Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

2.8.08

TRIP review #part 1

I knew that it's been a decade long I didn't update my blog. And the only reason is simply because when you have so much things to share, you wont know where should you start. It's weird huh? But here I am now, trying hard to set the starting point.

Day 1: Pantai Pangandaran (Pangandaran Beach)
A rush in the dawn.
July 7, 4.30 am, I was awake after only few hours of sleep. And obviously my insomnia is caused by the trip which would begins in the next few hours. I'm a kind of person who couldn't sleep when I got too excited, and surprisingly, I would be more easy to fall a sleep when I'm stress. See how fancy is that! We were decided to left house at 6am, and my dad was promised to wake us on 5 am. But I couldn't wait until he knocked the door, on the lights and call our name one by one. I just can't wait! The whole family, including my 'kakak' were still dreaming I think. cz i hear no sound at all.

Finally, after some times, I heard someone doing something and made a noise, and I guesed it was my 'kakak' start doing her daily works. So, I get down from the bed, go to the bathroom, get changed, and eat breakfast. Still, nobody awaked. It was 5 something when dad and mom woke up. Almost 6 am, but the driver not shown up, and we were worried. We got enough experienced wherby our plan being canceled because of irresponsible driver. Thus, dad started making phone calling to find what's going on with the driver. And guess what? He said that he was still on the way from outstation with another client, but he promised that he will only be late for 30 minutes. Can you believe that? We were going to go to a place which needs at least 5 hours to reach, but the driver was not on time and obviously he wasn't went to bed the night before! That was too dangerous. My mom told dad to delay the trip untill tomorow morning. I was dissapointed, all us were dissapointed. But then, the driver did showed up 40 minutes later, and so, we left on 7am.

We arrived there!
Finally, after 5 hours of stucked in the car plus 1 hour of lunch, we arrived at the Pangandaran Beach.It's feel very great the moment you started seeing all coconut trees, then the sands, and finally the beach. It gaves you a feeling of relieves, and you would suddenly forgot all the tiredness of seating inside the car for so long hours. After making survey from hotel to another hotel, we prefer to stay in the same hotel that we used to staye last time. The reason is simply because it is located right infront of the beach, so every room has a perfect sea view. After check-in, we were decided to take a rest before play in the beach, because the sun was hot (as it was 2pm) and most of us had a same of feeling: we felt that we were still in the car, and all the things around us were moving around!


4pm, the sun almost goes down, me, my sisters and Mr.lim + dad went to the beach to enjoy the sunset. It was quite windy, the sky was a combination of blue, orange, yellow and red, it just so perfect. Few groups of villagers and the fisherman were teamed up begin to pull the large fishing net, we stood by the seashore and watch them doing it. Each time the wave meets the sands, I could feel the water on my foot, and then my feet, I just let it soak in the sand. When it was almost 5pm, the villagers and the fisheman started pulling the large fishing net (trawl net), and then most of the tourist inclusing us, started stood around them, feeling curious to see the fishes. After pulling it sometime, finally they done with it, and we could see the fishes! Most of them were small, like ikan bilis, only few were big and got few crab and even sea horses.





* I kissed the sunlight...yeah!



* me and Mr.Lim

*they are pulling the LARGE fishing net

* Fishes....can you see them?



* this is my favourite,nvr thought will get this outcome while capturing. no edit (except the frame).




Day 2: Pantai Pangandaran (Pangandaran Beach)

Yesterday bacause we arrived quite late, so we couldn't enjoy the all the beach activities. So, today, in the second day, we planned to play from morning till nite. There were plenty of beach activities, such as diving, banana boat, and even surving. But unfortunately after the tsunami hit the area on 17 july 2006, an extensive damage was caused, hundreds of people were reported to be dead or missing and thus those activities were banned to prevent and protect the people. So, after the tsunami, only few activities remain.

Bicyle. To begin the day, I choosed to rent bicyle first. Because I didn't know how to ride a bicyle, so I choosed the bicyle which has 2 seats, and I called it "2-become-1-bicyle", so I can shared with others who knew how to ride it. It's not easy actualy, because you have to work co-orperately with your partner to achieve balance. And so, Mr.Lim could not do that, cz it was his first time riding that kind of bicyle, he was not used to it and he gave up. So, my dad replace him. And because we tried that before, so, it was very easy for us. One thing I like about Pangandaran Beach, is that the people are very friendly and kind. The owner of the bicyle rental allow us to choose which one we wanted to ride, then we can try them one by one, and seeing how hard we tried to ride it, he said that "you can just try to ride around the village, and if really cannot, just return to me and you don't need to pay"...see what i mean? So at last, we returned it and paid nothing.




* wat I called '2 become 1' bicyle. My leg looks cacat =(

* dad n mom...riding through the past..


Motorbike. Failed to play with the bicyle, we decided to play with the motorbike. The rental fee is RP 50.000 (+-RM 18)for one hour. But it was actually higher than normal day, cz it was high season, but we didnt wan to miss the fun.Riding along the seashore made me feels realy good, but its quite challenging as so many ppl there, and I had to make sure that I didn't "langgar" anybody. Basically its like driving an auto car.The motorbike that we rent is the medium size, so the capacity is 2 adult only.Feeling bored driving along the seashore, we drove it out and drove around the village.

* he drove most of the time, cz we prefer being the passanger..lol



* my mom is so phunky and she wanna enjoy the fun!



