Hey there! I am still here guys. 

Still all over the place, procrastinate things and regretting it later. There's times I would feel like I wasted my time.

2020 is such a tough year. Suddenly COVID happened. Since all of us is forced to stay at home most of the time, i am able to do some reflection on life and nasib baik mampu untuk pujuk hati to become a better person.

2021 condition masih sama tapi so far I feel much better sebab macam dah pandai control hidup, tak all over the place sangat. 

Hope you too able to feel better despite all uncertainty during pandemic.

1 August 2018

Time to move to Bali. As budget traveller mesti la pilih the cheapest way going there which is by Ferry. It is only Rp46000 and google kata it would be around 5 hours journey. We predict that we'll arrive at around 3 or 4 the if the take the 9am ferry.







But the reality is dah dekat maghrib baru sampai Bali. We have arranged supir to pick us up. Sebenarnya nak pergi jalan-jalan kat Tanah Lot tengok sunset tapi apa pun tak sempat. Singgah makan then terus proceed to check in hotel in Kuta, Bali.

Since the hotel is few meter from the beach, jalan-jalan kejap around that area and our day is done.



2 August 2018

Hari ni kitorang jalan-jalan around Bali. Start our day with visiting the Uluwatu Temple. Kuil ni terkenal dengan kecak dance, the traditional balinese hindu dance. Since we are here in the morning tak dapat la tengok kecak dance yang ada belah petang je. Pak supir baik belikan tiket masuk so dapat murah sikit.












Then off to Pantai Pandawa





Padang-padang Beach, cantik pantai dia tapi sesak sikit ramai orang surfing






Bali vibe is really something, macam tenang je padan la ramai orang suka. 

Then tengah hari tu kelaparan ajak pak supir makan. Dia bawak ke satu restaurant sedap ni sampai sekarang teringat-ingat ayam betutu khas bali dia.



Lepas tu terus pak supir hantar to jetty to catch last ferry to Nusa Penida. Sampai je Nusa Penida, we just wanted to check in and rest but nope another drama happened. That's on another post, hopefully dapat update this year la hahahahaha

Till then.

Exactly a year ago, it was the very first #wanderbabes👯, trip of just two minah just want to escape the adult world.



We booked flight tickets to Lombok lama dah when AA having their zero fare promo on 2017 but only start planning few months before travel date. I thought it would be a simple tour around the town and island, didn't expect we will experience a lot of unexpected thing.

Plan kept changing due to so many reasons banyak gila version of rough itinerary we had. Even dah book hotel pun tak finalize lagi tak pasal kena cancel. Akhirnya we decided to include Bali in our plan sebab teringin nak visit Nusa Penida. Geram tengok gambar kat sana semua cantik. 


31 July 2018

Sampai airport dalam 12 tengahari, pak supir dah menunggu. Masuk je kereta terus dah ada places to visit.


Actually we don't expect to visit this Lombok traditional village tapi dah dia bawak kita turun jelah tengok-tengok. Kampung ni tak jauh dari airport.




Lepas tu menghala ke Pantai Kuta Mandalika. Sebelum jumpa pantai singgah masjid besar hujung jalan to pray and freshen up.










Pastu dibawa ke Bukit Merese. Kat google kemain cantik bukit tu tapi bila kitorang sampai kering-kontang.



Salah timing pergi masa musim kemarau. 

Disebabkan pak supir takut kami sesat tak sampai atas, dia panggilkan seorang budak yang ada kat situ yang bawa kita naik ke atas merangkap jurugambar. Kita boleh je bagi duit belanja seikhlas hati kat budak tu. Ingat jauh sangat sebab dia risau sesat la jadi apa-apa la padahal bukannya jauh pun mendaki sikit je.

Kat sini dapatlah banyak sikit gambar sebab photographer tu rajin betul pandai je suruh kita pose macam-macam gaya.

Seperti ini. Takpe kita layan kan je.









Then bergerak ke Tanjung Aan. Terus order air kelapa sebab penat kan memanjat bukit.


Biasalah bila dah duduk-duduk ada la orang datang berjualan souvenir gelang la beg rotan la kain batik la. Since this is our first day memang takde la nak shopping. Tapi sampai sekarang menyesal sebab akak tu offer murah beg rotan bulat tu sebab dah petang nak tutup kedai katanya. Padan muka berlagak lagi beria tolak tawaran tu sebab ingat akan jumpa lagi tawaran yang lebih kurang sama on the last day.


