Tuesday, April 6, 2010

JANUARY 2010: BANDUNG CITY (Culinary Trip)

we went to Bandung by AIrAsia Airways from Ngurah Rai Airport to Hussein Airport. The weather was very bad, but alhamdulillah we arrieved safely. In bandung, i stayed at putri's house (my best friend), we didnt meet each other for long time..
I didnt go to much place..in bandung just for culinary and took a rest after trip from Yogyakarta, Bali, and Lombok. We cooked here.. sonice :).
I spent 350.000 (around $ 40), including transportation from bandung to bogor, karaoke, food, cake, body lotion heheheh etc. i was already dark.

JANUARY 2010: LOMBOK and GILI TRAWANGAN ISLAND (Beach girls)

We went to Lombok used Phery from PadaiBai, Bali. From 16 January (early morning) till 19 January. We stayed at Senggigi area and the dayafter, we moved to Gili Trawangan Island used traditional boat.Gili Trawangan is very great island, we were snorkelling in 3 gilis.. but the best area is in gili air. Gilis Islands are ROCK!!! love gili trawangan.. we stayed in a great house and not that expensive if i compare in jakarta... (30 usd with 3 beds, large bathroom, tv, vcd, ac,here's kitchen too).. we were cycling there around the island, just 30 minutes.
Then we back again to senggingi, i swam in the beach when the sunset came..ohh it was so romantic but unfortunetelly i dont have boyfiend beside me hahahahah...

The weather was so bad. but we still enjoyed our trip.I spent about Rp. 1.000.000 ($100) including transportation from bali and back to bali, then transportation from senggingi to gili trawangan island, then back again to senggigi, accomodation, hotels, shopping, snorkelling (gili explore), etc

JANUARY 2010: BALI (Water Sports and Culture Travelling)

Bali was our second destination after Yogyakarta. We used Mandala Airlines from Adi Sucipto Airport to Ngurah Rai Airport. I spent 345,000 rupiah for the ticket.

11 January 2010

We arrived at 10.00 pm in Ngurah Rai Airport. We would stayed in Legian Tunes Hotel and already booked for 2 nights. We paid 90,000 rupiah each night. We used taxi to the hotel and spent 50,000 rupiah from airport. Then we just took a rest in the hotel.

12 January 2010
We just booked the room for 11-13 january and 15-16 january. We wanted to stay in popies area because a lot of traveler stay there. On the morning,we walked from legian to kuta beach. We went to parama tour to book ticket to go to Lombok. We paid 150 each person from Kuta to Senggigi Beach in Lombok. After that, we rent motor bike around 50,000 rupiah a day. We spent our day in Legian Beach.

13 January 2010

We checked out from the hotel and would stay in popies area. Actually, we thought that Tune hotels was cheaper compare that the room in poppies area if we see the facility. There were many room below 100,000 rupiah in poppies but they were old rooms. We got the room 150,000 with air conditioner and there was a swimming pool. The building was not that good but it was okay and valuable. On the day, we learned surfig in Kuta Beach, we paid 100,000 rupiah for a 2 hours private course . After that, we swam on the swimming pool. We booked the tour for the day after. We booked the tunes hotel for the day after.

14 January 2010
I gave back the car to tunes hotel because we just rent it for 1 day. Then, our tour picked up us in our hotel after get our breakfast. We had tour from 9 am to 7.00 pm for 250,000 k. it was cheap because the car with air conditioner and new one (Suzuki APV). We had the driver and we went to Bedugul, Bratan Lake, Monkey forest and Tanah Lot. If you rent a car, 250,000 just for a katana with fuel and driver. The places in bali was so great, unfortunately the weather was not good. It was rainy all the day. During the tour, we also tried Ayam Betutu, the popular food in bali. The car took us to tunes hotel on the night. The driver was so friendly and we said we would had a tour again tomorrow.

15 January 2010
We stayed at Tune Hotels Legian, we booked around 90000/night cause we booked online in advance , but moved to a cottage in Kuta in popies area, then moved again to Tune Hotels Legian. We rent a motor bike around 50.000 rupiah a day an we moved to our place by the motor bike. The hotel is near from central of kuta beach but still better Tune Hotels.

We rent a car, lucky us, it's cheap Rp. 290.000 (around $30) from 9 am to 8 pm. We went around bali such as Tanah Lot, Bedugul, Bratan Lake, Nusa Dua Beach, Tanjung Benoa, etc. The car wa APV (with ac) :) I learned surfing in kuta beach for 2 hours was about 100.000 rupiah. then i swam in the pool of my hotel.

