Singapore museums

Dang!! I missed all the museums on my last trip to Singapore early this year. Can't blame tho...we have such tight schedule that leave us nothing but happy memories and swollen feet.
So....I am really happy to find out that my office's next vacation will be in *drum roll* SINGAPORE!!
It happen that I also missed Universal Studios Singapore, not enough time because we arrived (evening) and leave (afternoon) at such unlucky hour. But looks like I will going to USS after all, its included in a-must-do itinerary when you visit SG. Especially when your visiting with your colleague kekeke....
USS aside, the museums are also fun places to explored. There are some notable museums in Singapore and had a good reputation also. Can't wait!!

Long (?) weekend

Wohooo....Wednesday almost end and Thursday is right in the horizon. There's nothing make us *the government little minions* happier than a day off. Yay!! No office tomorrow!! It would've been perfect if Friday poses as red colored date too *dreamy*. But no...we still have those morning meeting that day *sigh*.
My friends already take a step further to celebrate this long (?) weekend. They either take a day leave or half-day leave for Friday *jealous*.
Our office clock now pointing at 5 pm, rather 'regular' time for me to go home. I am desperately want to start the holiday vibe as early as possible, seems like a moot thing to do now since its heavy rain downpours outside. Yay...another Bogor regular rains...which reminds me of this photo my friend shared before.

There's this 'common logic' applied here..."if Bogor having a massive rain, you bet Jakarta will be attack by water". Bogor always take the blame as the source of Jakarta's own flood. Lets face it...Bogor has a good record with rain, they didn't named it Rain City for nothing. As nature speak, water will likely run from higher places to lower one before ended in the sea. Don't blame us if Jakarta didn't have decent sewer systems -___-"
Anyway.............why did I ramble on rain when the important one is HOLIDAY!! Lets take a vacation people!!

24 hours experience

Oh dear...the Singapore trip...is it only last week? Quite an adventure I must say.

Last week I had a 'flashpack' trip to the Lion City. Its a flash-not-backpack trip I've done with my friends. The three of us (me, Dyah and Ttin) went to Singapore in different schedule, me and Titin went for 2 days instead of 3 days like Dyah's.

This post tittle was refer to how long are our flashpack trip. Technically, you can say it more than 24 hours...but just make it simple...lets just called it that way lol.

This was the first abroad trip for both Titin and Dyah, so it definitely a exiting experience for them.

p.s. Seems like I didn't hit the "publish" button before lol. We did this travel at January 17-18th, early this year.

MTR

Hong kong's MTR were simply superb. I really find the public transportation are fascinating. It's easy and reliable transportation mode. Wondering when this kind of transportation worked at Jakarta.
You can use your octopus card to hop in a MTR. You can also use your card to pay other that mtr and shop too...as long as it used in HK only.

First Trip

11th May 2013.

Sawadee ka...


I often intend to write down about my trip with Hilda before. Finally, this time has arrived :)
That was my first abroad trip. And we're heading to Bangkok!! It was only two of us, on our very first abroad trip...me and Hilda. Especially for Hilda, that were also her very first time on plane.

We've planned this trip from early of 2013. Because we didn't use any travel tour, we planned everything alone before or an the spot. Everything...start from the plane and all the itinerary. The joy of this kind of travel is they are flexible....we could easily change our mind about our plan :)

Our plane landed at Don Mueang Int'l Airport of Bangkok in the morning. We have to take taxi to Bangkok downtown, about half an hour ride from airport. The thing about Bangkok's taxi is...they will charged you too much if you don't make yourself clear about the destination. For that trip from airport to downtown Bangkok, we have to pay 400 THB, those exclude 40 THB for airport taxi fees in advance. From what I've read before, it only cost about 250 - 350 THB from Don Mueang Airport.

Bangkok's taxi driver seems don't have a lot differences with Indonesian taxi driver. They were gladly take extra income from foreigner, by charged too much...or pretend to not know what are we're talking about. Well...we've learn those misfortune :)

From what I saw, city landscape of Bangkok  didn't have a lot of differences with Jakarta. Things I could say is Bangkok has a better public transportation.

I'll share another story later ^^

Sawarna Beach

This is the picture of Sawarna Beach. It was taken on last year, at November 2012. We (me, Mbak Nisa, Jamie and Ida) went there to explore this new found beach (for us…at least….).

The beach located on Lebak Regency, at the south part of Banten Province. not many Indonesian people know about this beach, but actually…it widely known abroad. Tourist from abroad came here because of its beach, especially for the tide. Surfing was the best activity there. Nobody allowed to goes swimming, because its strong waves.

The beach actually part of the traditional village at that location, Sawarna Village (or Desa Sawarna in Indonesian). That where the beach name came from. This village is quite remote, its located about 170 km from Jakarta or 42 km from Palabuhan Ratu (the nearest small city in West Java). The journey we took to this village is quite challenging, the road condition is not equally in well condition. Despite of all the road challenge, the scenery along the way is amazing!!

When we arrived at Sawarna, we have to cross the bridge to reach the village. Yep….the village is separated by river. The bridge is a traditional, made from wire and wood planks. Indonesian people called it “jembatan gantung”, i haven’t find the exact translation in english. In dictionary, it called suspension bridge, but…i think its too sophisticated to describe the bridge at Sawarna

From our experience…Sawarna is a must visited spot in Indonesia. The beach is quite clean, the scenery is WOW…and the hospitality of the village people….amazing!!

Tips:
You can plan your vacation to Sawarna easily. You can choose the transportation mode, up to you. The room to rent is available in all area in the village. The price is set around 130-150 thousand rupiah, for a person (incl meal for 3 times). The best part is, you can search it online…. But, the booking process done in a little bit traditional way, you have to call the manager first to get a booking. No worry, if you want to see the room first, you can always directly pick the most suitable for you. There’s a lot of option at Sawarna Village.