INDONESIA : Bandung (Travel's Diary) Part 2

Hi people, 

I nak sambung cerita trip yang tergendala from previous post. Day 2 in Jakarta, awal subuh dah celik mata, badan penat tapi tak lena tidur. I lena pukul 2 pagi & terjaga pukul 4.30 pagi. Barai.

Pukul 6 pagi dah cerah, so kami semua siap-siap untuk turun breakfast and check out. 

Kitorang ada requested an iron waktu check in tapi receptionist informed us to call housekeeping the next morning. They will pick up & iron our clothes. I macam siyes ah? 

Unfortunately, from Subuh  kitorang call pastu kena sidai dengan housekeeping sampai pukul 7.30pagi. Housekeeping pon lama gila iron & baju masih kedut. Sedih.

The morning buffet ada banyak pilihan makanan - indonesian food, english breakfast, pastries, soto ayam, indomie & etc. Semua kena dengan tekak melayu I pastu pastries dia pon sedap. Cuma banyak makanan dah sejuk, idk if local dah terbiasa makan makanan yang dah sejuk or kitorg memang suka makanan panas berasap.HAHA. Yang pasti I kenyang gila & puas hati with their service kecuali the part iron baju.

From hotel I booked grab XL to Halim Station. Kenapa nak kena naik train ni? Sebab kita nak pergi Bandung dengan cepat & pantas. I sarankan you guys naik Whoosh train, within 30 minutes dah sampai Bandung. 

Boleh beli ticket di Whoosh apps 1 week sebelum ETD. I paid by debit card tapi waktu payment kena select credit card option & masukkan card bank details. Make sure you dah activate international transaction ya.

Dah sampai tu boleh ke mesin tiket untuk redeem actual tix. We need the tix untuk masuk tourists attractions for free. But if local, diorang terus je scan QR code tak perlu print ticket.

Muka nyaris hilang luggage. I was too excited ajar diorg how to print their own tix sampai terlupa luggage I tinggal tepi mesin tiket. Sempat masuk Indomaret joli sakan beli jajan. Cleaner dah sempat heret luggage I separuh jalan, terus tak cukup tanah kejar dia. fuhh

Schedule train whoosh banyak pilihan waktu trip, so boleh je nak walk in beli tix on the spot. Untuk I yang bawa rombongan cik kiah senang beli awal. Around 30 minutes before ETD dah boleh masuk & beratur untuk naik ke platform.Tak sempat makan dalam train, tengok2 dah sampai Bandung.

Feeling macam naik ETS tapi versi urban walaupan economy seat.HAHA. Our return tix around RM158/2way. Boleh la enjoy view sepanjang perjalanan ke Bandung. Rasa tenang je pemandangan, local people pun baik-baik. 

From Halim Station, kami turun di Station Padalarang & ambil another feeder train to Bandung Station. Feeder train ni free je, ambil escalator untuk turun ke platform bawah. Unless your supir dah janji nak pickup at Padalarang Station so tak perlu naik feeder.

It took us around 20 minutes jugak untuk sampai Bandung Station. Masa ni I rasa tak sedap hati tau bcos our supir diam tak reply whatsapp & hilang dari radar. Nasib kawan I call untuk confirm kan entah kali ke berapa, boleh pulak pak supir ingat kitorang tak jadi datang.lol. Tak sampai 5 mins terus dia update details van & tempat untuk pickup.Fuhhh risauu terok guee. 

I was really excited masa ni, snap everything sampai kawan-kawan I cakap 

- Ko nak buat content tiktok ek. aish

Of course they don't know I documented everything in my lowkey blog.

Akhirnya kami selamat tiba di Kota Bandung dalam pukul 10pagi. Itinerary untuk Bandung sangat pack sebab kami cuma spent 2days 1night disini. Esok dah balik semula ke Jakarta. Suasana & suhu di Bandung best, sejuk macam di Cameron Highlands.

Supir Bandung I ambil servis Mas Dicky, rasanya dah ramai malaysian recommend Mas Dicky punya servis jika nak jalan-jalan ke Bandung. Tapi yang pickup kami di Bandung Station ialah Mas Arian sebab Mas Dicky busy kot. Van with 10 seaters memang selesa sangat untuk group kami yang 9 orang ni. Supir melayan je kami nak pergi tempat-tempat dalam our itinerari, most places memang jauh so plan betul-betul itinerary korang. Next post I akan update apa je tempat yang sempat kitorang pergi di Bandung.

