Sugar Street : Jalan Gula

Hari ini memang sudah rencana menyalurkan hobi foto-foto dan syndrom narsis ^^ bersama sahabat. Jam 2 siang bersama Vanny, kita mencari Jl.Gula di daerah Surabaya Utara, dimana masih banyak bangunan-bangunan sisa penjajahan Belanda dulu. Sempat kehujanan dan akhirnya 'menggemukkan' diri di resto cepat saji :P, plus muter-muter mencari jalan gula yang sempit dan kecil ini!

Yup! This saturday is time for me to do my hobby : taking picture^^. With my bestfriend, Vanny, we went to Jalan Gula(Gula street), a little street located in the north of Surabaya. At 2 14.00 we started to go there, caught by the rain and we spent some minutes in a fast food resto and we never thought it would be that difficult finding this street. Being confident and patient : Voila! We found it! :)

Jalan Gula (Gula Street)
Jalan ini terletak di daerah Surabaya Utara sana, di dekat Pasar Atum, bisa juga lewat Jl.Kembang Jepun. Ternyata pencarinya tidak sulit lho..Pasar Atum, putar balik, menyusuri Jl.Karet, dan tunggu saja di sisi kanan jalan. Lucunya, Jl.Gula terletak setelah Jl.Coklat. Lucu ya namanya! ^^ Cocok nih buat yang suka nyemil seperti saya (apa hubungannya coba...)

This street located in the north of Surabaya, near by Atum Market, laso can be reached through Jepun Street (Kya-Kya). It was actually not difficult. If you got lost, just ask someone, surely they know! :) We realised that before Gula Street, there's another street name Jalan Coklat (Chocolate Street). How cute!!! ^^





Kondisinya (the look)
Kaget juga sih, jalan yang sering dipakai untuk lokasi foto 'kuno' ini sebenarnya tidak sepanjang jalan asyik untuk dipakai berpose ^^.Bangunan kuno yang masih 'asli' hanya terletak di ujung jalan (dekat papan nama jalan). Itu pun beberapa pintu dan jendelanya sudah ditambal sana sini dengan kayu-kayu sisa. Terus terang, agak seram juga sih..kebayang kalau kesini malam-malan :S Sepanjang jalan ini masih digunakan untuk gudang stok barang-barang, banyak juga orang lalu-lalang (mungkin jalan ini juga jalan pintas ya..) Banyak tukang becak, orang jual bakso, mobil-mobil (udah tahu sempit..aku dan vanny terpaksa berusaha memeluk dinding agar tak terserempet!)..wah :) yang pasti, berkat kesabaran dan ehm..rasa pede yang kita paksa (banyak tuh orang yang heran, nih anak-anak ngapain manjat-manjat jendela, lari sana-sini bawa kamera, sampai make-up ditengah jalan segala) ^^, jadi deh beberapa foto yang cukup membuat kita puas dan ingin kembali lagi kesana!



It was kinda surprising, as the 'picture taking spot' is not located all along the street. The old look of Surabaya that we found was only a few meters from the end of the street. Some windows and doors are already broke and fixed with some residual woods. There are houses along the street used for storehouses. The old look of this street is kinda freaky! :S I can't imagine walking around here at night! While taking picture there were many becaks and motorbikes, also some food sellers. Even cars that we needed to 'hug' the wall else we might got hit ^^ Well, trying to be patient and over confident (haha some people looked at us so weird when we climbed the window or did make up :P), we made some pics that we find pretty cool! Next time we'll go there again ^^

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(VannY)


(AmandA)



















Bis dann!
-Ama-