It's been a month since I'm back from my Jatim (Jawa Timur) trip, so I guess it's time to put the trip into some writings. Let's get the first post out first and see how it goes🤪. The thing about writing a blog is that you need to go through the tens and hundreds of pictures and pick just a handful. And in my case, I would also resize them. When there are videos, I have to upload them to Youtube to embed the link in the post. It's kind of a hassle even though it's kinda of once in a year thing 😛.
Anyhoo, I took advantage of the Merdeka Day public holiday and the free public holiday on the 15th and spent the whole week there.
Saturday, 13/9/2025
My usual go-to transportation to KLIA is the ERL train. However my flight was at 7 and the first ERL train would only be leaving KL Sentral at 5. So I had no choice but to opt for Grab. The quiet ride option is either a hit or a miss. It's way too early for me to have a chit chat 💤. Thankfully, my Grab driver read my request so we only exchanged Hi and Bye 😊.
It was 4 in the morning at KLIA but it was already buzzing.
The flight was uneventful. Going thru the autogate and customs were a breeze since I had completed the AllIndonesia application beforehand. I had to wait for my friends to pick me up because they went to the wrong terminal - the domestic one 😸.
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| KUL - SUB |
Since we had ample time before checking in at our hotel, we went to get lunch at
Sate Kelopo Ondomohen Bu Asih and visited the Monumen Tugu Pahlawan.
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| Places that we managed to cover on that Saturday |
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| Sate Kelopo |
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| Sate with lontong. |
Surabaya is called the City of Heroes (Kota Pahlawan).
Monumen Tugu Pahlawan was built "to commemorate the events of 10 November 1945 at the Battle of Surabaya" (Wikipedia). Unfortunately the museum was closed
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| Original pic |
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| Used Samsung AI to remove the plastic barrier 🤣 |
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| The 3 Amigos |
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| (tanaman) yang menjulur-julur harus dibabat sampai habis dan yang menghalang-halangi jalan harus dipatahkan -- Google |
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| Now where's the November 9th museum? 😁 |
We made a quick stop at
Alun-Alun for some photo ops.
Across from Alun-Alun, there's the
Zangrandi ice cream shop. The fact that it started from 1930s is a statement itself.
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| Zangrandi |
I didn't do much searching for Surabaya, Bromo, Malang and Batu before this trip, except for hotels. I just learned that the name Surabaya was derived from the legend of Suro (shark) and Boyo (crocodile).
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| Courtesy of Google AI |
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| A quick stop at one of the Suro and Boyo statues in the city |
We stayed at Platinum Hotel on Jalan Tunjungan. When we wanted to go out for dinner that night, we were surprised that the street came to life as compared when we arrived a couple of hours before. Traffic was hectic and there were loads of people.
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| One of the historical buildings on Jalan Tunjungan |
Okay, just a short one for Surabaya. There are more Surabaya pictures on the return leg from Malang.
For Bromo, I have to upload some videos to Youtube as well since I believe they would show how majestic Bromo was.
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