Morning riders on the road out of Palembang
to pasemah plateau
Month: Feb 2013
south sumatra
Coffee Stall girl in Muaraenim striking a pose.
Lahat at the foothills of the western Barisan Range
Gunung Jempol (Thumb Mountain) is actually the unofficial name for Bukit Serelo in the Lahat District
palembang : malay capital on the mighty musi
The Musi River (525 km) in southern Sumatra is the second longest river in maritime South East Asia. It rises near Gunung Kaba (1,937 m) in the Barisan Range and divides the city of Palembang into halves (Ilir and Ulu) before flowing finally into the Bangka Strait.
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The city of Palembang is largely unknown to foreign tourists. Even to its closest foreign neighbours across the Strait, Palembang is just a place they remember from school textbooks as the hometown of Parameswara the legendary founder of the Malaccan Sultanate. This once capital of the mysterious Malay Buddhist Kingdom of Srivijaya (that ruled the island of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula from 7th to 14 th century) has not a lot to entice internet holiday makers but for the intrepid traveler wanting to see Malay culture in its natural setting and meet some of the friendliest urban inhabitants on this planet Palembang and its hinterland province of Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra) are unmissable.
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Kerk Boon Leng Photographs & Notes 