[RECAP] World Wide PhotoWalk BANDUNG

Halo, dunia! Senang sekali, kali ini Bandung Local Guides (BLG) kembali berpartisipasi dalam event Local Guides global yang bertajuk Worldwide Photowalk (WWPW*). Worldwide Photowalk* kali ini mengambil tema “Showcase the Beauty of Your City”. Event ini diselenggarakan serentak di seluruh dunia pada tanggal 24-25 Februari 2018, teman-teman. Nah, untuk postingan kali ini, kami akan berbagi sedikit cerita pengalaman kami dalam WWPW 2018 di kota Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.

[Hello, world! We are glad that, this time, Bandung Local Guides (BLG) joined another Golobal Local Guides event which was Worldwide Photowalk (WWPW). Recent Worldwide Photowalk event took “Showcase the Beauty of Your City” as the theme. This event was hold globally around the world on February, 24th-25th 2018, guys! Then, in this post, we would like to share our experiences in WWPW 2018 in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia.]

Kota Bandung, atau kota yang dijuluki kota kembang ini, memiliki banyak sekali potensi keindahan untuk di bagikan kepada dunia. Taman-taman tematik, pepohonan rindang, dan gedung gedung peninggalan zaman belanda pun masih menghiasi kota ini. Alhasil, host kami yang super keren, Arief, kebingungan dan akhinya memutuskan Patung Dewi Sartika sebagai titik temu dalam meet-up BLG WWPW 2018. Pemilihan ini didasari oleh lokasi tempat yang strategis dimana patung ini terletak di jantung kota Bandung dan, disekitar patung ini, juga terdapat taman-taman yang menarik, seperti Taman Vanda, Taman Badak, Taman Balai Kota, Taman Sejarah, dan Bandung Planning Gallery.

[Bandung city, or commonly known as Flowery City, has many aesthetic potentials to be shared worldwide. Thematic parks, huge trees, and the Colonial buildings in Deutschland era beautify this city. As the result, our super cool host, Arief, got confused and finally decided to choose Dewi Sartika statue as the meeting point of BLG WWPW 2018 meet-up. The decision is based on the strategic location since this statue is located in the heart of Bandung city and, around the statue, there are several interesting parks built, such as Vanda Park, Rhino Park, City Hall Park, History Park, and Bandung Planning Gallery.]

Kegiatan meet-up WWPW BLG 2018 dilaksanakan meet-up pada hari Sabtu, 24 Februari 2018. Meet-up ini dimulai pada pukul 8 pagi dengan titik temu di depan Patung Dewi Sartika. Satu persatu anggota BLG, yaitu Nova, Fachri, Septa, Ibnu, Adi, Malvin, dan Mifriz, datang dan berkumpul di titik temu. Persiapan untuk melaksanakan perburuan foto pun dimulai.

[The BLG WWPW 2018 meet-up was held on Saturday, 24th February 2018. The meet-up was started at 8 a.m. with the meeting point at Dewi Sartika statue. One by one the member of BLG, they are Nova, Fachri, Septa, Ibnu, Adi, Malvin, and Mifriz, came and gather in the meeting point. The preparation for photo hunting was ready.]

Spot pertama yang menjadi perburuan foto dalam event ini adalah Taman Patung Dewi Sartika. Taman ini cukup luas dan memiliki banyak fasilitas rekreasi, mulai dari petak petak bunga, pepohonan yang rindang, taman bermain anak, hingga aliran sungai kecil yang melintasi pinggiran taman. Menariknya, taman ini menjadi tempat pemberhentian Bandros (Bandung Tour on Bus) khas kota Bandung. Alhasil, banyak warga Bandung memilih tempat ini sebagai lokasi rekreasi mereka. Kami memulai perburuan foto dengan mengitari petak-petak bunga warna-warni di seputaran Patung Dewi Sartika. Kemudian, kami beranjak menuju kebun binatang mini yang berada disisi barat Patung Dewi Sartika. Ada beberapa jenis hewan yang dipertunjukan, seperti kelinci, ayam hias, ayam kalkun, dan burung kakak tua.

[The first spot of our photo hunting in this event is Dewi Sartika Statue park. This park is quite wide and many recreation facilities, starting from flower garden, huge trees, children playground, and a river at the edge of the park. Interestingly, this park becomes one of the Bandros stop points, Bandung Tour on Bus. As the result, many Bandung’s citizens choose this place as their recreation place. We started our photo hunts by wandering the flower garden around Dewi Sartika Statue. Then, we moved to mini zoo which is located at the western part of Dewi Sartika Statue. There are several animals shown in the mini zoo, including rabbit, chicken, turkey, and parrot.]

