A short walk down to the nearest lake, a quick trip to the nearest mall, and then a long trip to another mall which lasted for hours. And finally we returned to the Taman Rasuna apartment in the evening. That was yesterday.
Jakarta I. Lake in Cibubur.
Jakarta II. “Grand Indonesia”.
Saturday 5 March was devoted to a rafting trip in Citarik river, West Java. The undersigned, CME, Cil, and 5 other souls shared the cost of 2 rafting boats from a company called “Arus Liar”, which means “Wild Stream”. Unfortunately, the water level in Citarik was too low (only 50 cm) to be feasible for the 2 and 3 hour options, so we had to accept the one hour rafting trip option instead.
Trip log:
04:30. Yes, that is damn early, but we managed to get up at this hour still.
05:48. We left Kuningan Plaza, driving two cars.
09:52. Arrived at Citarik.
10:30. Rafting trip started.
11:30. Rafting trip ended.
12:30. Lunch.
13:00. Driving back to Jakarta.
18:30. Arrived at the Cibubur residence, where we stayed for the night (the undersigned, CME, and Cil.)
The price tag was Rp 220k per head, which is for the two hour trip, so I guess we will get a refund on the balance.
Driving to Citarik.
Calvin, Subi, the boatman, and I forgot the name of the two others.
The trip from Jakarta to Citarik.
Not much happened on Friday, 4 March. We (CME and I) ate a waffle with blueberry icecream for breakfast at Brusselspring, Epicentrum Walk, and then CME was searching for a pair of pants to buy, which he finally found at Planet Sports at Plaza Senayan. Oh well…
Yesterday, CME and I went to “Dunia Fantasi”, the amusement park in Ancol. Entry fee was a stiff Rp 135,000. Most of the time was spent standing in queue, unfortunately, so we only managed to try out 4 of the attractions: The radio cars, the small roller coaster, space shot, and the big roller coaster. It was raining hard for a long period, too.
Standing in queue.
More queue.
Ellen was celebrating her birthday yesterday, on 2 March, Wednesday, here in the apartment in Taman Rasuna. Right after the celebrating event, Ellen migrated back to ice cold Europe by means of a KLM flight, which was scheduled to depart Jakarta at 19:25.
CME and I went up to the rooftop later to watch the sunset.
Happy birthday Ellen.
The anonymous CME is enjoying the Jakarta skyline.
Sunset from 33th floor.