Salam lewat petang Jumaat. Hari ini sudah 24 hari penduduk Malaysia disuruh duduk rumah atas Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan demi membendung wabak serangan virus Covid-19 yang sedang melanda dunia. Semasa pertama kali diumumkan 3 minggu lalu PKP disebut akan berlangsung selama 14 hari sahaja iaitu daripada 18 hingga.-31 Mac. Lebih kurang seminggu selepas itu diumumkan penambahan lagi 14 hari iaitu pada 1-14 April. Tadi petang jam 4 dah tambah lagi sehingga 28 April pula. Oleh kerana dah tak boleh jalan ke mana-mana buat masa yang lama ada eloknya ditelaah artikel-artikel lama.
Nasib baik pada 15-17 Mac saya, isteri dan anak-anak sempat balik kampung di Muar untuk bertemu ibu bapa. Sebetulnya seminggu sebelum itu saya telah mengumpulkan dan mengatur lebih 1,000 artikel daripada blogspot berbahasa Inggeris BERPETUALANG KE ACEH untuk dikompilasikan menurut kategori-kategori tertentu. Sejak bertahun lamanya blogspot tersebut telah digunakan untuk artikel-artikel pemandangan tempat yang boleh menyokong penceritaan di sini. Setelah beberapa lama baru terfikir untuk mengumpul menurut kategori seperti bandar, gunung, tasik sedangkan kategori khas untuk sungai sudah lama dipaparkan di bahagian bawah blogspot ini.
Untuk hari ini biar dikongsikan kompilasi artikel menunjukkan pemandangan pekan, bandar dan bandar raya. Saya kira tadi ada 67 tempat sebegitu di Semenanjung Malaysia telah diambil gambar daripada pelbagai sudut dan masa. Ada dari tepian jalan, ada dari atas bangunan tinggi, ada dari tepi sungai asalkan nampak bangunan-bangunan menunjukkan ia pusat aktiviti manusia. Untuk Muar sahaja terdapat 16 buah artikel telah dibuat pada pelbagai tarikh, Kuala Lumpur pula ada 14.
Untuk Indonesia terdapat 27 buah pekan/bandar/bandar raya telah diliputi dalam tempoh lebih 10 tahun. Untuk Banda Aceh sahaja ada 16 buah artikel (oopsss... orang Aceh tak suka disebut sebagai sebahagian daripada Indonesia). Namun bila dah buat kompilasi baru tersedar saya cuma membuat satu artikel sahaja bagi bandar raya terbesarnya dan ibu kota iaitu Jakarta. Itupun daripada satu tempat khusus sahaja, kurang menunjukkan kehebatan bandar raya. Sedangkan sudah merata saya dan keluarga pusing Jakarta, cuma tak terfikir nak betul-betul ambil gambar pemandangan bandar raya.
Untuk Thailand juga 27 buah pekan/bandar/bandar raya telah diambil gambar lalu dijadikan artikel. Nasib baik tak terlupa mengambil gambar pemandangan bandar raya terbesarnya dan ibu kota iaitu Bangkok sehingga dapat membentuk 8 artikel. Turut diambil banyak gambar daripada beberapa bahagian dan sudut adalah Hatyai (19 artikel daripada 5-6 kali lawatan), Patani dan Songkhla (masing-masing 7 buah artikel). Ada juga gambar-gambar pemandangan kota Mekah dan Madinah termasuk dari atas Jabal Nur dan Gua Hira'.
Untuk Indonesia terdapat 27 buah pekan/bandar/bandar raya telah diliputi dalam tempoh lebih 10 tahun. Untuk Banda Aceh sahaja ada 16 buah artikel (oopsss... orang Aceh tak suka disebut sebagai sebahagian daripada Indonesia). Namun bila dah buat kompilasi baru tersedar saya cuma membuat satu artikel sahaja bagi bandar raya terbesarnya dan ibu kota iaitu Jakarta. Itupun daripada satu tempat khusus sahaja, kurang menunjukkan kehebatan bandar raya. Sedangkan sudah merata saya dan keluarga pusing Jakarta, cuma tak terfikir nak betul-betul ambil gambar pemandangan bandar raya.
