in the west of the city of Bengkulu. Rat Island is surrounded by reefs and rich biological resources that have been defined as a jungle tour by Minister of Forestry Decree No. 602/Kpts-II/1991.

Ritual Tabot Bengkulu

Ritual Tabot, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Tourist Attractions and Beaches in Indonesia
Tabot is a traditional ceremony to commemorate the Bengkulu people about the story of heroism and death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hasan and Husein bin Ali bin Abi Talib in a battle with Zaid bin Ubaidillah troops in the desert of Karbala, Iraq on December 10 Muharam 61 Hijri (681 AD).