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Woke up after the 2nd night in Bandung after they had came back from breakfast with some extra food for us who haven't went. After breakfast we travel to a forest reserve in Bandung to visit 1 of the famous waterfall there. Much to our disappointment the waterfall is around 5 km away from the entrance therefore we decided to just skipped the waterfall. We walked around the forest reserve for about an hour or so. We saw few landmark which are situated not to far from the entrance which include a cave which have a very cool breeze coming out of it. Apart from that the cave is also pitch black without a single bit of light after 10 feet into it. After the forest reserve we went to a small shopping mall in Jalan Dago to have our lunch. The lunch were quite satisfying and I left earlier to the building next to the mall. The building is a money changer. There I found out that there is difference in the way money changer operate in Indonesia and Malaysia. They came over to find me after they have completed their meal and we travel 45 min out of town to a hot spring planing for a hot spring bath. We changed our minds after we arrive at the location and see the spring as the water in the spring is horribly murky and the surrounding aren't any more hygienic either. So we decided to walk around for a while before heading back to town. It was a surprise for us to find out that the waterfall that we missed earlier is about 50-100m away only so we walk to the waterfall and have quite some fun around that place. We went back to Jln Dago to visit the factory outlets there after the waterfall. We really shop till we drop there with barely enough for dinner. We had our dinner in a restaurant along Jln Dago. The food at the restaurant were fantastic I forgot what name is it but we asked WS to take pictures of the signboard. After dinner we continue to shop on credit till our hand are full of bags before we hail a cab and head back. It the hotel we had some rest then started to packing as we departing from the hotel at 4 in the morning. Me and CY woke up at 3 for the complementary breakfast on the final day and went back to wake the rest at around 3.30. We packed up and leave the hotel at around 4.15 and arrived at the airport in time for our check-in. The departure hall of the Sasteranegara International Airport is also very different. People are not allow to enter the building if he or she does not posses an valid air ticket. There is another drama before we board the plane. We found out that we need to pay a certain fee of Rp 75000 before we are allowed to board. Luckily for the hotel deposit if not we are not going to be able to produce the amount needed to board the flight. After that the rest of the journey back were uneventful. Later the day we went to Classroom Cafe again with more company this time. The venture this time saw Me, BT CY WS boey bala chewie jeremy WS and clement participate.

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Day 2 of Bandung start of with a buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we explored the area surrounding the hotel. Our hotel were situated at Jln Riau which is in the mid of a factory outlet area. We went shop hopping after a while me CY and BT stop for CY to get a waffle. To our dismay that time WS and Boey went missing and were no where to be found. We look around the premise and but still could not find the so we ask the customer service counter to page them. The 1st announcement made by the operator was in Indonesian so we requested them to re announce in English in case they did not comprehend it as we surely did not. The operator had some difficulties translating the message into English but after help from the manager and google she manage to make the announcement in English. Still no signs of WS and Boey after the announcement being made so we head back to the hotel hoping they would come back as we could not call or text them at the time. After some time and some help from Harry we manage to reunite back at the hotel room. We took an half an hour break before departing to Bandung SuperMal for lunch and some sightseeing. We had lunch at the nicely furnished cafeteria at the mall. The security was extremely tight for a mall as we need to pass through a metal detector and have our bags check before being allowed to enter. I had nasi timbal for lunch there before deciding to skip the theme park beside the mall. That theme park is *hope i still rmb* 2nd largest in Asia. We walk around the mall and saw an interesting barber for kids. We headed back to Jln Riau's factory outlet. We shopped there till dusk visiting shop after shop. After the tiring shopping we walk back to the hotel for some much needed rest and to find a place to have dinner. We finally decided to go to Sierra Cafe and Lounge for dinner. They serve a reasonably priced steak and the flavours are not too bad either. The view from the cafe was spectacular and the air was fresh and cool. Ambience and enviroment was great apart from being a little too chilly when the wind blows. After that we headed back to the hotel to get a much needed rest after a long day. Before turning to bed BT suggested we do a little night walking which ended up with WS having supper at a local 'bistro'.

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Last week I had a great time at both Kuala Lumpur and Bandung. I went down to KL with BT on the 30th of July along together with CY. Went to 1 U right after arriving in KL and only reaching to Bukit Jalil after 6. The next day was filled with fun with the outing to the classroom cafe. We played several very interesting board games in our few hours visit there. It is situated in SS15 nearby to asia cafe. After the ame we still managed to squeeze in a supper at murni subang before arriving back at around 2.30 for a short nap as we are due to depart at 7 to catch a flight to Bandung. The 1st day of Bandung was fun and tiring due to both too much activities and too little rest the night before. We rented the cab for a whole day for Rp. 350,000 which we thought was a bargain until we calculated the fare in the 2nd day. We went to Tangkubuan Prahu at 1st where we saw hot springs of different temperature situated just side by side. We also saw the volcano crater at the top and some tea plantations on the way down. Before Tangkuban Prahu we wanted to stop for food but alot of the shops were close so we just ended up eating mee bandung a shop on the way. We had a rather nice satay sapi (beef) on the way back from Tangkubuan Prahu but the satay ayam and satay kelinchi (rabbit) were just so so. After the satay stop we went to the factory outlets around setiabudi street the shopping of the day. Went back to the hotel for some much needed rest after setiabudi. At the hotel all of us were relieved by the news that we had all passed our EOS 4. After refreshing we went to Jalan Dago to have dinner there. I did not dine there as i find the conditions there are unappealing but that did not stop WS BT CY to feast. We also experience a foreign KFC and McD that night. The fast food there serve rice instead of fries in some of the set and the burger in KFC is cheaper than anything i have seen just for Rp.5000. That's it for day 1, will be updating about day 2 & 3 plus the photos soon.