 Kbye

With love.

Yaya doe

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

SINGAPORE (Backpackers Diary) Part 3

 

Hi peeps,

Sihat semua? Cerita jalan-jalan SG sudah di babak terakhir. Harap bersabar dan tabah untuk diri sendiri yang dah blur nak menaip panjang-panjang.fuh. Jam sudah menginjak ke pukul 5.40pm, kami bergegas ke last destination iaitu Garden by the Bay.

 Hotel Fullerton vibes crazy rich Asians sgt

Tiga ketoi gades berjalan santai melalui Fullerton Road dari Merlion Park ke mrt yang paling dekat iaitu Raffles Place St. Cuaca mendung dan angin sepoi-sepoi menemani kami yang masih gigih berjalan menyelusuri jalan hutan batu.

My pov <3

Apa beza awak dengan bangunan? Dalam bangunan ada banyak orang tapi dalam saya ada awak seorang :pshutup

Ni tugu apa tak tau, maybe penghargaan untuk company kontraktor/engineer mencipta menara-menara pencakar langit yang bagai cendawan tumbuh selepas hujan di area sini - pandai la ngko gorengg ye.

Hutan batu bata

Pintu masuk mrt di belakang monument ni. Kena jalan dalam 5mins. We took an NSL (Red line) train from Raffles Place to Marina Bay St then changed platforms to Bayfront St by DTL (blue line) train. Dari Bayfront Station boleh jalan kaki je dalam 5mins untuk ke entrance Garden by the Bay.

I macam biasa laaa tap2 je Bigpay card sepanjang naik semua public transport, and I perasan Bigpay apps notifications for deductions tak ada.  Alamak takkan free kot.

Your pov gitu

Berhenti rehat 5mins, penat woi jalan. Masa ni I dah start runny nose maybe allergies with certain food or environment. Sam pula paksa Ain & I habiskan segala mak nenek makanan dalam beg dia. I cuma dahaga wei, tak lapar sebab letih+ masih excited.

Ain suggested we take a shuttle service (3$ seorang) dah penat nak jalan oii .HAHA 

The entrance fees were free for the public. But if you guys want to experience more, they have many activities here such as Flower Dome, Cloud Forest, Floral Fantasy & Skytree Observatory. Pls google sendiri ye~

This area is so huge, that we need at least half a day to explore and enjoy the entire garden. 

Of course, we spent most of our precious time here. Idk why? Banyak gilaa gambar kitorg dekat spot ni sampai a few tourist asked us to take their pictures too.HAHA

One of them helped us took our pictures, baru perasan tak banyak gambar bertiga.

Garden yang penuh dengan bunga-bunga chenta. A must-see place to enjoy nature with green scenery.

A counseling session with Ain while waiting for the light show performance. 

Berangan dating sini every weekend with my partner in crime 

& suddenly he's getting on one knee :p

The Skytree light show started at 7.45pm. Masa ni dah tergaru-garu, tak tau bengkak allergies atau kena gigit nyamuk.lol. The show was enchanting and added a magical touch to our short getaway. Wajib datang sini confirm tak menyesal, kaki anda je yang menyesal sebab dapat tuan yang tak reti dok diam.

Omg, this view 100000% felt surreal to me. 

Around 8pm we all terus gerak ke shuttle pickup point untuk ke main entrance. Better cepat before que panjang sampai 1km.lol Kami bergegas ke Mrt Bayfront yang sudah crowded sampai ada guard yang bagi instructions untuk elakkan dari kekalutan manusia. 

At this moment I macam blur terox bcos dah penat sampai tak leh fikir. Tiba-tiba confuse tak tau nak naik Circle line atau Downtown line untuk ke Bugis station. I dah sekilas check city mapper yang kena naik blue line but tiba-tiba  I was-was. HAHA. 

