Sweet Escape: Lembang
Sunday, July 4, 2010 x 8:30 AM
6 long hours........ we finally arrived at our destination!!!
villa air (a.k.a water village), lembang.
i stepped out of my car and took a deep breath of out-of-city air. fresh! although there are still a few exhaust fumes.. and some horse smells... it's still better than sniffing the air in jakarta.
everybody stepped out of the car with a ton of excitement. we ran around and had a gander at everything in the villa.
we've been here once before. it was smaller than i remembered. maybe because i was so little back then, and everything seemed to be large? i don't know. but it's kind of japanese... but not really. very wooden. sliding doors, wooden sandals, wooden floors, floor-leveled bed. and just like its name, it's stands on the surface of the water.
on the first day, since we arrived around 4 or 5 in the evening, we didn't really do anything other than being as excited as a little kid that just got a new toy. we played congklak the whole evening.
for those of u who have no clue what congklak is, it's an indonesian traditional game. it's quite long and complicated to explain. but the point is, u have to move the pieces around, and whoever has the most pieces and who finishes last wins.
i missed that game. i played it all the time when i was a kid. and we sorta lost the board thingy. and we've learned to NEVER ever(!!!!!!) mess with my mom in congklak.
day 2...
before checking out of the villa, we toured around the the area. there are tea walks, horseback riding, outbound stuff. strawberry farm, and some other animal farms.
found this huge beetle
we went to see the rabbits. omg! are they cute! there are rabbits that look like a dog. fluffy! and huge!
there are the ones that look like they're wearing eyeliners. those were my favorite! well.... ours! it has a funny name.. hotot! LOL! it always makes me laugh for some reason =]
near the rabbit farm there was this cage full of goats. and one goat.... was... extreeeeeemely... NOISY!!!! it kept on bleating. it was fine at first. then... he got more and more obnoxious by the minute. it was like he was saying, "maaaaa.. pay attention to me... MAAAAAA!!! PAY ATTENTION TO ME DAMN IT!"
so we just left him alone... and went to the chicken farm. i looked at all the chickens... living in a cage so small. all it can do is stick it head and peek through holes. it has to eat and drink through holes.... poor chickens. we torture the hell out of them, mass murder them, cook them, and eat them....
next destination... strawberry farm! i just knew that strawberry plants are tiny, and live in a pot-like thingy. all this time, i've always thought that strawberry plants are like bushes.
next.. we just walked around the area, since the tea farm is quite far away.. and we had to check out soon.
the beetle was dead when we came back
we checked out of vila air and headed to bandung for a shopping spree. on our way down, we stopped by this cow farm (i guess?), where it's famous for its fresh yummy milk.
milk binging done!
we checked into the hotel and laze around for a little while before going out for a late lunch.
and the shopping spree..... BEGINS!!!!
no pictures though. there's nothing more other than a squirm of people hungry for cheap clothes on sale! yea... they're cheap. AND they're on sale. what more can u ask for? =]
day 3...
we were getting ready to go back home. we only stopped at one factory outlet before going straight back home.
another long hour ride.. and my little brother was whining to go to this place for a marching band practice. first... my sister and i were extremely tired. second... heavy traffic. third... POURING!!!!
so we got there, and nobody was practicing. everybody was getting ready to go home... seriously!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? can u imagine how pissed me and my sister were? it was like a 4-5 hour drive to that place thingy, and i was nauseous coz my of my dad's poor driving skill, and now we had to sit in another long hour of traffic??????? and to top that, the roads were kinda flooded.
but other than that, i think we had a good time =] it felt good to not think about work for a couple of days. yup! i skipped work =] and i could finally get some amazing rest! eye bags... reduced! pimples... reduced! stress.. gone!!!
~rene
Labels: chicken, farm, goat, holiday, indonesia, lembang, rabbit, strawberry, vacation, vila air