We went to Lombok by parama tour. they picked us to our hotel

I spent about Rp. 1.700.000 ( $180) including airplane ticket from jogja to bali and fom bali to bandung, hotels, accomodation, shopping, water sports, rent car n motor bike n taxi, etc

JANUARY 2010: YOGYAKARTA (sightseeing the heritages)

I was been to Yogyakarta on January 2010. (I was trip jakarta-yogyakarta-bali-lombok-bandung with my friend Ghita and Gabby). I confused between using train or plane to go to Yogyakarta from Jakarta. People said it will be great use train on the day and see the view around the journey.

I checked the schedule of the train and the ticket price. If u want to save the money, u can use economic one but it's not in gambir station, but start from jatinegara station (the price less from 100000 I guess maybe 50K or 75K, I forget) but I didn’t want to use economic one. For me it's not comfortable, not save, noisy, always stop, and it would be terrible for me coz I should be there for around 10 hours.
So I checked the business and executive one. And it was expensive around 250k-300k http://hargatiketkeretaapi.com/65/harga-tiket-kereta-api-jakarta-yogyakarta-1-agustus-2010.html. And if I took day train, I will arrive around 17.00 and it will waste time in Yogyakarta for the hotel. But if I took the night train, I will not see the view. So what's the point?? I don’t want to sit for 10 hours for nothing coz sitting 10 hours would be terrible for me. I can’t sit for a long time, it will hurt my body. I checked Air Asia, I got price to Yogyakarta around 195K. It’s cheaper. So I decided to use airplane on the morning so I arrive in Yogyakarta around 8.30 am. (Good weather)

8 January 2010
We flew at 7 am from Soekarno Hatta airport. We arrived at 8.30 am in Adi Sucipto Airport. From airport, We didn’t use taxi because it’s expensive, around 50k. We prefer use Trans yogya around 2500 rupiah until malioboro. (U can ask people where the Trans yogya in airport is, u should walking around 5 minutes). Then We stopped in malioboro shuttle. We would stay in that area. There were many guest houses, cheap one in sastrtrowijayan street. Just walk around 5 minute from the shuttle. I slept in guest house price 120k because we were 3 people. You can get 70k if u were single traveller.
Then, We walked around malioboro until keraton Yogyakarta then from keraton used becak. It’s very cheap less 10K to Tamansari. Then We used becak from tamansari to malioboro again, I forget how much. You can buy any souvenir or batik or bag in bringharjo market. it's in malioboro area. It’s very cheap and its traditional market)
9 January 2011
The next day, We visited prambanan temple on the morning. We used Trans yogya until the last shuttle. Then we walked around 15 minutes. We were not just buy prambanan temple ticket but also boko temple ticket (they promoted on the locket about this temple). It’s not expensive. They picked us to the boko temple (outside prambanan area) with the car. We went to a hill and the temple on the peak of the hill (they said it will be great if u are there for the sunset)
We were there until 12 pm. We could see Yogyakarta town from that temple. It’s great. Then we back again to prambanan temple and the complex. It’s huge area actually (so we used the train also to go around the complex). We finished our trip to prambanan at 5 pm. and back to malioboro by trans yogya. On the night we went to Tugu statue (it's the Yogyakarta popular site)

10 Janury 2010
the next day morning, We visited Borobudur temple. It’s outside Yogyakarta (magelang) so no Trans yogya directly to Borobudur temple. But We didn’t want to use travel because it's expensive. We still used public transportation. First We used Trans yogya until the last shuttle, and then We used public bus (around 5000 I guess). The bus was economic one and was not in good condition. It was full of passengers and sometimes u should stand up. There were no place to sit. The journey took around 1 hour. From the terminal we had to walk around 15 minutes until the gate of Borobudur temple. The area of the temple was big. We finished enjoy Borobudur until 3 pm. then walked again to terminal and back to malioboro. Actually there was a temple near from Borobudur. I saw it when ı was in the public bus. But because we didn’t have time, we decided not to visit it.
11 January 2010
The next day, we just were shopping. And we visited Gadjah Mada University in Kali Urang. We tried Gudeg that popular one near the university. U should try gudeg, it's the most popular food in Yogyakarta (the price on that cafe around 13000 because it's popular place). You can get cheaper in other place I guess. Then on the night, we flew to Bali with Mandala airlines.

The food in Yogyakarta is mostly cheap. It was Less 10000 rupiah. I spent 750000 for 5 days in Yogyakarta including ticket jakarta-yogyakarta, transportation around yoga, food, ticket, hotel (sharing with 2 friends), and I was shopping in Bringharjo and malioboro around 150K-200K heheheh.. So actually my trip to Yogyakarta was cheap :) Enjoy Yogyakarta :)