Monday, November 7, 2016

Marvelous Maldives

Hello Bello!!!!
Sorry it took a while for me to finally blogging and review my honeymoon trip. You know even writing is in my blood and one of my hobby, but you need a MOOD BOOSTER or just a mood to write. Lol.
In this case, i need 3 months for i write finally.

Well, honeymoon is a holiday phase when newly wedd couple re excited to through it after their wedding.

Honeymoon place are decided by the couple depends on their need and compassion.  For me and hubby island where it has a hot weather and highlands which has a cold weather re almost equally the same. We like traveling, so whether its a view or island we like it. Even we like view more to be honest. View and historical architecture. Well the reason why we took Maldives for our honeymoon was not only it has an amazing pearly water sea, its because we thought that the best time traveling to the island and enjoy the intimation and the sincerity of the island was only after the wedding. After that it would be boring because the sparkling wasnt too spark anymore. 😂 i mean, if cities like Japan or US, view like NZ or Swiss, cruise like Alaska.....we could go there even we already have kids and grandkids and it wouldnt be boring. Well, actually Maldives is the second option for us. Or for me. I really want go to Bora Bora since i was a kid for the honeymoon. Its far far away in Pasific Ocean and its too expenseive to go there so i and my hubby decide to to Maldives for the honeymoon.


Well..maldives is a moslem city. Part of the Srilanka. So make sure when you arrived at the city wear something appropriate and conservative. Most of the citizen there were wearing Hijab and there re lots visitor from the Mekkah, and Turkey too. Just make sure of that because its truly inconvenience when people look at you or even reprove you.

But when you arrived at the island feel free to wear someting provocative like bikini etc.
just make sure to bring the MUST tools to the beach like sunblock, glasses, hats, and more outwears.

And dont forget to bring the wedding certificate too! Just the hard copy .

There no VISA needed for Indonesian Citizen.

Going to Maldives was relatively easy. Firstly you can googling and browsing which island that you like. Or which resort that you like. Every resort have their own benefits and facilities.  like own pools etc.
i and Iv choose Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma . Just like the resort, view, and the beach.

You can book to the resort by yourself. Every resort have their own website. Its bed and breakfast basically. But you can get the Full Board ( three meals in a day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner) with additional charge. And the sport activity too. You can sign up by travel agent or just sign up on the spot. Since David is my colleague in my past company and now built his own travel, so i decide to bought the package with him.
The bed and breakfast for sure.

We choose the Overwater Villa since its private and the view was breathtaking and more importantly its over water!!! Its not precisely in the middle of the sea, but still it just stunning.

The re many airlines to Maldives like Srilanka Air, SQ, Tiger. You can choose based on your needs, budget and flight time.

Well since the foods there re quite expensive so i decide to bring pasta, indomie (instant noodle), abon (dried beef shredded) etc so we dont have to eat at the restaurants every time.

There re many restaurants there. But our fav was the Fisherman Buffet where you can eat all the seafoods. All are fresh and yum! Super love it. We ate with the view and the serenity of the waves. So incredible, isnt it?

And the breakfast itself are so complete. International, surely. There re so much dish that you can choose and you can definitely eat breakfast like a king. So never missed your breakfast. 😆 i love breakfast time since i was a lil girl so i genuinely enjoy this so much.

There was pool too in Holiday Inn. And theres a gelato near the pool. Nice taste and quite cheap in Maldives since there was a promo buy one get two from 1-4 pm 😅

The service was awesome and satisfying!
Since we got picked up at the airport to the resort by the nice gorgeous boat. They gave us drink and the hot towel. Also, when we arrived they gave us the map, welcome drink and
a bit guide.
We just can do everything that we want to. The resort itself re sooooo beautuful and convenient. They have two air conditioners and they re cold. And the wifi was so amusingly fast!!!! Like one of the speediest internet that i have been used.

They served champagne and the handwriting congratulation note which was sweet even we knew that it couldnt be the real manager who write that. But still, it was great.

There was also the decoration. Soft petal and the leaf name.

