Bandung & Jakarta Day 1-3

Bali Haven

 

Tangkuban Perahu

 

 

Kampung Daun

We flew direct from Penang to Jakarta on Fri late nite, 24th May. Our flight was rescheduled for the second time, just 2 hours apart from our departure time. We flew at 11pm and it took us 2hours and 20mins to reach. After clearing the immigration, we grabbed a taxi and headed to Pop Hotel Airport Jakarta. It was past mid-nite when we checked into the hotel. After settling down, unpacked a bit and showered we finally called it a day at about 2.30am, local time. We woke up early the next day and hit to the breakfast bar for a quick bites. We mistakenly woke up an hour earlier, forgetting that Indonesia's local time was an hour behind Malaysia's time. After our breakfast, we went up to the room for a rest before checking out at 9.30am. 

Mummy's booked our Bandung & Jakarta tour online via Zafira Car which cost us Rp 2,550,000 all in for 4days 3 nites Bandung & Jakarta. Our designated driver, Mr Solehuddin was already waiting for us at the lobby as soon as we completed our check out process. He drove us to Terminal 3 where we were supposed to pick up Toki Ee Ee who flew from Singapore but unfortunately we went to the wrong terminal. We then headed to Terminal 2 where Ee Ee waited for us. We started our journey at about 10am heading to Bandung. We were very unfortunate to stuck in a massive jam. The jam was one of the most scariest one we had witnessed. It was bumper-to-bumper and near to not moving at all. After being trapped for almost 3hours, we then stopped at one of the R&R to have lunch and toilet break. Even having lunch was bad enough. We had to fought the long queue at the fast food chain.  

We continued with our journey after the lunch. The jam has subsided not long after. Our initial plan was to visit Tangkuban Perahu on the same day reaching Bandung but we were forced to abort the plan due to the delay on the road. We reached Bandung at about 3pm or so. Our first stop was Bali Haven factory outlet, one of the newest addition to Bandung FOs. We barely bought anything there except Ee Ee who bought a dress as a gift. We then proceeded to Jl Ir H Juanda @ Dago area and visited few FOs till our feet surrendered. Mummy bought a hand-made name holder, with Emeryn and mummy's name on it. Our driver then sent us to our hotel, Pop Hotel Citylink Bandung which was linked to Harris Hotel & Convention Festival CTLink where we put up 2 nights there. After putting our luggage into our rooms, we explored the mall for our dinner hunt. We had japanese cuisine. We went for grocery shopping after our dinner as we couldn't go outdoor for a walk since it was drizzling. 

We started our Day 3 as early was 8am after having our breakfast. We went to Tangkuban Perahu for our sight seeing and it took about 1.5hour to reach. It was a nice experience right from the pleasant car drive up the hill, the cool weather and the scenic view.  We were very lucky to have a stunning clear view of the active volcano with green water lake under the clear weather. We have to wear a mask to avoid from the sulfur smell. After snapping beautiful photos of the crater, we headed to Kampung Daun Culture Gallery & Cafe for our lunch. It has nice environment, beautiful and natural scenery and surrounded by trees and waterfall. We had our lunch in an individual hut, making it more special to visit this place. It was a quick lunch, thinking we could manage to visit Kawah Putih in the same day too. There were performances available and stalls selling souvenirs.

We were told that we are unable to make it to Kawah Putih after our lunch. It was a total disappointment as we have missed a day itinerary earlier. Nevertheless we continued our tour with factory outlets again. First we visited Rumah Mode followed by Jl Laksmana L RE Martadinata at Riau area. Obviously the old folks don't quite enjoy the shopping. Thus ah kong and ah pak chose to have a drink while waiting for the ladies to shop. Emeryn tagged along with them as she can't walk long since her leg has not fully recovered. That day mummy bought a Guess baby tee for Emeryn and herself and a dress for Emeryn. After the shopping spree, we went back to the hotel. Our initial plan was to try out the stall along the roadside but unfortunately it rains heavily. We went to the mall again and had our dinner at the food court. The food court offers variety of choices. After our meal, we shopped around before heading back to our rooms.