Holiday on Java Island

An early start to the day for a week long holiday. We set off at 5am in

what would be a whole day journey to reach our destination.

In the era of online booking and cheap fares, what was initially a well-planned iternary turned out to be a nearly non-starter as airlines started changing their schedule in the last minutes. In the end we managed to re-route our flights, not easy especially this is the busiest travel period of the year and seats are difficult to get. So we ended up flying to KK on RBA first, flew to Kuala Lumpur on MAS and finally on AirAsia to Bandung.

Bandung is the third largest city in

Indonesia, after Jakarta and Surabaya. So there are literally millions of dwellers here. Imagine there are more than 150 millions people living on the island of Java, cities like Bandung are where a large portion of these people could be found.

Bandung used to be the un-official capital and homes of the Dutch colonials in the last few centuries when they rule the country. The main reasons were this place sits up in the higher and cooler grounds, surrounded by extict volcanoes and there used to be a beautiful lake here. And it is not too far from Jakarta (or Batavia as it was known then) to escape the heat and the hustles and bustles of that commerce centre.

Nowadays Bandung has grown considerably, no longer quiter as it used to be, but it is still a favourite weekend or holiday destination for people from Jakarta. As like this time of the year, all the hotels are full and the place is packed with visitors, as well as tourists, going for the cheaper food and shoppings.