Jakarta and Bandung, I will come again...

Eh...eh...lamanyer tak tulis...kata orang yang baca bendaalah nih...Ye le macamana nak tulis...I can hardly sit down to do something before something else demanded my attention. Ni lah malam-malam Ahad yang besok aku kena bangun pagi pegi kerja baru dapat nak update...

The last time, I wrote I was in KLIA waiting for our flight to Jakarta. Konon, nak tulis kat sna, tapi hampeh...tak sempat, nyah!!! The trip turns out to be a fantastic one. Bandung was DA BOMB..a shopping haven for all things branded albeit dalam factory outlet lah kan??? Cik mur sesangat...Hubby kita shopping sakan. Beli jeans dia, tiga helai..shirts berhelai-helai, a pair of shoes...kira lengkaplah wardrobe..And I thot I was the shopaholic!

Akak tak beli banyak..shopping lite-lite jer..But one thing's for sure, we made a pact to come back to Bandung. Senoroks giler!!!! We took the KLM Jakarta Bandung Twin Jewel tour so sepatutnya tour nyer haruslah keliling tourist spots in Jakarta and Bandung kan, kan??? But, NO IT ISN"T!!! Sampai-sampai jer bila tour guide tanya mahu ke mana, kita semua kata " Tak mau ikut tournya ya pak...kita semua mau shopping saja", katanya. Thank goodness, the tour was just a personal one for the 6 of us. Tak der campur orang lain so senanglah nak buat plan jenjalan sendiri..

We had this very nice tour guide. Namanya Pak Ali. A very well read guy who told us the history of Indonesia. Kalau aku kena amek test sejarah Indon, harus akak pass cemerlang!!! Jadinya ya...Pak Ali kata kami ni statusnya VIP tourist..Wah..tak tahan..emangnya hotelnya 4 stars Hotel Papandayan in Bandung and 5 stars Aryadutta in Jakarta ya.. Pas tu kalau dibawa makan, sesampai jer kat resto duduk 5 minit sampailah makanannya. I tell you ah...the 4 days in Indonesia tuh, akak paling banyak makan nasi sepanjang my adult life. Mana taknyer..tengahari minang food (nasi padang), dinner sunda food, esoknya the cycle went on, and on... Nasi, nasi, nasi...sedap memang sedap..tapi abislah diet akak...Penat aku g exercise pagi2.

Spent the first 2 nights in Bandung and the 3rd nite in Jakarta. Kat Jakarta pun ada factory outlet but not as great as the one in Bandung. Me and hubby took a cab there sebab kitaorang pun tak sure tempat jadi tak nak lah membabitkan kengkawan yang lain kalau tersesat. Turned out memang taxi driver salah hantar tempat pun. Terpaksalah kami berdua berjalan kaki ke Millenia, the place that we wanted to go to. Gigih nih dua orang nih nak shopping murah punya pasal...tapi worth it lah...kalau dah dapat tshirt Marks & Spencer cuma RM15 sepasang, jackets for work at about RM30 sepasang...Akak gumbira!!!!

We also went to Mangga Dua, THE place to get the best imitation branded bags. Hilang akal jugak rasanya akak-akak yang ikut sama pergi holiday nih. I've been to the place before so I pretty well know what to expect. Jadi tak de lah ghairah sangat nak membeli. Kita beli luggage beg sebab barang2 nak bwk balik KL dah tak muat nak masuk isi. Banyak ler tu kiranyer ek??? Hehehe...

Kengkawan seme...kalau nak shopping hebat pegi ler ke Bandung....best, best, best...Kalau g naik KLM sampai Jakarta dulu..pas tu by road for two and a half hour to Bandung. Kalau naik Air Asia, terus aje ke Bandung. KLM no doubt more comfortable lah. Cuma nak menyampaikan ke Bandung tuh, lemau jugak lah duk dalam van...hehehe,,Pak Ali pulak pot,pet, pot, pet...Sabor jer lah...

Well, gotta stop now..Will write again soon, peeps!!!

Comments

zaida Ismail said…
Wahhh... orang kaya nih... VIP some more.. Jealous Jealous. Suh la boss buat brainstorming kat Bandung lepas ni.....

Pastu i pura pura sakit kat hotel heheehehe
March 19, 2007 at 5:41 PM
Eureka! said…
U pegi lah...Pegi, pegi
March 21, 2007 at 8:07 PM
Amiruddin Karim said…
Souvenir mana?? Souvenirr!!!!

Nak Souvenir!!
March 21, 2007 at 9:06 PM
Mandiri Holidays said…
Kalau nak melawat kat Sumatera Barat ( Padang - Bukittinggi) sila hubungi :
PT. MUHIBBAH MULIA WISATA Tour and Travel
Jl, Urip Sumoharjo No. 3 Bukittinggi - West Sumatera
Telp. / Fax. +62 752 32999
Email : muhibbahbkt@yahoo.com
mobile : +62 81363408670 ( Roni )
August 26, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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