Alun - alun, West Java, Bandung

Hello fellas, we were still in nia's edition. Haha. They offered me to go to BIP because they wanted to buy something. How lucky I was that I found chatime because it's my favorite drink, so I drunk it slowly while waiting them.

Frustrated face because rooftop has completely booked up

Nana suggested us to have lunch at Tangga Cafe, she has never been there but she said its rooftop was beautiful. When we arrived there, waitress said that rooftop was completely booked up whereas we aimed to take picture there instead of having lunch. Haha. But, waitress allowed us to take picture in rooftop.

Satisfied face even we couldn't book in rooftop

Alun - Alun is one of favorite place for local people and tourist. Huge people has came here tonight, some of them brought their children so they could play football, flying around, sitting down with your friends or family. 

Time flies, memories don't, face has changed, person hasn't. we are still the same person since our first meeting

This was a beautiful place to enjoy the night. You have to keep clean, do not litter because it was started with you. Haha

 Good urban planning

We have spent 5 days together. we have gone to someplace such as forest, cafe, alun - alun, etc. I've just met new friends, mpik and dendy, they were friendly and funny guy. 

dubbing (lipp minang) 

Nia has came back to jakarta this morning because she have to study hard for her final test in February, hope you can through it all to be the future doctor. Ameeen. Glad to see you, hope to see you again. Ok fellas, this is the end of nia's edition. I will share about my next holiday, thanks for stopping by in my blog

Grafika Cikole, West Java, Bandung

Hello fellas, how about your long holiday? maybe some of you have gone to nest such as beach, mountain, tea garden, glade, mall, etc. I would share you about my long holiday. I have guest of honor from Jakarta, her name is Fenia indah rainir a.k.a nia, knee (re:kene). She have a final test in february. she decided to come here, in order to refresh her mind. She came here on December, 24. She was living in nana's boarding house. She wanted us to bring her to nest. So, me and nana have to make an itinerary for her holiday. Haha. So, don't be surprised guys because you would see some photos of her later. Haha. Maybe, I would call these days, nia's edition

I have made an appointment with vania here, those are the signs

We started our holiday to visit Grafika Cikole. I have no bike in bandung, so I have to go Lembang by public transportation while vania was waiting me there. When she has picked me up, we went to Grafika Cikole by vania's bike because nana and nia was waiting us there. Lembang is one of vacation-land, so you could imagine how crowded it is. 

it's located in high land and surrounded by pine trees

It's cozy place, freezing, and if you were a photographer, you have to come here. You could rent a bungalow in here, making a quality time and spending your day with your family or your friends.

I was the guy who took this picture

But, Grafika cikole offers many facilities such as camping, outbound, paintball besides bungalow. We found people who was camping with their friend and you could make a bonfire in the night while singing a song or playing a game and others played flying fox, so made your choice guys. 

Outbound, camping, bungalow

We knew that there were people in bungalow, but as long as you didn't make a noise, it's OK. It was made of wood with unique color, so that's why people wanted to take picture in here

Best picture that I've been taking in there

We knew that the day was tika's birthday. So we decided to give a picture in there while showing off. Just kidding tik. I've just knew that you could use lipstick instead of pen to write something. Haha

We hope all the best for you

2.30 pm, we had a lunch at ....... But I forgot its name. Haha. But, it was located around Lawangwangi. 

taking some pictures every single time 

so, what will we do tomorrow? Stay tuned guys....

Tangkuban Parahu, West Java, Bandung

Hello fellas, I went to tangkuban parahu with my friends yesterday. Tangkuban Parahu or Tangkuban Parahu mountain is one of mountain in West Java province, Indonesia. It's about 20 km north of Bandung, Its peak is 2.084 meter. We could find pine trees and tea garden around there. Ari is my best friend since senior high school, now he has been working in Jakarta. He was off on saturday and sunday, so he decided to come to bandung because he wanted to meet nana (his gf). haha. I have known nana since long because we were in same university. Now she's continuing education in ITB to take master's degree. So, I suggested them to go to hutan dago, but ari said that it was uninteresting, so he suggested to go to tangkuban parahu and I said "oke". we made appointment at 7 am in nana' boarding house. We had breakfast lontong padang in DU first, it's highly recommended for minagese because there are sala lauak, kue talam, etc.

you have 10 second to take photo as much as possible in here because huge people was queuing up

At 9 am, we started our trip to tangkuban parahu, ari was riding in front of me because he has been there. We decided to pass by punclut route because it's faster than sukajadi route. it's about 45 minutes to tangkuban perahu. we have to pay Rp 43.000 for admission and parking. I thought it was very expensive.

nana and her bodyguards

but, nature never lets you down. It's a beautiful place to kill your time. It was freezing but you could find "gorengan", I couldn't explain it but you know what I felt was like surely. Hahaha.

Tangkuban parahu mountain

We came back to boarding house at 12.30 pm. Tangkuban parahu is another amazing place in bandung, I suggested you to never make an itinerary for your holiday, no plan is better, Hahaha.

