house of sampoerna

House of Sampoerna is a former factory of Sampoerna turned into a museum that tells the story of the struggle of Sampoerna, a former cigarette worker who became the owner of Indonesia's most prominent cigarette company.

In this museum we can smell to various sorts of local tobacco leaves, and as the museum is still used by workers to make cigarettes during the day. So there's a strong aroma of tobacco in every corner of the museum.

And after 45 minutes, I got extremely nauseous from the tobacco smell.. just like what happened to me when going to the 2010 Ars Electronica in Linz, where the main art space was the former cigarette factory.

ps: this post is a part of the mwoatravels, a travel journal of maarten and i across java and bali in january-march 2012.

herbs bought at akar sari

here are the herbs i bought at akar sari a week before.

not only that i like the smell, but also the visual design of the packages! :-)

various type of bumbu's

bumbu opor

bumbu kare

bumbu sate

vetiver, cinnamon, sappanwood

sappanwood (secang)

vetiver (akar wangi)

cinnamon (manis jangan)

ps: this post is a part of the mwoatravels, a travel journal of maarten and i across java and bali in january-march 2012.

akar sari

Akar Sari is a jamu (traditional herbal medicine) company from Solo, Central Java. The shop was filled with all sorts of herbs and it was perfect for my olfactorial visit :-)

So we went to their shop on a cloudy Saturday afternoon (unfortunately there was a black out, so the inner store was completely dark) and bought some herbs and bumbu (Indonesian seasonings).

I was so amazed by their collection of herbs!

ps: this post is a part of the mwoatravels, a travel journal of maarten and i across java and bali from january-march 2012.