Setelah puas memotret hewan-hewan cantik ini, kami berpindah lokasi ke sisi utara Patung Dewi Sartika, yakni area Gembok Cinta. Gembok Cinta ini menjadi tempat pasangan pasangan muda untuk memasang gembok cinta mereka bersama pasangannya, namun tidak terlalu banyak gembok yang kami temui disana. Uniknya, lokasi gembok cinta ini menjadi tempat senam bagi lansia pagi itu sehingga kami pun menonton para lansia yang melaksanakan senam sembari berburu foto. Di sisi lain, ada yang menarik perhatian kami di tempat ini, yaitu tempat air minum gratis. Pemkot bandung nampaknya mulai memfasilitasi taman ini dengan tempat air minum gratis, seperti negara tetangga yaitu Singapura. Kami pun mencoba fasilitas baru tersebut dan sebagai bentuk testimoni, air minun gratis ini rasanya cukup tawar dan tidak terlalu dingin.

[Being satisfied with these beautiful animals, we moved to the northern part of Dewi Sartika Statue, which is Love Lock. This Love Lock becomes a place for young couples to put their love locks with their couple, but there were not so many locks we found there. Uniquely, the location of this love locks become a place for yoga for adult people, thus we watched these adults meanwhile we continued hunting the photo. On the other side, there was something interesting, which is the free drinking water fountain. Bandung government seems starting to facilitate this park with free drinking water fountain, like in Singapore. We tried this new facility and as the testimony, this free water tastes normally and not cold enough.]

Kemudian, kami melanjutkan perburuan foto ke taman yang lokasinya tepat bersebelahan dari Taman Patung Dewi Sartika, yaitu Taman Badak. Taman Badak ini berada di sisi utara area Gembok Cinta. Taman ini menjadi tempat bermain air bagi anak-anak karena tepat di depan patung badak, terdapat area kolam kecil yang dapat dimasuki oleh anak-anak. Kami mengabadikan beberapa foto anak-anak yang sedang bermain air di dalam kolam.

[Then, we continued our photo hunts to the park located next to the Dewi Sartika Statue park, which is Rhino park. Rhino park is located exactly at the northern part of Love Lock. This place became a playground for the children who wanted to play on the pond in front of the Rhino statue. We took some photos of these children playing on the water in the pond.]

Tak selang beberapa lama, kami melanjutkan perburuan foto ke Taman Balai Kota yang berlokasi di sisi utara Taman Badak. Taman yang memiliki pohon tua ini mejadi icon taman Balai Kota. Terdapat labirin mini yang di bangun mengitari pohon tua di taman ini. Tak lupa, kami mencoba untuk menjelajahi labirin mini ini untuk merasakan sensasi bertualang di dalam labirin. Banyak terdapat anak-anak yang juga menjelajahi labirin ini dan tentunya cukup menegangkan bagi mereka, karena dinding labirin ini memiliki tinggi 170 cm.

[Not taking a long time, we continued our journey to City Hall park which is located at the northern part of Rhino park. This park has an old tree which becomes the icon of this City Hall. There is a mini labyrinth around the old tree and we walked around the labyrinth to enjoy the excitement of getting lost inside. There are lots of kids also playing inside the labyrinth and it is of course becoming their excitement since the wall has 170 cm heights.]

Hawa pagi masih terasa dan hangatnya matahari masih menemani perburuan foto kami di pagi ini. Tentunya, kami melanjutkan perjalanan menuju spot foto berikutnya, yaitu Taman Sejarah. Berjalan kaki beberapa menit ke sisi utara Taman Balai Kota, Taman Sejarah telah ramai dipenuhi pengunjung, terutama anak-anak yang sedang bermain air di kolam. Taman Sejarah ini juga menjadi tempat iconic untuk rekreasi di akhir pecan bersama keluarga, karena tempatnya cukup luas, dan memiliki banyak pepohonan rindang yang teduh. Keberadaan kami di taman ini tidak terlalu lama dan hanya berselang beberapa menit, kami melanjutkan perburuan ke Bandung Planning Gallery.

