• Wahanarata Museum (Royal Carriages)

    April 11, 2024 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    On our last day, we did find a laundry, enjoyed a nice coffee and a warm bun filled with a cheese filling at a local café which had opened. A crowd had gathered at the palace gates to watch the procession from the palace to the mosque; vendors were selling meatball soup for breakfast and drinks iced down in coolers. We took a ojek (motorcycle taxi) to the center hoping that the museums would now be open. Once again, all the attractions in the Royal Palace were closed, so we watched the parade into and then out of the palace, then went to the Royal Carriage Museum. We have often been to cities with similar museums (or royal barges in Bangkok) but have never made a carriage museum a priority. 😀Read more