Untuk Thailand juga 27 buah pekan/bandar/bandar raya telah diambil gambar lalu dijadikan artikel. Nasib baik tak terlupa mengambil gambar pemandangan bandar raya terbesarnya dan ibu kota iaitu Bangkok sehingga dapat membentuk 8 artikel. Turut diambil banyak gambar daripada beberapa bahagian dan sudut adalah Hatyai (19 artikel daripada 5-6 kali lawatan), Patani dan Songkhla (masing-masing 7 buah artikel). Ada juga gambar-gambar pemandangan kota Mekah dan Madinah termasuk dari atas Jabal Nur dan Gua Hira'.
Namun koleksi ini tidak meliputi semua tempat yang pernah saya lawati. Cuma tidak ada gambar, kalau ada tentu akan disertakan sekali artikel menunjukkan pemandangan kota-kota terkenal dunia seperti London, Paris, Frankfurt dan banyak lagi. Insyaallah ini akan diusahakan pada masa hadapan. Buat masa ini terimalah apa yang ada...
Air Hitam
Ayer Hitam, the 'centre' of Johor
Alor Gajah
A quaint look of Alor Gajah
Alor Setar
Alor Setar at last!
A typical day in Alor Setar?
Views on top Alor Setar's telecommunication tower...
Around Alor Setar
How the place which gave rise to the name Alor Setar connects to Kedah river
Night views from Alor Setar's telecommunications tower
Batang Berjuntai
The loose name of Batang Berjuntai...
Batu Arang
The quaint small town of Batu Arang
A relaxing afternoon at Batu Arang
Batu Pahat
A quick look at the old parts of Batu Pahat town
Bukit Mertajam
Bukit Mertajam from Summit Hotel
Bekok
Something about Bekok...
Besut
An 'Incursion' to Besut
Views from the bridge at Kuala Besut
Pictures around Kuala Besut
Bota Kanan
Bota Kanan from the tower of its mosque
Cameron Highlands
Views around Tanah Rata
The lower parts of Cameron Highlands - Habu and Ringlet...
Walking from Tanah Rata mosque
A morning look at the town of Brinchang
Town of Kampung Raja from its mosque
Cyberjaya
Cyberjaya lake garden
Bringing the family to Raja Haji mosque in Cyberjaya
Cyberjaya from a top floor of Universiti Islam Malaysia building
Dabong
Going around the small town of Dabong
Gemas
A visit to Gemas, Malaysia's very own rail crossroad...
Gua Musang
A quick look at the town of Gua Musang
Grik
Around the town of Grik
Ipoh
Sungai Kinta from the bridge near Panglima Kinta mosque
Kinta river from Jalan Sultan Iskandar bridge, Ipoh
Kinta river from Jalan Sultan Idris bridge, Ipoh
On to colorful parts of old Ipoh
Jasin
A quick look around Jasin
Jeli
A quick look at the small town of Jeli
Jerteh
A quick look at the town of Jerteh
Johor Bahru
And now, a quaint look at Johor Bahru!
The blooming skyline of Johor Bahru
Kangar
A quick look at the town of Kangar
Karak
A quaint look at Karak town
Kemaman
A look around Kemaman, Terengganu...
Pictures around Kemaman
Klang
Going through the rain for a good look at the river in mid-town Kelang
Kluang
Reminiscing the teenage years in Kluang - Part 1
Reminiscing the teenage years in Kluang - Part 2
Reminiscing the teenage years in Kluang - Part 3 and last...
Kota Bahru
Kota Bahru, the Islamic city...
Rushing through Kota Bahru
New trip to the East Coast - Muhammadi mosque revisited and some views of Kota Bahru
A more relaxed look at Kota Bahru
Kota Bahru from a highest part of Masjid Muhammadi
Kota Tinggi
Historic Kota Tinggi, once the seat of the Johor Empire...