[The morning atmosphere was still felt and the warm sunshine becomes our friend in continuing our photo hunting. We continued our journey to the next spot, which is History park. Walking for several minutes to the northern part of City Hall park, the History park had been fulfilled with many people, especially children who played in the pool. This park also becomes an iconic recreation place on the weekend, because the place is quite wide and has many big shady trees. We just only enjoyed this park for a short time and continued our photo hunts to Bandung Planning Gallery.]

Bandung Planning Gallery terletak di sisi barat Taman Sejarah. Tempat ini merupakan gallery yang menunjukkan rancangan desain pembangunan di Kota Bandung dari generasi ke generasi, dan tentunya perencanaan wilayah kota Bandung di masa depan. Kami berkeliling di dalam gallery ini untuk mencari spot menarik yang dapat menunjang hasil foto kami. Di tengah-tengah perburuan foto, kami berkesempatan mengoperasikan simulasi kota Bandung yang menjadi atraksi utama dari Bandung Planning Gallery. Disamping itu, banyak multimedia interaktif yang dapat kami coba satu-persatu, mulai dari interactive screen, virtual reality, dan interactive quiz. Yang menjadi daya tarik kami adalah spot foto yang disediakan oleh Bandung Planning Gallery yang dapat diunggah di halaman Facebook Bandung Planning Gallery. Tak lupa, kami mengunjungi pojok sticky notes, dimana terdapat ruang berkubah yang dipenuhi oleh sticky notes dari pengunjung. Tak mau kalah, kami juga menulis diatas sticky notes yang kemudian kami tempel di dalam kubah ini dan bersaing dengan ratusan sticky notes yang memenuhi kubah. Kami juga mengabadikan proses penempelan sticky notes yang saling bekerja sama satu sama lain. Puas berkeliling di dalam Bandung Planning Gallery, kami beranjak kembali menuju Taman Balai Kota Bandung dan kegiatan meet-up WWPW 2018 berakhir.

[Bandung Planning Gallery is located at the western part of History park. This place is a gallery showing the designs of Bandung city planning from generation to generation and also the future of Bandung city planning. We walked around the Bandung Planning Gallery to find interesting spot for our photo hunt. In the middle of photo hunting, we had a chance to operate the Bandung city simulation which becomes the main attraction of this place. Besides, there are many interactive multimedia can be tried one by one, including interactive screen, virtual reality, and interactive quiz. The interesting part is the photo spot provide by the Bandung Planning Gallery which is directed to the Bandung Planning Gallery Facebook page. We also visited the sticky notes corner. The half round of this corner had been fulfilled with the sticky notes and we also made some of it. To stick it, we had to be cooperative since the empty space is quite high. After walking around this place, we moved back to Bandung City Hall park and ended the BLG WWPW 2018 meet-up.]

Uniknya, para kontributor BLG yang tidak hadir dalam meet-up berinisiasi mengambil gambar dimana pun mereka berada. Walaupun tak datang meet-up, foto kecantikan kota Bandung tetap dibagikan. Seperti halnya tiga buah foto yang diberikan oleh Fernando yang mengabadikan tempat ikonik kota Bandung, yaitu Jembatan Surapati, Taman Sejarah (yang dipasang di atas), dan Teras Cikapundung dan BBWS Citarum.

[Uniquely, although the other members did not come, they still had an initiative to submit several beautiful pictures where they were on that time. As an example, three pictures from Fernando who took the iconic places in Bandung, including Surapati Bridge, History Park (previous picture) and Cikapundung Terrace and BBWS Citarum.]

Jembatan Surapati merupakan salah satu jembatan ikonik di Kota Bandung. Jembatan ini merupakan terusan dari Jalan Pasteur yang menghubungkan Tol Pasteur dan Lapangan Gazibu. Jembatan ini memiliki tingkat kepadatan kendaraan yang cukup tinggi karena banyak digunakan sebagai jalur lintas kota, dan bahkan, bagi para pengemudi yang akan menuju Jakarta, akan menempuh jalur melalui jembatan ini.

[Surapati bridge becomes one of the iconic bridge in Bandung city. This bridge connects Pasteur Toll to Gazibu sportfield. This bridge is quite crowded since it has been used an inter-city route, and even for the people who want to go to Jakarta, they will take this bridge as their route.]

Teras Cikapundung merupakan salah satu taman tematik yang berada di Kota Bandung. Taman ini terletak di Jalan Siliwangi dan menjadi tempat rekreasi warga Bandung di akhir pekan. Terdapat air mancur dimana anak-anak dapat bermain air. Kemudian tembok yang dipenuhi dengan kupu-kupu raksasa. Ada pula kolam refleksi ikan yang dimana para pengunjung dapat merasakan refleksi dengan gigitan-gigitan ikan kecil. Serta, jembatan merah yang menjadi penghubung Teras Cikapundung dan BBWS Citarum.

