At The Stone Garden of Gunung Masigit

It rained when we got to the Stone Garden at the top of Gunung Masigit, so we had to take a shelter in a makeshift hut that had apparently been left by some previous climbers and waited for the rain to stop.We began exploring the place when the rain finally stopped.

The stone garden is a magnificent place. It's a vast field scattered with stones of different sizes and fascinating shapes. The landscape is 'bizzare'. To me, being there is like being in a far away strange land.

Here are a some more photos I took there. The light is a bit diffused and warm because the sky was cloudy and it was almost sunset time.

Hujan turun ketika kami tiba di Taman Bebatuan (Stone Garden) di puncak Gunung Masigit. Kami harus berteduh sejenak di sebuah gubung yang ditinggalkan oleh pendaki-pendaki sebelumnya untuk menunggu hujan reda sebelum mulai menjelajahi keindahan tempat ini.

Prehistoric Bandung Geological Tour

Sometime ago I joined a tour of prehistoric Bandung organized by our friends at Mahanagari. The tour took and let us explore various geographical locations of interests, particularly those in the west of city, where we can learn first hand of the geological evidence about the Bandung plateau in prehistoric time. The tour began at Saguling, a hydroelectric power generation dam located on the Citarum River in West Bandung Regency.

At the start of the tour, our guide (see the picture) showed us a reconstructed map of the prehistoric Bandung and explained to us that some 10,000 years ago, Bandung plateau was a lake.

To be continued tomorrow.

Beberapa waktu yang lalu saya mengikuti tur Bandung purba yang diadakan oleh kawan-kawan kami dari Mahanagari. Tur dimulai dari PLTA Saguing yang membendung sungai Citarum di daerah Saguling, Kabupaten Bandung Barat. Di awal tur, pamandu kami memperlihatkan peta dan menjelaskan kepada kami peta dan menjelaskan kepada kami bahwa sekitar 10.000 tahun yang lalu, dataran tinggi Bandung adalah sebuah danau.

Bandung Museum of Geology

Photo: The front facade of Bandung Geological Museum on 57 Diponegoro Street.

The establishment of Bandung Geological Museum is closely linked to geological research in Indonesia which began in 1850. The current building, however, was not constructed until 1928. It was first meant to be a geological laboratory in which rock and mineral samples and fossils collected from different parts of the Indonesian archipelago were to be studied and stored. The museum itself was officially established on 16 May 1929 to coincide with the Fourth Asia Pacific Geology Congress held in Bandung that year.

The Art Deco style building was designed by the architect Menalda van Schowenburg.

I am going to share with you what I know about the museum in the next few posts.

Gedung Museum Geologi di Bandung yang terletak di Jalan Diponegori No. 57 mulai dibangun pada tahun 1928 dan diresmikan sebagai museum pada tanggal 16 Mei 1929 bertepatan dengan diadakannya Kongres Geologi Asia Pasifik IV di Bandung. Gedung berarsitektur Art Deco ini dirancang oleh arsitek Menalda van Schowenburg.