I almost forgot to post about this one day trip. It happened last February. My friend, Tami, was visiting my hometown. She really would love to visit Pekalongan. It is a town in Central Java for approximately 3 hours from Purwokerto (my hometown). The main attraction of this town is its Batik industry. Do you know that the famous Indonesian muslim designer,
Dian Pelangi, is also from Pekalongan?
Batik is the heritage clothing of Indonesia, especially of Javanese. The cities which are famous with Batik industry are Cirebon, Jogjakarta, Pekalongan, Madura, and many more. Almost all cities in Java island have their own design of Batik.
I went there with my mom and brother as well. Basically all we did was hopping from one batik store to another one. I purchased one blue batik skirt and my office mates and my friends often compliment my skirt by saying "Cute skirt, where did you buy that?" I said I bought in Pekalongan for only IDR 40k. I wish I bought more skirts. It's an excuse, I know right :D
We also tasted some local cuisine, such as Nasi Megono and Garang Asem. Then we also visited the Grand Masjid there to pray.
It is quite my ambition to be able to visit every town and city in Java. Pekalongan is now checked :)
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| International Batik Center of Pekalongan |
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| Batik Shopping |
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We googled the famous dish in Pekalongan and this is one of them
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| This is called garang asem. Basically it's a spicy beef soup. |
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| Mom and Tami in front of Masjid Agung Pekalongan |
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| Another Batik center at Kampoeng Batik Kauman. Mostly home industries here. |
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| Old style house |
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| My bro tried on a batik shirt |
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Another local dish named Nasi Megono
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| Basically just rice with some vegetables. Spicy too |
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| Mom, Tami, and Me |
