Bandung [16 to 20 Aug 17]

Day 1 [160817]

My first time in Bandung. Only read about how you can't get a SIM card at the airport few days before we flew. Luckily, ade's fren helped us booked a driver to get around in Bandung and he sent us to somewhere nearby to buy a SIM card.

Travelled to Lembang after having a short lunch, and we visited the Farmhouse, where the hobbit house is. After that, we checked into SanGria Resort and Spa. Wanted to visit more places before the day ends, but most of the places were closed by 5pm. We ended up at the floating market, which closes at 7pm. I had imagined the floating market to be similar to the ones in Bangkok.. But I was wrong.. Haha. Floating market in Bandung is just like a concept, none of the people are selling things on the water and we didn't have to take a sampan. It was made like "Japan", even the souvenirs sold there says "Japan" instead of "Indonesia".. Lol.

As it will be an early day the next morning (we planned to watch sunrise), we asked the driver to drive us to some nearby eatery to da bao food back to the hotel. All the eateries along the street are empty.. so much so that it looks like all of them are not operating. We just dropped by a decent looking one and bought some simple dishes and satay back. They tasted surprisingly good! And needless to say, cheap.

Day 2 [170817]

We woke up damn early to view the sunrise. But the place we intended to go to only opens at 7am?? Until now I still don't know where's the right place to view sunrise in Lembang. Well.. so we woke up early for nothing. But since we're up, we went to Maribaya natural hot spring resort, stopped by to take some pictures of the tea plantation, and visited Tangkuban Perahu (volcano). Temperature was surprisingly low at 14 degrees celsius that morning!

First time I did so much before returning to resort for breakfast. Haha.. Then it was a massage session at the resort~ Visited The Lodge for photo-taking in the afternoon, but the crowd and jam was terrible as it was their national day. In the evening, we had dinner at Sapu Lidi which was rather nice (except the flies which refuse to leave our table -_-) Moved back to the city for the night.

Day 3 [180817]

My unlucky day. Not sure whether it's the overwhelming eggs at Herb and Spice during breakfast, or is it that ice cream I had at Lawang Wangi Cafe.. vomited everything out after the foot massage and at Lereng Anteng.

In the evening, we still went ahead with the plan of viewing sunset at Tebing Karaton. The car can only stop at some point at the bottom of the mountain and we can either walk or take their motorbike up at a fee. From the experience, walk is definitely not an option... It's been really long since i last sat on a motorbike! And it was uphill all the way... but it was disappointing that the sun hid behind the clouds while we were waiting for sunset.. Haiz.. No sunset view!

Day 4 [190817]

It was a 2.5 hours drive from the city to Ciwidey. First visited Kawah Putih which is the famous blue lake, then visited Glamping Lakeside which seems to be the latest in-thing in Bandung. There are a few attractions around and the view there is quite nice. After that we drove to a camping place nearby and there's actually deers in Bandung!


If you are craving for a short break nearby with cooling weather.. Bandung may not be a bad choice!