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November 14th 2012
This heavenly white and light blue crater lake located in Ciwidey, Bandung, West Java. Apparently Indonesia has a good way to hide load amount of heavens. Almost every piece of heaven are tainted with strong folks story including this one. The story behind White Crater is Patuha Mountain (where White Crater Lake is located) once considered as a haunted mountain, that was why no one ever known about the beauty of this lake. This actual lake was found by a Germany scientist namely Dr. Franz Wihelm Junghuhn. At that time, local society believe that the lake was haunted since every creature that through in that lake would be dead. Fortunately, Dr. Franz Wihelm did not trust that myth, he researched about the lake and found that the lake indeed contains quite amount of sulfur. That was ... read more
July 28th 2012
Ik ben niet tegen Moslims, maar vannacht had ik ze wel wat kunnen aandoen. Werden we in andere gebieden al vaker wakker rond 5 uur, hier in Bandung begon om 2.30 uur vannacht zo'n Islamiet vanuit een Moskee te zingen. Dat zingen is niet erg, wel als een luidspreker boven op die moskee staat die half Limburg van geluid kan voorzien. Dit werd nog een keer herhaald rond 4 en 5 uur. Wat een idioten! vandaag hadden we niet veel zin om veel te gaan doen, echter na het ontbijt besloten we toch nog om even de stad in te gaan. Er is een nieuw winkelcentrum gebouwd, de Bandung Supermall, waarin ook een klein pretpark bijzit. In dit pretpark is de 3e snelste achtbaan ter wereld gebouwd. Dat wilde we dan nog wel meemaken. Helaas, er ... read more
Bandung: city of dining, fashion & entertainment
Published: July 21st 2012Asia » Indonesia » Java » Bandung
July 21st 2012
Het begin van de ramaddan: vanmorgen alleen aan het ontbijt. Verder hebben we de Puncak-pass overgestoken via de oude weg Jakarta-Bogor-Bandung-Yogya. Onderweg hebben we even halt gehouden bij een theeplantage: theeplukkers met kleurrijke chinese hoedjes, een theefabriek bezocht en het dorpje waar plukkers en arbeiders wonen. Heerlijk gado-gado en satees gegeten met pindasaus natuurlijk! De hele weg lang staat het ene kraampje naast het andere, de meeste eetstalletjes zijn niet open natuurlijk, maar voor elk iets apart heb je dus ook winkeltjes: banden, plastic bassintjes, zangvogeltjes, vloertegels, gsm-hoesjes, bananen (die overheerlijk zijn btw), enz. Bijna in Bandung zijn ook kalksteengroeves (lees: de bergen worden gewoon beetje bij beetje afgegraven) en kalksteenovens. Bandung is een aangename stad en per toeval zijn we terechtgekomen in een hip resto/cafeetje waar we een hel... read more
June 4th 2012
Like Bali, it was kinda difficult leaving Pangandaran, especially after the second day's activities, including riding through Batu Karas on motorcycle pillion (thanks to Weihong for the ride!), taking in the beautiful coastal scenery. Pangandaran definitely wasn't as in-your-face as Bali, but it sure had it's own magic too... But my journey had to continue, and Bandung was the next stop. I took LP's advice and booked a Sari Harum door-to-door shuttle. Certainly more comfortable than the local inter-city buses, but it was still a 7h ride... Stayed at the Cihampelas Guest House, which really wasn't much to crow about, so I shan't. I originally planned to stay two nights, including a day trip to Tangkuban Perahu, a nearby volcanic crater. However, after reading numerous horror stories about the extent of the hyper aggressive touting and ... read more
April 9th 2012
Monday, 9th April 2012 (Day 04) Our 1115hrs flight did not leave us with opportunities for further sight-seeing in the city. For breakfast, we decided to go ahead with room service to save the hassle of finding food in the neighbourhood. By 6.50am, the friendly service staff had arrived with our selections which we had pre-ordered the night before. Bon Appetit! This was a nice ending for our Bandung vacation as we partake the spread in front of us within the comfort of our room. Expenses Air Asia Air Tickets: SGD 215 3 nights accomodation: SGD 144 Expenses + Airport Taxes: SGD 258 Total Damage: SGD 617 (1 SGD = 6,150 Rupiahs)... read more