[Cikapundung Terrace is a thematic park located in Bandung city. It is built at Jalan Siliwangi and becomes the recreation place for Bandung citizens on the weekend. There is a huge water fountain which is a place for the children to play with the water. Then, the wall is decorated with huge butterflies. There is also a fish reflexing pond where the visitors to have small bites from the fish, and also, the red bridge which connect the Cikapundung Terrace to BBWS Citarum.]

Foto lain juga dibagikan oleh Isman, juru fotografer BLG. Ia mengabadikan gedung Bandung Creative Hub di kala lampu merah. Gedung ini merupakan sentral kreatifitas warga Bandung dimana masyarakat kota Bandung dapat mengembangkan kreatifitas mereka. Terdapat banyak ruangan kreasi, seperti ruang multimedia, gallery seni rupa, gallery tata busana, dan studio musik. Gedung ini berlokasi di jalan Laswi dan sangat mudah untuk diakses karena berada di sudut pertigaan jalan Laswi dan Jalan Sukabumi.

[Another photo was also shared by Isman, our great photographer. He took the Bandung Creative Hub building when the traffic light was on red. This building is the central place for Bandung citizens to improve their creativity. There are several creativity room, like multimedia room, art gallery, fashion gallery, and music studio. This building is located at jalan Laswi and it is easy to reach the place since it is at the corner of Y-junction of Laswi and Sukabumi streets.]

Foto lain juga dibagikan oleh Fachri yang mengabadikan momen waktu petang di Masjid Raya Kota Bandung dan Gedung Sate di kala malam hari.

[Other photos were also shared by Fachri who took a picture of the Great Mosque Bandung in the evening and Gedung Sate at night.]

Sekian dari kami, para kontributor Bandung Local Guides, yang telah berbagi pengalaman dalam ikut serta dalam event WWPW 2018. Bagi yang tertarik akan keindahan kota Bandung lainnya, masih ada ratusan foto lainnya yang dapat rekan-rekan kontributor akses di dalam album Google Foto berikut https://photos.app.goo.gl/id7GTjGpbrmLhL9n2. Salam Kontributor!

[That’s all from us, the contributors of Bandung Local Guides, which have shared our experiences joining the WWPW 2018 event. For those who are still interested in with the beauty of Bandung city, there are hundreds of photos which can be accessed at Google photo through this link https://photos.app.goo.gl/id7GTjGpbrmLhL9n2. Go Contributors!]

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@Septarina_H @SriSedono_id @FachryMyID @AgoesSantosa @anggaanp @mifriz et al, spesial thanks for @nova_aganiovich

cc: @AlejandraMaria @BellaWi

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Wow! Amazing recap from Bandung World Wide Photo Walk. Success story from Bandung Local Guides sukses.

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Keren banget. Bandung selalu jadi yang terbaik.

Seperti nunggu novel yang akan terbit di mulai dengan kegiatan meetup. Cerita dan gambar seru banget.

Semoga banyak kesempatan bisa gabung kegiatan terus.

Tim penggiat BLG, thanks banget. Dengan baca recap ini kebayang calon BLG kepengen ikutan kegiatan meetup kita.

@arief_kasep

@FachryMyID

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Wowww mantap … Selamat buat Bandung Local Guides :clap::clap::clap: dan terima kasih buat host @arief_kasep atas rekap menarik dan keren banget ini. Temen temen BLG baik yang hadir di event maupun yang tidak hadir juga “Salut” sudah berkontribusi di event WWPW ini, dengan mengirimkan cerita menarik mengenai Bandung melalui foto - foto setelah sebelumnya kitak berbincang hangat di group WA :joy:.

Semangat, kompak, terus berkontribusi dan semoga menginspirasi :trophy::trophy:.

Salam Kompak

angga

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Keren…

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Recap yang sangat detail dan terperinci, @arief_kasep Saya sangat senang membacanya, serasa saat itu saya aktif bersama dalam meet up, namun saya kala itu sedang berada di Bali melakukan meet up juga disana.

Bandung Local Guides memang selalu kompak dan sangat kreatif. Selalu saja membuat para pembaca senang dan ada yang terbaru. Dengan sistem dwi bahasa per paragraf makin asik bacanya.

