Took me a reaaaaally long time to finally write this post, right after this holiday I had my final exams,. Well here I am finally writing this down on my labtop while watching How I Met Your Mother.
So for my Christmas holiday, I went to couple cool places with my mom, little sister, Riandi and some friends. Lets start from the first destination ;
SEMARANG, CENTRAL JAVA
DAY 1 ( Jakarta - Semarang) 22 Dec
I purchased my train tickets 2 months before and after that I asked my friends to join me to Karimun Jawa and 5 of my friends decided to go too (Alia, Putu, Rafa, Sena, Venco). They all bought their tickets later, so my seat and their seats were not next to each other.
Our train departed from Senen Train Station at 11 PM and arrived in Poncol Train Station at 6 PM. Then we took an angkot (some kind of a public transportation) to our hotel which was Pelangi Indah Hotel. We simply stayed there because the price was pocket-friendly. Then we checked-in and got rest until at about 11 AM. Then with our hungry tummies, we went out to search for authentic Semarang food by taxis. It was raining as we went to Lumpia Gang Lombok (famous springrolls) and right next to it was a noodle (totally forgot the name) but it was also very popular.
Then 7 of us went sightseeing by a traditional tricycle to Lawang Sewu (a historical building with thousands of doors) and then Rafa, Sena and Alia decided to go back to the hotel, while the rest of us continued our journey by taxi to Sam Po Kong (a Buddhist temple) and finally we went to Avalokitesvara Pagoda by bus (it was quite far). Then we had dinner in a Bangkong Soto restaurant (again, a traditional cuisine of Semarang).
Then we went back to the hotel..
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| Lawang Sewu |
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| Sam Po Kong |
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| Alokistesvara Pagoda |
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| meet Dian!! :) |
So at night I met Dian, she was my friend through the Tourist Industry National Competition in 2013. She's originally from Semarang and she is happily married now btw, CONGRATS DI! Hope to see you soon xxo
DAY 2 (Semarang - Karimun Jawa) 23 Dec
We woke up at 2 AM in the morning and went to Jepara city by a chartered car for 2 hours. Then we arrived at the Kartini Harbour and bought 9 ferry tickets to sail to Karimun Jawa Island. Yep my mom and little sister joined us too that day.
It took us 5 freaking hours to finally get to Karimun Jawa, daymm it was far!
Then we went to our guest house by car. Well it turned out that the electricity only worked at 6 PM - 6 AM. So basically. Then we went out to have lunch and took pictures in the pier.
Then we went to Joko Tuwo Hill to witness the beautiful sunset. And we had an amazing seafood fiesta for dinner, daymm it was yummy!
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| Karimun Jawa Bound! |
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| Joko Tuwo Hill |
DAY 3 (Karimun Jawa) 24 Dec
The day that we all have been waiting forrrr. We woke up early and got breakfast. Then we went out to have a full day snorkeling program around the other islands.
First we visited Gosong Island, then snorkeling in Cilik Island and also had lunch at the same island. It rained hard for a bit, we literally saw the rain coming through pass us. Then we went snorkeling again (dont know the spot name) and lastly we went to a Shark conservation.
I was on my period and I went in with the sharks to take pictures, Thank God those sharks didnt bite my legs off hahaha
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| Full Team |
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| Left to right : Putu - Me - Riandi - Sena - Rafa - Alia - Nenco - Amel - Mama |
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| Gosong Island |
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| We sat color coordinated, we didnt plan so lol |
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| Snorkeling twime |
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| Right before it rained hard, look how cloudy it was! |
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| GoPro just went back to life, it was dead for a couple of minutes, drove me nutssss |
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| Minus my mom because she was relaxing at the boat |
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| Hi shark, please dont bite me! |
DAY 4 (Karimun Jawa - Sragen) 25 Dec
We went back to the harbour to get to Yogyakarta (originally) but there wasnt any bus at that time, so we went to Semarang and then to Sragen. It was hectic and tiring.
First Putu and Alia took the fast boat because they were both had train schedule back to Jakarta at 10 PM.
Then the rest of us went back to Jepara by ferry and it took us 4 and half hours.
Then Rafa and Sena went to Semarang by a shuttle bus. While me, Amel, mom, Riandi and Venco went to Semarang too and headed to Yogya, but yep the people there werent very helpful and we decided to just went to Sragen to take rest. While we parted with Venco because he was heading to his aunt's house in Yogya.
