Travel Info: Jambi

Places to eat:

Rumah Makan Aroma Cempaka

Jl HMO Bafadhal No 6

Cempaka Putih

0741 32944

Ayam goreng n udang bakarnya enaaakk : )

Restaurant Aroma Rasa

Jl Mpu Gandring No 75A (d/h Kebun Jeruk)

0741 60598, 62555

Hawa Jaya

Jl Sultan Agung No 56

di sini jual macem-macem: mie celor, martabak india, sate padang, dll

Rumah Makan Cempaka Sari

Jl Jend Sudirman No 19

RT 24

Kel Tambak Sari

08127411786

0741 7117228

Pujasera

Jelutung Corner

Jl Hayam Wuruk

Restaurant & Live Music

Bumi Pasundan

Jl Slamet Riyadi

0741 668764

RM Pecel Lele Ny Hartini

Jl Pangeran Hidayat Km 5 No 20

Kota Baru

0741 443528

Pempek sumsel

Jl orang kayo hitam TR 15

Kel Budiman

Jambi timur

0741 32418

Saimen Bakery

Jl Raden Mattaher No 51-54: 0741 22866

Jl Kol Abundjani, Sipin, No 43: 0741 669042

Jl jend Sudirman, Jambi Prima Mall

Jl Kol Pol M Taher, Swalayan Meranti

Oleh-Oleh:

Batik Jambi

Berkah

Jl Husni Thamrin No 29 (Simpang Mangga): 0741 22732

Jl Sumantri Brojonegoro No 50-54, Simpang Pulai: 0741 64398, 7140525

Jl Sumantri Brojonegoro No 80, Simpang Pulai: 0741 668105

Thempoyac

Jl Jend Sudirman No 110, Thehok: 0741 26400, 0812 7402939

Dekranas Bandara Sultan Thaha

Dekranas Provinsi Jambi/Sanggar PKK Telanai

Sanggar Batik Jambi

Mawarda

Jl KH M. Jakfar, Mudung Laut

Kec Pelayangan

0741 581 479

Kreasi Batik Asmah

Jl KH A. Somad 41

Olak Kemang

Danau Teluk 36262

0741 580541

Toko Keramik Hias

ISALINA

Jl Jend Sudirman No 5/6

0741 7552124

If u wanna do interesting thing or go to interesting places, contact:

Mr. Roy Mardianto 0815 67 449 47 or 0852 6600 8969

www.jambitourpackages.co.cc

Interesting Spots (from Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Provinsi Jambi):

• Seberang Kota: place to buy jambi batik and see old houses, distance: 10 minutes by traditional boat (ketek) and 20 minutes by car.
• Muaro Jambi Temple: biggest archaeological temple complex of sumatera, 12km2. The temples are made of red bricks. Located 26 km from the city, its surviving buddhist temples and other archaeological remains are thought to date from 11th to 19th century. Distance: 1 hour by car or 1,5 hours by traditional boat (ketek)
• Jembatan Makalam
• Mesjid Seribu Tiang
• Tanggo Rajo (Ancol)

Activities:

- temple sightseeing by foot or by bicycle or by becak

- try 'es tebu'

- try the famous local coffee AAA

- try some fresh durians

- buy some batik

- see sunset from Tanggo Rajo

- make some friends : )

For photos of jambi, go to:

http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/search/label/jambi 

> Personal Blog: ''Have you ever?''

For my writing class at Direct English... on December 2011

How do you define a memorable trip? Is it when you experience a wild adventure? See breathtaking scenery? Get acquainted with a handsome fellow traveler? Dive at the deepest sea? Stay at a grand hotel? Meet an endangered species? Or climb the highest mountain?

candi tinggi, at muaro jambi

For me, a memorable trip doesn’t have to be a visit to a beautiful place or an experience of wild adventure. My definition of a memorable trip is simple; it is when friendly local people let us be a part of their lives and when a true friendship is born. The ingredients for this particular memorable trip are temples, local people and mosquitoes. This one trip eventually leads to another three trips back to the same place. Some memorable trips indeed.

singing and playing music

It all started on June 2010 when my friend and I went on a business trip to the city of Jambi for about 10 days. On one weekend during that 10 days period, we took a tour to Muaro Jambi. Muaro Jambi is a village one hour away from Jambi. The tour is mainly a walking tour around the Muaro Jambi temple complex and a night spending at a farmhouse in the middle of a durian farm in the village. It was a total of 14 km walking tour. First, we took a small boat to Muaro Jambi, it took us about one hour to get there from the city, then we started the walking tour. We saw many temples which were made of red brick, unlike temples in Yogyakarta and Magelang which were made from stones. We also learned about the history of those temples. In between the walks, we had lunch at one of the houses in the nearby village. Homemade local food is the best meal when you are traveling.

riding bikes in the morning

In the afternoon after half of the walking tour, we took a bath and had dinner in one of the houses in the village. Then we became ‘’wedding crashers’’, watching a newlywed and the whole village celebrate their day. The newlyweds celebrate their happiness not just for one day. They organized a one week event. During the whole week, guest can come to their house and congratulate the bride and the groom. Almost all the people in the village get together and organize the event. They cook, eat, sing and dance together. They celebrate the wedding. They celebrate life.

durian party.. all u can eat : )

 After that, at the farmhouse, we were accompanied and entertained by a group of young man from the village. They played some music and some Malay songs. They made some jokes. We laughed and we chatted and we drank many cups of the best local coffee until midnight. They even made us some sticky rice and some grilled chicken. There was no electricity and television at the farmhouse. Just us having fun in the middle of a durian farm. That night, friendships were born. Unfortunately, something happened that night, we were attacked by mosquitos. I can still remember vividly the buzzing sounds of the mosquitos flying and the itch feeling throughout my skin. Even the mosquito repellent surrendered itself to the mosquitos that night.

family picture : )

That was it, a walking tour, several cups of local coffee, the sound of laughter mixed with the sound of music, hours of endless conversations and the atmosphere of togetherness, creating a wonderful and memorable weekend. We made friends that night, with those young men who entertained and took care of us during our visit. Their sincerity is one of the reasons why we keep in touch with them. After the first visit, we promised ourselves to visit this place again. We did, three times. One time just because we missed them, one time was special for the durians, and one time to attend a wedding. I once saw this sentence on an advertisement of a certain place: “Come as a stranger and leave as a friend”. That’s what we did. Those strangers at Muaro Jambi became our special friends, even after one and a half years have gone by. Have you ever experienced something like that? 

For the complete pictures of our jambi trips, please click here

Back in Jambi - day 2

Back in jambi – day 2
27-28 November 2010
Along the Batanghari River, Jambi : )

We came back.
I promised myself 5 months ago, to come back to jambi, coz we had so much fun on our first visit.
I promised myself to come back, partly coz i want to see (and eat and hear) all those durians..

But the durian thingy didn’t exactly happened.. due to the weather and all.
But it doesn’t matter, we still had so much fun.
There’s always a new thing to see, a new food to eat, a new friend to make, a new river to be explored and new memories to be made : )

So now I’m making myself a promise again. To come back to Jambi sometime in the (near?) future, just to see my friends and say hello : )

For more info on jambi, go to:
http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2010/07/travel-info-jambi.html

mesjid & taman di jambi

18 Juni 2010

Mesjid Seribu Tiang

Taman Rimba (atau Taman Mini?)

masih di Jambi

: )

For more info on jambi, go to:
http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2010/07/travel-info-jambi.html

For other pictures of jambi, go to:

http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/search/label/jambi