Ransel Bertopeng

Why can't people live in harmony? That's some high hopes looking at how the world today.  But we know that at some point, humanity can living in peace no matter what their race or religion. I don't know if it would become reality in the distant future but I know for sure in the past, people did! Jalan Tukong or Harmony street at night As I travelled back in Malacca, Malaysia, there was this small street that had several religious house of prays, standing still side by side! The name was Jalan Tukong.  Located one block aside of Jonker walk. Literally translated as Goldsmith street, also well known as the Harmony streets because the proximity of several religious buildings. Islam's Mesjid Kampung Kling, Hokkien's Cheng Hoon Temple, Budhism's Xiang Lin Si Temple & Hindu's Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple. Mesjid Kampung Kling Mesjid Kampung Kling B uilt by   Indian   Muslim   traders   in 1748, originally was a wooden building and in 1872, it was rebuilt in bri...

Malacca City -sometimes spelled Melaka, Malaka or Malacka- is the capital city of the Malaysian State of Malacca and also the oldest city on the straits of Malacca. The city was founded by King Prameswara, or Sultan Iskandar Shah, a Malay Raja of Singapore. In the 15th century, the Malacca Sultanate became a successful entrepot around this area, and drew attention of traders from Middle East, South Asia & East Asia, as well as European.  Then as the history goes, Malacca once under Portuguese administration, Dutch administrations then British rule. Thus the City can offer tourists some heritage buildings along with its histories & cultures . In 2008, it was listed -together with George Town in Penang- as UNESCO World Heritage for its long history. Currently, the city rely on tourism, so you may expect some friendly tourist neighborhood around here. Those are valid reasons to pay a visit to Malacca. How to Get There It is actually easy to ge...

Kemaren dah ngurusin surat kehilangan barang di kepolisian setempat, lalu ke KBRI Thailand buat meminta trasnlasi official -nya. Nah, gw udah punya 'amunisi' untuk ngurus semua kartu-kartu gw yang hilang. Tapi itu semua bakal gw lakuin pas di Indonesia, sementara gw masih punya waktu 3 hari di Bangkok. Dengan duit kurang dari 1000 Baht, kira-kira apa yang bisa gw lakuin? BANYAK!  ----- Artikel ini merupakan rangkaian perjalanan solo backpacking gua keliling ASEAN selama kurang lebih sebulan. Prologue-nya udah gua tulis  di sini ,  kenapa gua melakukan solo travelling seperti ini.  Day 1 ,  Day 2  di Melaka,  Day 3 di Phnom Penh ,  Day 4 perjalanan ke Siem Reap ,  Day 5 keliling Angkor Wat ,  Day 6 Killing Field Siem Reap ,  Day 7  nyeberang perbatasan Kamboja-Vietnam lewat darat.   Day 8 keliling Saigon dan masuk ke  War Remnant Museum ,  Day 9 main ke  Vietnam Traditional Medicine Museum   and...