Malang Trip Part I

The Colorful Jodipan Village 

On February 2018 i still wasn’t sure where to go for my Eid holiday on June, i had some options and Malang wasn’t in it. Till i saw a pretty cheap ticket to go there and without thinking i just decided to buy it. So i started looking for some informations about where to go in Malang. I didn’t regret my decision at all, turned out i had so much fun backpacking to Malang. 

I started my trip on July 17^th, 2 days after Eid. I flew from Sumbawa to Lombok in the morning then continue flying to Surabaya then from Surabaya i took a bus going to Malang and it only costs like usd 1 for 2 hours driving, but the traffic jam made it to be 3,5 hours -,-. In Malang i stayed at Pondok Backpacker and the dorm was cheap, it was usd 7/night include breakfast.

On my 1^st day after checked in at the hostel then i went to Kampung Warna Warni Jodipan & Tridi (The Colorful Village) which was only 3 km away from the hostel. This colorful village used to be a slum in Malang but on 2016 a group of local university students had a project idea to turn this village to be a creative place and now it’s one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malang. They painted each house to be so colorful and creative with some interesting drawings and decorations.

I went there twice during my trip and there were thousands of people visiting the village. I paid Rp. 3,000 or 2 cents to enter the village and they gave us a keychain or a sticker, depends on which alley you enter it from. Every inch of the place was so interesting and artistic. It gives a good impact to the villagers financially. But i can’t imagine living there knowing that i have to meet hundreds or thousands of human every single day :o. I would be in a bad mood all the time :D

 

But since many people around, it was kinda difficult to take a good pictures but i think i got some pretty good ones. I was lucky to meet a couchsurfer friend from Vietnam so we went there together and she took some cool pictures of me. Even the 2^nd time i went there i was with a friend from Malang who also helped taking a million pictures of me :D. And sometimes i had to wait in Line to take a picture in a famous spot but it was still nice. I was so happy to see and enjoy such creativity and the villagers were so friendly. I guess they are used to see all these people taking pictures in front of their house and all the noises and stuff.

But it was a very interesting trip i had on my 1st and 2nd day in Malang visiting the same place but i explored the whole neighborhood and took many Instagramable pictures. I recommend this place to visit if you like taking an artistic pictures and interact with local people. Love the place so much and hopefully to be back to get more cool pictures :D.