Ain  memang dah KO sebab penat. Sam masih cool, she double checked the route at the information board and convince me yang kita memang in the right train line. Siap tunjuk nama Bugis terpampang jelas dekat situ and I boleh pulak tak nampak. 

We reached Queenstreet terminal before 9pm, the only buses available were Causeway Link and the que line sangat panjang yaaa. Ada 2 barisan - first line untuk duduk dalam bus and 2nd line yang nak berdiri dalam bus. 

Kami main masuk je line, dan masa ni ada pakcik teksi approach us untuk naik teksi dia. They charge 30$ or more per head. Ain try pujuk us yang sudah separuh nyawa untuk naik teksi pakcik tu but Sam and I taknak bcos nanti jammed jugak before and after immigration. 

Bus pula ada their own lane so lagi cepat and murah, only 4.8$. Alhamdulilah less than 10mins dah dapat naik bas walaupun berdiri je. Penuh sangat dengan malaysian yang baru nak balik keje + us -the jelly beans trio.lol The immigration process at the both side were smooth and we reached Larkin Sentral around 10pm. The car park fees at Plaza Larkin was RM14.

The next morning, I got a notification from Bigpay about how much the MRT fee was charged from my bank card -Rm24 for 1 day not that bad. Baru je nak happy dapat free public transport. To sum up, It was a fun journey yet tiring. This trip taught me a few lessons about life - Don't rush things, it's okay if the plan does not go your way & be grateful for what you already have. Repeat SG? Yes!

With love.

Yaya doe

SINGAPORE (Backpackers Diary) Part 2

 

Selamat Hari Raya uolls.Tahun ni masih pegang status single ke korang? Ke dah beraya berdua, bertiga & berempat? I masih lagi jaguh bertahan single di hari raya dan masih dapat duit raya~ doa-doakan lah rezeki jodoh saya ye.

Bersambung di part 2 kisah SG, jom terjah next destination : Changi International Airport.

Al kisah selepas kami penat discover Arab street dan Bugis street sekitar pukul 1.30pm, we caught an East-West Line (EWL in green line) train at peak hours from Bugis station and changed platforms at Tanah Merah St to Changi Airport.

                                                  

The EWL train will directly to Changi Airport and took around 30@40 minutes to get there if you start from Bugis - only cost 2$.Train waiting time pun tak lama jika terlepas, less than 5mins next train sudah sampai. Sementara itu boleh la melihat kehidupan seharian warga local rushing mengejar hal ehwal dunia. 

People around 50-60 y/o still working. I guess Singapore is indeed an expensive country to live in.

Mrt platform dah connect dengan Changi Airport T2, so exit bersama-sama warga kota naik escalator ke Terminal 2. Banyak duty free shop di Terminal 2, Ain meracun Sam & I untuk try Kenangan Coffee. Alasannya nak mengimbau kenangan lama but for us mehh. My kenangan latte costs 6.5$...this one better be kenangan terindah or kenangan abadi ==' a bit pricey if you rajin nak convert- dah level Starbies coffee.

The coffee originated locally from Indonesia. Their signatures are Kenangan Latte and Avocado Coffee. The latte is so sweet and milky compared to our latte, if you guys have a sweet tooth this one is for you. Serius sedap. Sam picked iced mocha and Ain always gets her Americano~

Skytrain terminal di Level 2 T2, kena jalan depan sikit selepas booth Kenangan Coffee. Sumpah mula-mula I blur dengan route skytrain bcos first time naik. Less than 5 mins dah sampai Terminal 1, kami memang dah lapar teruk masa ni so we were headed straight away to staff canteen airport. 

Ramai orang dekat departure/arrival side, Ain dah nampak I lost (punca lapar) tak jumpa staff canteen terus dia pergi tanya di Information counter. We complete each other gituu, I memang jarang nak minta tolong unless dah blur terox. Travel with buddies-yang dah kenal since Form 4 banyak hikmahnya - I lebih mendalami diri sendiri.lol

Staff canteen ni macam foodcourt & the price for public/staff berbeza but still murahh. I bought Chinese chicken rice for just 4.8$ and a portion besar sangat. At that moment, just a few halal shops were available for us but that's fine. They were using green plates & cutleries to differentiate between halal & non-halal. Siap ada logo halal Muis.

