Tuesday, April 1st 2014
No. I'm not a type who join or celebrate something like April Fools' Day. I'm not a good liar anyway. This day, I tried to look for a hotel in Bandung. I had planned, I would go there on Thursday. Felt so frustrated. It's becaused I found the favorite one, but the price, not as much as the money I had.
I asked my friend, he told me "price will never lied". I know that. The more expensive, the more you feel comfortable. Indonesia!!
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014
Still trying to find a hotel. And I had two choices, Grand Pasundan Convention Hotel (GPCH) or Zodiak Hotel. I made a call both. On the phone, GPCH's receptionist said 650.000 IDR for standard room include breakfast. Zodiak's said 450.000 IDR and all of the room they have is standard type. For many reason, GPCH was my choice.
Thursday, April 3rd 2014
I was getting ready, I have packed my things. Went to bus station at 9 am. The weather was too hot. I felt like Meat baked. Almost 32° C. Already 10.30 am and you hadn't come yet. I waited under a shelter but the shelter couldn't protect me from the bright sun. God! After this I need some skin treatment.
11.00 am
You've arrived. We started our first trip. Yeah... It was the first time we had a trip together. A long trip and went by bus. I was so excited
01.30 pm
Welcome to Bandung. We were at Leuwi Panjang Bus Station. First, we had to find GPCH. On the map, it's located not far from here. Okay, let's walk!
But....
After 30 minutes...
Huft... It's so far. And I got tired. We reached the intersection. Be based on the map, based on hotel sign, we had to turn right. But, based on Google Search we had to turn left. We decided to turn right...
Huft...
And 30 minutes later...
We couldn't find the hotel, nor a bank -Well, I needed to take some money first-
We were hungry and so tired. So, I tried to search on Google Map where is a nearest bank? It looked not so far (again) from Bandung Lautan Api Monument. But, we needed a ride, so we decided to go by Angkot. Arrived in front of the monument's gate, we walked from there, and surrounded the monument. Still thought it's not so far.
15 minutes later
We were soaked with sweat. And still couldn't find the bank. We were hungry. Constantly thinking about alternate possibility, I checked a map once again, Ah... We still needed 4 minutes and here it was the bank! Finally I found you.. *hug the money machine*
So.. We had to turn back to the first intersection. We went by Angkot (again). There's no Angkot towards to our hotel. So, from the intersection, we had to walk again. Huft...
We walked, and what a thing could make us laugh, there's a bank not so far from the intersection. What the hell. LOL!!
We found a Bakso restaurant. We filled our stomach first. We were too hungry. And a glass of orange juice had refreshed our body.
We laughed louder, there's one bank in front of our hotel. Hahahahahahaha... Why did Google map not detect them?
03.30 pm
We arrived at our hotel. And tried to ask the receptionist about the price before checked in. We got special price. 540.000 IDR for standard room. Yeay!
04.00 pm
Here I was. In my room...
A long and tired trip. But I enjoyed it. Took a bath, and got a rest. At night we wanted to see Bandung Lautan Api Monument area, and looked for a dinner.
08.00 pm
We found a food shop with so many delicious food, Elizabeth Resto. It's located at Otto Iskandardinata road. The Batagor and Cendol Ketan Hitam, 4 thumbs-up. Delicious and Cheap. A glass of Cendol Ketan Hitam was just Rp. 7000,-, Batagor Rp. 13.000,- and The Radish Sop Rp. 20.000. But I didn't like so much the radish soup. Someday, I'll came back and eat the Batagor again.
We ended the hazy and tired day. There's one more story about the second day. I'll tell you in the next post..
Went everywhere by Angkot, ate at non-prestigious places, but we stayed in 4 stars hotel. I called it, semi-backpacking. And we were semi-backpackers..Lol!
No. I'm not a type who join or celebrate something like April Fools' Day. I'm not a good liar anyway. This day, I tried to look for a hotel in Bandung. I had planned, I would go there on Thursday. Felt so frustrated. It's becaused I found the favorite one, but the price, not as much as the money I had.
I asked my friend, he told me "price will never lied". I know that. The more expensive, the more you feel comfortable. Indonesia!!
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014
Still trying to find a hotel. And I had two choices, Grand Pasundan Convention Hotel (GPCH) or Zodiak Hotel. I made a call both. On the phone, GPCH's receptionist said 650.000 IDR for standard room include breakfast. Zodiak's said 450.000 IDR and all of the room they have is standard type. For many reason, GPCH was my choice.
Thursday, April 3rd 2014
I was getting ready, I have packed my things. Went to bus station at 9 am. The weather was too hot. I felt like Meat baked. Almost 32° C. Already 10.30 am and you hadn't come yet. I waited under a shelter but the shelter couldn't protect me from the bright sun. God! After this I need some skin treatment.
11.00 am
You've arrived. We started our first trip. Yeah... It was the first time we had a trip together. A long trip and went by bus. I was so excited
01.30 pm
Welcome to Bandung. We were at Leuwi Panjang Bus Station. First, we had to find GPCH. On the map, it's located not far from here. Okay, let's walk!
But....
After 30 minutes...
Huft... It's so far. And I got tired. We reached the intersection. Be based on the map, based on hotel sign, we had to turn right. But, based on Google Search we had to turn left. We decided to turn right...
Huft...
And 30 minutes later...
We couldn't find the hotel, nor a bank -Well, I needed to take some money first-
We were hungry and so tired. So, I tried to search on Google Map where is a nearest bank? It looked not so far (again) from Bandung Lautan Api Monument. But, we needed a ride, so we decided to go by Angkot. Arrived in front of the monument's gate, we walked from there, and surrounded the monument. Still thought it's not so far.
15 minutes later
We were soaked with sweat. And still couldn't find the bank. We were hungry. Constantly thinking about alternate possibility, I checked a map once again, Ah... We still needed 4 minutes and here it was the bank! Finally I found you.. *hug the money machine*
So.. We had to turn back to the first intersection. We went by Angkot (again). There's no Angkot towards to our hotel. So, from the intersection, we had to walk again. Huft...
We walked, and what a thing could make us laugh, there's a bank not so far from the intersection. What the hell. LOL!!
We found a Bakso restaurant. We filled our stomach first. We were too hungry. And a glass of orange juice had refreshed our body.
We laughed louder, there's one bank in front of our hotel. Hahahahahahaha... Why did Google map not detect them?
03.30 pm
We arrived at our hotel. And tried to ask the receptionist about the price before checked in. We got special price. 540.000 IDR for standard room. Yeay!
04.00 pm
Here I was. In my room...
A long and tired trip. But I enjoyed it. Took a bath, and got a rest. At night we wanted to see Bandung Lautan Api Monument area, and looked for a dinner.
08.00 pm
We found a food shop with so many delicious food, Elizabeth Resto. It's located at Otto Iskandardinata road. The Batagor and Cendol Ketan Hitam, 4 thumbs-up. Delicious and Cheap. A glass of Cendol Ketan Hitam was just Rp. 7000,-, Batagor Rp. 13.000,- and The Radish Sop Rp. 20.000. But I didn't like so much the radish soup. Someday, I'll came back and eat the Batagor again.
We ended the hazy and tired day. There's one more story about the second day. I'll tell you in the next post..
Went everywhere by Angkot, ate at non-prestigious places, but we stayed in 4 stars hotel. I called it, semi-backpacking. And we were semi-backpackers..Lol!
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