God is giving me blessing in disguise through the pandemic. Currently I am in Bali which may be impossible if it is not pandemic time. What am I doing? Working; doing vacation over the weekend; enjoying sunset mostly every day; washing my clothes on daily basis (say no to laundry hahaha); etc. I was also staying at Bali last year for several days. What I missed from Bali was the sunset moments. This year I will stay for a month to enjoy them as much as I can. And this is me walking on the beach for the sunset.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Ke Eropa Timur: Perjalanan dan Tour 10 Hari Bagian 1 (5-7 November 2019)
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Ke Eropa Timur: Group Tour dan Budget
Friday, August 23, 2019
Drama Keberangkatan Hingga Menikmati Jalan Harmoni di Penang
Friday, July 19, 2019
Growing Product Effect: New Share and Canibalism
Jadi hari ini dapet ilmu bahwa satu produk yang pertumbuhannya lagi digenjot bisa punya dua efek: penambahan share dan kanibalisme produk alternatif sejenis.
Kalo bonus demografinya Indonesia di bidang pariwisata kayaknya sama ya. Anak muda yang produktif dan jadiin traveling sebagai lifestyle di satu sisi bisa genjot pariwisata dalam negeri. Di sisi lain bisa jadi uang hasil kerja keras mereka malah lari ke luar negeri. Bonusnya demografi jadi agak kurang deh :D
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Hello From The Other Side: Labuan Bajo
Monday, March 25, 2019
Visit Myanmar: Budget & Expense Breakdown
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| Old Bagan, credit: Mr Min (One Bagan Tour) |
Last two weeks, I had a chance to go to Myanmar with Valdo and Iphul. Finally our plan since eons had been executed. When I started to post the pictures taken there on my instagram feed, I did not expect to get some responses related to our itinerary, budget, and so on.
As my rememberance, I decided to write them in my blog to be more useful for others.
Our preparations:
- Booked flight tickets: Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur - Yangon and Yangon - Kuala Lumpur - Jakarta for IDR 1.702.000,00. As a tip, don't be too hurry to book them since the fare is always up and down. For your comparison, I booked Air Asia on 20 Dec 2018 for 14 Mar 2019 flights. If I were being too hurry then, I could pay IDR 100.000,00-200.000,00 higher.
- Booked tour for Bagan. Personally, It was the best deal we made for this travel. You can search One Bagan Tours at google and find them in google. We booked them at USD 30,00 (USD 1,00 = IDR 14.310,00) for one full day tour and paid them after the tour finished.
- Booked bus tickets at easybooks.com for Yangon - Bagan. Iphul actually did this. Each of us paid IDR 307.000,00. And we got JJ Express Bus.
- Booked bus tickets at klook.com for Bagan - Inle. Each of us paid IDR 311.000,00. And we got Bagan Min Thar Bus.
- Booked bus tickets at klook.com for Inle - Yangon. Each of us paid IDR 311.000,00. And we got JJ Express Bus.
- Brought USD 150,00 for each of us. You will find difficulties to find kyats. And even if you can find It, I suggest that you bring dollars instead since the exchange rate will be more favorable. (USD 1,00 = MMK 1.500,00 or MMK 1,00 = IDR 10,00)
- Rent router for all of us IDR 272.000,00 (4 days at Myanmar) and paid deposit for IDR 500.000,00)
- Downloaded application at google playstore: Splitwise (To split the usage of the bulk money easier, even It can help us what to settle and who to settle. Furthermore, It can track all of our expenses during the travel) and ShareIt (To send pictures on original size with faster time).
I think that's all for the budget and expense breakdown post. I will write about the itinerary for the next post. Thanks for reading :)
Saturday, July 7, 2018
It was Meant to be
Tanggal 18-21 Juni 2018 kemarin saya menemani Ibu saya dan teman-temannya yang memang guru SD saya ke Medan. Salah satu destinasi wisata kami adalah Danau Toba. Di hari ketika kami menyebrang, ada kejadian tenggelamnya kapal penumpang di Danau Toba. Kami baik-baik saja karena terjebak macet sepanjang jalan menuju penyebrangan dan kami memang naik kapal ferry. Hidup memang selalu ada hikmahnya.
Misalkan saya menggunakan skenario jikalau seandainya semestinya, perjalanan saya kali ini mengingatkan saya dengan dialog di salah satu film favorit saya, 500 Days of Summer.
"Summer: Well, you know, I guess it's 'cause I was sitting in a deli and reading Dorian Gray and a guy comes up to me and asks me about it and... now he's my husband.
Tom: Yeah. And... So?
Summer: So, what if I'd gone to the movies? What if I had gone somewhere else for lunch? What if I'd gotten there 10 minutes later? It was, it was meant to be. And... I just kept thinking... Tom was right.
Tom: No.
Summer: Yeah, I did.
[laughs]
Summer: I did. It just wasn't me that you were right about."
...
Segala puji bagi Allah yang telah memberi keselamatan pada kami. Semoga para penumpang segera diberi kejelasan kabar.

