Sunday, June 30, 2024

INDONESIA : Jakarta (Travel's Diary) Part 1




Hi everyone, I nak share my pengembaraan yang terbaru - Jakarta & Bandung Indonesia trip. Yuhuuu 

I planned this trip with my colleagues in Feb and we decided to go during Agong's PH. We bought a return ticket AirAsia Indonesia waktu promotion week - Rm350/pax. Nissa helped me arrange the itinerary and accommodation for 9 people. fuhh. Our budget costs around 1k per person but if korang suka shopping please bring an extra $$$. Jom tengok apa huru-hara yang I lalui sepanjang trip ni.


Seminggu sebelum ETD I sudah check-in awal for both flights by app sebab taknak kisah lama terulang kembali. #penangtrip 
Day 1, our flight boarding around 6.30pm from JB to Jakarta. Guess what, 3pm baru terhegeh nak gerak from pasir gudang. HAHA
Urusan di departure hall smooth kecuali waktu di kaunter Immigration my friend (pregnant 6 months) so they advise her untuk patah balik ke kaunter airasia to fill up some forms before boarding. 


I dapat window seat pergi dan balik, but waktu balik switch seat with my friend's son. Cuaca Alhamdulillah okay but di Jakarta ada slightly raining. Cabin crew Indonesia semua baik & ramah.


We pre-booked flight meals, and I tried their bestseller Pak Nasser's Nasi Lemak. 6/10 maybe sebab I tak suka ayam rendang makan dengan nasi lemak? HAHA Next time nak cuba roasted chicken with mushroom sauce.hiuhiu

We arrived at Soekarno Hatta airport around 7.30pm, before proceeding to the immigration counter make sure you guys dah isi online ECD forms. Kalau tak kena scan QR dulu sebelum beratur ke kaunter Immigration. Taknak kalut I dah rush my collegues untuk isi awal 2 hari.HAHA

I ingat dah okay, but my friend pula kantoi snap gambar nak hantar dekat suami waktu tengah beratur dekat immigration. Dah kena marah dengan officer, siap minta macam-macam documents padahal orang lain elok je dia tak tanya banyak. Nasib I print-out semua documents in hardcopy. Kawan I dah masam nak merentan sebab kena marah.HAHA. Pls behave ye, officer taknak cop passport baru tau.


After korang isi ECD form,  QR code yang dibagi kena simpan untuk officer scan di arrival gate. Keluar je arrival gate memang kena serbu dengan pak-pak supir ko. Culture shock jap. 
Kami dah booked 2 MPV (RM100) by traveloka untuk pickup from airport to Park Cawang Hotel. We booked the hotel via Agoda, but 1 week before our d-day the hotel informed us that payment ada issue. Rupanya my friend tak activate international transactions. 

It took us around 1 hour jugak from International airport to Hotel sebab macet.  We reached hotel around 9pm and check-in. Setakat ni smooth k. I personally picked this hotel bcos its nearer Halim Station.



Around 10pm, we decided to explore our hotel area. Malam minggu di Jakarta sangat meriah wey, depan hotel ada banyak taxi bluebird so kami naik tu je nak mudah sebab tak tau pasar malam diorg dekat mana. Driver taxi dah la ketuk harga mahal sebab tau kitorg tourists. Lepas pada tu kami dah tak naik bluebird, better naik grab je senang dan murah. 

Sampai di pasar malam sana kami culture shock again sampai tak jadi nak makan situ. Mostly locals naik motor drive thru je membeli di pasar malam so I taktau la sesak dia level apa ntah. HAHA. Memang one of the best experience yang susah untuk dapat. Tapi sumpah taknak repeat.lol. Few of my friends and I sempat beli streetfoods, yang lain semua nak pergi restoran. I pula mengada beli sate padang tapi makan 1 cucuk dah tak leh masuk tekak. lol maafkan saya.


I perasaan kedai ni waktu otw to night market, so we just booked grab ke sini. Mie Gacoan ni penuh dengan customers walaupun jam dah 11malam.


Mie dia macam indomie dan ada 10 level pedas. Kami ambil level 1 pun dah kepedasan. Dasar noobs
Paling best air mix fruits yang serius freshing, teringat-ingat sampai sekarang. Dim sum pun sedap, besar and murah. Cuma waktu ni I tak lapar sangat, but mostly makanan dia sedap kecuali mie pedas tu azab betul nak habiskan.


Around pukul 12am kitorg gerak balik hotel by grab. Tak sampai 30 secs terus dapat grab, memang best gila bagi I yang selalu panas hati kena cancel by driver grab MY.lol

Balik hotel, terus mandi dan tidur. Esok dah nak gerak ke Bandung. Kbye

My morning view. Hello, Jakarta siders.



With love.

Yaya doe