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Geological Department Bandung and Field Work.
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Dr. Julianty with Jeep of Badan Geologi Bandung.

The Geological Museum Bandung is of course not only a place to collect and make exibitions-
on the main work is of course the field work around the very interestic places in Indonesia.
Here in the Photo please see Ms. Drs. Julianty (with great business in Anthropology).

Ms. Drs. Julianty was so friendly to show the Jeep of BADAN GEOLOGI (Kementarian Energi dan Sumber daya Mineral) just this day was in Bandung.
This and other used for the exursions to the geological and anthropological sites in the Java, Sumatra and Kaliamantan field areas.

Please don't hesitate to look in the new internetside of the Geological Museum Bandung.
Very interesting

Updated Mar 18, 2013

Website: http://museum.bgl.esdm.go.id/

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Geological Museum Bandung remembering history
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Memorial Dutch Geologist Rainder Fennema, Bandung

The Geological Museum in Bandung is a landmark sice long old time.

It is a good place for information about history of Geology in Indonesia and all around.
Even in Internet time it is from my view worth to take time an see.
All around it is very impressive to see the building that is at place since the dutch time.

In the staircase you find some memorials of the old time, when the work of a geologist was much more difficult and dangerous than today. See at photo.

Updated Feb 22, 2013

Website: http://museum.bgl.esdm.go.id/

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Geological Museum in Bandung
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Drs Tatty and Dr. Indro tell about the Mt.Tambora
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The Geological Museum is quite central in Bandung an an good adress for a sighseeing.
It is worth to see the geologic and anthopologic collection.
In special cause of the special geological situation of Indonesia,
situated in the "geological Ring of Fire"- the much so volcanos in Indonesia.
The next volcano to Bandung is the Tankubanperahu - at good weather well seen at Bandungs north skyline.
It is a quite many- sided field of work in Geological Museum Bandung.

Updated Feb 22, 2013

Website: http://museum.bgl.esdm.go.id/

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Gunung Tangkuperahu:"drive-in-volcano"over Bandung
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Between heaven&earth: Bandung, Tangkubanperahu

Kota Bandung di dekat Gunung Tangkubanperahu!
The first special to see in Bandung -
is the near to the Vulcanos around in the Preanger Mountains at first the Tangkubanperahu.

There are much storys around and the best is to use good weather to see more. Real it is not very usful to take a tour in raintime- if heavy rain it can be a problem-
Hati hati Hujan keras- hard rain is dangerous!At the day of photo it was good weather in Bandung- but full in the clouds at the Caldera.

But never walk without care, and better use a trustable guide. Be shure, ever is the wild nature around us- and near Tangkubanperahu its very wild and very near. Shure my comment NEVER try to get inside the vulcano needs no explanation for a traveller-the sulfur gases are one - at right wind you will get a soar throat at evening.

The other and real dangerous is the never predictable unseen eruption or migration of deadly free Carbon Dioxide in the inner deeper crater walls.

Remark:
The Tangkubanperahu is a sleepy vulcano!
In seldom cases acess can be restricted if there is an Safety Alert from the Bandung-based Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG)
found at 22.02.2013 in Internet at: www.thejakartapost.com

Updated Feb 22, 2013

Website: www.esdm.go.id/news-archives.html

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Tangkubanperahu - living at caldera of the volcano
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Tangkubanperahu-Living at the Volcano near Bandung

Usually it is good to have a little distance to the volcanoes, and usually nearby is nothing maybe a geological station - but near Bandung at "Tankubanperahu" is other.
The northeast site of the caldera is full of souvenir stores,
and much people are there - cause you can drive until the top with cars, so it is easy for tourist to come here. See the photo.

You will find - a full "drive in Vulkano"- with now hundreds of small and greater stores and restaurants - you will see much souvenir sellers- everyone will be very lucky to interest special You for the so much offers- from mountain flowers to special stones an minerals, sulphure powder good for cure all kind of deseases until warm colourful wool caps and - of course - "Anklungs" too.

But I recommend to use a trustable guide. Be shure, ever is the wild nature around us- and near Tangkubanperahu its very wild and very near. Shure my comment NEVER try to get inside the vulcano needs no explanation for a traveller-the sulfur gases are one - at right wind you will get a soar throat at evening.

