Memories of Indonesia....
Last November, my family and I all went to a 7 day trip to Indonesia. We went to Jakarta and Bandung. I personally think the shopping there are the BEST! maybe I've not travelled enough yet to make that my shopping heaven, but here are some photos I took. I didn't upload ALL my photos, as that we take AGES!!! so, enjoy some of them that i've uploaded.
*Jakarta airport*
*Welcome to JAKARTA!!!*
*Our hotel for 2 nights, Novotel*
*Megan exhausted from the flight*
*our hotel room*
*Ye ye enjoying dinner*
*a view of the roads at night*
*The road never seems to be empty*
*A stall selling palm seeds, or as well call it "atap chee"*
*The 2 lovers making the moment last*
*Novotel Hotel and Mangga Dua Square*
*Beautiful reflection from the water*
*Mum, dad, Uncle Lek and mama @ a chinatown looking food alley*
*FX MALL @ jakarta*
*this is one of their main attractions. The ATMOSFEAR slide. It's 7 storey high, and for every i forgot how much u spend, u get a free ticket to go on the ATMOSFEAR slide! if not, it's about RM25 per person*
*See how swirly it goes up???*
*one of the floors is transparent, where u can see the slide. Alvina and Megan posing for the camera*
*1001 most fearless people... it's talking bout the ATMOSFEAR ride. make it 1002 now!*
*Sunrise in Jakarta*
*Sunset in Jakarta*
*Cute lil bunnies for sell by the road. I wonder what they do with them.... hhhmmm...*
*As we approached one of the mountain top in Bandung, we saw these street vendors running up to tourist buses*
*our transport up the mountain*
*see how persistent the vendors are?! they even followed us on the small coach.... BY HOLDING ONTO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE!!!!*
*uurmm... i forgot what this place is called again. It's on top of the mountain we were at... Oh, see the puddle of mucky water? that's the natural hot spring. But since it produces too much ammonia, the air is said to be toxic... -_-"*
*But we survived....*
*it's really not that bad, just that it stinks...*
*Lots and lots of vendors!!! more than tourists actually*
*our groupie*
*a hot spring nearby. All of us are having fun dipping our feet into the hot, relaxing water*
*Me, Mitchell and Ryan*
*Megan enjoying herself in the water*
*an unusual sight, a peacock in a shopping mall*
*In Bandung, I saw a lot of kids by the road begging for money. This is one of them. It's really sad actually. You see a bunch of kids all running to cars when the lights turn red*
*A kid running away from the traffic*
*even in the rain, they persist on begging for money...i guess that poverty will never end...*
*a stall selling fresh juice...*
*Megan concentrating hard on putting together a toy she got*
*the lot having last minute supper before heading back to our accomodation*
*Fresh tomatoes for sell early in the morning*
*Aunty Angeline picking some tomatoes* 
*THE way to weigh things...old school.. Lol..*
*cute lil kittens for sell*
*Not to mention snakes and lizards*
*and more snakes...and lizards....*
*I couldn't resist those cute kitties*
*we stumbled upon something unusual.... I think it's a sloth... or something like that.. aren't they endangered or something??? o.O*
*Mitchell and Alvina having a go at petting it*
*then the others come to have a go at it*
*A group photo of our family and the owners of the house we rented, Hendra and Ling*
*well, the last meal i ate before heading back to kuching.... GERMAN SAUSAGE!!!!! That is one HUGE sausage!!! yuummm~~~ lol.. *Overall, I think Indonesia is a great place!!! Despite the air pollution, many pit pockets, and beggars, I think everyone should go and have a look. Jakarta is really something. A lot of ppl keep thinking oh...Indonesia is dirty...dangerous..bla bla bla... Nowhere is safe! tat's a fact. As long u travel in a group, you'll be fine. I JUST LOVEEEE shopping in Jakarta. THEY ARE HUGE!!! they are seriously a lot of shopping malls there, but i only went to 2. LOVE IT!!! Bandung on the other hand is very very nice!!! i love the weather. Although there are still a bit of air pollution, but i just love the cool weather up there. I love the shopping there too! soo cheap!!! They have weird weird Tshirts which I LOVEEEEE... haha... the food there is very nice also!!! But i hardly tried roadside food, cuz they advice u not too. To my conclusion, YES i will go back to Jakarta and Bandung again!!! Do go there if u see cheap tickets!!! lol.
