4D4N Jakarta/Bandung trip Itinerary: Thu night: arrive at jkt late at night, to accomodate your usual working schedule in the day. no dinner will be provided, except the in-flight meal. supper, however, can be requested. consists of macaroni and lil sausage smokies. in-flight entertainment is provided on the SQ flight. many choices of movies, but wallace & gromit and must love dogs is recommended. earphones are not provided though, so you'd better be able to read the tiny chinese subtitles on the tiny private screen. upon arrival at accomodation, hot water bath will be available. Fri: more lil smokies for breakfast. when the transport is available, we shall head to megamal. timing will be off peak hours, so you will not be stuck in a traffic jam. upon arrival at megamal, you are free to explore the shopping area, though the things are rather poorly made and ugly. at matahari, fila shirts are quite pretty, and priced reasonably. my suggestion? get 2, provided it has your size. blue star on the ground floor has plenty of nice clothes too, but is a tad expensive if you don't buy more. there is promotion if you buy 2. nice three-quats, and some nice tops. lunch will be at mutiara restaurant. recommended menu: sapo tahu seafood, kodok goreng mentega, fumak, juice apulkat. after shopping at megamal, head to ratu plaza for an ocean of 3.1459-rated dvds. well, provided they haven't just been raided and buried under plastic sheets. discs are priced at 7000 each. quality will be compromised, and you are expected to have to breathe in plenty of low end cigarette smoke. after ratu plaza, dinner will be at ah yat seafood. the food is nice, high end stuff, but still cheaper than sgp food. you are encouraged to eat your portion of everything ordered, unless you are feeling sick and are at risk of throwing up everything you swallowed, including the 60,000 bamboo oyster. Sat: Bandung trip, one day tour. due to set off at 8am for a 2 hour drive to bandung. however, we need to accomodate for lateness, so you might be made to wait until 10.45 before you can begin the drive to bandung. there will hardly be any traffic jam, because of the new highway. you can arrive in 2 hours, but if you want to eat at sapu lidi, expect to spend more time going there. the air will be much fresher, but the food will not be exceptionally special, though it will still taste good. the house recommends the fresh strawberry juice, but not us. it is expensive, and the portion is miserly. hot tea may seem desirable after the meal, but it comes in a package, togtether with an insect in it, complete with wings. after lunch, expect to spend some time wandering in kampung daun, which isn't fantastic but interesting enough. finally, the shopping spree will begin. first stop is rumah mode, which has a huge collection of clothes as well as crowd. 5 pcs are allowed in the fitting room, but the queue will be extremely long. second stop is blossom, which has nothing nice to offer, so we can skip that. third stop is jetset, where you can buy nice jeans. the fitting room sucks though, because it's facing the open at it's only curtains. if you have to misfortune of being near run-amok kids, you might be attacked while you're changing. fourth stop is episode, which is highly recommended. the place is not too crowded, since it is quite new. the things are cheaper than the other stores, and there are fitting rooms at different corners of the store. you are only allowed 2 pcs, but no one will be watching so you can even bring the whole bag in. make sure you have enough time to spend at the GAP section, and enough money to pay! fifth and final stop in grande, which has brands like esprit, burberry and fcuk. the clothes are not so nice, with a smaller variety. the price is very cheap though, and the fitting room is well organized. dinner is next, at sierra cafe and lounge. the air is great, but there is no view (it's at the mmiddle of a hill) and the food is only mediocre. omelette would be a safe choice. be careful not to turn the wrong way on your way out. the drive to the highway while you're still at bandung will be tricky and potentially jammed. once you're on the highway, it's a smooth ride. too smooth, actually, so you could get very sleepy. it would be nice if people around you tried to help keep you awake. Sun: breakfast consists of expensive lovely delicious cheese sausages. enjoy. shopping will be at taman anggrek where you can buy plenty of undergarments, cheap. lunch at sapo oriental is recommended, but you are advised to request to be seated safe in the non-smoking section. strawberry juice here is recommended. it tastes great and is much cheaper than at sapu lidi. don't bother ordering nasi goreng nanas and sapo sapi ala hong kong. you are encouraged to concentrate on sapo tahu seafood, udang bola mayonnaise and nasi goreng kampung. it is expected you will be tired by now, so after getting kueh lapis, if you want, you will be sent back home for a rest. dinner is planned at basara, so you can mampir ratu plaza to exchange any faulty dvds you had bought. however, something might crop up such that you can't dinner at basara, so paregu is another option. enjoy the buffet yakiniku. Mon: no transport is available today, so you will have to walk to the nearby citraland. lunch will be at kfc, which is quite cheap considering the set meal (drink, rice, 2 pc chicken) is only 19,000. it tastes good too. have a walk around the mall and have tea break at bakmi gang kelinci. the juice apulkat there is great and in a generous portion, though you must remember to ask them to separate the gula, otherwise it is too sweet. you'd be really tired now, so prepare to head home. don't forget you need to walk back. you have some time for packing, and then catch your flight back! posted by Yee 12:09 PM . . .
