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greetings from the second largest city in Indonesia we are in Surabaya which I swear
they're like City Monument looks very similar to the one in Jakarta but this is a port city on the
east coast of Java Island it too like Jakarta has a colonial past and it has a population
of about 3 million people now unfortunately I don't have as much time here in Surabaya as I
would have liked some of you may know that I ended up getting sick in Jung Jakarta so
that really cut into my time that I thought I would have to go to Milan and also here
in Surabaya but nevertheless I have today I'm excited to be here so join me in this video as
a sort of first impressions of the city trying some good food and seeing the sights thank you
thank you
so guys the good news is that the skate in kenjiron park is super cool there's
a really interesting um Buddhist temple right behind me but what I primarily came
here for the park I thought it was like a place to walk around there's an amusement
park there's a water park but driving through here and it's like huge it's huge
um so many things look deserted and there's not many people here so I don't know if that's
just because it's a weekday or maybe they're renovating it so unfortunately I think I got a
bit unlucky with my choice because I don't think many things are open here other than this temples
today
I think it's safe to say that I found the most random attraction in surveya which has
a personal Heritage connection I guess which is a decommissioned Russian submarine that
I guess was in use at some point here in Surabaya but now it's turned into a museum
so I just got in the submarine and this is just nuts that's where the
Torpedoes go I guess and it's just hallway after hallway after a hallway
all right so let's go to the next room here which looks like it's the I guess sleeping room
got some bunk beds going on this is all the former commanders of this submarine it says from 1962
until 1989. all right onwards with our journey there's just a whole bunch of rooms with things
I don't understand but uh I guess that's how it goes oh my God all right but this is actually wild
guys I'm actually really impressed and so happy I came here oh my gosh look at this gloomir I guess
that's like Globe is like depth like something that measures the depth more or less translation
I don't think I've ever really been in a submarine at least at least not this big this is crazy
thank you
so for lunch I decided to come to this restaurant called historica it was actually recommended to me
um by a friend who's been to Surabaya and they're supposed to have like a nice mix of
like Indonesian and western food now I decided to get something pretty pretty basic of a Westerner
I got a burger fries and salad because if I'm being honest with you guys I have had like rice
dishes and noodle dishes every single day since I've got here so I kind of need to change and
wanted to see what their burgers are like here all right guys the first part of my meal has
come where I got a watermelon juice to drink so good I got a salad with a thousand island
dressing on the side that's apparently the most popular kind of dressing that I've seen
in Indonesia and then that is my fries and then the burger has yet to come so looks pretty good
so far my burger has come but I'm a little sad there's an egg on it I'm not a fan of
eggs on Burgers so we're just gonna put that to the side
it's pretty good obviously not the best burger I've ever had by a long stretch but I actually
really like the bun The Bun is really nice like squishy but like toasted so they did a very good
job on the bun Burger is good dripping a little bit too much and the sauce actually that they
put on it is pretty nice so I'd say seven out of ten so an absolute must if you guys come to
Surabaya is Tang zhangan Plaza which is this enormous Mall it is just so beautiful you guys
know that I love beautiful malls so much and this place is just like incredible I think I
even like this mall better than any of the ones I found in Jakarta so highly recommend
it's funny how our taste buds can change where I remember there was a time that I did
really like bubble tea I really didn't understand
the hype but now that I've had it so many times I love it I crave it
so one of the top positives that I can say about Surabaya is that it definitely lives
up to its reputation of being a very clean and green city in Indonesia there's definitely more
Parks here than I found in Jakarta even if it is just these like little places they're not
necessarily always big parks but it seems like every few blocks there's a cute little Park
things did not go as planned guys I am obviously back in my hotel because I just got a message from
a brand that I am working with and putting out a video with soon that I have to change
a couple of things about the stuff that I sent them and because I'm traveling to Bali tomorrow
I won't really have much time to do it then so I've had to come back here tonight and get that
stuff sent over to them as soon as possible so unfortunately I couldn't take you to the awesome
local restaurant that I had planned it's called Rowan setan I'll put like the name right here
because this is supposed to be like a specialty of Surabaya where they have this black soup
supposed to be very good so that's what my supper was supposed to be tonight but
unfortunately I'm not going to be able to go but I am still glad I had the afternoon
to get a sort of first impressions of the city I think it is definitely
um worth coming to but I will say that from First Impressions I don't think Surabaya is a very like
tourist City you know there's not a crazy amount of stuff for tourists to do other than you know
the really good restaurants really good shopping it is more of a business City and probably more
locals travel to it as always I'm seeing you guys so much love I guess the next time that
I'll be seeing you is going to be in Bali which is exciting so sending you guys lots
of love hope you're having a fantastic day and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
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