Kawah Putih, Situ Patenggang and Tea Garden, West Java, Bandung

Hello fellas, today I wanna share you about my "the unexpected short holiday". 2 days ago, I send some messages to izil, and I've just knew that she has been living in here for 2 months. Izil is my friend, we have known each other since senior high school, because we were in same senior high school and we continued our study in Jogja too. So, me and adun decided to invite her to join in our holiday and she said "blablabla" the point is OK. But, we got a problem because we didn't know the way to go there. we didn't have a motorcycle and if we rented it in weekend, you have to pay too much than weekday. So, izil suggested us to go there by public transportation because she has gone there previously. We thought that's brilliant idea to cost effective. So, we have made appointment in McD dago at 7 am. So, we started to get a public transportation that headed to dipatiukur (DU) and then we continued our trip to leuwipanjang terminal by Damri (bus), the bus was very clean, AC, the passenger wasn't too crowded so we could enjoy our trip and we only paid Rp 5.000.

condition in damri (bus), making your trip was getting more comfortable

When we arrived in leuwipanjang terminal, we found a public transportation that headed to cibeureum terminal. It was very different than Damri, it was smaller, more crowded and there is no space to move freely. I had a disgusting moment when we were in public transportation headed to cibeureum terminal, I was itching on my back, I asked adun to scratch it because my hand couldn't reach it. Haha.

there are 18 people in L300 (public transportation) that headed to cibeureum terminal, only one you needed was taking a deep breath

In cibeureum terminal, we found a public transportation that headed to kawah putih, but we decided to take a walk in terminal first because we were hungry and we found kueh kamir (kamir cake), I thought it's a traditional cake from local people, it's very nice but it never made me full before eating rice. Haha.

traditional cake in west java

But there was a problem, when we wanna go to kawah putih, we have to rent a public transportation but it's depend, it was getting cheaper if there were more people. So we were waiting for others who wanna go to kawah putih. First, we met mei, matin and alia then bang ujang then lia, mala, nurul and risma. Debate has happened between us and driver, I didn't say it's a negotiation because you have known if you were buying something with your mom, your mom would bid till the seller approved your bidding. we guys just laugh .Hahaha. Time was running out, 30 minutes later, he was agreeable our bidding.

when we arrived in kawah putih, you have to pay Rp 33.000 for ontang anting and admission. ontang anting was kinda public transportation that headed to kawah putih, It's about 45 minutes from entrance to kawah putih, there were huge people in there because of weekend.

let a photo explained about your feeling in there

Alhamdulillah, it was fine weather and smell of sulfur wasn't too dangerous for our health so we didn't need a mask. we have to downstair previously and I just wanna say, Amazing place!!! it was like fascinating hidden place. green lake, white sand, deadwood, surrounded by steep slopes. 

we couldn't away from others, people were standing everywhere

We never stopped taking some photos from different angle. Oke, I wanna tell a litlle bit about my new friends, we never expected that met at this time, we are from different city, different culture and different country. First, I wanna tell you about bang ujang. He came to kawah putih alone, because he was getting used to have the day off alone. I thought he was older than us, he's friendly guy. He has came to some place in indonesia and overseas, he was really a traveller. Matin was born in afghanistan and grew up in pakistan. He has been in Indonesia for 2 years. He was english course's lecturer in Jakarta. we've just realized that he was foreigner when he talked to us, he couldn't speak in bahasa fluently then he explained to us that he was afghan. So, we have to speak in english to him. He was a funny guy. Mei was matin and alia's friend. She have lived in medan, so she knew about my padangese accent. Alia was "someone special" for matin, I guess. Haha. I never asked them, maybe someday they will explain to me. Haha. Actually, I rarely talked to lia but I knew that she was the best driver's partner ever, because she helped him to wipe a windshield. Haha. Nurul, risma and mala, I rarely talked to them too, but they are good fellow. 

maybe we can make a itinerary for the next holiday

and then, at 1 pm, we moved to situ patenggang.  In the middle of lake, there is an island, its name is asmara island and you would find batu cinta (stone of love) in there. Local people said if you're surrounding the island and visiting batu cinta (stone of love). It would be long lasting relationship and if you're single, you would find your couple soon. You can believe it or not, just a myth, why you're so serious. Haha. 

we could go to asmara island by boat but we couldn't because it was raining

             we could find a grassland in situ patenggang. They asked me to take a photo from backside

Our last destination was tea garden. we didn't have to pay for admission, it's located in road side. you can enjoy it as long as you want. If we have a more time, maybe we have to sit here while drinking a cup of tea

It's like a green carpet

keep smiling regardless of it was raining

That was our holiday. we never imagined that we would meet in this moment. thanks for being friendly people. Hope someday we will meet again in another chance. see you then!!!

Intro

Hello fellas, thanks for visiting my blog. maybe some of you have known me but let me introduce myself if you haven't, that's me in picture above.

If you're coming to duri, taking a photo in here is obligatory

I spent my childhood in rich small city, Duri. Duri city is one of the biggest oil and gas producer in Indonesia. If you are trying to find duri in map, I'm not sure you will find it. Honestly, duri city is less of interesting places but full of memories, that's too much. Haha.

we are riau students. Actually, riau students in my year is huge so that's why I can't speak javanese but minangese. Haha

So, that's why I took a Geological Engineering in UPN"Veteran" Yogyakarta. Hopefully, someday I will come back there as geologist. Alhamdulillah, I completed education on november, 2014. Many thanks to all people that have been supporting me.  See you on top guys!!! Ok, I think that's enough for introducing, if you wanna know me further, just ask to my family and my best friends, I believe'em a hundred percents