Johor river from Kota Tinggi town bridge
Kuala Kangsar
Views from minaret of Masjid Ubudiyah, Kuala Kangsar
Kuala Kubu
A day at Kuala Kubu Baru
Walking around Kuala Kubu Baru
Kuala Kubu Baru from the Telekom building
Kuala Lipis
Kuala Lipis, a cute town!
In Kuala Lipis to settle an old 'debt'?
Enjoying Kuala Lipis' "cute" little facade...
Kuala Lipis train station and its cute old town Kuala Lipis new town
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur from Kenanga Wholesale City
Kuala Perlis
Perlis in one day!
Kuala Perlis, the town at the estuary of the Perlis river
Kuala Terengganu
Walking along the Terengganu river to Kampung Cina...
View of Kuala Terengganu from 14 floors up... Or is it 15 or 13? Never mind, just enjoy the view...
Up Bukit Puteri through the newly completed shopping complex at its foot...
A quick look at the city of Kuala Terengganu
On top Kuala Terengganu's 'floating' mosque
From Pasar Payang's upper level
Recent views from Kuala Terengganu's Bukit Puteri
Kuala Terengganu from up the towers at its new bridge
Kuantan
A quick look at the town of Kuantan
Kukup
The little town of Kukup
Labis
Labis from on top the pedestrian bridge
Labuan
An early look at the town of Labuan
Langkawi
The views from Langkawi's Dataran Lang
Lumut
And now a look around Lumut...
Going around Lumut
Views from 2nd floor of an apartment complex in Lumut
Views from 12th floor of an apartment complex in Lumut
Machang
A quick look of Machang town in the rain
Melaka
Up and around Bukit (the hill of) Melaka
A look at Melaka from the Taming Sari tower...
Melaka old city centre at night and the nostalgia around it...
A night walkabout in Melaka...
Melaka river from a part of Bandar Hilir
Early morning at the Stadthuys
First Melaka city centre walk in 5 months...
Private tour for a friend from Aceh
Looking at Melaka from the top floor of its latest highest building
Facing the Straits of Melaka from Melaka Hill
Melaka river in front of Stadthuys
Mersing
Smelling the sea in Mersing...
Going around Mersing town
Miri
Views of Miri
Muar
Pictures in Muar
Some more pictures in Muar
Pictures in Muar 3
Views from on top of Muar town...
Muar's very own Uptown
A quick night look of Muar
Muar and its river from nearby the Second Mosque Muar river from an esplanade at Tanjung Agas
Breakfast at Muar riverside
Muar river from the esplanade besides the old bridge
Lovely views from the Muar old bridge
Parts of Muar from the 12th floor of a building
Around Muar's Masjid Jamek during the recent 1st Syawal
Inhaling the night air of Syawal at Tanjung Emas
Walking around the town of Muar
More walking around the town of Muar
The new esplanade at Tanjung Emas
Padang Besar
Looking at the Malaysian side of Padang Besar
Pasir Mas
A quick look at the town of Pasir Mas
Pasir Puteh
Pekan at dusk
Pengkalan Kubor
The duty-free complex at Pengkalan Kubor
Pontian
A quaint look at the town of Pontian
Port Dickson
Views from a jetty at Port Dickson town
Pulau Pinang (Georgetown)
Penang... As they say, the pearl of the orient!
Going around Georgetown in Pulau Pinang
Casual walk (or not so) at Lebuh Aceh
The view at Gurney Drive
From Lebuh Aceh to Jalan Kuala Kangsar
Following the length of Penang Road
Jalan Hutton to KOMTAR and back to Lebuh Aceh
Up Penang Hill and the superb views from up there
Putrajaya
In Putrajaya to look for the seat of an ancient kingdom
Putrajaya from one of its bridges
Putrajaya from inside the steel mosque...
From Malaysia's Palais de Justice to the steel mosque
Walking to Putrajaya's 'iron' mosque close to dusk Putrajaya from the PICC
Rantau Panjang
Sungai Golok at Rantau Panjang town centre
Views from the tower of Masjid Beijing
Raub
Raub... My last stop before the East Coast journey officially ends...
