The beauty of Palembang City, Musi River

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October 16, 2009

Along the Musi River may be your choice when vacationing in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra. Guaranteed, your eyes will be spoiled a lot of tourist attraction along the banks of Musi River.

Pempek City vacation, so Palembang known, is complete if you follow the Musi River. That way, you’ll discover the beauty of many tourist attractions. Museum Badarudin Sultan Mahmud II can be your first port of call. Formerly, this museum is known as the Little Palace, or Kraton Kuto Kuto Lamo.

Not how far from the museum, you can see the establishment of a fort which stood firm until now. His name, Castle Kuto Besak. The fort was built during the reign of Muhammad Bahaudin with 17-year period of work. Formerly served as a stronghold of the Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam.

From this fortress, travel along the Musi River can begin. Not how far from this castle there is a ferry pier for transportation to residents or tourists see tourist attraction along the shores of the Musi River. Enough to pay Rp 7,000 per person for a boat ride with a dragon’s head artistic ornaments. Price, if you are traveling as a group. However, if you travel alone, you will be charged USD 25 thousand to hire the outboard.

The next goal could be to the village of Kapitan, 10 minutes to cross from the dock. On the way to Kampung Kapitan, you can see directly a proud city of Palembang, which Ampera Bridge. This bridge divide between the downstream city of Palembang and upstream. Ampera bridge was built around 1962 with the approval of then president, Sukarno, as compensation for Japanese war. The bridge has two pillars in the first place can be open at its center. Unfortunately, today, the bridge could no longer like before.

After ten minutes by boat, arrived in Kampung Kapitanl. The village of this area of 20 hectares was formerly a Tionghoa clan community. There is a house that is the legacy of Captain Tjoa Ham Hin who succeeded his father, Major Tjoa Tjia Kuan. This house is the second resort Tionghoa Kapitan descent. This house got as a gift of cooperation from the Kingdom of Sriwijaya.

China and Sriwijaya, at that time, it has a long history of relationships. One of them is a relic of a temple. This temple lies about 30 minutes by boat down the river, precisely in Kemaro Island.

Not yet reached the island, visible from a distance the top of a temple called the Temple of Hok Ceng Bio. Previous to this temple building huts, but now the center of Buddhist worship. Of travel along the Musi River was, as if nothing out of history and natural beauty we enjoy.

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