Bouvardia: Bandung...my truely vacation (single vacation!)


Bandung map

Bandung. For the first few moment the plane touch the ground,I still couldn't believe I'm OUT of Malaysia! Totally awesome! The view there is breathtaking.This is my first trip without my parent. I went to Bandung together with my sister and a friend.

Monday, 6 Dec 2010

We arrived at the Jakarta airport. Well, the airport is not like I imagine but that is not an issue because I am safely arrived in Indonesia. Out of the aircraft, we went straight to the main door ( is it?? well, lobby is more like it) to search for the tour guide. From far I could see there was a person holding something like a banner but in A4 size. It wrote..Nurel Huda Mohamad Zaki. Well, my father's name is correct but my sister name is quite funny! Well, it was fine. The guide @ driver is very friendly and most important is that he's young! Don't think anything funny ok! It's just we are young and young people easily clicks! (remember that!)

We went straight to Bogor to the safari. The safari is AWESOME. Personally, I think it is way cooler than Zoo Negara. Tourist are given the opportunity to feed, touch the animal and it's like the Africa national park! Before entering the safari, we bought carrot. I think it's like bundle of carrot. It's for the animals. We enter the safari with the car and we get the opportunity to feed the animals from our car. There are all kinds of animals just like the normal but the different is we can really touch the animals. Really love this place. Siapa yang ada anak kecil tempat ini sangat bagus! Aku sangat recommend this safari! Two thumbs up!!

carrot..carrot..carrot..i'm vegetarian

sila berhenti dan bagi kami carrot

teringat lagu 3 beruang full house!!

ehh..belum sedia lagi nak posing!!

campak jew carrot tu masuk mulut aku nie

ada carrot lagi tak???

nak carrot sila beratur yea!!

jaguar duduk lepak atas para

jaga-jaga cik salmah..ada gajah nak lalu

sedap betul carrot nie

hujan.baik aku tido...zzzzzzzz

Next, we went straight to Bandung. We are not using the expressway, we're using the normal road which is comapct and the traffic is like KL. Well, it's still fine because I'm not the one who drive! But actually by using this road, aku dapat lihat kehidupan orang Indonesia dengan lebih dekat. Aku dapat lihat seni architecture untuk rumah-rumah di sepanjang jalan. Ada yang mewah ada yang biasa-biasa saja. Sampai di Bandung, hari pun sudah malam dan kami keletihan. We went straight to the hotel, take our bath and went to bed.

In front of Casa de Ladera Hotel

In front of our room

me at the alley of the hotel

parking lot Casa de Ladera Hotel

Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010

Subuh di sini lebih kurang pukul 4.30am. Jadi kami perlu bangun awal untuk solat dan tidur semula..(hehehe..penat taw!). Next visit is, Tangkuban Perahu. Kawah gunung berapi yang masih aktif!! Suhu di atas pun sangat sejuk. Lebih sejuk banding Cameron Highland! Naik saja sudah berbau sulfur. Yeah, parfume original kami untuk hari itu..hehehe..Kami berjalan sampai ke atas tapi disebabkan sudah tiada pelancong yang nail sampai atas takut juga. So kami hanya separuh jalan saja. Kawah Dawah kami tak pergi kerana memerlukan tour guide and kena bayar pula tu..Over budget plak nanti!!

Finish with Tangkuban Perahu, we went straight to Bandung.Yeah, it is shopping time. We went to the famous factory outlet at Jalan Setiabudi or Dago. I'm not very sure but it's either one. Well, girls really know how to shop. Kami ke rumah seperti Blossom, Grande, Episode, Donatello and banyak lagi di sepanjang jalan itu. Selepas itu kami pekena bakso malang yang sangat famous. Encik giude bawa kami ke sebuah restaurant bakso malang. Malng itu nama tempat ya! Bukan malang yang bencana!! Habis sahaja kami terus sambung shopping semula. Dan petang itu kami makan suatu makanan yang sangat sedap dan famous. SURABI!!!! Sanga sedap. Cara buatannya juga masih tradisional! Kedai itu juga sangat penuh dengan pelanngan. Kami makan surabi yang manis dan Ery makan yang masin! Dua-dua nya pun sedap!! Tapi yang mesti ada ialah teh botol dan pisang goreng keju!!!