Me, Amel, mom and Riandi arrived at 1 freaking AM!
DAY 5 (Sragen - Yogyakarta) 26 Dec
We went to Yogyakarta by my car. It was right on Christmas day so the road was quite full. We reached our destination which was Ringgo's house in 4 hours. It wasnt traffic that slowed us down, it was because there were ridiculously a lot of red lights along our way! Then after we arrived, we met with Ringgo and Cinyu. We went out to eat Yu Djum Gudeg for dinner and headed to Malioboro street before we finally went back home.
DAY 6 (Yogyakarta) 27 Dec
We picked up Rafa and Sena along our way and went to Pine Tree Forest, then to Parang Tritis Beach and finally to the most fun place evaaaa the Sand Dune / Gumuk Pasir. Then we went to Kalimilk to have dinnaah.
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| Full Team! Cinyu with stripes shirt and Ringgo is the guy in the middle |
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| Follow me to |
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| It was FFFFUUUNNNNNNN |
DAY 7 (Yogyakarta) 28 Dec
We didnt go anywhere far because Ringgo's relative was sick and he had to go to the hospital. And my mom went home by bus because she was still thinking about work work and work. Then at noon, we went to a stable and tried to ride horses!
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| Riding King Speedy |
DAY 8 (Yogyakarta) 29 Dec
Another exciting dayyyyy! We went to Wediombo Beach and Timang Beach today and it was hella fun. But right before we were about to leave, we were looking for Rafa and Sena that were nowhere to be found, we were in panic mode. After about 30 minutes, Thank God they showed up. Then we went to have dinner and got back home..
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| That ew moment doe |
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| Wediombo's crazy waves |
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| Me being a little monkey |
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| at Timang Beach, wearing matching F21 skinsuits |
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| Madly insane view! |
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| Still at Timang Beach |
It was my second time visiting Timang, its definitely a must visit destination in Yogyakarta. DONT FORGET TO RIDE THE GONDOLA YA BIJJ!! Superbbbb
DAY 9 (Yogyakarta) 30 Dec
Before we went to another destination, we went to pick up Venco because he wanted to join us. Then we went to Kalibiru and Kedung Pedut waterfall, both located near by each other and we saw some of the greatest view Ive ever seen in my laiyfeee. Well, it was my second time in Kalibiru so I didnt take any pictures..
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| Kedung Pedut Waterfall |
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| It was colddd |
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| Flying fox in Kedung Pedut |
DAY 10 (Yogyakarta) 31 Dec
We woke up super early in the morning to witness the sunrise in Kaliurang. So we woke up at 4 AM and Rafa Sena didnt join us because they were waiting for their friends and Amel decided to not go because she was sleepy. So there were only me, Riandi, Cinyu, Venco and Ringgo. We went by a motorcycle and then walked our way closer to the mountain. We also visited Tumpeng Rock, Mbah Maridjan Memorial Museum and the Earthquake Memorial Museum. Then we went back home and took rest. Then we went out to celebrate New Years Eve. But it wasnt very fun because we were not in a very crowded place :( what a pity
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| Such beauty |
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| Tumpeng Rock (the last time I went here, the Merapi Mt. cant be seen) |
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| with Cinyu |
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| Sorry guise for being all cuddly and stuff ehey |
DAY 11 (Yogyakarta - Jakarta) 01 Jan
It was our last day. We woke up and bid farewell to Rafa, Sena and Ringgo as they were going back by bus the next day. Me, Amel, Riandi, Cinyu and Venco headed to Solo Airport. On our way, we had a balinese suckling pig for lunch (damn it was yummy!) and then we continued driving to Solo. The road was empty as if the road was ours. It only took us an hour and half. Because we arrived wayyy to early, we went to Solo Square Mall and then to the airport. Riandi and Cinyu departed first then me and Venco flew a couple hours after them. And Amel was left alone in the airport waiting for mom to pick her up.
And that was how my holiday started and ended. It was fun and full of laughthers. Thanks friends, looking forward to the next journey together!!
Thank you for reading and enjoy the video by clicking the links right below!!
JALAN JALAN LAGI, LAGI LAGI JALAN!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1DYZIePHpI (Karimun Jawa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNT7RGhQohc (Yogyakarta)
much lovee xxoxoxo
