Suro And Boyo Statue

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Icon surabaya east java. You havent come to Surabaya if you havent taken a picture in front of the statue ? located at the entrance of the Surabaya zoo, quite crowded visitors to photograph in front of this statue even in the late at night! soo you have to be patient, and you dont have to fear if you go there alone and couldnt capture the moment , bcz there are a lot of photographers with affordable prices and very friendly and polite. when I was there alone they were besides offering for photos but we also sat down spent 2 hours telling story of many things. Lol and I know some photographers but i am still remeber just one his name's Marwan :) he's very friendly and comes from NTT. And all my beautiful pics was taken by marwan. Thanks marwan, god bless u!!

The photos were taken during March 2020 to July 2020, when I stayed in a small inn in Jalan Raya Darmo area. Every evening , after supper, I would go for a walk to the monument of Suroboyo from the inn I stayed. At that time, Surabaya zoo was closed because of covid-19, the monument is in front of the zoo. I liked standing on the overbridge to view the comings and goings of motorcycles and vehicles, it was rather relaxed time for me. Suroboyo seems to be a symbol represents Surabaya, I have seen Suro and Boro on many things coming from Surabaya, for example, Bus Suroboyo, kue kukus Pahlawan, football team, etc. The third picture shows what I want to say “ I love Surabaya”.❤️?

Went there because of the curiosity we had. The statue is really iconic but a garden around it seems like not having a good maintenance, the messy trees and also the wires hanging right in front of the statue make it kinda hard to capture a "clean" picture.

Good to witness the statutes, and visit the zoo with kids

It is a very famous statue depicting Surabaya's symbols. Surabaya is spelt "Suroboyo" in Javanese, from two words: "Suro" (Shark) and "Boyo" (Crocodile). Thus, Suroboyo (Surabaya) is a city of Shark and Crocodile.