Beautiful Lampions at Pacific Place

Pacific Place is a mall with a taste. They frequently display piece of art for its atrium decoration. This time, it’s giant, vividly colored lampions by Eko Nugroho. Beautiful.

Jatibarang Dam and Gua Kreo

Suggested by our driver, we decided to “go local” today, visiting a relatively new public attraction of “Bendungan Jatibarang” (Jatibarang Dam), which was opened about a year ago, next to the already famous “Gua Kreo” (Kreo Cave). 

Spiegel Bar & Bistro: A Coffee Place with Long Heritage

When we’re exploring the rejuvenated Old Town of Semarang, we found this place, set up in an old Dutch heritage building next to ‘Gereja Blenduk’. As coffee addict who always look for cozy coffee place during our holiday, we didn’t hesitate ourselves to enter the cafe, escaped from the hot and humid afternoon of Semarang….

The New Face of An Old Town in Semarang

Semarang is not known as a city with many popular tourist attraction. They do have few, like this one, an old town complex with Dutch heritage buildings. But current city administration has been working hard to boost Semarang image by making Semarang a much cleaner city, and introducing additional attractions for tourists.