Journal 02 : The Retired Heroine.

KRI Pasopati 410. SS Type Whiskey Class Submarine, hailed from Russia made in 1952. With the length of 76 meters, weighing over a thousand tons.

First served under our red and white flag at December 15th, 1962. Now she lays dormant far away from the depths of the sea, in the 'Monumen Kapal Selam' or Submarine Monument, located in the middle of Surabaya, besides a town mall, as a tourist attraction.

As an old war veteran, I imagine she had travel many endless horizons, dive ten thousand leagues below the sea through the pitch-black darkness of the oceans, and swam side by side with dolphins in a sunny blue sky day. The great adventures, sunsets in shores untouched by man, sunrises in perilous wars, journeying alone for months, thousands miles apart from civilization, danger in the unknowns... you name it. She was there, and survived through them all.

But unfortunately the retired heroine isn't quite so popular as the neighboring shopping mall... very few people came by to hear its war stories. When I visit her last week, I was one of probably only ten or twelve visitors for the whole afternoon. Most of the visitors were young couple looking to have a romantic date by the riverside inside the monument area, where you can enjoy the beautifully neon-lit view of Pemuda bridge when the nighttime comes.

Here's a view of the beautiful bridge :)