CERITA BANDUNG

Pictorial Report Bandung Visit ;)

Ok this time its not raining, but I just finished assessing final year case study presentation, so shut down mood for other works (ie malas).

Bandung is about 3 hours drive from Jakarta. After considering pros and conts of several means to get there, we settled for rental car with the driver. Its an Innova, and total cost including driver is 1 million rupiah (apprx rm300 ++), exluding the toll and petrol and duit makan for supir. We begin our journey as early as 7 am because we only going to spent 1 day in Bandung. Again, there are a lot of pics but they are not available anymore because of the incident with my camera.

First stop at Bandung is the Tangkuban Perahu. Entrance per person is 50k rupiah, local 10k je. It is a dormant volcano at the north part of Bandung, popular for its volcanic crater (kawah gunung berapi), hot water spring and boiling muds. And its cold there, colder than Cameron Highland. I think it is so amazing how the crater that contains sulfur is so freaking hot, that could cause the volcanic eruption, but the weather is cold. And the view is Subhanallah, so beautiful.

Beautiful right?

yang ni pon cantik jugak kan hahahahaha

Makmah lol

Indonesia is a country that has a lot of myths and legends, as they are once dominated by the Hindu and Buddha. Tangkuban Perahu is no exception. Our bapak supir told us the legend of Tangkuban Perahu originated from a story of forbidden love between a mother and his son. Dayang Sumbi, a queen in West Java chase away her son, Sangkuriang for a reason that I dont understand. Hihi. After so many years, Sangkuriang came back and both mother and son dont recognize each other, and they fall in love (I was like duhh??). Sangkuriang wanted to marry Dayang Sumbi.

To cut the story short, after an incident, she noticed that he is her son. Teng teng teng!!! So, Dayang Sumbi, being pious and knows that it is wrong, in order prevent Sangkuriang from marrying her, ask Sangkuriang to build a large boat (sebesar Titanic perhaps?) and cross a river before sunrise ('u have only one night Sangkuriang' mungkin begitu la bicara Dayang Sumbi kepada anaknya). Monolog dalaman I: Cakap je la tanak kawen. Tak boleh eh macam tu? Tapi I tak cakap la karang bapak supir tu merajuk plk dia tgh syok cerita. Ok continue. So of course he could not finish it, so when the sun rise in the horizon, he is very frustrated (mungkin kalau Dewa 19 dah ada background music dia will be lagu hancur hatiku, mengenang dikau..jadi keping2..setelah kau pergi.. hihi). , knowing that he failed the mission, kick the boat and the boat flip over, and eventually, become the gunung berapi called Tangkuban Perahu.

.....awkward silence...perahu jadi gunung berapi?...*krek krek krek (bunyi unggas dan cengkerik*.

But interesting kan? Hihi.

Right, after Tangkuban Perahu, we went to other smaller crater that has boiling muds, the Kawah Domas. Entrance 200k rupiah per group. Gila cekik darah orang Indon ni.

Its about 1.2 km walk to the crater. Gila penat masa ni. Nampak sgt x fit.

This is a printed tree. Buang kulit dia memang dah ada pattern. So pretty.

They make it into this -ash tray, pasu bunga, etc. Of cos abah beli. 50k for one small vase. Huh.

Budak yang escort kitorang tu bagi kat I. Ape ntah nama bunga ni. Jangan marah eh. Die cakap untuk halau nyamuk =P

Upon arrival terus rendam kaki. At first it was so hot, but slowly we settle down with the temperature. It feels soooo nice and relaxing. Sadly its raining short after, tapi x lebat.

Ok this is a picture after the camera incident.

So here is where the camera incident happened. I accidently dropped it into the hot boiling mud T__T. To make it worst it slipped over from my bag, unzipped bag. Bummer! I straight away pick it up, dry it with towel and keep it. Malas nak pikir. Of course bila balik try to open and its not functioning. Expected la kan. So there goes my camera for a good 4 years T_T. This pic using my camera fon, so I told Ila, hold on tight hold on tight. Hehe.

More pic at kawah domas. Cool kan abah I. Sling bag I. Heh.

Ahli rombongan Cik Kiah

Crazy + cute = adorable. lol.

refreshing with air gunung yang sejuk dan segar.

So thats about Kawah Domas. Next stop of cos tunaikan kewajipan kpd Yang Esa juga kepada perut kita. So lepas solat, cari makanan, we opt for Sunda foods.

Its raining right after we finished visitng kawah domas

Me and Awi pretending to be Nigga Gangsta. We're hungry yoo. Bring the foods yoo.

Ok pretending to be ayu pulak. Pfttt!

the foods are awesome. Its a bit sweet though. Adik I cakap kalau Indo ni, cewek Sunda biasanya cantik2. Maybe bcos they eat sweet foods, just like our kelantanese. ehh ada kaitan kah?

Their gado2 is perfect!!! nuff said.

ok makan penuh khusyuk dan tawadhuk

Perut sudah kenyang. Mula2 we plan to go to another volcano crater, Kawah Putih, but its like at the other end of Bandung, so cancel. Nak pergi strawberry farm pon macam malas. So we settled for Kg Gajah. Taktau apa ada situ so just give it a shot. Turn out it is a theme part. A bit dull.

Obviously there's no elephant in there

Water park dia x siap lagi

After Kg Gajah, we decided to go back as it is already 6 pm, to avoid the heavy traffic, plus Awi caught fever. But planned to drop by at Rumah Moda, shopping house! Hihi. So no pics there as we are too tired, we just bought a bunch of Bandung tshirt for the family and tit bits like pisang salai and brownies. Bandung is famous for its brownies, I just know. Heh.

On the highway we stop at RNR to get something to eat. Only light dinner, so we opt for bakso. I mmg teringin nak makan bakso, and it was delicious.

The bakso. Sedap. :). Kite kalau sedap happy je. lol. Budak kuat makan kan..

The ads at the restaurant caught my attention.

We arrived around 10-ish, rest and packing to go back the next day. Indonesia is a great place for vacation, but I wish to go to more historical places like all the candi and what not. I love those kind of place. Kalau ada rezeki lebih boleh pergi lagi, insya Allah.

Abah rasmi baju batik Indo. Cantik kan? pandai kan kite pilih? kan?

Selamat tinggal Indonesia. Semoga ketemu lagi.

Thats all. Sape nak ajak saya jalan lagi angkat tangan!!! *sendiri angkat tangan* ;)