I will give the honest review from my bottom of my heart, it was just what i felt.
So, I was really excited to visit Bandung that day, it was my short escape to refresh my mind and my heart to get some relaxed. My main destination in Bandung was to visit Tangkuban Perahu, just because I never visit there in my entire life! How come the one who often visit Bandung but never go to there! Haha Tangkuban Perahu has is own legend. You can read on .......
Everytime I visited Bandung with my family, my daddy always said that the car was not too good to visit Tangkuban Perahu, the car clutch was not good to climb the uphill road.
So, we took Subang exit from the toll road, just follow the map.
About next 40 minutes we arrived at Tangkuban Perahu.
At the enterance gate, the officer asked us "is there any foreigner?" We answered no one. We paid IDR 30.000/person and IDR 35.000 for the car entrance fee. The price is for weekend and for Indonesians. Foreigner must pay IDR 300.000 for weekend. (It just one zero differences huh :'). We got the map of the site.
There are 4 main craters to visit :
1. Kawah Ratu (Ratu Crater), the closest craters from the main gate and there's a parking lot near the site.
2. Kawah Upas (Upas Crater), about 1,5 km (about 45 minutes walk) from Kawah Ratu.
3. Kawah Baru (New Crater), located at the upper side of Kawah Upas. Visitors cannot get too close to Kawah Baru because It has a poisonous gas that can give bad effect for human health.
4. Kawah Domas, located about 1,2 km from Kawah Ratu (about 30-40 minutes by walk) or you just need to park your car at the Kawah Domas enterance gate and walk about 15 minutes. Kawah Domas has natural hot springs (contain sulfur) with some different temperature. The hot springs is good for your skin and it can help to cure any skin disease.
You can boil eggs in the hot spring!
You can boil eggs in the hot spring!
We decided to visit Kawah Ratu first, because it is parking-lot's-friend aka near from parking lot haha. :p
KAWAH RATU (RATU CRATER)
When we got out from the car, a man came over us to offer big boxes full of rapsberries and strawberies that He sell. He offer IDR 25.000/box at the first, we said we dont want then we bargain with IDR 20.000 for two boxes, he said no. We started to leave him, suddenly he give IDR 25.000 for two boxes then add the magic word "please help me, for 'penglaris'".
'Penglaris' is the word that Indonesian seller often say to buyer to wish good luck at the begining with your purchase. With your purchase, the fortune will come to them and all of the products that they sell will be sold out or buyer will come to buy their products.
Well, I bought it, because I wanted to eat rapsberries! Haha :p so we dealed with IDR 25.000 for two boxes. Then He told us that he dont have the exchange, only have IDR 20.000, we said well it's okay, just give us that IDR 20.000. Just like that, we bought two boxes of rapsberry for IDR 30.000. :D >>>> the raspberries tragedy will be told at the end of this post :')
We walk about 20 metres, and tada! This is the view of Kawah Ratu, Tangkuban Perahu :D
Honestly, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the view was "oh, only like this?"
Maybe because I am a sea lover not mountain lover? :') haha I dont know.
But honestly (again) the view of Kawah Ratu is SUPERB!
how come there's carter like that! So unique and so beautiful.
We took a few shots for that view.
When we turned around, other seller (the rapsberry man's friend) such as a keyring-made-from-Tangkuban-Perahu-stone and other seller came over. For me, those were only ordinary key ring that you can find it at Pasar Pagi Asemka Jakarta.
KAWAH DOMAS (DOMAS CRATER)
What I hate when entered the enterance gate is WE NEED TO PAY MORE TO VISIT KAWAH DOMAS!
HAVEN'T WE PAID IDR 30.000/PERSON AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE?
It's also a little bit too expensive for Local visitor! Indonesian tourist must pay IDR 100.000/person and IDR 200.000/person for foreigner. Wah, at that time I thought that Tangkuban Perahu is full of 'Tukang Palak'. 'Tukang Palak' means persons who extorts your money directly or indirrectly. What a shame :(
For me, as an Indonesian, it's too tricky for tourist :( why we must pay more to visit other venue that it is also in one area of Tangkuban Perahu? WHY IS MORE EXPENSIVE! What will foreigners say to Indonesia, especially for Tangkuban Perahu? #disappointed :(
Rather I will be regret to not visit Kawah Domas while I was visiting Tangkuban Perahu (I dont think to come to Visit Tangkuban Perahu again) so we agree to pay the price.
At that price we will get a tour guide to guide us to the hot spring. We will cross the forest, so it's kinda tricky for the one who never go through the forest, you can get lost!
The bad was, we need to give the guide some tip :') the entrance fee is not include the guide fee and the egg :'(
After walked about 15 minutes with slipper, we finally arrived at Kawah Domas.
The view was ....... So so :')
The hot springs not big as I thought before and just so so.
The eggs seller was close, maybe because that day was the first day of fasting for Moslem.
Our plan to boil the egg in the boiled hot spring water must be canceled :((((((
Our plan to boil the egg in the boiled hot spring water must be canceled :((((((
After took some photos, we soaked our feet and enjoy the heat of the sulfur liquid. In short time, a woman came to us to offer sulfur mud massage that she claim good for my skin. I, the one who got sick from any 'Tukang Palak' just decline the offer directly with a good manner, we said "sorry, we dont want"
She still promoting the benefits of sulfur mud massage and said the magic word "please help me" and 'penglaris' things, I just ignored her. Didn't mean to be so cruel, I just didn't want to deal with 'Tukang Palak' who will extorts my money.
Maybe She was hopeless with us, She then recklessly put the sulfur mud on my knee while say the magic word "please help me" and other 'penglaris' things again. When she put the sulfur mud, I prayed to God to protect me from any spell to make me agree to get her massage service. Thanks to God, I didn't influenced by her and then she left us. :')
After get enough from soaking feet in the hot spring, we went back to the entrance gate. On the way to the entrance gate, the guide answered all my questions, explained how to different any kind of Pakis plant, how to survive if you lost in forest and more.
He also recommend us to visit 10000 Buddha Statues Temple which located not too far from Tangkuban Perahu after I asked what is Bandung's anti-mainstream place which worth to be visited.
He also recommend us to visit 10000 Buddha Statues Temple which located not too far from Tangkuban Perahu after I asked what is Bandung's anti-mainstream place which worth to be visited.
At the end of the trip with guide, we gave him tip sincerely :D
>>>next post : Journey to 10000 Buddha Statues Temple.
