Travel Around the World – Bring Thousand Journey Stories

I never left my hometown before, until one day when I had to go on college, I made big decision move to Bandung. I didn’t have particular reason actually why I choose Bandung, except ITB (my college) and I just need to get out of my hometown. But after 7 years live in Bandung, now I can tell you all about this beautiful city that I always miss, just to stopping by and have flashback memory.

Bandung is the capital of the West Java, or it is known as Sundanese . Its population today is about 3 million, and that makes Bandung the fourth largest city in Indonesia. It is located at a relatively high altitude, about 800 meters above sea level, and it has a comfortably cool climate. This is one of the reasons why Bandung is a very popular place among expats, and at the same time, makes it also a popular destination among the Indonesians, who tend to come to Bandung by the thousands on weekends.

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Authentic Caribbean cuisine is truly an excellent representation of all the cultural influences the Caribbean Islands have experienced since Christopher Columbus’ landing in the late 1400’s. With a fine mixture of French Island and African recipes, Caribbean cuisine is widely prepared and enjoyed by people of all nationalities, in many areas of the United States and the world.

Caribbean food and culture was forever changed when the European traders brought African slaves into the region. The slaves ate mostly the scrap leftovers of the slave owners, so not unlike the slaves in the United States they had to make do with what they had. This was the birth of the more contemporary Caribbean Cuisine.

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