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Human interest around Surabaya - Kembara Jawa Timur Part VI

Kembara Jawa Timur Part I - Mount Bromo from Mount Penanjakan

Kembara Jawa Timur Part II - Mount Bromo & Ranupani Village

Kembara Jawa Timur Part III - Bromo from Gardu Pandang & Madakaripura Waterfall

Kembara Jawa Timur Part IV - Kawah Ijen - A mountain of surreal pain and beauty

Kembara Jawa Timur Part V - From Kalianyar Village to Papuma beach

Kembara Jawa Timur Part VI - Human interest around Surabaya

This shall be the last entry that conclude my Kembara Jawa Timur series. Asbeen told earlier, this series cover my recent photography trip to Jawa Timur

which cover Bromo-Kawah Ijen-Surabaya. Surabaya is not actually part of our

main itenary but it is more like a resting stop before boarding flight back to Kuala

Lumpur.

Sunset at New Kenjeran beach

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In Surabaya, we cover certain area such as Kya Kya Kembang Jepun and the

nearby Sunan Ampel Mosque, Masjid Cheng Ho and also Kenjeran. The only

place that i might want to repeat is Kenjeran as it is a traditional fishing village with

the backdrop of Pulau Madura bridge with nearby pasar. I believe the human

interest there would be fascinating to be captured and we could spend a full day

there. Sunan Ampel Mosque definitely should be dropped from any photographer

itenary as they didnt allow any picture to be taken there.

During our visit in Surabaya, we were accompanied by Ms Farida, a friend of Mas

Kaboel, our guide. She is a very intelligent girl with a good knowledge of his city

history and attraction. The most memorable part is when she explain the origin of

Surabaya name (Sura = Shark , Baya = Crocodile) as it is believe in local myth

that these two creatures once dwell and fought each other to gain the title of the

strongest animal in the area.

An interesting observation is how cycling is part of daily lives here. I manage tocapture a series of cyclist around surabaya.

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ps: while it has been a while since this trip ended, few picture that is relevant for

this entry has yet been processed/published in my flickr (eg Cheng Ho mosque

picture,ambang kya-kya,kenjeran). Whenever i manage to publish few more

related picture this entry would be updated with it.

With these picture series i conclude my Bromo-Kawah Ijen-Surabaya trip series.

Would really recommend both Bromo and Kawah Ijen as your destination. Bromo

is an accessible tourist destination and Kawah Ijen is a bit hard to reach but not

impossible. Both place is fantastic for any photographer that interested in

landscape and also human interest. And of course i definitely recommend our

humble guide, Mas Kaboel / Aruna Asa.

I'm planning to go back to Mt Bromo to scale Mt Semeru this October with few

hiking friends, may God bless our journey. Ameen.

Other blog entry by fellow photographer in this trip

Dr Jamal - http://www.tembeling.com/blog/?p=1262

Shahreen - http://shahre2n.blogspot.com/2010/09/expat-2010bahagian-7episod-

terakhir.html

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