Bandung, Java
Trip Start
Feb 29, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 29, 2008
Bandung,
Indonesia
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Huoneet ei ollu paljon paremmat mut lansimaalaiset vessat ainakin loyty ja hotelli itessaan oli paremmassa kunnossa. Huone fanilla makso 80 000rupiaa ja siihen kuulu toasti-aamiainen. Ekan yon jalkeen tosin saatiin tarpeeks kun vessa ei toiminu kunnolla ja sanky oli aika hirvee myos. Ma olin jo aika taynna koko mustalaiselamaa ja ehdotin et hemmoteltais vahan itteemme ja mentais hienoon hotelliin mut loppujen lopuks vaihdettiin huonetta parempaan Moritzissa, tai no sellaseen missa vessa toimi ja sangyt ja fan oli hyvat. ;)
Bandung ei kylla ollu matkan huippupaikkoja, likaset kadut ja kuolleen nakosia kerjalaisia makoilemassa roskapinojen paalla, hengailtiin siis suurin osa ajasta netissa tai kauppakeskuksessa siin lahella.
Us on the top of Perantu, Bandung
Niin ja nolona totean et kaytiin aika monta kertaa pikaruokaloissa syomassa, mika tuntuu siis reppureissaajan synnilta. hah...Vikana kokonaisena paivana Bandungissa haluttiin menna Tangkuhan Peranu tulivuorelle paivaretkelle. Ja omin pain, huimat hinnat retkille joka paikassa ja niihin kuulu usein tee plantaasit yms. mita oltiin jo nahty tarpeeks.
Asema oli meian lahella joten otettiin sielta bemo ja kuski osas jattaa turistit, eli meiat, sinne tulivuoren kohdalle. Noh, meian piti ostaa ensin liput sinne mitka makso 35 000rp/hlo. Ja luoja niita paikallisia jotka oli meian kimpussa kyytiensa kanssa. Sinne ylhaalle oli siis 5-7kilsaa matkaa mut me ei jaksettu niita huijaavia kuskeja ja vaikka yritettiin tinkia ei saatu ees kohtalaisen halpaa summaa sovittua ja paatettiin menna eteenpain ja odottaa jotain turistibussia mika on menossa ylos. Sellasta ei tietty heti tullu ja sit me lahettiin kavelee ylospain, on sita ennenkin kavelty! Ja n. parin kilsan jalkeen saavuttiin ekan toimivan kraaterin lippuluukulle mista otettiin suht edullinen kyyti ylos asti ei-aktiivin kraaterin luo. Se oli ihan taynna paikallisia, ja kojuja ja myyjia. Kraateri itessaan oli hieno ja maisemat myos. Kaveltiin puolet sen kraaterin ymparysmitasta niin et nahtiin toinen kraateri sen takana. Hieno! Sit syotiin viela nasi gorengit ja lahettiin kattomaan miten paastaan alas takas. Kavellen mentiin, ja matkalla paikallinen perhe halus meista kuvia niitten lasten kanssa..hehe. Tuttu juttu jo. Ja loppujen lopuks alamaki menee aina sutjakammin kun ylamaki.
Stalls
Alhaalla piti viel odottaa bemokyytia jonkun aikaa mut kaiken kaikkiaan saastettiin paljon pelkastaan silla et lahettiin omin nokkinemme sinne. Varattiin meian hotellilta minibussi kohti Bogoria seuraavalle aamulle. Ja oltiin ilosia et paastais taas pikku (pienempaan) kaupunkiin.
Nora
English:
It was time to leave our fave place in Java, Pangandaran, and head to Bandung on 23rd. We had a shuttlebus from Pangandaran to Bandung coz we were quite fed up with local buses. ;) The cost was 80 000rp per person from Lotus agency. (Nice people there) Trip to Bandung took about 6hrs and it was actually quite exhausting too. In Bandung it still kept taking the packages and ricebags to places first before finally leaving us to the railway station. Lonely Planet recommended this area for a cheapie accommodation and we checked the nearest first. It was just next to the station, cant recall the name though, but the whole area was such a ghetto and the building didnt look too convincing either. Rooms were very basic but they only had squat toilets and Raffi said definite 'no'. I wasnt too excited either. We continued our search and a local guy took us to Moritz around tfew blocks from there which was better. Rooms were basic but still bearable. And they had Westerm toilets too. Room with fan cost 80 000rp and toast breakfast was included. After the first night though I was rather on the edge coz the toile wasnt working well, bed was awful, room was claustrophobically small. Gypsylife was getting to my nerves but we ended up changing the room and it helped the acceptance a lot.
Smnall path around the crater
Bandung is really not our fave locations in Indonesia. Dirty streets (at least in our neighborhood.. ), lot of beggers and dead looking homeless lying on piles of rubbish. We kept hanging at the mall and in the internet cafes for that reason. There wasn't even much to see, few mosques and squares we saw. And I must confess our sin, we ate few times (!!) in fast food chains.
In the last whole day in Bandung we took a bemo to the nearby volcano Tangkuhan Peranu. The prices of trips there were enormous and included teap plantations etc, but we didnt want to pay for anything else than the volcano as we've already seen lot. The station was nearby so it was easy enough to catch a bemo there and the driver left us in the bottom of the volcano. The ticket to volcano cost 35 000rp and it was about 5-7kms up there. The locals were already haunting us with their ridiculous prices for a ride up. We couldnt agree on a price (they were asking more for 5km drive up than our 1,5hour bemo drive from the town!) and we just started walking, it's not the first time we use our legs you know. That's what we're often wondering, how few people actually walk small distances in many places! After, I dont know, 1-2kms upwards we were on the ticket counter for the active volcano but took a drive from there up to a non-active volcano persuaded by locals. It was crowded up and lots of vendors too. The crater was wonderful and so was the scenery. We walked halfway of the surrounding of the crater to see on the other side where there is another one. There were trees already growing in the shallow water of the other crater and it looked beautiful. We had nasi goreng and then started to recline and see how we get all the way back to the main road. On the way a family wanted to have pics of us with their children. hah, cute. The road down was easy and we walked the whole way. At the main road we had to wait for a bemo for a while but it was worth it, saving so much in the end.
Then at Moritz we booked a shuttlebus to Bogor for the next morning.
Nora
