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theo1006 Says: A relict of colonial times is the Dutch Cemetery. The tombs are falling apart and overgrown with weeds. There must be decendants of those buried here living in the Netherlands or elsewhere – are they aware of the neglect of the cemetery?The weeds around one tomb had recently...
black_mimi99 Says: When my trip here, I was so enjoy the music of sasando, the traditional music from Nusa tenggara Timur. The main part of sasando is a bamboo tube that served as the frame of the instrument. Surrounded the tube is several wooden pieces served as wedges where the strings are...
black_mimi99 Says: So many beaches in kupang, and one of the beauty is Lasiana beach. Lasiana Beach is located in Central Kupang, Kupang, NTT. And also many beach where we can see the local fisherman and the activity of the fisherman's life.
meiyergani Says: Governor office was located right at the heart of Kupang city with a wide landscape and the statue of 'EL TARI' , a former and the first Governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province was stand in front of its buildings.Situated at a magnificent landscape of Kupang down town and...
EL TARI AIRPORT- KUPANG, an ENTRANCE GATE to NTT
meiyergani Says: EL TARI Airport is located at a hill side of Oesapa region, some 20 km away northeast of Kupang City Center. As an entrance gate for all of domestic flight from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar (Bali) and foreign flight from Australia to East Nusa Tenggara Province or...
meiyergani Says: Kupang Old Harbor was still in use by small boat which will deliver the peoples from Kupang city to the island Nearby-Semau Island. Located just at the edge of Kupang bus terminal and Kupang Central Market where we could enjoy a beatiful scenery of the harbor furnished by a...
theo1006 Says: Every day by nightfall part of Siliwangi road in Kupang is closed and converted into a food market. Come here to enjoy a cheap meal in the open.We asked them 'What do you do when it rains?' - 'Oh, we put up a tarpaulin!' Especially the roasted fish is excellent.
Kupang OPEN AIR restaurant (night market): Kupang Night's Life Food Vaganza
meiyergani Says: This is an Outdoor open air Foodvaganza at Kupang night market was popular place to visit, begin in the afternoon from 05.00 pm till late in to the night, it was some kind of street vendor restaurants where you could see tens of food counters side by side along 500 meters...
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Occupying one street lane of PASAR (market) KUPANG, as long as 500 meters Jalan Garuda was a popular place for enjoying foods and drinks in the night. The street was close for all kinds of vehicles which begin from 05.00 o'clock in the afternoon until late at the nights, the foods and drinks stall as well as a sharing tables were stranded side by side in an open air along the street
Dress Code: No need to wear special dress, just put your casual dress
Written Sep 1, 2009
Address: PASAR KUPANG, JALAN (street) GARUDA
ANGKOT or BEMO, a sharing taxi
meiyergani Says: BEMO or ANGKOT is a very useful and cheapest transportation means for peoples or tourist, with a flat tariffs IDR 2,500 near or far from one point to another in one route. It was some kind of minivan with various colors: white, green, yellow, blue with full of western...
Boat or Ferry from KUPANG to ROTE
meiyergani Says: A ferry or Speed boat run everyday from KUPANG to ROTE island vise versa, ferry would take four or five hours from Bolok seaport at Kupang to Pantai Baru seaport at Rote island, while speed boat would take two hours from Tenau seaport at Kupang to BA'A seaport at ROTE...
theo1006 Says: Rp 10,000 for 4 kg of sea salt, a good deal?Straight from the makers on the roadside 10 km east of Kupang.We think sea salt is more healthy than the regular refined rock salt, so we brought home a bag. If you come from abroad 4 kg may be much to carry home, but of you are...
theo1006 Says: At the fish market on the beach road one gets perhaps the freshest fish. At least in the morning when they have just been brought in. During the day the sellers spray them with iced water.We were especially attracted by the bright blue ones.
theo1006 Says: Also seen at Tablolong village: a shed where people were unloading corals newly harvested from 10 m depth in Kupang Bay. They were put in basins with seawater to be later sold to Jakarta.We wonder whether this is a legal trade, and if it is we think it should not be. Yet the...
theo1006 Says: All over Kupang Bay where the water is shallow - at Semau island and at Tablolong beach - people are cultivating rumput laut (sea weed). We were told is earns them Rp 30,000 for one kg dried weed.The trick is to tie pieces of weed to a long plastic rope and let this float in...
Kupang's oldest church building
theo1006 Says: The Dutch who landed in West Timor brought their protestant religion with them. There already was a congregation in 1614 (see "Grave of the Unknown Minister"), but the oldest church building - which now serves the Timorese faithful - dates back to 1882 and is designated as a...
theo1006 Says: Kupang's oldest mosque would have been older than the oldest church, if they had not rebuilt it recently. The original mosque dates from 1806, and an old photograph shows what it looked like. Unfortunately the building did not have the status of cultural heritage, and...
theo1006 Says: Inside the church on Soekarno Street are listed the ministers of the protestant church of Kupang, starting with Van den Broek in 1614. Not all of them are known, there are gaps in the list. So much do the Timorese hold their ministers in high esteem, that they have a grave...
theo1006 Says: For those interested in architecture or history, there are a few colonial buildings in Kupang still unchanged.Our first picture shows the EMTO building, it once was the office of the electricity company "Elektrische Maatschappij Timor en Onderhorigheden". This 1920's style...
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Favorite thing: There are lots of places in Kupang with internet access.
Edwin Lerrick of the Lavalon bar (Jalan Sumatra on the beachfront) will let you use his pc for free.
A favourite internet café is Teddy's at Jalan Ikan Tongol near the old harbour.
Written Mar 10, 2010
Kupang is the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, which consists of the islands Alor, Flores, Komodo, Rote, Sawu, Solor, Sumba, West Timor and scores of smaller ones. The eastern half of Timor...
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THE BRIDGE TO ALL OF LESSER SUNDA ISLAND
Kupang is located at the Western Part of Timor island, the city was very hot and geographically the land was comprise of rocky hills white lime stone. Kupang is a fascinating city with its beautiful...
City Center of East Nusa Tenggara
Kupang is the capital of east nusa tenggara, as a capital it is more like big city in the region with some high buildings and mall but it still has something to be seen. As for now kupang is more for...
It's hard for me to write much about this town as I have spent some very special weeks there and I miss it and my friends very much... my travelogues ab. East Timor in 1999 have some photos and...
Build your own Kupang page
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