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Small ''Golden Gate'' in Tenggarong
Visit: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3291723... The Golden Gate is the famous gate in San Francisco of United States. If the Golden Gate of San Francisco is lies between City of San Francisco and the Island of Famous former Jail of Alcatraz, the Tenggarong Golden Gate is lies to bridge the Mahakam River, Tenggarong, East Borneo (Kalimantan Timur), Indonesia. In Tenggarong, you can also see the Tenggarong view using a cable car. You can take a picture of the local houses on the river bank from your cable car. Seem that the view of the local houses look like a harmony living, simple live and peaceful. If you down to meet the people there, they are friendly people. One of the Tenggarong famous statue is the Lembuswana. They have a crown symbol, not a king, proboscis and tusk, not an elephant, have a wings, not a bird, have cock spur, not a cock. If you like to see the Museum of Mulawarman, you also can see this throne, still complete and in good condition. Remember that, if you want to use cable car, you should go to Kumala Island first, before you can see the view of Mahakam river, or to see the activity of Mahakam river and also see the houses on the river bank. Tenggarong is the Kutai Kertanegara Regency which one of the richest Regency in Indonesia and site of the former Kutai Kingdom, 39 km up the Mahakam from Samarinda. Though the new road has banished much of the town’s charm, the people here are still friendly and there is no officialdom to contend with. For the foreign or local tourist who want more information about Kutai Kertanegara Tourism, you can vitist a tourist office at Jl.P.Diponegoro 2 for information and advice on traveling in the Mahakam river basin A Souvenir shop below sells mostly new Dayak Kenyah crafts. Near the Sporting and Cultural Complex is an unusual mosque built during the reign of Haji Aji Pangeran Sosro Negoro (1926-1935). Inside you will find what is surely the only Indonesian public library housed in a minaret Doctor Achmad Thantawi, Jl.Cut Nyak Dihn, practices acupuncture and is open Mon-Sat 18.00 –20.00. Tenggarong is so mall so you can walk everywhere. At the dermaga, negotiate rides with one of the many becak or motorcyclists. Local transportation also around the city. Minibus for Samarinda and Balikpapan stop at the Terminal Tepian Pandan. For foreign tourist who want to Tenggarong,, you can fly by airplane. Many private and government own airplane transportation fly from Jakarta to Balikpapan. And from Balikpapan the tourist can fly using a smaller airplane to Samarinda, or driving a rent of car or commercial bus transportation directly to Tenggarong The Kutai Kinglom has its roots in the old Hindu kingdom of Martapura (Mulawarman), founded upriver at Muara Kaman around AD 400. In the 14th century a Muslim Kingdom, Kartanegara was founded downstream nearer the coast at Pamarangan. Two kingdom waged war until the Muslims won, but then Kartanegara was plagued by Philippine pirates. In 1782 the sultanate moved to a safer spot upstream, the site of present-day Tenggarong. Mulawarman Museum Complex, is the imposing white palace of the town’s top attraction. An earlier wooden palace was tom down and this one build in its place in 1936. Designed by a Dutch architect, this large, solid structure is built in classical 1930’s futurist site – what a Dutchman considered suitable for an Indonesian sultan. Over the years, Dayak tribes presented gifts to the sultan in recognition of his soverighty, and these are all on display. China’s long contact with the Kutai and Dayak people can be seen in the ceramic collection, which includes Ming china. The bedroom is fantastic, the bridal bed is decorated with elaborate bead work, and there are chairs made from deer antlers. See the starling representation of a lembu sauna, a mythological animal with an elephat’s trunk, tusks, and cou’s legs, which originated in Burma in the 1800s. Museum labeling is hit-or-miss, but many items are described in English. Art Craft in Tenggarong, Kutai Kertanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia There are many Luxury or three and four star Hotel in Tenggarong, and there also have many small hotel or Penginapan. Penginapan Zaranah and Anda I are right over the water and very conveniently located. The Anda II is in two parts, a front building with Rp 100.000 to Rp 200.000 rooms, larger, more expensive rooms in the rear go for Rp 250.000 a day. This clean and friendly family-style hotel on stilts just out on a pier. Other hotel in town is Payoeng Asri, Jl.A.Yani range from Rp 100.000 to Rp 300.000 day. Quiet and faces a garden. Both afternoon and evening meals cost Rp 25.000. Cafetaria 17 on the boat landing is not really a cafetaria but offers some of the fanciest eating in town; Indonesian, Chinese, and Western dishes,plus ice drinks. For Padang food try RM Padang, Jl.Jend.Sudirman, RM Tepian Pandan, behind the Karya Indah Art shop, offers sate rusa (venison sate) and very good sate ayam, curries, etc. At night food stalls are set up around Pasar Pagi. Wild during are sold in Pasar Pagi. During the durin season, try tempuyak, a famous dish made of preserved durian. Or try gangan terong, cassava soup with sour eggplant, hot chillies, and fish paste. Pasar pagi is Tenggarong’s mainmarket. Dayak crafts can be seen here, but a better slection is at Karya Indah Art Shop’ baskets, old stone necklaces, masks, mandau, woodcarvings, and much more. A Souvenir shop below Kantor Baparda (Tourist Office) also sells Dayak Kenyah crafts. Crafts can be purchased more cheaply in the villages.  Events Every three years , during the last week in September, Tenggarong celebrates the anniversary of the founding. This cultural festival at the Taman Puskora (Cultural and Sports Center) includes traditional sports, rattan-lashing and blowpipe competitions, and a motorcycle race from Loa Janan to Tenggarong. We recommend you also to see the performances of traditional dances, such as the belian and timbak, with dancers chanting and accompanied by gongs’ the male and female nguwai, with drums and gongs, the ngibau, a young man and girl wearing homebuilt feathers dancing to simple accompaniment. You may even see the mass gantar dance, homage to the rice-planting time. The party can last as long as five days. Transportation. Transportation to Tengarong is not difficult. If you want to fly by Air Plane, from International Soekarno-Hatta, you can fly to Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan first. From Balikpapan you can use Taxi, local bus public transportation, or just rent the car. You can also using small airplane from Balikpapan to Samarinda, Airport. From Samarinda Airport took about 30 minutes to 1 hour to Tenggarong. Using public bus transportaion from Balikpapan to Tenggarong needs about range about two and half hour to three hour. |
