Again, I think it's been more than a month since i last updated?
Anyways,
We're planning a trip to Bangkok after Abang Fadzli's wedding in June. It will be a multi-city holiday again. Hee.
The wedding will be at Kedah, Malaysia, somewhere i have never been, except for taking the ferry to Langkawi. I think we wont go around much since it's the wedding anyway. Still, to go to a place i've never been to is still exciting.
The following day after the wedding, we'll be going to BANGKOK!
But first, from Kedah, we will need to go to Hat Yai Airport to take flight to Bangkok.
I AM SO EXCITED. I have always been to Malaysia-Indonesia trips but never any other country!
Going to Bangkok should be nice. Been hearing so much about the place.
I am doing so much research on Bangkok. Reason being, I don't want to be cheated like how we were cheated in Bandung.
Let's just talk about the Bandung-Bali trip since we are on the topic of Holidays.
We went for our honeymoon immediately after the wedding - the next morning!
Our flight was at 7.40 am if I'm not wrong. We were at the airport at 5am like that, which meant we left home at about 4.30 am. I had only had a few hours sleep while the husband slept like a log.
I was so nervous. We have never gone for a trip together without our family before. This was really the first time - EVER. It was also Hafiz's 2nd flight after donkey years. We were THAT nervous but Alhamdulillah the flight was smooth and it was just a short flight.
BUT - we landed at Jakarta instead of Bandung instead. WHY?
Apparently, we booked out flight early back in May 2014 because we were way excited for the Honeymoon - more so that our wedding. Heh.. So we booked from Singapore to Bandung straight via Tigerair.
Then back in September 2014 (i think), they emailed to inform that the were rescheduling the flight. So I was like, okay lah, reschedule still on the same day. Then in October, they emailed to inform that they are discontinuing that flight. LIKE WTF. 1 month before the flight.
I was so pissed lah. Then the whole story of waiting for the refund and all. Peh leceh. Then of course, we had to find another flight for that day. So i checked Airasia & Jetstar.
So Airasia travels to Bandung straight, but the price was a little bit more expensive. And so, i settled for Jetstar to Jakarta instead and then from Jakarta, we shall make our way to Bandung. It'll probably take about 2-3 hours.
BUT NO.
It took about 4 hours plus all the jams! OMG. I slept and woke up about twice before reaching Bandung. Even though it took that long, we managed to get some nice architectural buildings in Jakarta.
We reached Bandung only to find out, we didnt know where we will be alighting. The nice driver, he dropped us off at the Blue Bird taxi stand, and we made our way to the hotel.
I was really cranky by the time we checked in to the hotel but the hotel receptionist was so friendly and nice. I guess i was skeptical about the hotel after going through the long journey. Anyway, we stayed at The Papandayan Hotel, and it looked like this:
The view is not much though, but I love how i can see the sky so clearly from the window.
Anyway, we were so shagged from the long trip that we just ordered room service.
The carbonara was delicious!
We were so tired that we fell asleep right after that and only woke up around 6. Had to drag ourselves out because of the fatigue. So we went out, and it was so chilly. We wanted to go out for dinner but didnt know where to go. In the end, we decided to go to Trans Studio Mall. Didnt want to take cab because dunno where the cabs are so thought of walking there.
Then an angkot stopped beside us, so Hafiz asked if he go to Trans Studio Mall, which he did! It took about 5-10 mins to reach. It felt further though if we walked. So, went to Trans Studio Mall and first thing we did was find food! We settled for a Japanese restaurant. Apparently most of the restaurants there are Halal.
It was SUPER DELICIOUS LAHHHH. The bill came up to Rp 200,000 ++ roughly aroud $20 plus? Super cheap considering we bought sashimi and all. After that we shopped for a bit and head back by Taxi. In Trans Studio Mall, they had a surchange. I forgot how much it was.
The next day, we had breakfast at the hotel. It was AWESOME. I guess Bandung is food haven for us.
Those Hotdogs. Those ketat Hotdogs. LOVE.
After breakfast, we head out to Trans Studio, by Angkot.
And so, when we got down from Angkot, two ladies appeared. 1 was "blind" and the other was quite alright. They asked for some money, so we gave Rp 20,000 (about $2-$3), and after that, was unbelievable. The "blind" lady walked so normally and gelek-ed her way out while laughing with her friend. I was so pissed lah.
Anyway, went in to Trans Studio.
*insert: continued on 28/08/2015
Took almost half a year to finish one long blog post about our Honeymoon. Heh. Anyways,
So we went to Trans Studio Mall first. It was fun the first time round when I went there a few years ago. Apparently, some of the attractions were closed. Especially that Giant Swing ride! Man.. that was the highlight! Anyways, few pictures of the attractions:
We stayed for only 3 hours and we left after that to look for more food. We went to a Kafe Betawi and got these:
It wasn't really that nice. So we hopped to another place, and it's cafe! So happy.. Kat Singapore too crowded.
