Darla!

Category: traveling

  • runaway train

    *WARNING*
    This post is image heavy.

    Sorry for the unplanned hiatus. I never intended to stay away for too long from this blog, but my mind couldn’t come up with anything to put on here. Sorry, sorry, sorry. College had taken its toll on me (again). All these stuffs about ABS keep driving me mad over and over again. After one problem, comes another one.

    Monday night, I came home to a very tidy room. My mum tidied it up because she knew that I didn’t have time to do that lately. I realised I didn’t have time for myself in the whole November. So, I decided to take a train to Jakarta, all by myself because this might be the ultimate ‘me-time’ I really needed.

    Tuesday night, accompanied by Day, I bought a ticket to Gambir plus a return ticket. And yesterday, I boarded the train.

    I should do this more often. Going somewhere alone helps me thinking. Sometimes it’s good to go to where your heart wants to go; away from anybody who tells you what to do.

    What’s your favourite get away?

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

  • i’m back!

    Courtesy of Diana

    I cannot say that I was 100% happy during my trip to Lampung for the Nationwide E-Fest 2011. The competition itself sucked a lot and I hate the committee of Scrabble Competition (I don’t want to say a name). But the city tour was quite fun! We went to a beach in Southern Lampung and my skin got a bit darker (which is fine. Haha!)

    So, how was the blogosphere while I was away?

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

    PS. I’m trying to take my time to reply to your emails and comments. Please be patient 🙂

  • this saturday through retro camera

    If you have an Android phone, then you should have Retro Camera installed on it. Why you might ask? Because it’s totally awesome! Oh and PS, it’s freeeeee… *die*

    Today, my family went to Lembur Awi to visit a relative of my dad. Usually, it only takes an hour or so to get there, but there was traffic jam everywhere, so Dad decided to take a longer route, via Soreang. We got to see beautiful scenery all the way to Lembur Awi and I couldn’t stop myself from taking pictures. And boy is Retro Camera so amazing!

    How is your weekend so far?

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

  • eid al fitr 1432: part 1

    Our journey to Lampung this year was one hell of a ride. It usually takes approximately eleven hours for us to go to Nyai’s house by car (and a ferry boat), but it actually took us almost 23 hours to go to Auntie Laili’s house (which is still one hour away from Nyai’s). TWENTY-THREE HOURS! God, that was super exhausting and boring.

    Our journey to Merak seaport was quite smooth. No traffic jam along the highway. But right after we came out of the Merak highway, tadaaaa! Traffic jam. We arrived there at 7am and we could release ourselves from the jam at 4pm. That was nine hours of sweating inside a small Honda Civic with five passengers under the sun. After being free from the traffic jam, we still had to wait an hour to get in to the ferry boat and sail away to Bakauheni. My, my…

    We sailed for two hours and we arrived at Bakauheni at 7pm. We had dinner in a restaurant but I had completely lost my appetite. I was so tired that I fell asleep for the rest of the journey. I woke up right when the car got in the garage in Auntie Laili’s house. It was almost 2am and so we had sahur together and I fell asleep again. We were off to Nyai’s house in the morning and arrived at 8am, safe and sound.

    The car was stuck there for hours. Dad even got the time to take pictures at the side of the road. Haha!

    Putdar and Daw’s tired faces

    The crazy, crazy lines of cars waiting to get in to the ferry boat

    Sunda strait and a glimpse of the sunset. Beautiful!

    Mum looked extra exhausted

    To be continued in the part 2 😉

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

  • a sneak peek

    Blue sky, blue water, sand, trees, ships… Sunda strait!

    Tell ya about it later 😉

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.