bandung trip

i find several similarities between bandung and medan. they both don't have many places to go in town. if you want to enjoy serene place, you should go out town. both of them are culiner city. they are famous for the food. both of their road are also filled with cars, which leads to traffic jam. my mom and i went to visit my bro in bandung. though it was short trip, i found it quite refreshing personally.

first day in bandung was about my bro. my mom kinda fed all of his id. she brought him to duck king to feed his hunger id. she cleaned his room to feed his hygiene id. she brought him some clothes to feed his image id. she pampered him through and through. when i smelled the odor of envy, i flashed back to my college time and she did the same to me. so, shame on me!

hang out@rumah mode

second day we used a car rental service. we went out town. first we headed to kampung gajah (lit. elephant's village). on the way there, in my mind i'd prepared myself to touch and feed some elephants and when we arrived, i was totally stunned! there was no elephant! not even a baby elephant! there was only a statue! apparently it is an amusement park! fool me! i should have researched on it first. in the end, we just walked around and took few pics.

the one and only elephant at elephant's village

next, we aimed vipassana temple. it was serene, green, and holy. in this temple, they have a unique way to foresee our future. they filled plastic glasses with coins, which must weigh the same as others, but not necessarily have the same amount of coins in it. i guess they weigh a kg. around the main temple's wall, there are monk bowls (i didn't count how many they are). what we need to do is to fill each bowl with each coin from our glass. the remaining of the coins in our glass predicts our future.

the main templethe bowlthe glass filled with coinsmy future - i need a translator, the words are too deepmy mom and imy bro and i ( i was tiptoeing so i didn't look so short in the pic :p

then we took a detour to kampung daun (lit. leaf's village) to have our lunch. nice view, nice shopping items, standard food.

the cool artificial waterfall

fulled with food in our stomach, we headed tangkuban perahu. we went down to kawah domas (domas crater). it was an-hour-quite-tiring walk. i recommend sandals as the best partners to go down there. it is also recommended that after going down to the crater, dipping feet in the hot spring is best thing to do to avoid foot cramp or muscle tightness!

when my mom was trying some hats, i was busying taking pics with these cool cowboy hats! the guidei found this heart-shaped stone. sweet :)the craterenjoying the hot springoh, n0! my foot is boiling!

the day was ended by shopping at dago. but we were too tired to shop. after going in to two-three shops, we decided to eat dinner and to sleep.

third day is amusement park day! we went to the most anticipating amusement park in indonesia, trans studio bandung! the price is quite expensive because there were few games to play with. shockingly the most entertaining thing in the studio was the theatre. they gave an epic performance. the title was so cliche 'legenda putra mahkota (the legend of a prince)', but the performance was dramatic! i was so proud that indonesia can perform that great! (though there were foreigners performed too - with dangerous acts, of course). overall, two thumbs up! the roller coaster was a blast too, must try!

the epic performanceit has very interesting interior designs too!

fourth day was the last day. we went to istana plaza (lit. plaza kingdom) to have our breakfast and to kill some time before flying back to medan.

overall, it was a nice trip. we didn't have chance to go to green canyon and to try some food in bandung's unique cafes. hopefully there'll be time for that. till then take care :)