The cafe was awesome!
That carbonara pizza was THE BOMB.
So we went back after doing a little shopping. At the hotel, we bumped into the receptionist. He was nice to recommend us the hotel tour. It costs Rp 750,000. So i thought it was alright for a 12 hour today.
The next day after the AWESOME breakfast,
we set on our journey. Like, super excited to explore another country, right. Amateur travellers mah.
See that excited face.
So first, we went to change some money. I think we changed about $400.
First stop was Tangkuban Perahu. I was excited to go there since, it's a volcano after all. I have never been on a volcano. But to enter the place was Rp 200,000 per person
That's like $20!
Ok nevermind. Just Pay. Skali when were on top, the driver, hooked us up with a Tour Guide. So at first, we thought okay la.. He took a lot of nice photos for us.
Then he asked if we wanted to follow the tour. 1 hour was Rp 300,000! So i was like, ok lah. First time what. So we went down. Took more photos.
And suddenly, 6 men started to follow us. The guide said something, which we couldn't make out because of his accent.
As we went along the trail, i got more and more tired. At the very last part of the trail, I FELL.
OMG IT HURTS SO BAD.
I couldn't really walk and i tried to force my way down.
And THEN,
Shit started to happen. When we were at the Kawah,the 6 men who followed us started to take out their things to sell. And, their items are just normal souvenirs but they totally jack up the price!
We were so scared if anything else were going to happen to us. So we bought their things, which probably amount to almost all the money that we changed!
Dah tu, they left us with the guide. Obviously, i couldn't walk, So there was an ojek service. And that too, cost like Rp 400,000.
WTF right? Daylight robbery seh. Since Hafiz saw that i couldn't walk much, he just took it. And it was barely a 5 mins ride! WTF!!
And the tour guide, said we incurred another hour. which was another Rp300,000 and also, his tip. Hafiz didn't tip him very well considering all that happened. We left, and told the driver to bring us back to the hotel.
SUCH HORROR! 1st place that we went was such a bad experience and totally wiped out all our money! Typing this 9 monthts later still angers me.
We have no money left on hand to even continue the rest of the journey, plus, i sprained my ankle bad!
So we spent the rest of the time, in the hotel, ordering Room Service AGAIN.
The hotel staff were really nice. While chit-chatting with us, they found out that we were on Honeymoon. They sent us a cake!
The next day, was the last day at Bandung.
We got the hotel airport shuttle to send us to Bandara Husein Sasatranegara. The moment we got off that car, we were on a war with people asking to change money and whatnot. Since we were early for our flight, we just sat at a nearby cafe for about an hour.
After checking in, we waited again for another 3 hours as the weather was pretty bad. It was raining and our flight got delayed a few times.
We were so excited since almost everyone we knew had already gone to Bali.
The flight was bumpy and scary but Alhamdulillah we reached Bali safely.
We got the Villa transfer. By the time we reached, the driver was waiting for us. Reaching Bali at night was really a magnificent view.
So we stayed at the Putu Bali Villa & Spa.
It was a nice place, but we actually wasted a lot on the Villa itself. Initially, we had planned for a few of us to go to Bali together. But plans changed, but the Villa couldnt so we were charged $624 on a place which was supposed to be for 4 persons. =/
We crashed early since we were so tired from the flight.
The next day while having breakfast, the driver who fetched us from the airport asked whether we wanted a tour. Being wary, we asked how much and he said it was Rp 500,000 for 12 hrs. Not too bad, and the driver was nice anyway. So we said ok. But he let his friend took over instead as he had a prior booking.
So, okay. We went ahead. Bali was so much nicer and friendlier than Bandung. We went to so many places. The driver was really nice as well. Told us many stories, and brought us to many places.
That very night, i felt so sick. I kept vomitting and had liquid diarrhoea.
Tried all sorts of things and nothing made it better. I even had to shit and vomit at the same time. It was THAT BAD.
In the end, Hafiz went to the reception to call for a doctor. The doctor came like 2 hours later. -_-" The doctor gave an injection and put me on drip. Felt so weak. Stayed in the whole day. Recently, we realised, it's either I was allergic to coconut juice, or that I had ice in Coconut Juice.
The next day, managed to get up and went for a walk, and we also went to Kuta Beach Walk to shop for a while. Went to Matahari to get some souvenirs and headed back to the Villa.
And so, our last day at Bali, again we headed to the airport early. Waited for flight. The airport was really nice anyway.
It felt really good to be back home after a whirlwind of incidents abroad.
Well, finally finish this very long post. I think it's been more than half a year.
I'll be blogging about that Kedah Bangkok Post soon. I need a break!
