Hello, Roadie! (part 2)

part 1 click here.

Honestly, I am gonna pass our Day 2, because it's basically us strolled around Malioboro, shop in Hamzah (ex-Mirota) Batik and had dinner at Nanamia Pizzeria. Jadi ceritanya langsung aja ke hari ketiga, oke!

Awal kita mau ngerencanain liburan, dan sempet batal kesana sini, dan akhirnya menjatuhkan diri ke Yogya, karena kita sebenarnya penasaran sama deretan pantai di Gunung Kidul Yogya. Gunung Kidul ini punya belasan pantai yang keren abis, bisa searching lah dimana-mana, tapi karena keterbatasan waktu akhirnya kita cuma mengunjungi dua saja. 

Sebelum kita pergi ke pantai, mari kita ke Soto Kadipiro untuk sarapan dulu!

Seriusan Soto Kadipiro ini enaaaaak, enak, enak banget. Kita abis masing-masing dua porsi aja dong. Hahahaha... coffee to the rescue! Kalo engga, ngantuk banget.

Setelah kurang lebih tiga jam perjalanan darat yang berkelok-kelok (mirip lah sama perjalanan Kota Sukabumi - Pelabuhan Ratu), akhirnya sampai juga ke Pantai Indrayanti! Hahahaha, temen gw bilang, "Buset, mainstream banget sih lo ke Indrayanti". Whatever, yang penting baguuuus banget tempatnya, nyaman fasilitas umum sama tempat makannya. Kita juga makan siang disini, lumayan bakar-bakar ikannya, fresh dan enak.

Abis makan siang di Indrayanti, kita pergi ke Pantai Sadranan. Di Pantai Sadranan ini, bentuknya bagus deh, bisa liat karang-karang, bisa jalan ke tengah laut lewat karang-karang itu! Nah, tapi waktu saya sama suami rada ke tengah, pas air lautnya pasang! Jadinya pulang ke tepinya rada teriak-teriak, karena air sudah lumayan tinggi.

Kita bisa jalan lewat karang ini. Enak kok empuk, ga tajam.

Ini foto dari tengah laut, di kejauhan banyak yang snorkeling. Memang karangnya bagus-bagus nih disini.

Nah, dari Sadranan ini kan masih siang ya, sekitar jam 3 sorean gitu. Awalnya kita mau ke pantai lainnya, cuma saya penasaran banget sama Gua Pindul. Dulu temen-temen kantor pernah kesini, cuma saya nggak bisa ikut karena lagi cuti hamil. Akhirnya kita kesana, dan emang ternyata bagus banget yah! Fotonya ngga ada disini, karena difotoin sama mas-mas dari vendor body raftingnya, dan belum dipindah ke laptop. Bright side-nya pergi hari Senin, sepi banget! Kata mas-masnya biasanya penuh banget dan ngurangin kesan mistisnya karena ngantri kayak ular gitu di dalam guanya.

Sampai ke Kota Yogyakarta sudah malam, kita makan malam di Holycow Steakhouse by Chef Afit. Tempatnya sedikit susah deh nemunya, masuk ke jalan kecil dan ada di dalam perumahan gitu, but it's all worth it!

Abis makan sebanyak ini, kita sempet mampir dulu di tempat gelato (apa ya namanya, gw lupa, ada kok di Instagram gw hahaha).

That was officially good day! Love every part of it. Tinggal cerita pulangnya ke Sukabumi nanti yaaa..

Hello, Roadie! (Part 1)

You know what's sucks? It's Sunday and here I am, working! I spent all Saturday night by working and slept at 3 am. So, what the hell, I deserved a break.

Gonna write about our second road trip at March. It was soooo fun. We've been waiting for sometimes, sebagian besar karena nggak tega ninggal anak sendiri dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama. Pffft, perks of being a parent. Akan tetapi akhirnya kita memutuskan untuk pergi juga, kebetulan ngabisin cuti tahun kemarin juga.

Mas Ro loves to drive. And I love singing aloud in our car. Sejak punya anak, privasi seakan menghilang. Mana bisa nyanyi-nyanyi Adele kenceng-kenceng (sambil mewek) lagi? (kecuali di kamar mandi, itu pun kalo si bocah nggak gedor-gedor pingin ikutan masuk... reality oh reality). Awalnya, kita pingin banget bisa ke Bangkok tahun ini. Karena suatu hal (*uhuk*budget*uhuk) akhirnya kita downgrade ke Singapore. Terus batal lagi. Hahaha.. jadinya road trip ke Yogya. Lagi? Iya, kemarin kan baru aja #YogyaSoloTrip, tapi road trip ini bedaaaaa. Karena yang penting adalah perjalanannya (dan temannya). Bukan tujuannya. (cue to mas Rangga #AADC2 hahaha).

Karena baru sekali ini keluar dari peradaban Sukabumi via ring road, jadi baru sekali ini juga lewat Tol Cipali. Panjang amat ya. Rasanya baru sekali ini lewat tol yang bayarnya sembilan puluh ribu *norak*. Perhentian pertama kita waktu itu adalah Cirebon. Penasaran sama yang namanya Nasi Jamblang. Sebagai turis yang baik dan mainstream, datanglah kita ke Nasi Jamblang Bu Nur yang terkenal itu. Rameeeeee banget tempatnya, sampai di parkirannya waktu itu ada tiga buah bis pariwisata. Mau makan juga ngantrinya ampun-ampunan deh.

