(Semi-Backpacking) Bandung - Second Day

Have you heard, "Rich men have to make a show out of everything they do.." Yeah... This second day of our trip was about get a false impression of the person and make strong judgments so easily without even knowing him/her yet. You just looked them from what they're wearing and what they bring.

Woke up in the morning and still on my bed. The schedule of breakfast from the hotel was at 6 am until 10 am. Well, It's Friday, the day when a day feel shorter. So, we had to start our trip earlier. But we went to lobby towards the restaurant at 7 am. Okay, it's a little too late to start the short day, whereas our check out time at 1 pm

Our Table and Those were my tea and my orange juice :)

My Morning Tea  :)

My Choco-Cheese Pancake :)

There's so much breakfast menu, all you can eat. I ate Pattaya Fried Rice, Omelette, Choco-Cheese pancake etc. I couldn't eat all in the end. Well, after ate as much as we could, we started our trip. Our first destination was Bandung Lautan Api Monument. Still went by Angkot. We arrived in front of the gate, and paid Rp. 1000,- for the entry ticket (but we didn't get the ticket paper). Well, there was so much of this place to embrace and explore. So, the price was nothing.

In the morning, this place was not as crowded as at night. But still had its dirty look. Rubbish and sidewalk vending stalls were everywhere. Beside its dirty look, there're so much beautiful sights. A bunch of Canna generalis (Scarlet Beauty), elders who's sun-bathing, younger who's walking and so many people who was enjoying the fresh air. I enjoyed when I was here. I became one of hundred people who bought something at the stalls. I bought 3 pairs of sock just becaused it's cheaper here than at my hometown. Overall, this place was amazing, just needed re-arrangement. 

Well, time was running so fast, it had been already 10 am. We went back to the hotel with the same way, after Angkot, we should walk from the intersection. The fact, we still didn't know how we could reach the bus station from our hotel. So, asked the security man of our hotel for the route was a good idea. 

This time, it happened to us. People so easily made some judgment based on what they look.

Me: "Excuse me, Sir. May I ask you something. How can I reach the bus station from here? Is it far?"

Security Man: "Not so far. You need to ride the Angkot twice. By the way, where will you go? Jakarta?"

Me: "Bekasi, Sir"

Security Man: "To Jakarta or Bekasi, with Primajasa Bus, you don't need to go to bus station. You can wait here. All of the bus through here."

Me: "Oh..Well.. Thank you so much. Now, let us go back to our room"

And here, I saw the shock face of the security man. He thought we were just a stranger, not his customer, it was becaused we didn't ride any vehicles. We walked just like the other pedestrian. And our style was so far from rich person maybe. He apologized and let us in with his guilty. GOD.. LOL!

We checked out at 1 pm. We waited the bus in front of the hotel. The Security Man was not there, just a subtitute there. It's okay. I didn't wanna see his guilty face again. LOL.

After 30 minutes we had waited, we were hungry. So, we decided to eat Bakso at the same place as the first time we eat while we were waiting for the bus.

And happened again. The Bakso seller didn't believe we stayed in that hotel. Oh GOD! I was smirking, never thought it could happen twice in the same day. 

Our bus had came and we should go home. Bye Bandung, bye Cendol Ketan Hitam dan Batagor, bye my security man, bye "Mamang Bakso", I wish I can go back there.

It's a lesson for us, don't judge a book by its cover. Don't judge people by how they look, what they're wearing or what they bring or you'll get the false impression. :)

NB: we are not rich men, so we don't need to show out what we do, what we have or what we ride. :D