Cangkuang temple,

 

 Cangkuang Temple is 10 kilometers from Tarogong to the North in the direction to Bandung. To go there, tourists particularly foreigners took delman (a traditional land transportation with horse in the front). Beautiful flowers cover the shallow situ. There is a small island in the middle of the lake, namely Cangkuang temple. It is the only Hindu temple that ever found in West Java is the important discovery in the past. Cangkuang has been built in the period of the first Sundanese Kingdom: Galuh Kingdom. Near the temple, there are heritage graves from the Moslem follower Arif Muhammad, who is one of the Mataram Kingdom soldier from Central Java when attacking the Dutch Colonialist in Batavia (now Jakarta), at the 17th Century. The ambush failed, he refused to return and stayed in Cangkuang for teaching and disseminating Islam to the surrounding community, precisely in Kampung Pulo, where his hereditary stays until now. In Kampung Pulo, can be found the traditional village, which contains six houses in a row and face-to-face, three on the left and three on the right, plus one mosque, which stays only six families. In the edge of the lake, to reach Cangkuang temple, people must use traditional transportation made from bamboo, but safe and comfortable that is called rakit (raft).

Jakarta Old city

I went to Jakarta Old city with Yuzha and Ririn. We were in Jakarta for having internship program. I had my internship program in Indovision, and Yuzha and Ririn in Bank Indonesia, Jakarta. It was to visit Jakarta Old city. We left from Yuzha's house in Cibubur. Then, we took Busway to Jakarta Old city. It was a tiring and long journey to get there; however, we we were there all got even. First, We went to Museum Bank Mandiri. We took some photograph there. Then, we continued our trip to Museum Fatahillah. There were so many visitors there, not only local people, but also foreigners. We had lunch in food court there. Before we went home, we visited museum keramik. The place is good, but it doesnt manage well. It was great moment during having internship program.

Gedung Keresidenan

Gedung Keresidenan (Residency building) is located on Jl. K.K. Singawinata or the south of Situ Buleud. Residency building built in a very wide area. The main building located in the middle of the yard. In front of the main building there is a garden, as well as on the left and right. To enter the main building there are two of stairs located in the middle of building. On the right and left of the main building there is a kind of pavilion buildings which roofed village houses stretching to the rear.

The construction of Gedung Keresidenan closely related to Purwakarta as the capital city of the residency of Karawang. However, because there was no residency buildings built and no adequate transportation facilities in Purwakarta, for some time the office of Karawang residency was in Karawang. As time goes by, in 1902 Batavia-Padalarang railroad was completed in construction. At the same years, the Residency building in Purwakarta has finished in construction. Moreover the office of the residency of Karawang moves to Purwakarta.

Nowadays, Gedung Keresidenan is functioned as the Regional Coordination Board office of Purwakarta.