21 Years of Summer: 2008

Yes, you might have guessed it. I'm blogging at the airport yet again. I realized that it's been quite a while since i last posted. I still owe my posts on Macau / Hong Kong trip as well as my trekking trip entries. But it's not entirely my fault i haven't blogged about those. I haven't got all the photos for those trip, see, so not my fault right? haha.

So, first time flying off for Changi Airport T3. it's pretty "atas". All the shops are branded, you know, Gucci, Coach, and other "atas" brands I've never even heard before. Me, who's only a lowly fresh grad. Our flights at 1.10am and we'll arrive at Copenhagen at 7.50am. Hopefully Jimmy manages to find us with no problem. And then, we'll embark on our Scandinavian adventure. How exciting. Of course, the flight on SQ itself has already gotten me excited. haha. SQ's like the best airlines ever! haha. Ok, i hope all goes well for this trip.

Cheers,
gina

Palembang 20-23 Dec

Essentially, this is the only attraction found in Palembang. It is the bridge that connects the land masses across the Musi river. It used to be a vertical lift bridge, which means that the centre portion can move upwards in order to let vessels through. However, the "lift" function of this bridge has been decommissioned since I-don't-know when.

This is the lighted-up view of the bridge after sunset.

We went to see some lantern displays on our first night. However, the displays were rather disappointing.

Our second night, we went to watch a circus. I think its a circus troupe which tours around parts of Indonesia. My favourite item is the one with tigers. Tiger are just like domestic cats except larger and fiercer. Their almost as cute though. haha. I think it's rather cruel to have animals is such circuses but I guess the animals are the ones that attract audiences to watch the circus.

This is the view of Musi river from inside the Pertamina complex, if I'm not wrong. The environment around here is quite and pretty peaceful but we didn't stay there too long.

Me looking out to the river. The settlements along the river are pretty messy, run-down and unsanitary. For most of these pple, the river probably provides their main source of livelihood.

The aerial view of the famous bridge, taken from the plane on my way to Jakarta. This was my first time flying alone in Indonesia. Well, I survived.

Cisarua 23-25 Dec

Family photo with my Mom's family.

One of the mountains visible from our villa. I can't remember the name. In fact, if I'm not wrong, there are 2 mountains there, but the fog's making it difficult to see in this photo.

My cousin playing basketball. And the complex the villa where we stayed.

The other mountain visible from our villa.

The villa we stayed in. It was 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and the kitchen on the lower floor and 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a balcony on the upper floor.

A padi field we saw when we took a walk around our villa complex.

Bandung 27-30 Dec

This is the view of Bandung from the villa we stayed in the first night. The first villa we stayed in was nicer than the villa we stayed in for the next 2 nights. It had a cosier feeling.

This is the villa we stayed in that first night. It may look small from the outside but it was huge. There was enough mattresses for the whole family. I think there were 27 of us.

This is the view from The Valley, the restaurant we had our dinner on the 2nd night, I think. The restaurant, and the whole place actually, was pretty atas, um, quite literally. haha. It's near the top of a hill. Bandung generally is quite hilly and weather there gets pretty cold.

My aunty trying to stand on stilts. Papa insists that he used to be able to stand, walk and fight on such stilts. But he didn't manage to prove himself. It was quite funny though, and I got a video of him attempting to stand on the stilts.