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April 8th 2012
Sunday, 8th April 2012 (Day 03) Day 03 proved to be the most calming for our tired souls as we opted for a staycation within our vacation in Hilton Bandung. Here is a run-down of the key events for the day. Breakfast Each of us decided to shell out 181,500 Rupiahs (SGD 29.50) for our breakfast at the hotel's eatery, the Purnawarman Restaurant. Our breakfast buffet was more than a 2-hour affair starting from 8am till 10.30am in the morning. This was necessary in order to do the lavish spread justice and of course, making sure that our lunch was "taken care of" as well. Swimming / Gymnasium The strong breezes that morning did not deter us from heading to level 6 for some serious swimming in order to work out that extra calories from breakfast. ... read more
Kawah Putih and the Ciwidey Strawberry Farms
Published: April 11th 2012Asia » Indonesia » Java » Bandung
April 7th 2012
Saturday, 7th April 2012 (Day 02) 5.30am - As the first sunlight descended upon the city of Bandung, we were up and about around the same time for an early morning breakfast before embarking on our day trip. By 6.45am, 3 of us had gathered at the hotel lobby ready for our excursion in order to beat the notorious weekend traffic jams. We hired Pak Dhani, our driver for the day from the reputable Bluebird taxi company. He was punctual, professional and non-intrusive. Inside the car, I showed him the list of places that we would like to visit and Dhani was quick to suggest the prefered itinerary sequence in order to make the best use of our time. Driving from Bandung to our first destination some 36km away, Kawah Putih (White Lake) took a good ... read more
April 6th 2012
Friday, 6th April 2012 (Day 01) AirAsia twice daily flights to the city of Bandung provided a fuss-free option for folks like us wanting to explore exotic getaway alternatives from Singapore. Dubbed the "City of Flowers" during the Dutch colonial times, Bandung provided a cool relief at night when temperatures hover around 21 degrees on the mercury. These days, traffic jams are the norm on weekends when thrones of visitors mobbed the 30-odd factory outlets in the city. Our 1hr 40mins flight to the city was uneventful having encountered moments of turbulences prior to descending at the Husein Sastranegara Airport. Similar to our previous experience at Yogyakarta Airport, it took a while to clear through the customs even though we were the only flight that landed this afternoon. The only difference was that foreign visitors were ... read more
March 27th 2012
We flew from Ende to Yogyakarta on the island of Java. It took most of the day just to get there so we just found a nice place to eat, walked around our area for awhile then hit the hay. Next morning we were getting picked up at 5am to go see the famous Buddhist temple Borabodur. We arrive at around 6am when it opens and walk the path to the entrance of the temple. Adhering to Buddhist customs, we enter by the East entrance and make our way around the temple clockwise (the levels we actually get around to, that is). During our rounds we run into several groups of very nervous indonesian students who have been sent to practice their English with tourists. We humour the first few groups but politely try to run ... read more
September 29th 2011
At 5am Dewi called us to make sure she had the address of our hotel. Our driver showed up an hour and a ½ early not realizing his watch was on Bali time. Dewi apparently gave him a pep talk before on to make sure he’s nice to us. His name was Abi and he was very knowledgeable about the surroundings. We first went to the train to purchase our ticket to Yogyakarta, then drove to Tangkuban Perahu, an active volcano. It last erupted in 1959. We first drove up to the look out and looked down on the large amount of steam coming off the bubbling water. After, we hiked down to a different spot called the Domas crater to get a up close look of the volcanic mud, an boiling puddles. We were able ... read more