Morning walk around Raub town with the family
Rawang
A look at Rawang town from the TM office
Seri Menanti
The small town of Seri Menanti from the royal museum
Shah Alam
A morning look of Shah Alam
Sungai Lembing
The quaint town of Sungai Lembing
Sungai Petani
Walking from train station to Sungai Petani's old town centre
Sungai Siput
A quaint look at Sungai Siput...
Tangkak
Tangkak, the textile town!
Tanjung Malim
Recent views of Tanjung Malim and around
Small trip to Tanjung Malim with the youngest son
Teluk Intan
Revisiting Teluk Intan the birth-place of my dad...
Walking in Teluk Intan...
With the kids at the leaning tower of Teluk Intan
Temerloh
In Temerloh for a dish of ikan patin...
Tumpat
A quick look at the town of Tumpat
Singapura
The view from Mount Faber
The skyline of Singapura
Singapura city at night...
Around Masjid Sultan and Kampung Gelam
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Views of Brunei's golden-domed mosque and its surroundings
The market of Tamu Kianggeh
Views from the tower at Kampung Ayer
Seria
The town of Seria
Aceh
Banda Aceh
In and around the Baiturrahman mosque in Aceh...
Remembering the Tsunami which ravaged Aceh in 2004...
The place called Uleelheue in Aceh
Views of Aceh from our hotel early morning...
From Syiah Kuala to Kreung Aceh...
A leisurely afternoon in Banda Aceh and reflections on its socio-political conditions...
Through the university town of Darussalam and on to the airport...
Celebrating the Prophet's birthday in Aceh : The ship that got swept inland by the Tsunami of 2004
Bringing the family to Gunongan
Going on top the Tsunami stranded ship
Morning walk to Peunayong
Masjid Baiturrahman's new look coming
Walking around the back parts of Pasar Aceh
Simpang Tujuh - The seven junctions
Taking the motorbike trishaw across Banda Aceh
The market area around Baiturrahman mosque
Bireuen
Bireuen from a hotel rooftop
Idi
Views from a new hotel in Idi
Sabang
Sabang from its hillside viewing point
Takengon
Morning views of Takengon and Danau Laut Tawar
Sumatera Utara
Barus
Early morning walk in Barus
Medan
Aidil Adha eve at the famed Al-Mashun mosque of Medan
Parapat
The Saturday market at Parapat
Pengkalan Brandan
Walking at the market area of Pengkalan Brandan
Sumatera Barat
Bukit Tinggi
Views from a Bukit Tinggi hotel
Views from Bukit Tinggi's iconic Jam Gadang
Padang
Minangkabau airport to Padang city
Walking around Padang city centre
From Padang back to the airport
Pagaruyung
Views from the upper floors of Istano Basa Pagaruyung
Visit to the house of Sultan Taufik, the person said to hold the title of Daulat Pagaruyung
Payakumbuh
Crossing Payakumbuh city by foot
Riau
Bangkinang
Exploring Bangkinang on a trishaw bike
Walking around Bangkinang
Pekanbaru
Pekanbaru by bus
Looking at Pekanbaru from the upper level of Annur mosque
Last look at Pekanbaru
Siak
Siak river from Syahabuddin mosque
Siak river from Siak town
Kalimantan Barat
Mempawah
Mempawah river from the palace mosque
Pontianak
On to Pontianak city and across...
Views from second level of Istana Qadriah
Singkawang
Kalbar's drive-in zoo
Pulau Jawa
Bandung
A look around Bandung city centre
Grisek
Views from Giri Kedaton
Views of Gresik from a local hotel
Jakarta
The National Monument in Jakarta
Jogjakarta
Festive night at Jogja...
From Malioboro to the Keraton - The ever festive Jogja...
