Mon, 14 Jul 2003

Bambang wins Fun Bike

JAKARTA: Bambang Gunadi of ABC company amateur bike club won the Tour de Kasteel Batavia Fun Bike, beating 400 other participants on Sunday.

"This is a unique event that could encourage us to visit museums. I am now planning to take my family to visit another day," said the winner of Rp 1.5 million (US$183) prize money.

The fun bike event was staged by The Jakarta History Museum or Fatahillah Museum in West Jakarta. During the tour, participants had to travel to the Bahari museum, Wayang (puppet) museum, Keramik (chinaware) museum and the Art museum. The bikers also visited, among other things, the Kasteel Batavia, Sunda Kelapa port and Syahbandar tower.

The tour, which ended at the Fatahillah museum, offered total prize money of Rp 3.25 million. -- JP