Acara malam itu pula ialah pergi melawat Paris van Java. Ia adalah imitation dari sebuah pasar di Perancis. Memang sebijik kot sebab itulah ia dinamakan Paris di Jawa!! Tapi tempatnya agak ada class!!. Ia sebijik macam mall di Genting Highland!. Deretan cafe nyer memang best tapi yang paling bestnya PvJ ada ManUnited Cafe @ Red cafe. Yang paling best malam itu pula ada game antara Indonesia vs Thailand. Memang ramai laaa guys yang handsome di sana! wink..wink..wink!!

menu kami malam itu..sedap.nyum..nyum!

mini ice cream tapi nama gelarannya lain..tak ingat lerr

lampu-lampu cantik yg tergantung di PVJ

aku n kak farah di bwh cahaya lampu

paris van java

deretan cafe di paris van java

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Program hari itu ialah menyerang Pasar Baru. Pasar yang menjual segala fabric, telekung, t-shirt, barang kahwin dan macam-macam lagi. Macam Jalan TAR pun ada juga.Banyak juta rupiah dihabiskan di sini. It's very addictive for me. Ada saja kain pasang yang memikat hati..hehehe. I started buy all the stuff ordered from a friend of mine. We can make a bargain here. The price here is very reasonable and the fabrics are often one of the kind. You cannot find a lot of these design in Malaysia. That is why i spent a lot pf rupiah here!! It's like magnet. Attract you whenever you make your step!! (no time to take picture here!)

That night we had our dinner at the Kampung Daun. Very elegant and exclusive restaurant at affordable price. If you went to Bandung and do not have dinner here then it's like you didn't completely been to Bandung. It's true, for those who have been here will know!. The view here is breathtaking. i was thinking that if in Malaysia there is such restaurant, there price for the food must be above RM300.00. We only spent RM150.00 that nght. I had nasi timbel bakar together with my sister and kak farah had nasi kampung daun special. Then we ordered ikan gurami goreng with sambal terasi. Marvelous food, comfort food and really delicious!! Eventhough it was very cold but I don't care because it's like paradise here!!

Thursday, 9 Dec 2010

Last day for our trip already. We went to the White Crater or Kawah Putih. Syurga dunia!! Perjalanan ke White Crater ambil masa dalam 2jam. Nasib baik Ery tahu jalan pendek ke sana, maklumlah memang orang Bandung asal. Sepanjang perjalanan kami lalui perusahaan strawberyr. Dikiri dan kanan jalan terdapat banyak strawberry farm. Semua diusahakan secara kecil-kecilan. Suhu juga semakain tinggi kami mendaki semakin sejuk. Setubanya kami di White Crater, suhu mencecah 10 darjah Celsius. Sangat sejuk!! Dahlaa pakai baju nipis saja memang kesejukan laaa. Untuk sampai ke kawah perlu nail tangga tapi tak banyk pun. Sampai saja memang terkejut kerana pemandangannya sangat menakjubkan! Amazing and mesmerizing! I feel like I'm out of this world. I'm NOT on earth anymore! The view is...there is no word can describe it! You have to see it by yourself!! But the only setback is the sulfur. The smell of the sulfur is killing me. Tourists cannot be there for a long period because the sulfur is really bad for the breathing. You can't really breath easily there. 15 minutes top, the only time you can spent there. More than that you will suffocate yourself!! Take the picture as fast as you can!!

Petang itu kami teruskan dengan shopping till we drop. Kali ini kami ke Jalan Riau dimana terletak Rumah Mode, Secret, Fashion World dan banyk lagi. Kami juga ke Terminal Tiga dan Terminal Tas. Terminal Tiga itu tempat jeans original dan Terminal Tas itu tempat menjual beg tangan original dan faux grad A. Kami juga ke Amanda untuk borong brownies. Kek lapis tak dapat dibeli kerana sudah habis!! Malam itu kami menikmati satay kelinchi. Satay kelinchi itu ialah satay arnab. Hurmmm...rasanya seperti satay daging lembu juga. You have to taste it yourself!! Teh botol tidak dilupa ya!! Pulang ke hotel, masa untuk kami packing barang kerana perlu bangun awal esok pagi. Flight kami pada pukul 6am. So seawal 2.30am kami sudah bangun untuk bersiap dan check out. Hurm...bye-bye Bandung for now. Hope to come again. Seminggu rasanya tak cukup. Hehehe...Kenalah kumpul duit lagi.