Travel Photo of The Day By: @mfsadjam

1)Tell us a little about this photo?

Semarang, known as the most historical and metropolitan city in Central Java is currently the fifth largest metropolitan city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Medan. Although it is categorized as metropolitan city, you still could find some historic touch of old town in the construction of the building when you stroll around the city. The most iconic site in Semarang is Lawang Sewu (1000 Doors). It is named after a building that build in 1904 and finished at 1907, which is used as the office of Nederlands Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij of NIS, a train company in dutch colonialism era. The building has a lot of doors, since it is used as office as well as dorm for the employee. In Lawang Sewu also lies a lot of horror stories, but now the management tried to rebranding the site from mystery site into historical site of Semarang. I enjoy my tour with Pak Kusnaedi, my tour guide. He come from Ambarawa, and has been working as tour guide in Lawang Sewu for 15 years. When I ask about mysterious thing in Lawang Sewu, he didn’t replied me directly, instead he’s explaining that basically there’s still a lot of other thing in Lawang Sewu which is more interesting to be noticed other than the mysterious story itself. Well this wont be cake-walking process, but in my opinion they’re having a good start. This photograph shows how a man travel through 1000 doors in Lawang Sewu, Semarang, Indonesia.

2)A catchy title for this photo?

Travel Trough Thousands Doors

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