The Trip - Jakarta/Bandung 4-8 Nov 2009

Posted on November 19, 2009

Warning : This is a looong post - more for my info so that I can look back and recollect what we did during our trip. So if you are not to what we did and where we went to eat/shop and whatnot, skip this please.

Let me write in more detail about my girlie trip to Indonesia. This trip was planned many mnay months in advanced! We initially just wanted a girlie trip to relax at the beginning of the year but you know, life happened and then we dragged it to November cause it’s a solid excuse to getaway since one of our girlfriend is getting married in Dec and it was a perfect excuse for a hens getaway. So off we went to Jakarta. Why Jakarta? Cause one of our girlfriedn is staying there so off to Jakarta we went.

Day 1 (8 Dec 2009)

Dirty Duck - This was yummmyyyyy!

We took an afternoon Air Asia flight and reached Jakarta at about 5ish-pm. We then scooted off into 2 cars and started on our 1 hour journey into to Jakarta. We didn’t waste much time. When we got to my friend’s place where we all stayed at, we went to Dharmawangsa Square to have some Dirty Duck at Bebek Bengil (yummm!)  and then we went back to get ourselves ready to party at Dragonfly - which is one of the popular clubs ay Jakarta. We had a blast partying and we made the Hen do, well Hen party stuff Shhhh!

Day 2, 9 Nov 2009

We started off the day by having breakfast at Koko Bogana. Can’t remember the name of the dish we had but it’s like nasi lemak and the sambal is absolutely delicious! After fueling ourselves for the morning, we broughtthe Hen to shop for her wedding dinner gown. We went to places like Dharmawangsa Square and Pasaraya. I was somewhat surprised that there are many boutiques at Jakarta selling ONLY imported assroted designer evening wear as opposed to the shops here at KL which sells everything that their line/brand carry. Our hen was looking to find an evening gown to be worn for her wedding  reception and these gowns that we were looking at are actually gowns which an Indonesian lady would wear to ATTEND a wedding. So you can imagine how glam Indon modern ladies look like for their very own wedding.

Below are some of the dresses that the hen tried. errrr…she has a sexy back so I’ll only show pictures of her back

We like the 1st dress!

After going to several shops at Dharmawangsa Square and Pasaraya, we had Sundanese lunch at Bumbu Desa at Pasaraya.

We then adjourned to get ourselves pampered at Roger’s Salon & Spa. We had a cream bath (which is basically a hair wash and massage of the head, neck, shoulders and back with Avocado), and we went for mani and pedi session. The pampering session was excellent and very very affordable.

Roger’s Salon & Spa

After that we went for a nice dinner at Loewy. This is supposed to be one of the popular restaurants in Jakarta where reservations need to be made 1 week in advance. 

Day 3, 10 Nov 2009

We went to Bandung for a day trip to shop! First off, we headed to the market to buy some batik. They are reallly nice and cheap! After that, we headed to Rumah Moda and The Heritage to do some mindless shopping. Stuff, especially childrens’ wear were cheap! Unfortunately, I didn’t get anything for myself Surprisingly. We left Bandung at 4.30pm and were stuck in the car on the road for 4 hours cause it was raining and it was a friday! By the time we arrived at Jakarta, we were famished! We walloped our dinner at Crystal Jade at Pacific Place mall.

Day 4, 11 Nov 2009

More shopping! We shopped at Plaza Senayan. There was a Polo sale (buy 2 or more and get 50% off) and everyone of us bought something from the Polo shop. Metrojaya has some Indonesian designer brands which are not available at KL  and we did some shopping there too! After shopping, we wound down at Javana Spa. The massage was excellent and the ambience was superb. I’d highly recommend the Deep Tissue Massage which costs like 120,000rp (less than RM50) for 90 mins! Many of my friends fell asleep during the massage! After the massage, we had Seafood at Sedap Malam. Food was great!!!! We then adjourned to have some drinks at the Black Cat Jazz Supper Club at Plaza Senaya Arcadia. The Jazz live performances was really good! We had a good time drinking some wine, chatting and listened to the live jazz band. (can’t remember the name of the band)

Day 5, 12 Nov 2009 (last day)

We did some last minute shopping at Senayan before we left for the airport to go back home to KL. Our adrenalin ran out on the last day and all of us started to feel tired on the last day

The Hen managed to buy her evening gown so basically, mission accomplished for this trip

1. Hen to buy evening gown and shoes for wedding - checked!

2. Hen night party at Dragonfly - checked!

3. Shopping for everyone - checked!

4. Good food with friends - checked!

5. Pampering session - checked!

6. Have fun! - checked!

Thanks to KP (previously known in the blogsphere as Sambal Belacan) for great planning! and a stress-free holiday for us girls!