Part ll

Continuing from my first post about March adventure. Today I will writing about my Indonesia trip. A little background of the trip, we travel a total of 17 people. Places we visited includes Jakarta, puncak and Bandung.

SIN-BDO-JKT (Day 1)

Wake up at 5 and we are ready to leave. Well it was a short holiday and I didnt pack much. Little did I expect that I can buy so many stuff there.  Lets proceed. The taxi uncle was driving at 110km/hr. It was so scary and we arrived on time. Checked in our baggage and we met uncle and aunt. The first trip it was all the middle age including me and granny. There was drama because one of my aunt has her name wrongly printed so they need to do some ammendments.

We boarded the A319 Silkair plane and was greeted warmly by the stewardess. The plane took off at 830am and was due to land at 900am Indonesia time. It was a rough ride I can say the least that I expect from any Airline. The formation of clouds in the sky was splendid. Imagine looking at the sky from the cockpit, what a view anyone could ask for. Soon after 1hour we are greeted by rows and thousands of atap houses. As soon as I saw that I knew that the airport would be at the center of the town. I was right! I did my research beforehand to see what I would expect. Landed at Bandung husein sasteranegara bandara, it was a rough landing. The whole cabin was shaking and the pilot make an emergency brake. Why on earth he do that. Next come the moment of truth. I was so shocked to see the airport. It was small and the pick up baggage is beside the immigration. 

We were greeted by our driver, hary. He is a young guy with those Indonesian complexion. He was very friendly and welcome us warmly. We got on his 12 seater van and was due to travel 150km to Jakarta. We ate at some Padang restaurant at the expressway and continued our journey to Jakarta. Soon after 1/2 past 12 we arrived at Mangga Dua, Jakarta. To tell you the truth it was my first time visiting Jakarta. The least I ever visited was Batam. The place and atmosphere looks exactly the same as Batam. The place where we will be staying is Rumah Shinta, located along Mangga Dua street. Fast forward to dinner. We visited a beachside restaurant and has a sumptuous meal of seafood. It cost about 1 million! Rupiah. We got back and rest early because the shop there closes at 5pm. That night I was due to meet Randy my old classmate from secondary school. After O level we never saw each other. I was supposed to be first one to meet him but then a turn of event. He couldn't make it for our meeting because of his aunt. Oh what a night. Both was disappointed and he was disappointed more than me. But when the  time comes we will sure meet again.

JKT-PNK (Day 2)

Woke up early in the morning as we will be going to Puncak. It is a 3hrs drive from Jakarta. We shopped at mangga dua mall abit before continuing our journey. We arrived puncak at 1pm local time. Upon arriving we went for lunch at kerinduan Alam(Missing nature).it was about few hundred metres about sea level.  It was the most delicious lunch I had so far and we eat at a Sundanese Restaurant. After that we went to find our hotel. It turned out to be a villa. A huge villa with 12 rooms, a pool and a soccer field of its own. The temperature there is about 24 degrees Celsius.  What I like about this is that even though its sunny the temperature is cooling. Rested for the rest of the evening.

PCK-SBG-BDO (Day 3)

The next day we are going to visit aunt's helper house at subang. Driving time takes about 3 hours and from there to the house it takes about 1 hour. It was really sad to see the standard of life here. The atmosphere was fresh as it is a new experience for me. Vast area of padi fields, coconut trees, rambutan, banana etc. As usual it is very humid here but its good climate to harvest the plantation.
Finally after hours of rounding we arrived at the house. It was so far and deep inside. Without their help, we wouldn't reach the house. We were greeted warmly by them. They prepared food dessert for us. If you have the chance to see, you would have been much more grateful what you have now. They don't have most of what we have. After chatting and eat our lunch we left back for Bandung.

We are going to meet the 2nd group the rest of the 6 people back at the hotel. It was a damn long ride. From 4pm till 8pm. By body ache and neck pain. Upon reaching the Harris Hotel I was so surprised. The hotel is really good with linking shopping mall just under the hotel. Had a sumptuous dinner at the food court and went to watch movie at cinema.  Now this is where it all happens.

DAY 4

Awoken by a serious series of headache and diarrhoea.  I was the first one to get sick on this trip. It was really sad and tiring. All I could do was eat medicine and drank lots of water. Every time the bus stop I rushed to the toilet. Finally decided to go to clinic. They gave me a jab to ease the dizziness. Then rested the whole day in the van. They visited tangkuban perahu air panas, kampung daun, strawberry farm etc. All I could do was sit and watch from the van. I got to go into the tangkuban perahu air panas.  Legend said that the water here can cure any illness. The water is at 30 and 45 degrees respectively.  It was like onsen in Japan, really nice. Wish you were here. Arrived at hotel at night. From tomorrow more dramas.

Day 5

My father was infected by me and he got the diarrhoea and vomiting too. But he got worse. He almost got hospitalised there. Then more and more people got infected.  I rested for the whole day inside the room whike others enjoy their shopping.  At night I just gk for the laid dinner barbeque. It was not as good as I expected but definitely I need something to fill my stomach.

Day 6

I brave myself to fight the disease. Went over to shopped at pasar baru. I bought 5 t shirts and a new balance shoes. The thing about new balance shoes is that I wanted to get a pair in korea but the price was tok expensive.  Then we went over to rumah mode, paris van java and back to the hotel. Nothing much to do

Day 7 last day
BDO-SIN

After breakfast in the morning I went to lottemart to shopped abit then back to the hotel room. Didnt get to get a haircut,  buy teh botol etc. Really disappointed. In the end I ky manage to buy sunglasses. Father was using the wheelchair by now. We arrived at the airport at 230 and was set to depart to Singapore by 430. I was in charged of taking care of father till we reached Singapore.  I got a special lane to board the airplane first. No need to go the long way. Just go by the staff way and boarded the plane. Took off at approximately 430pm and for the first time I am happy to go back to get my treatment at the doctor. The food served on the plane is not as nice but to fill our stomach. Beautiful landing at changi airport around 7pm. The view from my seat can see the whole view of Singapore city with the sunset effect. Very nice didnt get to capture the photo. Arrived and we separated our ways back home. Enjoyed our time and I cant wait to receive my krisflyer card soon. Such a long post. Anyway leaving for now. I spend 1 hour waiting at the hospital writing this blog. Take care and happy easter.