They not just served the basic complimentary but also Hits for kill the mosquitos but we seen none so we never used that :p, the beach sandal, beach towels, floating rubber, the plates, forks, spoons, many kind of glass, even medicine and the Soffel. Lol. Even we could request for the mirowave. Greattt right?

And there re tv cable for sure at the living room, the sound system for listening the music fro our phone and charge it all by once. The alarm was multifunction. You can charge your phone while listening to your songs or the radio if u want.

The balcony was nice too!

You can bath indoor with the shower or bath tub while enjoy the view at outside and there was shower too outiside so u can took a shower directly after swimming.

It was so pleasant and theres no regret that u choose this resort for our honeymoon.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

PALAWAN EL NIDO

Prodigious Philippines

Day one - arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Manila.
Check in to the apartment, put the belonging, and enjoy
1. The breakfast at : TASTY DUMPLING, CHINATOWN.
Then start city tours to:
1. Manila Cathedral
2. Quapio Church
3. Lunch at : CHOWKING. Try the HALO HALO ICE CREAM.
4. Star City (p450) www.starcity.com
5. Dinner at Sentro (  Greenbelt 3, Makati)

Day two:
1. Breakfast at LUGANG CAFE (Glorietta, 2,GF, Makati)
2. San Agustin Church
3. Mall of Asia
4. Lunch at MANG INASAL ( 3rd floor, Hyundai Center. Ayala Avenue, Makati )
5. San Sebastian Church
6. Dinner at THE ARISTOCRAT (146 Jupiter St, Makati, Metro Manila)

Day Three:
1. Flight to Palawan Island, Puerto Princesa and continue by van for another 7 hours including stop for lunch and rest.
2. Arrived at cottage.
3. Dinner at ART CAFE

Day Four:
1. Breakfast at Cottage
2. City tour (tour A package) including:
Small Lagoon
Big Lagoon
Secret Lagoon
Simizu Island
Seven commandoes beach
Picnic lunch
Start from 09.00 to 16.00 (more or less)
2. Dinner at SEA SLUGS (seafood)

Day Five:
1. Breakfast at cottage
2. City Tour (tour C package)
Including:
Helicopter Island
Hidden Beach
Star Beach
Matinloc Shrine
Secret Beach
3. Back to Puerto Princesa (7 hours by road)
4. Check In Hotel

Day Six:
1. Breakfast at Hotel (WHITE FENCE)
2. Underground river
3. Buffet Lunch
4. Check Out Hotel
5. Flight to Manila
6. Supper at Italiani's (Glorietta)

Day Seven:
1. Breakfast at ALLY's ALL DAY BREAKFAST (Malingap St, Quezon City)
2. Greenbelt Mall
3. Brunch at MAPLE (Shangrila Plaza, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong)
4 Lunch at GLORIA MARIS (Missouri St, Greenhills, San Juan)!
5. Fort Santiago
6. Tea Time at L'Opera
7. Dinner at ABE Restaurant (Mega Mall)

Day Eight:
1. Visit Tagaytay City (highland) [1-2 hours from Manila]
2. Breakfast at BREAKFAST AT ANTONIO's (Tagaytay Ridge, Cavite City)
3. Sonya's Garden
4. Museo Orlina (glass house museum)
5. Lunch at GERALDINE's SODA FOUNTAIN
6. Puzzle Mansion (Cuadra Street, Brgy Asisan, 4120 Cavite)
7. Back to Manila
8. City of Dream
9. Supper at JOLLYBEE (everywhere)

Day Nine:
1. Breakfast at RUSTIC MORNINGS BY ISABELO (Isabelo Mendoza St, San Roque, Marikina)
2. Intramuros
3. SM CITY MANILA
4. Buy "oleh oleh " like LONGANISA (sosis babi mirip lapcong tapi kulitnya uda dikupas dan super enak, lembut dan ga terlalu manis), GOLDILOCKS (jual  berbagai macam kue) , POLVORON (yg terkenal rasa UBI), DRIED MANGO (yg terkenal merk CEBU)
5. Dinner at HARBOR VIEW RESTAURANT (1000 Katigbak Parkway, Rizal Park, Luzon)


