Day 3 of Jakarta

Today we're going to....Bandung!

Bandung is about 2 hours from Jakarta if you're travelling by car. It is also the heaven for factory outlets in this town and lots of yummy snack too. The road going to Bandung is beautiful as you'll see little mountains and blue skies. Silly me never manage to take any pictures of the view cause i thought it would look the same in Bandung but when I reach, it is a town very similar to Jakarta in certain ways. Going to Bandung on the weekdays is a better choice cause during the weekends it will be jam packed. Bandung is like a weekend getaway for people living in the city Jakarta, in other words Bandung is like Genting in Malaysia only they dont have casino.





Yay! We're here ;)

Our first stop was Paris Von Java, it is a new mall very similar to The Curve. I've been hearing the rave on people's blog on how good it was but it was a little dissapointing for me actually. This is a sorta posh mall not very big with lots of bistro, cafe and beautiful restaurant. The place is very nice actually but don't expect to shop here cause you can get way cheaper clothes elsewhere and there have very limited shops. But, if you're looking for a nice place to chill and relax then this is the place for you. I would recommend you to come over here at night though cause the atmosphere would be wayyy better.
Paris Von Java

Now let's talk about lunch.

This is the place where we dine - Katja Piring. It's a place that serves nyonya cuisine with very pretty interior.
For drinks I had buah kedondong(not sure if it was the right spelling). Initially I only wanted to take pictures of the drink then one of Silvia's aunt was saying it would look better if there is a real 'buah' together with it. 2 seconds later she ask the waitress to bring along the real fruit and to my surprise they said sure and even purposely decorate the fruit and put it on a plate. I was so paiseh..


This is gado gado..very similar to our local rojak.



And then we proceeded to check out the shops...










Then we met up with Mr. Thursday who is from here so he could show us around town.
Mr Thursday: Where do you guys wanna go?
Me : A place I can shop like mad and go crazy.
Mr T: Okay, there's two type; do you prefer factory outlets where every tourist go OR do you wanna visit the local designers where the locals go.
Me: Okay cool, i'll go with local designers.

So he brought us to a street with local designers shops. All of it is pretty unique and some of the shops is really cute.




our first stop. Didn't buy anything cause most of the clothes is for guys ;(




Another one with pretty signboard outside!







A 'dress up as a terrorists tee'.

Oh, and look behind us it is a moving fashion boutique! They sell their clothes in a bus! wicked!




This is one of the shops with very funky design inside the shops.











Moving to the next destination ; Prima Rasa! Prima Rasa is a shop popular for selling the yummy brownies and lots of snacks, keropok and all sorts.

Brownies in Bandung is a MUST HAVE.

Posing with tidbits from Prima Rasa. I regretted I didnt buy more sigh..



Silvia and I saw these very cute rings with our horoscope on it and then decided to buy it and then call it our friendship ring or something like that. I think we will never grow up :/
Gladiators rule!

Another famous food in Bandung is Batagor. Its like fried beef balls/tauhu/etc. They say that there's a story on Batagor of how people used to be so poor so one of the ways they could preserve the food to last longer is by frying it. That's what Enrico told me not even sure if it's true lol.







Due to time limitations I only manage to shop at one factory outlet :( So the one and only factory outlet I went is called Rumah Mode. It's one of the famous one of the whole lot and it is pretty good ;) I managed to get a top from Guess for only RM30 whahahahahaha *satisfaction.


For dinner, we went halfway to the puncak(peak) to eat at this famous place called Kampung Daun. Bandung have a lot of pretty restaurants up hill with nice atmosphere similar to lookuppoint in kl. The restaurant we went Kampung Daun is really pretty but due to my camera limitations I didnt manage to take good pictures of the place and plus it was raining that time.
Go to this blog http://www.samyeap.com/bandung-kampung-daun-restaurant-review/ to see more pictures of the place.

Here's a few picture of kampung Daun at night

*credit Wanadzra for pics.








Some hot dessert which looks good but it isn't. None of us finish the bowl.



Overall the ambience at this place is awesome but the food is just alright, nothing to be brag about. They said it used to be better but over time I guess the quality just dropped. All in all this place is not too bad. After dinner we also went up to the peak which is like 10 minutes away and the view is absolutely breathtaking! The puncak is the place where you'll be able to see the whole night view of Bandung and if you're there make sure you drop by and there'll be no regrets!

xoxo
Hilda

Day 2 of Jakarta

So let's move on to Day 2 which is more like day 1 to me since I didn't do much yesterday. So before I fly to Jakarta I told Silvia there's only two places(Mangdu & Bandung) I wanna visit when I am there and with that I am more than happy already. Reason being I just want to have a relax trip and not the fast and furious kind of trip. So, today we're going to Mangga Dua or the locals call it Mangdu! But before that let me show you what I had for brunch!


