All about Pemangkat

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A long way to go, aproximately 2 and half hours.















Are we there yet?.... Are we there yet?... Are we there yet!!!.
















Finally approaching border.















US - Canada
















Approaching Canadian custom
















Welcome to Vancouver, BC, Canada.















Vancouver , BC - Canada















Our trip was to visit Sun Yat Sen Garden in the center of Vancouver's China Town.
















In front of Sun Yat Sen garden. Sun Yat Sen garden has two parts , one part is maintain by the city and it is public garden so the admision is free. And the other part is maintain by private company which is cost some money get in.

















In front of Sun Yat Sen garden.















In side Sun Yat Sen garden

















Very oriental garden. It located in the central of China town.















Dr. Sun Yat Sen statue.















In side Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden.

Wondering who is Dr. Sun Yat Sen?. Here is article I copied from www.wikipedia.org:


Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866–March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who had a significant role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. A founder of the Kuomintang (KMT), Sun was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912. He developed a political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People which still heavily influences Chinese government today. "Father of the Nation" (Guófù, 國父) is the title officially given to Sun Yat-sen in the Republic of China on Taiwan. It also unofficially refers to Sun Yat-sen the People's Republic of China on mainland China.
Sun was a uniting figure in post-imperial China, and remains unique among 20th century Chinese politicians for being widely revered in both mainland China and Taiwan. In Taiwan, he is known by the posthumous name National Father, Mr. Sun Chungshan (國父　孫中山先生). On the mainland, Sun is also seen as a Chinese nationalist, and is highly regarded as the "Forerunner of the Revolution" (革命先行者) and "the Father of Modern China".
Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. He quickly fell out of power in the newly-founded Republic of China, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Unfortunately, Sun did not live to see his party bring about consolidation of power over the country. Although his fragile political alliance with the Communist Party of China fell apart after his death, Sun grew in stature to become a greatly revered figure among Nationalists and Communists alike. For more detail please help yourself at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat_Sen

Lake Tahoe, Nevada.















We walked through the woods around Lake Tahoe.














Again this is Pemangkat

Singkawang is about half hour drive from Pemangkat. Singkawang known by local and most of Indonesian as "Kota Amoi". "Amoi" in Hakka (a Chinese dialect) mean girl so may be it translated as "city of girls". I think the reason behind of this was you can easily find a lot of pretty girls around the city. This is for real, and it is not mean those girls are bad girls, they are come from decent family, it just because more then 60% of the Singkawang population are Chinese descent, so you can easily find a Chinese girl compare to most of Indonesian city. Since there are so many Chinese descent even the name of the city is named in Chinese.

Any way, Ci Kung temple is located a bit out side Downtown Singkawang.













































Here is one of the Singkawang Corner.





















Noodle vendor

With Romo (Father) Bambang Rudianto from Boston.



















Peace with you..




















Makan time (eating), Mudika (Catholic Youth ) - Seattle prepared all these food, a lot of curry and a bit spicy. It would be very spicy for non Indonesian mouth. Mudika also held a fund rising for the victims of Jogya earth quake by selling different kind of cake. All were tasted very good. Thanks a lot Mudika (http://mudikaseattle.org/). Good job.


















Most of them are students.



















On the way home.





















What a beautiful day, no rain and sun shine.

Jalan Moh Hammbal, looking toward "Gunung Gajah" hill. There is a temple on the hill.












Jalan Moh Hammbal
(The main street of Pemangkat)












Kantor Polisi (Sheriff's office)













Jalan Moh Hammbal (This is the main street of Pemangkat)












Used to be a theater. There were 2 theaters in pemangkat, since satellite dish, pirated VCD, karaoke so affordable, the only two theaters couldn't compete with them. The town seem dying. Pemangkat is losing its golden age era. Every body try hard to get out of the town.
First they send their kids out to bigger city such as Jakarta, Kuching, Taiwan, Australia for education, work or anything, then they will follow. I can hardly find my old friends, 9 of 10 of my friends had moved to bigger city.






Used to be my swimming pool. It is polluted now, black and smelly.
Looks like there are no development in Pemangkat since last 17 years. Things are getting worse and worse, in most part there are no running water, the town getting dirty and dirtier.









Another corner of Jalan Mohhammad Hambal.















Here another corner of Pemangkat, this picture was taken from in front of Cemara Hotel.














"Jong Kie" Chow Pan (fried rice noodle), is known by most of Chinese community in Pemangkat, used to be his father, I think he is Jong Kie's oldest son. The taste still the same. Local made soya sauce and (pig)pork's fat, home made rice noodle, home made chili sauce, cook with fire from wood and wrap with kind of leaf from "Gunung gajah", it is fit in every pemangkat Chinese's mouth. Was told that their wok was made from the cover of oil barrel.























Pasar babi (pig market), well, here where you
can buy pork. You wont find beef here, you have to go to the other market to find beef.

"Shin Mu Nyiong" is the temple on the "Gunung Gajah" which believed to guards and watch the town of Pemangkat, especially for those Chinese who believe in "Pai Shin". They believe it guards the fishermen on the sea, guards the town and its citizen.














Steps to the temple on the "Gunung Gajah"













Pemangkat view from the temple on the Hill.














A view on Jalan Gereja













Catholic church.















The market















Other corner of Jalan Moh Hambal.