Horse. Besides droving the motorbike, we chosed horse riding before lunch. I forgot how much it cost, but if its not mistaken the rental fee is RP 15.000 (+-RM 6.50). Actually it was also very fun riding the horse along the seashore with the guidance of the owner but I didnt ride cz I thought it was too hot (almost 12pm) as for Mr.Lim he did not want to do so because he said the horse is very pity if he did so(?????!!!!!)....

*My youngest sister was scared...

*see how phunky my mom is???lol



* at the back ther is the hotel wher we stayed. SURYA KENCANA HOTEL.



* Never showed her picture before. Fika, my eldest sister.

* SHADOW. Which one is mine????

* me and dad...
* me and younger sis, Ita.
*I wont called a trip to beach is completed without a tatto...
To be continued.....(Day 3-5 in Central Java-Candi Borobudur,Candi Prambanan & Yogyakarta)

1.5.08

A place called Bagan Lalang...

30April 2008 23.30
Mr.Lim: "Let's go to Subang Aiport!"
Me: "Now??(rolling my eyes, feeling damn tired after working) What for?"
Mr.Lim: "See aeroplane a and welcome our big day!"
Me: "(still confused) Wookay,,,but u know how to go?"
Mr.Lim: "NO!just follow the signboard lah! got the aeroplane symbol ma!"
Me: "Why don't you bring me to a beach rather than an airport?"
Mr.Lim: "But i dunno the nearest beach"
Me: "BAGAN LALANG" (answer in less than 2 seconds)
Mr.Lim: "hmm...not bad...you know how to go?"
Me: "Agak-agak. But let's go this morning. Not now...how about 5am?"
Mr.Lim: "Oklah...we sleep awhile then we go to see the sunrise"
So, that's the whole beginning on how we started our short trip to a place called Bagan Lalang...

Today is Labour day! that means a h-o-l-i-d-ay...but aside from that, 1st of May bring another meaning for me and Mr.Lim...Last year today, i promised him to be his partner and we became a couple....hehe...Happy 1 Year anniversary to us!


1 May 2008
4.30am we woke up and prepared for the short trip...my eyes still halfly closed and 70%
awake

5.00am stopped by at Shell to fill the tank and intend to buy some hot drinks. but the pity
711's hot drinks machine rosak.
5.10am bought Mcd's coffee and tea
5.13am on the way to the destination-Bagan Lalang(following the map that we downloaded
from website)

5.17am driving at the KLIA toll
5.40am reached at KLIA but we dunno wat to do ther coz of the stupid map
5.46am try to find where F1 located. (cz according to the map it's somewhere near F1)
5.55am found F1 location but still failed to find the destination
6.00am driving with no direction. Mr.Lim decided to follow the "Sepang" signboard
6.09am the sky is still dark and no light on the road, and the road which is no longer an high
way is getting smaller and smaller.

6.15am I started sweating and scared. Mr.Lim kept quiet. No car behind or infront us. it's just
us!
6.20am both of us decided to turn back. Mr.Lim told me that he saw a bus stop and it
reminded
him to the scary scene in the film "Congkak", so he decide to turn back
6.30am reached at LCCT (as i requested) and ask a policemen for direction
6.35am driving to the destination following the direction given by the policeman
6.40am found all the clue that he gave us and continue driving
6.50am stopped by and ask to ensure the direction again
6.55am driving in a "kampung road" that seems so long and no ending
7.00am stopped by at a mamak and found out that we are in the wrong road. and bad news
is that we have to go back to the "town".

7.05am driving in the "sepang town" and try to find all the clue given to reach the place
7.12am driving in the kampung road again and start excited seeing some coconut tree
7.17am finally see the "Welcome to Bagan Lalang Beach" sign board. Happiness! we park the
car and welcomed by the fresh air...

7.20am start playing in the sands...



#first picture of the day.


#Mr.Lim in action! He grabbed a small stone and start writing sumthin in the sand.


#camwhoring while he get busy and ignore me...


#a walk to remember...



#finally he finished...


#somebody is proud of his creation...

#Derr luv Fin...????!!!!!???!!!!


#our twins shirt of the day...Ernie and Elmo

#my turn to write..f1n2.blogspot.com

#Mr.Lim couldn't stop to play with the sands..cz he admit that he nvr did this before...

#I was sweating and sticky after playing around and it's time to go home!! became moody thinking that had to go home and work(NZN, morning shift)!


No regret of woke up so early in the morning and going to the beach...although it was not as nice as the sunset's view(as my sis told me) but i feet great and satisfied to reach there at last, after being lost for almost 1 hour..Thanks for my boy Mr.Lim for insisting going ther to celebrate our 1 year anniversary even though i was give up in the middle of the journey and we could not see the sunrise, but i'm happy! and thanks for sacriface your sleep and driving in a sleepy mode for almost 3 hours!(we can reach ipoh already man!)hahah....I heart you a lots!!!!
8.13am left Bagan Lalang
8.30am on the way back to Subang and i fell a sleep
9.10am he woke me up and we reached Ridzuan condo...(so,actually it just takes 1 hour to
reachthe beach! imagine how much times we waste for being lost!)


Special Thanks to: LCCT Policeman (we dunno what to do without you!)
Sepang's Shell's boss and crew
Mamak's pak cik and mak cik

 
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