Yummy healthy brown rice with soup.




Drools!!! Can I teleport myself back there again just to have brunch pls? =(

Let's move on...

If you LOVE <3> shopping and lurveee bargains then this place is a must visit. Mangdy is like the Indonesia Sungei Wang except over here there's more shops, more options and wayyy nicer and prettier clothes. Prices for the clothes is reasonable although I wouldn't say it's super cheap as compared to what you can get in Bangkok but I felt it's pretty good deal for me. If I am nice enough I will do a post on all my purchases from Jakarta, comment if you guys wanna see it. Let me know! ;)
Shop shop shop!


The ground floor mostly sells imitation handbags, the floors going up is all clothes with a mixture of shoes. My fav is the 4th and 5th floors.

So this is Mangdu

Another awesome thing about Indonesia is that the DVD's is superrrr cheap. Around 5,000 Rupiah per piece which is.....only RM1.50! I felt it's such a rip off when they're actually selling it at Rm10 per piece here. You know what's the best part? It's buy 10 free 1 @.@
I went mad and bought 65 pieces




mine with chocolate chips!

After that we had baso goreng!!!!! So niceeeee.......aihs I am craving for one while writing this right now.


Sil paying up








Okay, shopping done for the day =) One thing nice about the shops here is that most shops here will pack your clothes and put it into very nice paper bags unlike most shops in sungai wang just put it into very ugly plastic bags so unglam :/



When I reach Jakarta Digi sent me a sms as below.

only RM0.99?? they make it sound like a bargain lol @.@
So if you're in Indonesia next time I suggest you get a sim card. Why? Cause its super cheap can die. It will only cost you around RM8 with Rp25,000 credit inside. I've sent out so many sms-es the credit also cannot finish. Definitely save me a lot of money as compared to the roaming with Digi.

So if you're wondering the currency for Indonesia here it is

Rp10,000 = Rm3.2

to be continue...

Jakarta Day 1

So here's the long awaited post about Jakarta. Honestly, I don't think i've took a lot of pictures this trip reasons being
1. Too caught up with shopping
2. Too lazy

To start off with, this trip to Jakarta is totally unplanned and very spontaneous. I didn't expect much in the beginning as my first intention is just to spend some time with Silvia and do 'some' shopping and most importantly is to eat as much as Indo food I can. I was seriously craving for Indonesian food as KK doesnt have any! I used to have a lot of Indo food when I was in KL cause it is so good...


24th February 2009 - Day 1

Flight at 9.35pm, check in at 7.40pm. One thing I hate about flying so much is the need to check in early! Was so dead bored waiting to board as I am flying alone this time. Played tetris on my phone all the way to kill time and thank God for.....Ipod.

I reached Jakarta around 11pm(their time). Indonesia is an hour behind us and the flight from KK to Jakarta takes about 2 hours and 40 mins which is pretty much the same like flight to KL.

Here's my very hodoh face up in the plane so very bored and ended up snapping stupid pictures in the loo.

Reaching Jakarta in one piece.


Lookee..first thing I notice was this sign. Toilet in Indo is called kamar kecil(small room lol)..so cute. Took this while waiting for Silvia while she was in the loo. Before she went in she was like "wait for me here okay, and don't talk to strangers!"

A lot of people have the thought that Indonesia is a very dangerous country (at least most people I know thinks so) after what happen during the '97 but fret not its not as bad as it seems. Surprisingly I still feel as if i haven't left Malaysia when I'm in Indo.

Thats all for day one guys. Will continue tomorrow for day two.

xoxo,

Hilda

Another round

Went to the Tip of Borneo yesterday and it was beautiful! but it was blazing hot >< Gonna leave soon to Mesilau now and I know I promised to blog about Jakarta but looks like I can only blog about it when I am back tomorrow or Monday.

Here's some pictures from the trip tho ;)

Home

Yo people, I am finally back from Jakarta the city of endlesss shopping. Everything was awesome from the shopping to the food to the people. I miss that place already :S
It's 12.30AM now and I am tired so I shall blog all about it tomorrow.


P/s: I am going to the Island tomorrow! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........