Suro and Boyo Statue — Attraction in Surabaya

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,...

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...

Suro and Boyo Statue

Statue of Sura and Baya (Javanese: Statue of Suro and Boyo) is a statue which is the symbol of the city of Surabaya. This statue is in front of the Surabaya Zoo. This statue consists of two animals, namely a crocodile and a shark, which inspired the name of the city of Surabaya: fish sura  (shark) and baya  (crocodile). This statue was built in 1988 by a craftsman named Sigit Margono with cement as the material and was architected by Sutomo Kusnadi. This statue has survived to this day, regardless of...