FIELD TRIP PART 3

MY FIELD TRIP AND MEET THE FOREIGN

IN YOGYAKARTA

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In this posting, I want to tell you about my field trip. For the last, I visited the tourist attraction “Museum Vredeburg”. I will tell you a little history about this museum. 

Fort Vredeburg Museum (Official Indonesian name, Museum Benteng Vredeburg Yogyakarta), was a former colonial fortress located in the city of Yogyakarta. The military complex has been converted into an Independence Struggle Museum which was opened in 1992. It is located in front of Gedung Agung and Kraton Yogyakarta (Sultan's Palace).

In 1760, after developing of the new Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, the Dutch governor of North Java coast Nicolaas Harting ask a fort to be built in Yogyakarta. The barracks was built on a plot provided by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I, the first fort was a simple wooden fort with four bastion. Later in 1767 the fortress was extended and converted into a more permanent structure under supervision of a Dutch architect Frans Haak. After its finished in 1787 the fort was named Fort Rustenburg(“Resting fort” in Dutch).

On 1867 the old fort was destroyed by an earthquake. The fort was rebuilt and renamed Fort Vredeburg, which in Dutch language means “Peace fort” due to peaceful co-existence of the fort and the Kraton of the Sultan.

Later in 1942, during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, the fortress was took over by the Japanese army and made into the army’s headquarters and war prison. After the Japanese left in 1945, Fort Vredeburg served the Indonesian Army as military command post, barracks and prison for suspected members.

When I visited Vredeburg fort, there was one of the foreign tourists who didn't understand with the castle plan, me and my friend helped him. We finally got to know the tourist. He's called Wick, he's from Holland. He came to Indonesia just for the holidays.  He is a humble person, friendly and funny, so I am a lucky person who can meet him. He tells a lot about his country, in the Netherlands also has a Museum like in Indonesia as Vredebrug Museum. The difference between Vredeburg Museum in Indonesia with Vredebrug Museum in the Netherlands is in Indonesia we buy tickets first and visitors can enter but in the Netherlands we do not need to buy tickets and around the area should be clean.

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FIELD TRIP PART 2

FIELD TRIP AND MEET THE FOREIGN

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In part 1 I tell you I meet the foreign in “Malioboro Street” Yogyakarta. In the second part, I met a stranger in the tourist attraction "Taman Sari Water Castle" Yogyakarta.

 

Taman Sari also known as Taman Sari Water Castle is a site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It is located about 2 km south within the grounds of the Kraton, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Built in mid 18^th century, the Taman Sari had multiple functions, such as a resting area, a workshop, a meditation area, a defense area, and a hiding place.

Taman Sari consisted of four distinct areas: a large artificial lake with islands and pavilions located in the west, a bathing complex in the centre, a complex of pavilions and pools in the south, and a smaller lake in the east. Today only the central bathing complex is well preserved, while the other areas have been largely occupied by the Kampung Taman settlement. Since 1995 the Yogyakarta Palace Complex including Taman Sari is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.

 

With its combination of eastern and western style building, this unique escape of the royal family has its own appeal and story. The most famous place in Tamansari is the bathing and resting place of the Sultan and his Princesses named Umbul Pasiraman. Most tourists find this place interesting as there is a unique story behind its origins.

The Sultan loves to go hunting during his free time and The Umbul Pasiraman was designed to appease the Sultan of that desire. Different from the Panggung Krapyak which was designed to hunt deer, the Umbul Pasiraman (which means a place to take a bath) was designed for the Princesses to take a bath and for the Sultan to relax and ‘hunt’ for a wife.

"Taman sari" is a tourist attraction that is visited by many tourists, be it local tourists and foreign tourists. When I visited "Taman Sari" I also met with foreign tourists who came from Germany, their names are Suzan and Scrou. Suzan has a beautiful face, her nose is very sharp and Scrou has a handsome face, she also has a thick beard. I think they are very good and they are both harmonious ... wkwk. They come to Indonesia for a vacation, and before going to Yogyakarta they vacation to Bali first, then they visit to Yogyakarta and they are in Indonesia already one more week.

Yes, Indonesia does have many tourist attractions located in various cities and provinces that attract tourists, so don’t be surprised if many tourists who come to Indonesia one of them to the city of Yogyajakarta and Bali.