Mandala Monument of West Irian Liberation

Badly Maintained Monument

During the second half of the twentieth century, Indonesia had a craze for building giant 'tugu', which are hard to translate into English but are something like a tower or pillar or obelisk. Makassar...

The monument cannot be accessed

It looks nice but the site is locked and it is not lighted up at night. I was told by a taxi driver that it was possible to enter to the top before and the lights used to be lighted up. Unfortunately,...

Worth a visit with bonus Chocolate Factory

From the main road it looks like this monument is fenced off. However you can enter via both side streets. There is no entrance fee. It’s worth walking around the bottom of the monument which has p...

Nice enough

This is a nice enough monument located in downtown Makassar. It wasn't possible to go inside the monument when I visited on a Sunday afternoon, and so I had to content myself with just wandering aroun...

Energizing and Peaceful

With all the silent night large streets at Makassar City down town, I found visiting this place very energizing and feeling peaceful, due reminding us the history. The monument was surrounded by a bea...