My first attempt abroad (hello Jakarta)

I never thought that the first country that I could visit abroad would be in Jakarta, Indonesia. It's not quite usual for tourists to go there. But since my sister was working there, she invited me to visit her and that, she would pay for my expenses. So, why not for a libre, dba?

It happened last September 2009. Truly, my first time to fly away from home- alone! Seriously, I got so nervous I was really scared and different thoughts came into my mind. What if I'll get lost? What if I could not see my sister at the airport? And so on and so fort.

But never did come into my mind that my dilemma would be something different.  It was actually about the people (indonesians-who-does-not-speak-english) made my travel hard, more than I could imagine. When I reached the airport, I looked around. (so this is it? this is all about abroad?) I was disappointed. first, the airport is not so good. (not as good as ours). It was very vintage and when I asked the people where's the arrival area, they just nodded and shrugged like they did not understand me at all. I began to panic. What the??!!! How???! I was trying to read the signs but there was no english translation also, and so I just followed the passengers. Finally, i saw my sister. (whew, Im safe)

First day: We went to Safari Zoo!

On our way palang, there were a lot of zoo animals roaming around to welcome us. I was shocked. They were gigantic. I wanted to hold them though, but we were not allowed, but it's ok to feed the with carrots.

These were the Camels we fed. I actually bought a plastic bag full of carrots because I wanted to feed them all. I was like a kid so amazed with all the animals. haha

There, I dropped off from my seat because i was terrified when the giraffe almost bit my fingers. He thought it was a carrot still. haha.. It was then I stopped feeding them. Especially at the part when lions and elephants were roaming around. we were prohibited to feed them.

Inside, we met different animals. Huge ones! syempre, ako na nmn ang excited humawak.

I was really scared of the white tiger but I did took a picture with him still. Ako pa? kaya ko yan. Well, the elephant was gentle. However, it was just so disgusting that he kept on licking people's faces, my legs and hands. it's so ewww! So that explains my facial reaction. I was not overjoyed, I was actually disgusted. yikes!

On our second day, my sister told me that we would go to the malls to shop and buy something at the grocery.
She gave me 100, 000 rupiah. I was really so happy. i thought it was something really big already. Only to find out that it was only worth 500pesos. (damn!)

We toured around and I just kept on taking pictures all over.

Even the peppers were captured. Parang walang ganyan sa Pinas. Well, I was just got attracted with the colors.

That was me, enjoying the mall tours. The swirling thing that's behind me is the big slide inside the FX mall. My sister said that, for one to be able to ride that slide, he/she must purchase worth of 1 million rupiah in that mall. In peso conversion, that's around 5 thousand pesos.

So instead of dreaming to experience that, I just took a picture. Anyway, there's not much good stuff in there.

We tried to look for a filipino restaurant since I could really not take the taste of their food. And we found one.

That's "Satey" or simply barbecue or steak for us. It's yummy! And the yummiest was the dessert!

Itsura palang, dba? winner na winner....

I spent 13 days in Jakarta. I experienced their amusement Park, (Dufan), the europian style mall, in Grand Indonesia, and many others. But most of the time, I just stayed at my sister's pad with my friend, Janet. pag wala na kaming pera panggala, sa bahay nalang kami. We try to entertain ourselves with different silly things.

Oh well, we did face painting....

 And swimming in the pool...(with sauna after)

And working out! (as if may fats)

And the most exciting part was when I was able to ride the scariest ride in Dufan, The Tornado. Akala ko d nako mabubuhay. lol

that was me at the right side, covering my face. waahhhh...Fulfilling indeed!

Well, in fairness, I had fun on my 13-day vacation.

Though I had some troubles with the dialect problem, plus the yuckie smell of the people, it was still something worth remembering journey. It was then I started to get addicted to traveling. And now I am happy  
to see my passport as it get messy with inks from different places. 4 countries at present. And hopefully, more soon.