Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument)

Salam semua. Saya kini dalam satu perjalanan baru meliputi tempat-tempat di wilayah Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia. Biar dimulakan perkongsian beberapa tempat yang dilawati...
Peace be upon you all. I am currently in a new trip covering places in the province of Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Indonesia. Let the sharing of some places visited begin...


Isnin tengah hari 8 Jun 2015. Saya dan seorang kawan sampai ke kota Pontianak dengan menaiki pesawat. Selepas melihat persekitaran kota kami ke luar lalu singgah di bangunan ini...
Monday noon 8th June 2015. Me and a friend arrived at the city Pontianak by flight. After looking at the city surrounding we went outside and stopped at this building.


Ia dipanggil Tugu Khatulistiwa.
It is called the Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument).


Ia dibina lebih setengah abad lepas untuk menandakan tempat garisan geografi Khatulistiwa lalu tepat di atasnya.
It was built more than half a century ago to mark the place where the geographical line of Equator passes right above it.








Cuma tugu ini katanya sudah lari 117 meter ke selatan garisan akibat dua faktor...
It's just the monument is said to have ran out of alignment 117 metres to the south because of two factors...





Apapun ia masih menjadi satu mercu tanda penting di Pontianak. Kelihat model tugu dan persekitaran baru yang sedang dibina...
Whatever it is still an important landmark in Pontianak. Seen here a model of the monument and the new environment around which is being built...

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