Ternyata, nasi jamblang itu semacam nasi yang lauk pauknya bermacam-macam gitu yah. Baru ngeh. Entah kenapa bisa serame itu. Enak sih enak, tapi nothing special ah. Hehe, jangan ditimpuk ya! Tapi denger-denger sih ada nasi jamblang yang lebih enak dari Ibu Nur ini... coba ya kapan-kapan kesana..

Dari Cirebon kita menuju Tegal. Sampai Tegal masih kenyang sih, cuma masa nggak ke Sari Mendo kita? Akhirnya bela-belain mampir,,

Ini akhirnya ga abis lhooo.. hahaha..

Sebenernya suami udah bikin beberapa list tempat makan enak dan salah satunya adalah kepiting Gemes Pak Mamo di Pemalang. Tapi udah gak kuat banget perut ini, akhirnya yaudah.. kita lanjut aja sampai Yogyakarta.

Kita sampai ke Yogya sekitar jam 9 malam, dimana perjalanan dari Sukabumi dimulai dari jam 5 pagi. Emang nggak buru-buru juga sih, secara yang diincer dari road trip ini adalah perjalanannya yah, bukan tujuannya sekali lagi. Hotel kita di Yogyakarta, Tjokro Style, semacam budget hotelnya dari Grand Tjokro. Exceed expectation dong. We love it! Murah lagi.

So, that's it for Day 1. Let's continue tomorrow.. :)

To read our first road trip, click here.

Honey, Honey, Honeymoon? Where to Go?

So, before I start, a friend of mine looked at my vacation photos and commented, "Lho La? Kok kesini sini lagi sih? Mainstream amat." Lemme tell you. I love everything mainstream. I love Ariana Grande, love Game of Thrones, love going to PVJ when I visit Bandung. I love Pantai Kuta, whatever people says. I love basically everyone else love. What's wrong with loving something mainstream? So, when we went to Bali, we basically visited everything mainstream, holiday spot, eating spot, hang out spot. Everything's hype in Instagram, we visited. Haha. It's still fun anyway although we didn't go to secret beach or whatever place you found on article titled "Mau ke Bali? Berikut tempat-tempat yang masih jarang dikunjungi".

Where We Stay

Horizon Seminyak. We decided to stay in Seminyak because last time we stayed in Kuta, and now we chose to stay somewhere calmer. Horizon Seminyak is nice place to stay, good rates, and we could reach the beach on foot. We opted to not have breakfast at hotel though, as we wanted to explore some breakfast spots nearby.

Where We Go

So, when we decided to go, we've already decided that it'll be a kind of laid back holiday. I thought we deserved it, not making itinerary (kapan juga ya gw bikin itinerary. Hah!), and just laid back watching television in hotel. Some said, "Sayang banget lo ke Bali nggak kemana-mana", but it was our main purporse, nggak kemana-mana. So, hotel, beach, eating out, hotel, beach, strolling out, beach hotel is kinda resuming our vacation itinerary.

Seminyak Beach

Located just few hundred meters from our hotel, it is lovely and quiet beach (at least less noisy than Kuta). Our hotel have a transport service so if you're too lazy to take a walk, you can use it.

Morning light. Both of us is NOT sunset/sunrise seeker, soooo we just skipped it and spent more time under the blanket :p

Leyeh-leyeh while watching some bules do their morning exercises. Alasannya, kan kita cuma tiga hari disini beb, kalo 2 minggu disini baru deh kita bawa sepatu lari :)))

What we do in the beach: Reading some books (I finished two books in three days, it was achievement since I rarely do that now), munching some snacks, and watching Game of Thrones! (tetep ya...)

Strolling out in Seminyak

Our favorite street is Oberoi, Seminyak. Full of cute stores, boutiques, cafes and restaurants.

Pura Petitenget, Kerobokan

Found the place accidentally, we even didn't enter the pura, just enjoy the beach. So silent and desolated, maybe because Petitenget Beach is part from pura.

Where We Eat

Warung Made Seminyak

We went to Warung Made in Kuta last time we were here, impressed with the food, not with the place. So, we're amazed when we went to one in Seminyak, the place is quite large and nice. The food? Still awesome.

The Holycrab

Good place to find seafood, wanted to taste its crab but it was sold out :( So, we opted to have shrimp bag, which actually more than enough! Banyak banget, I can't imagine what Crab Bag looked like.

Revolver Coffee

Next day we're having our brunch here, because almost everyone said it's the best coffee in Bali, period. I didn't give a damn because my coffee vocabulary is limited to Kopiko 78 and McD's ice coffee jelly, but my husband loves coffee. The place was crowded, guess everyone want to have their brunch here. They served healthy juice too, that I liked. The food is good, the coffee is delicious (according to my husband)

Motel Mexicola

Nice and instagrammable. Enough to meet my criteria for eating spot :p Didn't have full meal here though, because we're just having our brunch. Order some tapas and nachos, love love it.

Nasi Pedas Ibu Andika

Maybe the best meal we had in Bali (memang ya orang Indonesia ya sukanya nasi-nasian begini). Open 24 hours.

Sixty Six Beachside Beach and Grill

Located in Seminyak Beachside. We picked it randomly because husband wanted some apple pie after watching Masterchef on TV. Zzzz.. But it turned out having a nice pie.

So, that's it. Next time we go to Bali, maybe the itinerary will consist of zoo, marine park, because hopefully we can take Zafran with us. :)