The view from my room window when we were staying at Santika, Bogor. I like the hotel. The breakfast was very good. The room was quite good. One downside is the lifts are small.
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[EN] We had a family lunch in Bogor this afternoon. Bogor is a small town near Jakarta. From my place in South Jakarta, it is around 55 km. This morning, we left at 10.30 am and reached the restaurant in Bogor at 12.10 pm. That’s 1 hour 40 minutes. It was a longer trip because at the Jagorawi Toll Road, it was packed with cars before the ticket gate at Cibubur.
Despite the long trip, it was a good lunch, though. The food at Kabayan was quite good. It was Sundanese cuisine (Western Java). The location of restaurant was practically at the end of the main Bogor toll road exit.
Recommended food: Pepes mercon (fish cooked in bamboo), Gurame bakar sambal mangga nanas (gurame fish barbecued with chilly mixed with mango and pineapple).
Recommended drink: Lidah buaya (aloe vera; note that the literal meaning of lidah buaya is crocodile tounge, but that’s the Indonesian word for aloe vera).
[ID] Kami sekeluarga makan siang di Bogor siang ini. Bogor adalah kota kecil dekat Jakarta. Dari rumah saya di Jakarta Selatan, jaraknya 55 km. Pagi ini, kami berangkat jam 10.30 am dan sampai di restoran di Bogor jam 12.10 pm. Perjalanannya 1 jam 40 menit. Perjalanannya lebih lama karena di Tol Jagorawi padat sekali diwaktu mau memasuki gerbang tiket di Cibubur.
Meskipun perjalanan memakan waktu lama, makan siangnya lumayan enak. Makanan di Kabayan cukup enak, makanan Sunda. Lokasi restoran tersebut ada di ujung exit utama tol Bogor.
Rekomendasi makanan: Pepes mercon, Gurame bakar dengan sambal mangga nanas.
Rekomendasi minuman: Lidah buaya.
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[EN] This is a better view of the giant lily pads. No rubbish on the pads on the farther part of the pond. The lawn is not reachable by visitors of the botanical garden. I wonder if anyone like honorary guests, diplomats or foreign emissaries do actually step on that part of the lawn at any one time. I also wonder if the President or his wife or his children ever wander to that part of the lawn.
That was the first time that I have ever been to Bogor Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Bogor). It was a Monday, a working day, so it was so peaceful and quiet. It was just right for me.
[ID] Ini adalah pemandangan lain dari teratai raksasa. Tidak ada sampah diatas teratainya dibagian kolam yang jauh. Bagian taman yang bagian ini tidaklah dapat dicapai oleh pengunjung kebun raya. Saya ingin tahu apakah tamu terhormat, diplomat atau tamu negara ada yang berjalan kebagian taman ini. Saya juga ingin tahu apakah Presiden atau istrinya atau anak-anaknya pernah menikmati bagian taman sebelah sini.
Saat itu adalah saat pertamaku pergi ke Kebun Raya Bogor. Hari itu hari Senin, pada hari kerja, dan sangatlah hening dan tenang. Sangatlah tepat untuk saya.
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[EN] Kebun Raya Bogor or the Bogor Botanical Garden was first established by C.G.K. Reinwardt. According to the writing on the rock (oops, I don’t know the proper term for the rock, do you call it a monument?), he was a German botanist. According to Wikipedia, he was a Prussian born Dutch botanist. I suppose as Prussia was a German kingdom, that’s why Reinwardt could also be thought of as a German. Well, I’m glad he founded the botanical garden, otherwise we may not have one near Jakarta.
[ID] Kebun Raya Bogor pertama kali didirikan oleh C.G.K. Reiwardt. Dari tulisan diatas batu tersebut, beliau adalah seorang botanis Jerman. Menurut Wikipedia, beliau adalah botanis Belanda kelahiran Prussia. Karena Prussia adalah suatu kerajaan Jerman, maka Reiwardt dapat dibilang sebagai orang Jerman. Yang penting adalah, ia telah mendirikan kebun raya, kalau tidak bisa jadi tidak ada kebun raya dekat dengan Jakarta.
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