Pekalongan
Pekalongan, the batik centre of Indonesia
Surabaya
The morning scene outside our hotel in Ampel
Tasikmalaya
Tasikmalaya town
Sulawesi
Makassar
A look at the University of Hasanuddin, Makassar
On to Makassar city
Thailand
Ayutthaya
Walking in Ayutthaya
Tuk Tuk ride around Ayutthaya
Bangkok
Rushing to Bangkok
Around Bangkok's Grand Palace at night
My first proper look at Bangkok
Cutting across Bangkok from east to west
Chao Phraya river from Tha Chang Wangna in Bangkok
Enter the Thammasat University
Ferry to Thonburi
Getting back to eastern side of Bangkok
Betong
Quick look at the town of Betong, Thailand
Chaiya
Welcome to Chaiya - The Srivijaya connection...
Chenak
A look at the town of Chenak
Chumpon
A morning walk in Chumpon
Riverside walk in Chumpon
Chumpon from on top of a decent hotel
Golok
Walking in the southern Thailand town of Golok
Walking across Sungai Kolok
Hatyai
The colours of Hatyai
First time in Hatyai with the family
Walking with the family in Hatyai
Reorienteering oneself on the streets of Hatyai
First time savouring Hatyai at night time
Hatyai from top floor of a hotel
Hatyai from rooftop of a hotel
A passing look at Hatyai
Views from top floor of Hatyai's Central Hotel
Hatyai central weekend night market
Hua Hin
On to the resort city of Hua Hin
Kamala
Morning look at Kamala
Climbing up the hill behind Kamala mosque
Views from Kamala mosque minaret
Krabi
Night scene at Ao Nang
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Chalermkarnchana University at Nakhon Si Thammarat
Along the main road of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Narathiwat
First look at the town of Narathiwat
Daytime look at town of Narathiwat
Views from the big mosque of Narathiwat
Padang Besar
The Thai side of Padang Besar
Patong
Enter the town of Patong
Patani
Patani town from the 5th floor of a main hotel
Patani town from our riverside hotel
More of Patani town from our riverside hotel
Going to Prince of Songkla University, Patani
Patani river from town centre bridge
Morning walk from the hotel to Patani river
Last look at Patani town from end to end
Petchaburi
Enter the city of Petchaburi
Phattalung
Cutting through Phattalung
Early morning market at Phattalung
Phattalung from the highest point at Ho Fah Hotel
Phuket
Town of Phuket
Ranong
Enter the town of Ranong
Sadao
The town of Sadao
Songkhla
Views from the mosque of Sultan Sulaiman at Singgora (Songkhla)
The waters facing old Singgora
Looking at the small town at old Singgora
Views from the mosque at old town Singgora
Walking around Songkhla city
Looking at the older Singgora from old part of Songkhla
Songkhla town from south of old Singgora
Surat Thani
Enter the city of Surat Thani
Surat Thani from the top floor of a main hotel
Takbai
Going around Takbai
Takuapa
Cute old historical town of Takuapa
Trang
An introductory look at Trang
The sizeable town or city that is Trang
Yala
Around Yala town
Cambodia/Kemboja
Battambang
Around Battambang by tuk tuk
Kampong Cham
Early look at Kampong Cham
Views from the French tower at Kampong Cham
Walking around Kampong Cham town
Views from the tallest building at Kampong Cham
Phnom Penh
First impression of Phnom Penh
First look at the waterfront in Phnom Penh - The Tonle Sap-Mekong meeting place
Art pieces at the 'Russian' market
Phnom Penh from a riverside vantage point
Night time around the esplanade at Phnom Penh
Taking the Mekong river cruise at night
Siem Reap
Siem Reap by tuk tuk
Around the night market of Siem Reap
Tanah Arab
Madinah
Finding a way to Raudhah inside the Masjid Nabawi
Looking inside Baqi'
Masjid Nabawi at night
Mekah
An introductory view of Mecca and its holy mosque
Views from the inner compound of the Masjidil Haram
Views from second level of Masjidil Haram
The tunnel under the Mecca clock tower
Views from the top floor of Masjidil Haram
Checking out the backstreets near the hotel
Climbing up Jabal Nur in the dark
Views from on top Hira' cave
