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  • Day 100

    Bandung

    October 3, 2018 in Indonesia

    We arrived in Bandung by train and checked into a lovely family run hostel.
    The first day we went for a walk, and reached the Grand Mosque, unfortunately the minaret was closed so we couldn’t visit the top of the tower. But we did walk around and went bare feet on the green ‘fake’ (synthetic) grass, which nearly burned our feet. Oh well, we found out that the mosque was built in 1812, while it was very small. Throughout the years it was extended to its grand form. After the mosque we explored a shopping district, got lost a few times and headed for lunch. We learned about the famous Asian-African conference that was held in Bandung on April 18th-24th, 1955, and it was mostly states from the two continents that had recently went independent. The history in Bandung was impressive, and so was the influence from the Dutch. The bakeries, hotels, and street layouts were all influenced by the dutch.
    After another day of walking, we visited a coffee shop with three different types of pasta on one plate! Yummy! Afterwards, we rested and were ready to head to busy Jakarta by train!
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