Lama lepak bertenang kat situ sampai nak dekat maghrib tak sempat singgah other places so back to Mataram, cari makan, beli sim card lokal then baru check in hotel.

Sekian hari pertama di Kuta Lombok.

Hello!

Walaupun cerita tahun lepas tetap nak update kat sini sebagai kenangan!


It was my very first winter trip.





Seperti biasa, kita gerak lepas setahun kumpul duit and buat research. Malangnya tak boleh share exact budget kat sini sebab lupa nak take note. Kalau nak mengharapkan memori sendiri memang tak guna la kan. Dah setahun kot. So kita share itinerary jelah ye. Dengan rough bajet la kalau ada yang tetiba teringat pun.

Date : 26 January - 5 February 2018
Location : Beijing + Harbin, China

ITINERARY

Day 1

• Flight patutnya 6.30pm 26/1/2018 tapi delayed sejam ke sejam setengah sebab masalah teknikal.
• Touch down Beijing Capital International Airport around 3.30am
• Lepas imigresen terus cari toilet nak tukar baju sebab baru reti rasa sejuk. Kat luar rupanya suhu -10°C
• Beli Yikatong Card kat kaunter subway airport and top up extra terus untuk avoid kena top up banyak kali kat mesin. Masing-masing tak reti bahasa cina langsung hahaha. 
• Drop off luggage kat hostel and off to Forbidden City. 
• Buat itinerary pack patutnya nak cover banyak tapi akhirnya pergi satu tempat je sebab badan masing-masing terkejut dengan suhu sejuk.  

Day 2

• Bangun pagi excited bergerak ke Great Wall of China
• Decided to visit through Badaling entrance sebab senang sikit nak sampai guna train. Niat asal nak masuk melalui Mutianyu tapi tak sempat nak study bus route and sejuk-sejuk malas nak take risk and sesat.
• Angin kuat gila and suhu drop until -11°C. Sebelum pergi tengok weather forecast beijing temperature was supposed to around 2°C to 7°C tu yang terkejut sikit bila sampai.
• Jalan-jalan cuci mata kat Wang Fu Jing. Makan kat satu muslim restaurant besar kat situ je sebab dah sejuk tak nak beria jalan jauh. 

Day 3

• Pagi-pagi check out hostel, tinggalkan luggage kat stor hostel and off to Russian Market untuk beli winter attire for Harbin
• Rupanya pukul 9 baru few kedai at Russian Market started to open so tak perlu la macam kitorang pukul 8 dah terpacak depan tempat tu.
• Back to hostel to pick up luggage and off to Beijing Railway Station as our train to Harbin is at 8.30pm

Day 4

• Volga Manor
• Masjid Harbin

Day 5

• Harbin Town
• Ice Festival. Entrance ticket we bought at agent yang our taxi driver hantar. 

Day 6

• Took package 2d1n provided by Kazy, our hostel in Harbin town to Snow Village. 
• Snow Village/Snow Town is 6 hours away from the town.

Day 7

• Snow Village
• Train to Beijing

Day 8

• Safely arrived in Beijing, check in hotel and rest for awhile.
• Strolling around Olympic Park

Day 9

• Souvenir shopping at Silk Market

Day 10

• Souvernir shopping at Pearl Market
• Flight to Kuala Lumpur at 1.30am
• Touch down KLIA at around 8/9am. Sampai rumah pukul 11am 

TIPS 

1. Intercity train ticket in China will only be sold a month before departure date so set your reminder and always be aware especially when you are traveling on peak seasons. Chances of your desired train type and seat classes is sold out is quite high when you bought tickets last minutes. Trip.com is a reliable website to be used to buy ticket train in China.
2. You will walk a lot if your main transportation in Beijing is subway especially if it involving transfer between lines so brace yourself. 
3. There are airport style security checking in every subway & train departure station so all your bags need to be scanned each time.
4. Download VPN before you reach the country to be able to access blocked sites/apps such as Google/Whatsapp/Instagram
5. Translation apps (Google translate) is very useful to communicate with local.  

Till then.