Planning how to spend holidays?

End of semester! Some students of ITB are gathering to plan how their holidays will look like.

The Famous Jalan Cihampelas

Ten years ago, whenever you talk about Bandung, you have to mention Jalan Cihampelas, the Bandung's center of jeans. This street used to be very busy during weekend, filled by the people from Jakarta that wanted to spend their weekend here. This situation promoted this area to be one of Bandung's most important business center. Since 7 years ago, factory outlets took over the role of Jalan Cihampelas as the Bandung's center of fashion.

One Night at Pateur Intersection

Situation at an intersection of Jalan Pasteur - Jalan Gunung Batu - Jalan Sarijadi in the night.

Line for Barbeque

As a place where you can find any kind of restaurants, Bandung is also known as a food lovers' meeting point. At Parijs van Java barbeque stand like this, you can easily find a long line.

Pepper Lunch at Parijs van Java

This Japanese restaurant franchise, Pepper Lunch (you have to pronounce it: Peppaa Ranchi), has more than 200 restaurants all over the world such as in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, China, USA and Indonesia.
Pepper Lunch just opened its outlet at Parijs van Java - Bandung. The place is nicely designed with rich color. But don't expect to see a traditional Japanese ornaments in this restaurant. But the ribs eye steak that I ordered was a knock out! