Day 3 - 5th Dec 2005 Monday
Monday morning, breakfast and check-out from hotel. Planning to leave Jakarta at 9.30am when not tmuch traffic jam. Cousin will be driving us to his place, Bandung 160km away from Jakarta using the old way, which means passing thru the peak of mountain and not using highway! Before heading off, my cousin came to gave us some stuff and boy were we shocked when my dad pays for the hotel. At first we tot, berbaloi the hotel room with the price BUT THEN WHEN TIME TO PAY, goodness, i think can say this all my fault, keep on saying cheap cheap cheap, i din say the room rates list is excluing gov and service charge. and guess how much is the tax. 21%%%% can you imagine. thats cheating man, and the breakfast too. So, initially the price stated was 300 000++ and now with all the taxes and everything it becomes 500000++ so all in all for two rooms its more than 2 million rupiah. worse of all there are diff charges for types of rooms, like single bed or double bed and all that. Forget about the hotel now, its over. So, off we all to Bandung via the long distance one. Well, at least got scenary to see. Typical view of inso, all side of the road, people selling things in stalls. Going thru puncak, peak of the mountain, was already noon, stopped by at rindu alam restaurant. food there was great and i just love the fresh air and scenary. Better than the hectic and chaotic, polluted environment in Jakarta. After lunch, head off to Bandung, road was pretty scary, turns and bumps, you sure need good driving skills in Indo. When arriving at Bandung, we stopped by to visit my cousin's parents. I never met them and my parents said its been a long time since they have met. We also get to meet my cousin's baby, named Ricko, cute lil boy, cried when saw us. After that, we picked up my cousin-in-law at the new house they are building. and architect, she designed everything and the furnitures are all made by both my cousin and his wife. cool eh, i just love the house they designed, all diff designs unlike here fixed designs!!so, after that, check in to hotel and rest for a while. nite, dinner with my cousin and wife. delicious sundanese food, all those ulam-ulaman, fried chicken with sambal, fried gurame.....nite, back to sleep!!
Monday morning, breakfast and check-out from hotel. Planning to leave Jakarta at 9.30am when not tmuch traffic jam. Cousin will be driving us to his place, Bandung 160km away from Jakarta using the old way, which means passing thru the peak of mountain and not using highway! Before heading off, my cousin came to gave us some stuff and boy were we shocked when my dad pays for the hotel. At first we tot, berbaloi the hotel room with the price BUT THEN WHEN TIME TO PAY, goodness, i think can say this all my fault, keep on saying cheap cheap cheap, i din say the room rates list is excluing gov and service charge. and guess how much is the tax. 21%%%% can you imagine. thats cheating man, and the breakfast too. So, initially the price stated was 300 000++ and now with all the taxes and everything it becomes 500000++ so all in all for two rooms its more than 2 million rupiah. worse of all there are diff charges for types of rooms, like single bed or double bed and all that. Forget about the hotel now, its over. So, off we all to Bandung via the long distance one. Well, at least got scenary to see. Typical view of inso, all side of the road, people selling things in stalls. Going thru puncak, peak of the mountain, was already noon, stopped by at rindu alam restaurant. food there was great and i just love the fresh air and scenary. Better than the hectic and chaotic, polluted environment in Jakarta. After lunch, head off to Bandung, road was pretty scary, turns and bumps, you sure need good driving skills in Indo. When arriving at Bandung, we stopped by to visit my cousin's parents. I never met them and my parents said its been a long time since they have met. We also get to meet my cousin's baby, named Ricko, cute lil boy, cried when saw us. After that, we picked up my cousin-in-law at the new house they are building. and architect, she designed everything and the furnitures are all made by both my cousin and his wife. cool eh, i just love the house they designed, all diff designs unlike here fixed designs!!so, after that, check in to hotel and rest for a while. nite, dinner with my cousin and wife. delicious sundanese food, all those ulam-ulaman, fried chicken with sambal, fried gurame.....nite, back to sleep!!
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