Remark:
The Tangkubanperahu is a sleepy vulcano!
In seldom cases acess can be restricted if there is an Safety Alert from the Bandung-based Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG)
found at 22.02.2013 in Internet at: www.thejakartapost.com

Updated Feb 22, 2013

Website: http://www.esdm.go.id/news-archives.html

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Palasari Traditional Book Market
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In the center of Bandung, Palasari Traditional Book Market is a nice place to visit, specially if you like read books. tens Thousand of books availabel here, and many people said that this place is the complette book store in Indonesia.
This place just look like another traditional markets, but specially for books. You can buy any kind of new books with discount, mostly from Indonesian publishers but some of them also sale books from international publishers. Beside new books, you can buy used book here.
Of course this place so famous for the people in Bandung, as you know Bandung the city for studying in Indonesia, and knowing well as education city.

Written May 15, 2012

Address: Jl. Palasari

Website: http://bandung.jacktour.com/2011/04/palasari-bandung.html

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Kampung Gajah
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This is an Elephant Cultural Village translated in English but there is no real elephants here except for people dressed up like Elephants walking around here taking pics with the kids and so on. It`s a very nice place to take your family to especially the kids. There is alot to do here. Lots of rides for the kids that they will enjoy. You can take a ride with a horse and carriage or rent a buggy or even go karting which is really fun. One thing that I must say is that it`s not cheap here but garanteed to be alot of fun for your family.

Written Nov 14, 2011

Website: http://translate.google.co.za/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=http://www.kampunggajah.com/&ei=3GjBTrq1JpP78QOYmbyWBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=

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Try to visit the Bosscha Observatory
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Carl-Zeiss-Doppelrefraktor Bosscha Observatory ITB

The Bosscha Observatory is a Landmark worth to visit it and it is easy to reach in direction Lembang, not so far of Bandung-

Try to come at a saturday - see more in the special Bosscha Astronomy site at my VT side.

Here at the Photo a special view of the bottom of the honourable Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Doppelrefraktor working sice the foundation of the Observatory in the end of twenties last century still until today.

On the second photo you can see the type plate at the mount of the old great "Bamberg Refraktor", the mount was manufactured so around 1920 by the "Askania Werke" Berlin Friedenau!

See also the ITB Bandung, the Astronomical Department the Jurusan Astronomi.

This year 2011 is special, cause of "60 Years Astronomy" in Indonesia! See Bosscha Internetside.

For more information, look at my VT-Travellog "Bandung travelling north to Bosscha Observatory"

So if you of special astronomic interest -
or simple want to be a little nearer to the so much shining stars and the milky way of south hemisphere,
so don`t hesitate to follow the way to the "BOSSCHA".

Updated Oct 1, 2011

Website: http://bosscha.itb.ac.id/

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Jendela Bandung- a guidebook about Bandung
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Usually a traveltime is to short to see all-
so mostly I look in the bookstores fore some interesting to take home.
So in Bandung too...

In 2007 a friend recommended: "Jendela Bandung" written vom HerSuganda.

Real nice book- but in Bahasa Indonesia!
But looking inside- and the reviews show it-
the "Jendela Bandung" gives a good impression about "Bandoeng" in the past,
and the variety of town and area Bandung today in Indonesia...

See at photo the front page of "Jendela Bandung" the new highway bridge in Bandung city.

Updated Sep 30, 2011

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The house of Mayor in Bandung- kotamadya Bandung
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Inmid great green trees: House of mayor in Bandung

North part of Bandung has nice places- ,
here in the little park, the building complex of old holland times- ("dari waktu belanda"):

The house of mayor of Bandung "Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Bandung",
the residence of the "Pemerintah Kotamaya tingkat Bandung"

I have got there a little souvenir with Kota Bandung Heraldic figure:
The Tangkuperahu volcano, a town wall over blue white waves of river mountains,
under the heraldic motto: "GEMAH RIPAH WIBAWAH MUKTI"

The park around is a nice shadow place under the big trees and is free open at day for all.

By the way- long names seems even in Indonesia to long for daily use-
the town bus station for the"Angkotas" is simple named "City Hall"!

Written Aug 3, 2011

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