Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Fatahillah Square

"Is there any ojek here?" a guy asking the parking guy (Tukang Parkir). Ojek is a kind of public transport in Indonesia, normally using motorcycle. There is a conversation between the guy and the parking guy, the guy asking on behalf of his friend. The customer (the guy's friend) is a tall, beautiful, and skinny lady who (I believed) most likely a model.
"Yes, there is." The parking guy answered.
"Where?" The guy asking.
"Wait." The parking guy go somewhere, and back with two helmets.
"The ojek it's me" The parking guy declared.
That's the opening scene when I'm visiting Fatahillah Square in Jakarta's Old Town (Kota Tua) for the second time.

-- Fatahillah Museum --
The Centre of Fatahillah Square, previously is city hall of Batavia (Batavia is old name of Jakarta). If you can read the words in the building, it's in Dutch; Gouverneurskantoor which mean Governor's Office (doesn't mean I understand Dutch, this words absorbed into Indonesian language)
Fatahillah Museum #1 | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/160s | F10 | 100


Fatahillah Museum #2 | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/100s | F10 | 100


-- Bicycle For Rent --
You can rent a bicycle to explore Old Town for (estimated) about 30 thousand rupiah (about US$ 3) per hour.
Bicycle For Rent #1 | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/80s | F10 | 200


And you choose your own hat, colorful hat Stacked | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/60s | F10 | 200


Bicycle For Rent #2 | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/40s | F10 | 200

"Hello, how are you?" a guy called me in English.
"I'm Indonesian." I answered in Indonesian.
"Oh, sorry. I thought you are a Korean." He apologized.
Hmmm, maybe because of my camera (sure not because of my hairstyle), the guy maybe a seller or want to offer his service to tourist. Then I saw a crowd surrounding the square. Oh, there is a shooting for a movie (or sinetron - Indonesian's drama) in progress. I joined the crowd. And since everybody with camera take pictures, I also take one shot (okay, maybe two, or three...)

On Action | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/160s | F8 | 400

The cloud is there the whole day, raining is only matter of time. Time to go back, but before that I took this pic of

-- Museum Wayang --
Museum  Wayang | A350 | 1680CZ | 1/60s | F10 | 200

And when I reach my motorcycle, the parking guy already back...

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