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Hi everyone! It's been ages since I posted here. Indeed, it's been too long that some visitors think that this blog is dead. Well, I'm here to assure you that it's not. Despite its being dormant, Bandung Daily Photo continues to exist elsewhere. It has its own page on Facebook and since March last year, it also has its own Instagram account, and it's there that the blog continues. Our Instagram account is @bdgdp. Please check it out and if you also have an Instagram account, let's get connected there.

Unseen Bandung: Kampong Party at The Cikapundung River Bank

This is a scene that many visitors to Bandung would not probably see:

Just across the river where I took the fishing photo (see previous post), I saw a small party going on. The party, with dangdut music and dancing, was apparently part of a political campaign held by a candidate of the municipal legislature who sought votes from the slum river bank community in the recently held general elections.

As you can see from the picture, sanitation at densely-populated kampongs along the Cikapundung river is a big environmental issue in Bandung. Open sewer and garbage flow into the river which in turn flows into one of the dirtiest river in the world: The Ciliwung.

Fishing at Cikapundung

Photo caption: a group of men fishing in a makeshift pond set at the bank of the Cikapundung River.

The Cikapundung is the main river that cuts across the city of Bandung from the north to south. It flows and merges with the Citarum, the longest river in West Java, that flows to the Java Sea.