Terima kasih sudah menghadirkan recap yang sangat kami tunggu. Dan mari kita semarakan meet up selanjutnya.

@SriSedono_id @FachryMyID @anggaanp @Septarina_H @Z_Fitriani dan rekan rekan BLG lainnya terima kasih dan kita jumpa besok di meet up selanjutnya.


@arief_kasep wrote:

@Septarina_H @SriSedono_id @FachryMyID @AgoesSantosa @anggaanp @mifriz et al, spesial thanks for @nova_aganiovich

cc: @AlejandraMaria @BellaWi


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What a great story you have, @arief_kasep . . I enjoyed the meet-up so much and it was one of the greatest photowalk event. Why? As you can see, this photowalk event is a worldwide photowalk event and, even, other parts of the world also held the same event. Then, in this photowalk meet-up, it was not focused on one place only, but six places at once! Hopefully, next event can be as great as this one, or even greater or better one. Cannot wait for the next event!

CC @FachryMyID and @SriSedono_id

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Kehadiran om @SriSedono_id sangat ditunggu kemarin. . . kan lumayan kalau ada 2 kamera 360’ . . :smiley:

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Yaaaah kang @anggaanp semoga dapat hadir di meet-up berikutnya, yah. . . lumayan, jadi bertambah fotografer handal :smiley:

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@nova_aganiovich

Hi, long time no see

Yes, sure @arief_kasep and BLG did well for the WWPW 2018. All do the best and contributing their best photos.

We always do together.

I like it, I love it.


@nova_aganiovich wrote:

What a great story you have, @arief_kasep . . I enjoyed the meet-up so much and it was one of the greatest photowalk event. Why? As you can see, this photowalk event is a worldwide photowalk event and, even, other parts of the world also held the same event. Then, in this photowalk meet-up, it was not focused on one place only, but six places at once! Hopefully, next event can be as great as this one, or even greater or better one. Cannot wait for the next event!

CC @FachryMyID and @SriSedono_id


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@nova_aganiovich

Photo dan videomu banyak yang menyukainya. Selamat ya.


@nova_aganiovich wrote:

Kehadiran om @SriSedono_id sangat ditunggu kemarin. . . kan lumayan kalau ada 2 kamera 360’ . . :smiley:


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Hi @AgoesSantosa . .

It was a great honor to participate this event at that time. It was a great experience on exploring these parks, especially Bandung City Hall park (including the labyrinth). If I were you, I were sure that I would regret to pass it. Though, you had a fun time in Bali :frowning:

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@AgoesSantosa , really? Oh, I haven’t checked it yet. I will check it soon. I am happy to share the beauty of this city and I am proud to be a part of this community. :slight_smile: Gotta be a great review for City Hall park, then.

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@nova_aganiovich

Yes I have fun time in Bali, join WWPW with Bali Local Guides, too.


@nova_aganiovich wrote:

Hi @AgoesSantosa . .

It was a great honor to participate this event at that time. It was a great experience on exploring these parks, especially Bandung City Hall park (including the labyrinth). If I were you, I were sure that I would regret to pass it. Though, you had a fun time in Bali :frowning:


I have pictures for you.

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Hi @arief_kasep ,

Very well structure recap in a bilingual style :slight_smile:

I like your sense of humor,"our super cool host, Arief" :grinning: :grin: :grinning: :grin:

What a beutiful partk, with a mix of purple an yellow flowers. I love that colors!

Great photos of fountains :slight_smile: Amazing labyrinth. Interesting Bandung Planning Gallery, Important Surapati bridge , Modern Bandung Creative Hub.

Many thanks for showcasing the Beauty of Bandung. I have really enjoy this virtual trip.

Congratulations Bandung Local Guides! :clap::clap::clap::clap:

Good Evening from the South of Spain,

Alejandra.

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gracias tu idea con el tema “Showcase The Beauty Of Your City Photowalk” realmente nos inspira a todos como guías locales.

no puedo hablar español, google translate me ha ayudado a comunicarme con mis amigos guías locales :grin: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::relieved:.

Gracias @AlejandraMaria

gracias el anfitrión @arief_kasep

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Siap @nova_aganiovich , fotografer *amatiran mengusahakan hadir dan turun gunung di event berikutnya :grin::v:

*pakehanpone

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Halo @arief_kasep recap nya bagus. Sudah ditambahin di list daftar recap forum komunitas Bandung Local Guides.

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