Literally holding back my tears bcos 'our ringgit currency rate keeps on going down'.huhu

Okay back to our main interest - JEWEL. I tak jumpa entrance to Jewel Mall, maka Sam & Ain hanya membuntuti kemana sahaja kaki yayadoe melangkah.

Almost sesat nak cari skytrain untuk ke Jewel rainforest waterfall. Sam dan Ain pandang aku pelik kenapa kena datang airport nak tengok waterfall??? Itulah orang suruh study dulu before trip taknak!

Sejenak daku refresh IQ system after mentekedarah nasi ayam sgd, baru lahh paham the route. Rupanya from T1 kena jalan kaki sepanjang 1km, approximately 10mins walk to the connecting route (link bridge) ala-ala jejantas T20 untuk masuk ke mall JEWEL.

Tapi kami sudah penat nak jalan so we took a T1 Skytrain to Terminal 3, then from point B (T3)  to point E (T2) akan ada skytrain untuk merentasi kedalam JEWEL mall. 

Ohhh woww...amazed sangat view dari dalam skytrain. Diorg yang paling excited dalam skytrain sampai taknak turun. Ulang skytrain route T3-T2 sampai 4x beb sebab benda free bak kata sam.

Ini pula view dari luar train, so siapa yang transit more than 3 hours boleh habiskan tenaga dekat sini. Kitorg hanya naik skytrain je nak jimat masa dan tenaga gitu.

Back to Terminal 2, ada banyak activities dekat ini untuk korg yang transit 3 jam ke atas.  The Wonderfall display setinggi 14 meter berada di departure hall T2 untuk korg ootd, Dreamscape berkonsepkan 'digital sky' garden untuk korg yang masih dalam fasa healing , ada juga TV lounge untuk melepak, Flap Pix ni unik sangat pls google sendiri, & others exhibitions. We also found a playground with a giant funko pop-up merch to explore. No wonder Changi Airport won the best airport in the world gituuu. 1000000% setuju.

Healing di tepian sungai temasik

Next, we headed back to the city untuk ke Merlion Park, so we dropped off EWL at Raffles Place st. Keluar ikut pintu Exit H dan terus follow the crowd to riverside area. Actually laluan ni paling dekat untuk ke Merlion Park, jalan kaki dalam 10mins je. Tapi disebabkan banyak spot ootd kitorg spend 30mins tau baru sampai Merlion Park.HAHA 

Jambatan untuk menyeberang singapore river. Masa ni cuaca mendung so memang tenang je jalan walaupun penat.

My energy waktu ni dah tinggal 30%.

 Pakcik Stamford Raffles was convincing the Temasik's people to accept his colonial ideas & promises to enhance the village's port into a modern urban structure trading port and expand it into the busiest port worldwide. #sebabbolehdik

Selepas cross Fullerton road, akhirnya sampai juga di Merlion jetty area around 5pm. Gambar sini wajib snap tanda hadir. The view  from Merlion berlatar kan Marina Bay Sands & ArtScience museum yang sangat urban-moden city. Masa ni kami dah barai tapi semangat masih membara. Nasib kaki I masih bagi kerjasama walaupun muka penat tu jelas terpapar.

A few steps to the right boleh nampak the most famous monument landmark in SG - Merlion. A must go to visit walaupun seperti jangkaan ramai, the place was congested with tourists yang bermacam gaya. Entahlaa bagi I, everyone was so happy and considerate to each other at the nice spots area. After scrolling down the photos gallery, I decided untuk letak gambar Merlion Si Singa-separuh ikan ni je sebab muka I macam tak excited@ mehh-underated-sangat. sumpah aku happy. HAHA

As usual, Si Yayadoe terpaling multitasking in everything - boleh jadi photographer, videographer, tourist guide, translator dan juga porter beg rakan-rakan. Untung bakal suami saya~

 Walaupun dikelilingi hiruk pikuk manusia namun yayadoe tetap enjoy her own delulu bubble. Menghayati keindahan alam.

Cuaca mendung sebelah petang, memang damai & tenang je jiwa nak sambung heret kaki untuk ke next place. Stay tune with my next huruhara@ bebels!

With love & Eid Mubarak.

Yaya doe