Written on 09 October 2022
By: Wima Brahmantya
When I was travelling, I used to buy postcards in the cities I visited and send them home via the local post office.
One of my dreams in managing tourism here is to be able to sell postcards with pictures of De Karanganjar. Today, coinciding with International Postal Day, that dream was realised.
Yes, as of today onwards the DE KARANGANJAR TOURISM ENTRY TICKET has been abolished.
Instead, visitors can simply buy a VOUCHER in the form of a POS CARD worth IDR 25,000 which can be directly spent on coffee and food at OG Cafe, or for souvenirs and merchandise, or for ATV rental and family photos at Fotostudio.
So, for example, if a person has a coffee and a meal at a cafe and spends a total of Rp. 40,000, then with the voucher, they only need to pay Rp. 15,000.
Well, the postcard can be taken home as a souvenir. But it is much more affdol if visitors 'write the story of their visit' on the postcard, then buy stamps, and put the postcard in the mail bus at De Karanganjar.
We want sending postcards to be a 'ritual' to do when visiting De Karanganjar.
So it's not complete if you go to De Karanganjar and don't send a postcard home, using the "brievenbus" aka colonial era mail bus.
