Hello! Almost a year since my last post. I'm busy with universities right now. Lately i dyed my hair blue-black but it came off only neutral black. I guess my red tone was just too wild since i do heat-styling my hair too much. Sigh. I need to re-dye it later. So right now I'll explain to you how me (and friends) went on vacation to Bandung for 4 days 3 nights!
So basically we already talked about vacation last month from Jogjakarta, Semarang, Bali, Lombok and ended up to Bandung. We also found out that Bandung has the most cheapest hotels and homestays than 4 other cities. Plus, Bandung isn't really far from Bogor. Opened Airbnb, we found Rhapsodic Stay as our decision.
Rhapsodic Stay APRIL 2016
Jl. Caladi Dalam No.54/151C, Coblong (0821-1570-7744)
1 bedroom for 3 persons
Rp. 273.000/night
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| Super cozyyyy |
Tired of bringing our own car (since only Umi who drives well, and my driving skill is fucked up), we took travel car to Bandung (door-to-door system), which was Deva Travel. The service wasn't really good tho, the car also so-so. But the good thing is... it's the cheapest of all.
M-Go Travel (was Cipaganti) APRIL 2016
Door to door: Rp. 145.000/person
Pool to pool: Rp. 130.000/person
Deva Trans Travel APRIL 2016
Door to door: Rp. 90.000/person
See? After a long long long journey, we arrived at Rhapsodic around 9AM. I feel like I was home. The room is quite big for us, also there's a kitchen and free wifi. The owners (Kak Sendra and Kak Chris and family) are supaaa' friendly! Bandung was rainy back when we arrived there. With a rainy weather, it wouldn't be easy for us to go, but gladly all of us have Uber Car accounts. Let's start!
DAY 1
BOOM! It was raining at 11AM. So we ordered Uber Car to Rumah Guguk. Yay! The driver was friendly hahaha and quite patient since all of us can't stop singing everytime we hear a song on a radio.
RUMAH GUGUK
JL. Pada Sari No.23, Setiabudhi Atas
Entrance fee Rp.20.000/person
Our motto is: "We smell pets. We feel alive." You can found soooo many dogs there. I saw mini pom walking, chow-chow sleeping, red poodle in grooming, and still the best thing is PEKINGESE walking with her belly. The pekingese one, named Lala, has the most derp-est face of all and she's also photogenic and we love her. Really love her. I can't stop touching her belly and ask her for a selfie. She's so adorable I JUST CAN'T! AW! LALA IS DA BOMB! We also met Hiro, he's a super active big young malamute. Also when I sat down after calling the chow-chow who is always sleeping in the corner, a red poodle suddenly came to me and slept like she's dying. SHO KYOOT. We spent almost 3 hours to play with them. Hahaha.
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| It's Hiro. Trust me he's bigger than you see. |
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| The-sleep-in-the-corner-chowchow. His name is Obed. |
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| Duo sleeping poodle ft. Lala |
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| LALA LALA LALA LALA |
Around 3PM, we went to Paris Van Java, had a little shopping time and pizza party there. I bought cute hat, artificial flower, cute ceramic pot and sunnies. When we came back to homestay, it was raining soooo hard till my dress was very wet. So glad that I wore only flip-flop instead of my sweety white sneakers :')
DAY 2
Day 2 was the best part! We went on tour with Kak Chris, one of the Rhapsodic's owners. Again. We couldn't stop singing in the car. The first destination was the legendary Mt. Tangkuban Perahu. It has been a long time since I was 6 years old :') Arrived around 9PM in the morning but cold but sunny enough.
Tangkuban Perahu
Lembang (30km north of Bandung)
Local tourist entrance around Rp.15.000
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| Thanks to Kak Chris for this awesome picture! |
The next destination was Farm House Lembang! I love the the placeeeee. There are stores, restaurant and snack shops there. The architecture is really cute. Also there's a mini zoo and Hobbit's house. I guess it's perfect for family. Just check out the pictures, okay?
