Friday, January 16, 2009

Jakarta Building Of Old City

Old Batavia Heritage Tour including Refreshment 5 hours. China Town called Glodok is the oldest China Town in Jakarta. Open markets, small shop with typical old Chinese architecture, tiny alleys and charming cracked make this area a photographers' paradise.










unda Kelapa Harbour. The citys' old harbour located in the head of Batavia. En routes the old drawbridge from 17 century. This harbour is the first used by Portuguese and Dutch when they arrived in Indonesia. Feel exciting when the boatman take you around the waterfront. Fishermen Kampoeng and Traditional market. Kampoeng means small rural which still can be seen in cosmopolitan city. You will find the real life of urbanism. Ffatahillah Museum.









Original built by Dutch in 1710 as Jakarta City Hall or Stad Huis. Furnished with antique furnishing, porcelains, old map and portraits, under water jail and other items used by former Dutch Governor General. Lunch at Café Batavia with your own expenses.










uppet Museum (An old Dutch colonial house which contains great collections of Javanese leather Wayang puppets, wooden Golek puppets and masks of Indonesia and some other parts of the world. The former Old Dutch Governor General graveyard also was here. Note: All museums are closed on Monday and Public Holidays, alternatives are Istiqlal Mosque, Cathedral and Antique art product Market.