Living with Sarah

Day 4:  Our last day in Bandung. Nothing much on our itinerary. Just some shopping and then back to Jakarta via car. By then, beg pun dah beranak-pinak. We expected bad traffic because people were supposed to come back from their kampungs to Jakarta. Jadinya, plan ke Jakarta tengahari. Last breakfast at Aston Pasteur Hotel Bandung.  Akhirnya ambil juga favourite food kalau pergi breakfast buffet iaitu omelette.  Lepas check-out hotel, we went to Kartika Sari. Sangat lah menarik tempat ni. Basically it's like a bakery tapi banyak traditional food as well. Yang kita orang pergi ni siap ada boutique baju sekali. I sebenarnya tak tau nak beli apa kat sini. Cuma cari varieties of pisang salai untuk Hubbs saja. Yang ni pelbagai jenis lontong. Ies borong ni. Malam tu kita orang makan sangat sedap rupanya! Lepas di Kartika Sari, off to Jakarta. Kalau naik train perjalanan dalam 3 jam lebih sikit, naik kereta balik ke Jakarta sebenarnya tak ada specific estimated time. Semuanya be...

 Another fantastic breakfast at the hotel before we departed for another day of jalan-jalan. Today's itinerary was Lembang tour. We started with Orchid Forest Cikole, then Farmhouse Susu Lembang. Lembang is about 40mins drive from Bandung. Macam semalam, banyak jumpa tea and strawberry farms. Banyak juga vegetable and fruits farms. Sepanjang jalan di kawasan Lembang boleh nampak orang jual buah-buahan ie strawberries, avocados, citruses like lemons and green tangerines. Since it's a Saturday, jalan agak banyak kereta. Apparently, orang Jakarta suka datang ke Bandung pada hujung minggu. Pagi ni yang superb ialah shabu-shabu. The beef was so tender and juicy. Rasa nak repeat beberapa mangkuk tapi banyak lagi benda nak makan! Orchid Forest di Cikole ni ialah hutan pokok pine yang sangat cantik dan tenang. Ada section khas untuk orchid. Di tengah-tengah hutan pine ada amphitheater  Banyak juga spots cantik macam ni untuk ambik gambar Jay dengan I sangat kagum dengan tempat ni. It...

 The day started with breakfast at our hotel. One of the best breakfast buffets I've ever had. The spread was so wide with so many varieties. Almost impossible to try everything. All the days we stayed at Aston Pasteur, breakfast time was always the time we look forward too! We would stuff ourselves then our jalan-jalan were always at peace because we were full.  Part of my breakfast Day 1 at Aston Pasteur. Every morning I would update Hubbs on my breakfast. We would have breakfast at 6am Bandung time. I ni sangat jarang breakfast, so this is very rare. Masa ni that mushroom gratin was so sedap! And the mini croissants were a must every morning. Today's itinerary was Ciwidey tour. Ciwidey ni tempatnya chill sikit sebab kawasan tanah tinggi. Sepanjang jalan ke sana sangat cantik boleh nampak tea and strawberry farms. Tempat pertama dituju ialah Kawah Putih. Di sini sejuk jadinya kena pakai sweater. Kalau hujan lagilah sejuk temperature boleh turun sampai 13deg. I sebenarnya aga...

 I went for a long-overdue-out-of-the-country trip with Ies and Jay to Jakarta-Bandung on the 6th of Hari Raya. It was planned early of the year. Plan asal 4 hari saja tapi extend ke 5 hari sebab AirAsia cancelled our flight on Sunday. Jadinya tambah satu hari lagi i.e 27 Apr-1 May. Tapi OK saja. Cumanya trip kali ni kos agak tinggi. Flight tickets are so expansive nowadays! Our trip to Surabaya last time flight tickets cuma separuh harga daripada yang kita orang bayar untuk trip ni. But I really needed to travel somewhere and experience something new. Tak apa, yang penting pengalaman yang dapat daripada trip tu. Hubbs sebenarnya cuti agak lama sebab dia start kerja di tempat baru minggu ni. Coincidence pulak dengan I pergi berjalan. So, he didn't have any problems sending me to the airport at 3am. Trip ni ke Jakarta dulu, then experience naik train Jakarta ke Bandung, spend 4 days in Bandung then back to Jakarta.  Day 1: Sebenarnya nothing much on day 1, more of travelling da...