Hi guys, how's everything going? Do you all know about Surabaya, Indonesia? Surabaya (Indonesian pronunciation: [surəˈbaja]) (formerly Soerabaja, Soerabaia or Surabaja) is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 3.1 million (5.6 million in the metropolitan area), and the capital of the province of East Java. It is located on the northern shore of eastern Java at the mouth of the Mas River and along the edge of the Madura Strait. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya)
I spent my annual holiday there with my family in December 2013 (we always plan about annual holiday together). We went around Surabaya city and Madura on the first day like visiting Kyai Haji Mohammad Kholil mosque, looking for Madura Batik, passing through the famous Suramadu bridge, touring to Monkasel, and so on.
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| Suramadu bridge connects Surabaya and Madura |
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| Mosque of Kyai Haji Mohammad Kholil in Madura |
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| Seeing the Batik of Madura |
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| Madura Batik |
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| Inside Sunan Ampel mosque in Surabaya |
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| Inside Sunan Ampel mosque, Surabaya. |
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| Cheng Hoo mosque, Surabaya. Cheng Hoo is inspiration name of 'Admiral Cheng Hoo', which become a Moslem when admission to Majapahit empire. The Chinese Moslem community had built this mosque wish to remind again that Chinese also propagates Islam taught. (http://www.eastjava.com/tourism/surabaya/chenghoo-mosque.html) |
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| Wanna take that boat? Haha |
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| Monkasel, Submarine museum. (weekday 08.00-20.00/weekend 08.00-21.00. IDR 5000/person) |
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| Torpedo launcher inside Monkasel. |
On the second day, we planned to go to Batu city as my mother wish. During our trip to Batu city, we spent a while to visit Sidoarjo mud flow or best-known as 'Lumpur Lapindo' and Tanggulangin leather industry.
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| Some creations from Tanggulangin leather industry. |
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| Cheng Hoo mosque, Pasuruan. |
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| Fresh air of Batu city. It has apple farms and 3 water-parks. |
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| Malang apples. |
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| Surabaya statue. The symbol of "sura" or "suro" (shark) and "baya" or "boyo" (crocodile), two creatures which, in a local myth, fought each other in order to gain the title of "the strongest and most powerful animal" in the area according to a Jayabaya prophecy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya) |
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| A street band at Gubeng rail station |
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| Eating some foods with sister |
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| Got this view during our way home |
Spending annual holiday with family is always gonna be fun. Even though we have lived together for several years, it doesn't mean it is boring. Traveling to different place also gives us a different experience and atmosphere too as we all are not local people. Be grateful to you all who still have a complete family. You can spend a great moment together. Don't waste your time for something negative and could harm your own family. Matur nuwun.
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