Recommendation Accomodation:
1. Makati townhouse (include car and driver)
2. Best Western (3)
3. The Picasso Boutique (3.5)
4. Makati Shangri-La (5)


City Tours at Palawan Island, El Nido. Underground river + accomodation+ transfer + tour A + Tour C :
HARBOUR BAY TRAVEL AND TOURS
18 Fernandez Street
Mobile: + 63 9088 925 477



Thursday, January 7, 2016

MANILA

Hii there! Its been a while. You know, to write anything you need a good mood to write. And i just have found that mood to write minutes ago. 😂😂
So, here we go. 
I never imagine myself to visit Philippines. I mean i love traveling and i will definitely visit all countries  including the most unattractive country like India or Ethiopia . But i love new things, new adventures. But the story why i visit Phil because Ivan (my bf) went there for work. So i, my family and his family decide to visit there at lebaran holiday. I have a little knowledge of Philippine. I just know Boracay , its a famous island like Bali and Cebu where you could swim with whale and shark! Very fascinating right? 
But after deliberation and some information from local friends of Iv's, finally we decide to visit Manila and Palawan Island. Instantly i and my brother start to googling and searching and heckk yeahhh it is definitely a worthed place to see! Its fab and have an amazing view. So we start to book our plane. Well at first we try to book Cebu but theres no meals so we decide to book Philippines Air. Just cents more expensive but have meals and much more comfy based on people's review. 3.4 mio/pax 
Dont ask for SQ, it far too expensive for us. Like 15 mio/pax. 

We tried some resraurants including Breakfast at Antonio's at Tagaytay. It has a really cozy ambience of Latin american. And i love all the uniform, place and foods!!! But the price isnt too friendly. 

Tagaytay is like a high place in Manila, in Jakarta its like puncak. 
Nice one. And not far from Manila. 

In Manila there are ride that called "Jeepney" its like Jeep but its like angkot version in indonesia. Haha. Jeepney actually is a derived version of jeep which US military used as utility during the war. 
It made by steel and its really like angkot because they are freely go anywhere they way in a bad way. 😂
But beside the famous jeepney, you could also try MRT or tricycle.

In Manila, we also went to the malls like Shangrila La Plaza Mall, SM MALL OF ASIA, SM MEGAMALL and GREENBELT in Makati ( place where we stay, just 5 mins from our apartment) And yeah its quite big like Jakarta but not too fancy like Plaza Indonesia or Grand Indonesia. But its worth to see and don't forget to buy the famous snacks Polvoron. 
There are many flavors, but the fav one is Ubi( sweet potato)

Like we all know most Philippines people are catholic and so do we. 
We enjoy ourselves by visiting church to church, and the church are huge and beautiful. They have a different rules compare to indonesian's catholic church. 
And yeah of course we went to Manila Cathedral. They have many schedule by the way since too many person go to church, so it wont be too crowded.
Also. San Agustin 
Nice church, seriously. 

If you like museum, you must go to Filipinas Heritage Library and Ayala Museum. But i didnt went there because there is no enough time :( 
Also you have to go to Intramuros its like an old city and has pretty garden and also has something like Maccu Piccu. And there are a lot of Plaza there like plaza de roma, plaza miranda etc and all are pretty. 

Nah, my fav topic. FOODS!! Lol
There are a lot good food there! 
There is Jollibee, most famous fast food in Manila and you could find it anywhere. Because Jollibee are everywhere!! Haha. Jollibee serve fried chicken etc. 
At CHOWKING, You can taste its famous ice cream called HALO and also there are much snacks like dumplings, spring rolls etc. 
and yeah dont miss GOLDILOCKS, they have all delicacies of those with a sweet tooth like Ensaymada, mamon (a spongy round cake) and surely savory Sariwa and the MOST FAMOUS LONGANISA (its like lapchong but WAAAAY MUCH MORE DELICIOUS!! ) beware: it content PORK 

And yeah enough about Manila, later i wil talk about El Nido. 
Still long way to go