Day 1 - Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

Hi Everyone,

Well we are now in Yogyakarta and once again back in internet connection. So I am going to go back to the second half of day 1 first.

On Monday after our school visit we visited a park in Jakarta called Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or the "Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park".  It is a culture based park which is located right in Jakarta and is about 1 square kilometre.  It was set up in 1975 to reflect the Indonesian lifestyle and to capture the individuality of each of the provinces of Indonesia, particularly their homes (architecture), clothing, dancing and traditions. 

One of the traditional houses

Each of the 23 provinces that existed in 1975 is represented in the displays, and new provinces that have been created in Indonesia since 1975 are now also adding their own cultural displays of houses, costumes and traditions. 

Taman Mini also has a cable car, museums, Imax cinema, and a large lake in which the islands of Indonesia are represented.

After walking around Taman Mini and looking at many of the different exhibitions we packed up and headed back in the bus to the hotel.  We had arranged to have some dinner at a local restaurant, where we had some very delicious traditional Indonesian food.  It was delicious!!!