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Monumen Nasional The way it’s called in Indonesian language is Monumen Nasional, but its shortcut name is simply Monas. In English it’s obviously The National Monument of Jakarta. The monument is a 132 meter high tower located in the centre of Merdeka Square, central Jakarta. The construction started in 1961 …
Location The Mandiri Museum is on a roughly ten minutes walking distance from the Jakarta History Museum at Fatahillah Square, Old Batavia. The train station of Kota in between them on your left hand side. You can see the Mandiri Museum when you walk in front of the train station …
To Nam Tok There are several possibilities to get to and over the original Death Railway part that ends in Nam Tok. A train from Bangkok to Nam Tok is one but much more popular is to start from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. In several other posts we have told …
Rizal Park Rizal Park is a park of big size in Manila where you can easily walk around for an hour. The park is big enough to have a so called vehicle driving around that looks like a train. Rizal Park includes a monument, a Chinese garden and Japanese garden, …
Fort Santiago history Located in Manila and with a reasonable historical value lies Fort Santiago. This bastion with a perimeter of 620 meters is located along the Pasig river. The construction completed in 1593, although it got a renovation during 1733. Fort Santiago was built under the Spanish colonization who …
Bayon Temple History When you visit ancient Angkor on a one day ticket, you will get to the few most famous en biggest temples. Angkor Wat is the most well known, but the Bayon temple is at least as impressive. Bayon temple was built during the late 12th century all …
History Museum building The History Museum of Jakarta, also known as Fatahillah Museum, is located at Fatahillah Square. It was established end of March 1974 by the then governor. The History Museum is actually located in the former Dutch colony City Hall building, which was inaugurated in 1710 by Dutch …
Fatahillah Square This is the Indonesian name for Old Batavia. Located in central Jakarta, this square reminds of the Dutch colonial time in Indonesia. Another name for Fatahillah square is Kota Tua, in case you want to explain it to a taxi or Grab driver. The level of English speaking …
Ta Prohm History The Angkor Temple of Ta Prohm was built in the 12th and 13th century. Under the reign of Khmer King Jayarman II. The original name of Ta Prohm was Rajavihara (The Royal Monastery), as it was a Mahayana Buddhist Monastery. In the initial plan for Ta Prohm …
Angkor National Museum The Angkor National Museum is located just about 2 km out of the Siem Reap tourist area called Pubstreet. Just before the container market and the Angkor Regency Hotel. The design of the Angkor National Museum is that of the Angkor Wat tower. In case you have …