It was supposed to be a family trip. This is the second time we plan a trip to Jakarta. The first trip was canceled because of the frequent earthquake activities in Indonesia at that time. So we don't want our money go wasted second time. After all, Indonesian government did promise the safety of all Malaysian in Indonesia.
So, here goes our journey.
1st day. We arrived late. Check in at Hotel Ibis Mangga Dua around 12am. Straight to bed.
2nd day. Woke up at 7am. Had a buffet breakfast at the hotel (ridiculously expensive!). Took a taxi to Cathedral Church. My aunt want to join the mass, so we stay until the mass finished. Continue our journey to the Mangga Dua Mall. Good for wholesale shopping. "Grosir" means wholesale in Indonesian language (err.. is it?). Took me 4 days to realise that. All the while when people telling me "ini harga grosir", i thought it's a grocery price ??????
Breakfast at hotel.
Cathedral Church
Heavenly light.
Devotees.
Took a bajaj to Mangga Dua Mall after finished mass. This is where my camera almost got snatched by 2 guys on a motorcycle. My first encounter with snatch thief. First, the motorcycle drove close to our moving bajaj. Then, the guy riding on the back pull his hand out and try to grab the camera strap which i hang to my shoulder. But instead of grabbing the strap he actually grabing my b**b. At first i thought "what a pervert", then the driver warn me to always put all our stuff away from the bajaj's door. Then i realise that it was actualy an attempted robbery.
Mangga Dua Mall
3rd day. Woke up early as usual. This time we had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts (5 minutes walkingdistance from our hotel and open from 6am!). Way cheaper than having buffet breakfast at the hotel. It's not like that i can eat the whole selection of food there. And i am very particular of what i put inside my stomach. After finished breakfast we took a taxi to Ancol. To be more specific, we went to Gelanggang Samudera and Seaworld. Seaworld is just ok. The only thing that interesting in Seaworld that took my attention is seeing the humble dugong.
I'm in!
Giant Freshwater Whipray aka Pari Mas
Sharks!
Aquarium Tunnel.
Snap, snap.
Spotted mating turtles.
Dugong aka Sea Cow
Close up.
Seaworld's entrance.
I enjoy the most when we were in Gelanggang Samudera. There were dolphins who danced to the Mambo No. 5 song, sea lions who good at math, white whales, honey bear, super cute otters, hippopotamus and colourful parrots.
Sea lion waving say 'hi'
My favorite part of the show. Dolphins surfing (or twist dance?)
Yay!
White whales
He/she spit on us!
Show off
Hippo
Otter
Honey bear
Aztec pyramid in Jakarta!
Genie in the bottle
Candid shot of my aunty.
Next stop was the Pasar Seni. All the paintings were very nice and affordable. I was going to buy one for myself but i'm too lazy to bring a big size painting all the way to Malaysia. Maybe one day i will buy one from this art market when i have my own butler.
Shady walkway in Art Market. I could sit and sleep here whole day. Very comfortable.
Attack of the mutant ants.
She gave me the look of "mind your own business"
Poem written on the rock.
4th day. 31st August 2010. It's Malaysia's independence day. Afraid to go out. We made the right decision because when we watch news at night turn out that there were several demonstrations held in the city center that day. We just went to the nearest shopping mall. I buy lots of DVDs. It cost around RM 1.80 per piece. Mad cheap right?
Candid shot of my aunty.
Next stop was the Pasar Seni. All the paintings were very nice and affordable. I was going to buy one for myself but i'm too lazy to bring a big size painting all the way to Malaysia. Maybe one day i will buy one from this art market when i have my own butler.
Shady walkway in Art Market. I could sit and sleep here whole day. Very comfortable.
Attack of the mutant ants.
She gave me the look of "mind your own business"
Poem written on the rock.
4th day. 31st August 2010. It's Malaysia's independence day. Afraid to go out. We made the right decision because when we watch news at night turn out that there were several demonstrations held in the city center that day. We just went to the nearest shopping mall. I buy lots of DVDs. It cost around RM 1.80 per piece. Mad cheap right?
View from our hotel room.
I bought kuih from the warung outside the hotel. And they give me green chilis to eat with the kuih. ???
5th day. Thought of visiting Fatahillah Museum and the Old Batavia town but canceled due to laziness attack. Besides my mother prefer shopping than a musem visit. So there we go again, doing our last minutes shopping.
6th day. Again, we did our very very last minutes shopping. Then we took a van to the airport. It has to be a van instead of taxi this time because of our extra 50kg luggages. We stay for few hours at the airport and eventually fly back to Kota Kinabalu at 5.00pm.
Lunch at the airport
Waiting for our flight.
One thing i learn from this journey is never ever say that your are through with shopping before you reach the airport. Because things that you can find in the airport enough to make you drool. Plus once you inside the boarding area, everything is duty free. By the way, i did my real last minutes shopping in the airport. I have bought Miss Dior Cherie Blooming Bouquet perfume which i have been looking for quite long time.
