It's our faculty place of holiday, Bandung! The trip took 4 days, but we spent 2 days on bus, since it's a loooong trip from Surabaya to Bandung (about 600 km). Ouch, it really hurt my back!! We took off saturday afternoon, and arrived Sunday morning, and did hotel check-in, in
Bali World Hotel. We continued our trip to Rumah Stroberi (Strawberry House) to supposedly look at strawberries fields. Alas, after a long uphill journey, we couldn't enter the garden since all the strawberries had been harvested. After that, we're supposed to visit Mount Tangkuban Perahu, the famous legendary mountain. It was said that the mountain was formed because of a giant boat kicked by a man named Sangkuriang. He built the boat upon a woman's request whom he wanted to marry. The woman, Dayang Sumbi, didn't want to marry him, so she made that impossible request, that Sangkuriang must build a giant boat in a night. Because he had a magical power, he was able to nearly finish the boat before sunrise. Dayang Sumbi, afraid that she must marry him, made a trick. She made a rooster to crow before dawn, so that Sangkuriang thought that he failed to build the boat before sunrise. He got very angry and kicked the nearly finished boat to the air, and it fell aside. The boat was then said to became a mountain. I know, it's a ridiculous story. But it's a legend, so accept it! Ehehee....
Too bad, we couldn't visit the mountain, since it's getting dark. So we continued to Ciater, a natural hot water spree. Many people visit this place to cure their skin diseases, since the water contains sulphur.
Dakara, I didn't dare to swim there, you know what I mean? Hey, I didn't want to get skin disease.
The next day, we went to Mekar Sari Park, which is famous for its huge collection of fruit plants. The trip took 3,5 hours by bus, and we only got to see trees! Yes, trees. Will someone explain why in the first place we had to visit the park? Anyway, we continued to Chinese Village in Cibubur, where we could buy many Chinese stuffs, from purses to vampire's hats.
We returned to Bandung at 7 pm and after dinner, there always a karaoke session where everyone would proudly perform their talents in singing, except me of course!
The last day was spent in Pasar Baru (New Market), which is famous as the shopping paradise in Bandung. I didn't buy a lot of stuffs though, since I'm not a good bidder, hahaha.... Tuesday afternoon, we took off back to Surabaya and arrived Wednesday morning. Well, it wasn't the perfect holiday, but at least it can refresh my tired mind from ordinary work. So, where will we go for the next holiday? Singapore maybe? Hmmm......
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