Bandung.....antara destinasi kegilaan warga Malaysia sekarang...bila sebut Bandung je, yg terlintas dalam fikiran tempat2 shopping, factory outlets, nasi padang...macam2 la...trip ni berlima dgn Ayu dcs, Ita, Jojo and Skeen.
Once we reached Bandara Bandung (Bandara means Airport), we took a cab (it cost us 45K Rupiah or RM18 per taxi to our hotel namely Gumilang Sari Hotel (booked earlier via internet). The hotel is located at Jalan Setiabudi. It is further up from the town. According to the taxi driver, a lot of Malaysian stay at Hotel Sukajadi as it's nearer to the town.
Cuaca kat sana sejuk dan nyaman.....so, it was a relief as our acitivities would involve a lot of walking...when we reached our hotel, first thing we did was finding a transport. We got a car (they called it Kijang or equivalent to Toyota Unser..;p) and a driver...it cost us 600K Rupiah per day or about RM240...yupppp...it was quite a sum...lucky there were 5 of us...hehehe
First destination was Tangkuban Perahu...the journey took about 45 minutes from our hotel.....i never saw a volcano before...so, it really amazed me...as soon as we reached at the top of the volcano, we were surrounded by sellers......tried to persuade us to buy something from them as souvenirs...Interesting fact...tourist guide bgtau kitorg, dalam sehari, hanya beberapa tourist guide dan penjual (lebih kurang 10-15 org) yg dibenarkan mencari rezeki kat situ...dan....dalam seminggu hanya sekali sahaja...bermakna, setiap hari a group of different people....so, that one particular day would be the only day to make money there (maybe they sells their good elsewhere on other days)...populasi penduduk Indonesia yg begitu besar sampai nk cari rezeki pun kena rotate camtu....(bersyukur dapat hidup kat Malaysia).
Masa kat Tangkuban Perahu, kitorg gi jungle trekking...tourist guide tu kata dekat je...lebih kurang 1km...x sampai setengah jam boleh sampai bawah....pastu driver kitorg akan tunggu kat bawah...it turned out......1km per trip pegi sahaja and we still have to walk another 1km utk ke kereta....so, total of 2km walking for about 1 and 1/2 hour! and they charged us by hour! (lesson no 1-always ask first!)...penjual2 tu semua ikut kitorg jungle trekking dan x putus2 pujuk kitorg beli barang cenderahati....
But.....it was worth the sweat.....the view was really beautiful and the trees were simply amazing! (pic) and at the bottom we had the opportunity to "play" with the mud (pic) which was claimed can make your skin softer (they even sell it in the recycled mineral water bottle!)...on our way back to the car, the tourist guide told us about the legend of Tangkuban Perahu - Sangkuriang, who fell in love with his own mother bla bla bla......;p....it was an interesting legend as i listened to him attentively....hehehe...they charged us about 200K Rupiah (RM80) for the guide and another 135K Rupiah (RM54) for the entrance fee (for 5 pax)...
Apart from the volcano, kitorg pergi Hot Spring x jauh dgn Tangkuban Perahu....masa tu weekend, so, ramai giler manusia....hehehe....seperti biasa, kena bayar entrance fee of 12K Rupiah per person (RM4.80)....dalam tuh, ade pilihan kalau nk yg privacy, pool or public......kitorg amik yg pool (pic)...kena bayar lagi another 27.5K Rupiah (RM11).....
Factory outlets were everywhere....i was attracted to the concept there....macam rumah banglo lot but it is a shop! (pic) factory outlets banyak di Jalan Sukajadi, Jalan Setiabudi, Jalan Cihampelas.....here u can find a lot of branded clothes but cheaper...we noticed that, nothing is free in Bandung....even somebody volunteer to help you with the traffic, eg: they hold other cars to give you a way, we have to pay them..normally around 1K Rupiah (RM0.40)...
Tidak sah percutian ke Indonesia kalau tak beli kebaya......tapi kebaya, telekong, blouse, tudung, kain meter takde jual kat factory outlets.....so, we went to Pasar Baru......memang rambang mata tgk kebaya in every color, lace in every shop, blouses, tudung yg bermacam2 fesyen dan design.....
One experience we wont ever forget.....when we were in the car and the car stopped at a traffic light, came a "pondan" with heavy make up with his little music instrument and started singing outside the car. He expected us to give him money (they do all sort of things for money).....we ignored him and he kept singing....we just let him sing and pretending that we didnt care.....he gave us an angry look and the driver asked us to give some money...finally, we gave only 500 cents (RM0.20).....the moment he took the money, we were scolded by the "pondan" sbb mula2 x nak bagi duit!!! hah!
Normally we would go for Nasi Padang for our lunch....one afternoon we were having our lunch at Ibu Suharti resataurant....basically, we didnt know what to order...so, we just oredered what was in the menu.....the meals looked delicious.....but...a lil bit sweet....when we browsed further the menu, we noticed that we had actually ordered cow skin as one of the side dishes......eewwwwww!.....we barely ate our meals.....hahahaha....we also went to a Sundanese restaurant where we were served with Sunda foods. They served the rice in the banana leave (pic)....5 stars for the food presentation!!! Kat Bandung juga terkenal dengan kek kukus Amanda! mmg sedap!
The driver took us to a neighbourhood where we could see Bandung from the top of the hill. We were amazed by the big bungalows in the neighbourhood which reflected their status....It really showed the big gap between the riches and the poors.....
Tibalah hari untuk berangkat pulang.......kat airport jojo kena tarik ke tepi oleh sekuriti sbb bawak souvenir yg konon nye bahaya (souvenir tuh jojo beli kat Tangkuban Perahu berbentuk tanduk dibuat dari kayu)....dah bercerita panjang dgn sekuriti, dia lepaskan jugak.....so, after we checked in, we waited in the departure hall........then.....a few minutes later, the security came to jojo asking for money....he said that he wanted 50K Rupiah (RM20) as he allowed jojo to board......huh....corruption!......we also needed to pay 60K Rupiah (RM24) for the airport tax....and we arrived at Malaysia airport safe and sound.....;p
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