The Bogor Botanical Garden.
Y'know, I thought this blog was getting depressing, so I'd better talk about my life instead. Last December and January our families came from Sulawesi and I took them around sight seeing. I always forget that my in my city there's a tourist attraction, The Bogor Botanical Garden, tourist and scholars from around the world come here to enjoy or to study the plants growing in the garden since Dutch Occupation. Here are some of the pictures I took while being a guide for my family.
Giant Lotus leaves in the pond...several ponds, in fact.
The flowers are so lovely, as you can see from my first photograph.
The Bogor [Presidential] Palace is in the garden complex, but closed off from the public. More securities in place now, as Mr Jokowi, our President, has made Bogor Palace his office, preferring Bogor Palace to Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. He has been seen shaking hands with visitors of the Botanical Garden, from the back of the Palace.
There are lots of space for picnics, gatherings, games and taking pictures.
Scientific activity is going on too....
An old Dutch graveyard.....
Above are stuffed and preserved animals in the Zoology Museum
located in the Botanical Garden complex.
located in the Botanical Garden complex.
Reminds me of the movie...a night at the museum...
Our pooch's inside ? Uh...uh...
Now I believe in monsters...look at the reflection of the man...
this exhibit occupied the length [and width] of a whole wall in one of the rooms.
this exhibit occupied the length [and width] of a whole wall in one of the rooms.
Snakey skeleton...dead and departed...but still scary...
Wow...I wonder if it's a prehistoric turtle ?
One of the attractions of the museum.
A skeleton of a Blue Whale...
A skeleton of a Blue Whale...
The Entrance of the museum,
above it is the Blue Whale's jaw bone.
Ok, I'm done 4 now....see you in another post.
above it is the Blue Whale's jaw bone.
Ok, I'm done 4 now....see you in another post.
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