Farm House Susu Lembang
Jl. Raya Lembang No.108
Entrance fee Rp.20.000
Exchange the ticket with sausage or milk!
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| I CANT STAND THAT CUTE DOOR |
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| Another photoshoot |
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| Photobombed by this creature :") |
The thirs destination was Dusun Bambu. There are restaurant and big 'pujasera' there. I couldn't say much. Just look at the pictures below hahahaha. I'm too lazy to describe it. Please google it.This place is also suitable for family. You can rent a boat too.
Dusun Bambu Family Leisure Park
Jl. Kolonel Masturi KM 11, Situ Lembang
Entrance fee Rp.15.000
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| Oji's face is just priceless HAHAHAHHA |
Basically it was the end of the tour. We went for lunch at Ayam Goreng Brebes based on Kak Chris' recommendation and it was surprisingly good! Again. I told you that they are very kind, he brought us to Lawang Wangi Cafe and Artspace. Sadly, it was a bit raining so the outside roof was closed. I googled you some pic.
Lawang Wangi Creative Space
Jl. Dago Giri No.99A, Mekarwangi
Open at 11AM
Closed on Monday (if i'm not mistaken)
Again,
he's really kind and he brought us to Tahura aka. Taman Hutan Raya
Juanda, there's a little coffee shop there. The ambience is good and
super cozy. He also bought us banana fritters which is really delicious.
Seriously. We didn't take a picture. So i googled it for you, readers.
Armor Coffee
Car Park Tahura, Jl. Ir. H Juanda
Price Range Rp.15.000-Rp.30.000
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| source: mixedupalready.com |
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| source: www.foody.id |
He also offered us if we want to go to the Tebing Keraton next morning with Kak Sendra. So, yeah!
Day 3
We accepted it. Around 5.45AM, we went to Tebing Keraton. Arrived in the car park, we took ojek(s), if not, we'll lose the best moment. The view was majestic. Super majestic.
Tebing Keraton
Kp. Ciharegem Puncak, Desa Ciburial, Cimenyan
Entrance fee Rp.11.000
Ojek fee Rp.30.000/one way or Rp.50.000/two way
We went down back to the car park by
walk. I hope i lose some fat.
HAHAHA. Back to homestay, we bought nasi kuning as breakfast which only
cost around Rp.7500-Rp.11.000. The taste is super good!!!
We
changed our outfit and went to Braga Street. YAY! My favorite place in
Bandung! Then, we went to Riau Street which is full of factory outlets,
went shopping there, ate martabak ovomaltine at Marfee and went to
Cihampelas Walk. Shopping again!
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| The paintings wall around Braga |
Day 4
In the morning we went to Kartika Sari, then to Selasar Sunaryo Artspace since Umi really excited for it. The location is a bit far and you can't find any public transportation there. Gladly we found super kind, Uber Driver. He waited for us and took us back to the city. Plus, he gave us recommendation of good cheesecake in Cizz. So, we bought one for him, thank you, Mas Driver! :') Back to the city we ate at Nom Nom Eatery which is very near to our homestay. The place is cute and cozy. I ordered tuna sandwich with scrambled egg and it was extremely good. Sadly the tax and the service fee is just too high. Then we back to the homestay, had a farewell and went back to Bogor.
Selasar Sunaryo Artspace
Bukit Pakar Timur No.100
Free entrance
Taking pictures is prohibited inside the gallery
Cizz Cheesecake & Friends
No 1A Kelurahan Kecamatan Batununggal, Jl. Laswi, Kacapiring
Price Range Rp.22.000-Rp.30.000/slice
Special thanks to:
Teletabis aka. Patats
Kak Sendra and Kak Chris
Mas Driver Uber
Mas Driver Gojek
Thank you for this farewell trip! I still can't believe we survived.
Thank you for reading!
Now back to reality...
