Jakarta-Bandung Trip Day 1

 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 day. We reached Soekarno-Hatta Airport Jakarta at around 8.45am. Plan asal spend the time pusing-pusing Tanah Abang tapi belum buka due to Hari Raya. We ended up at this small mall which I can't remember the name. I memang cari batik tapi tak beli apa-apa di sini sebab rasanya Bandung nanti lagi banyak options. Lepas tu terus ke Gambir train station untuk catch train ke Bandung.

Lama weh tak travel naik flight sama-sama

Jakarta here we come!

Rasanya bertahun tak makan nasi lemak Pak Nasser ni

Lunch kat train station. Sepanjang di Jakarta-Bandung memang hari-hari makan sambal!

Naik train ke Bandung. Rasa macam naik ETS ke Ipoh. Masa pun lebih kurang - 3 jam.

Small stations yang train ni berhenti nampak lebih kurang sama macam station ETS kita.

The view all the way to Bandung was amazing. I sebenarnya mengantuk gila sebab tak tidur sangat malam tu. Ye lah, set nak sampai KLIA2 pukul 3.30am. Dalam flight pun tak dapat tidur, dalam train pun tak tidur! Rasa macam zombie.

We engaged a driver to take us around Bandung. Sampai saja dia dah tunggu. We checked-in at Aston Pasteur Hotel Bandung. Alhamdulillah very, very nice hotel. Sangat spacious. Our room had 1 super single bed and 1 king bed. I share katil dengan Ies memang tak berlaga pun sebab katil besar sangat! Sangat sesuai untuk kita orang yang perlukan space untuk organise barang masing-masing sebab kawan-kawan I tu beg dia orang macam Doreamon - beranak-pinak! Hahaha...

Our dinner was at Pondok Selera Sunda. I was set to try eating whatever comes my way. Jay ordered ikan kaloi goreng! Adoiii... saja tau. Actually not bad. Sebab goreng garing. Cumanya, I tak Google gambar ikan tu sebelum makan. Lepas makan baru I search. Kat sana yang best bakwan. Sangat sedap!

=> Day 2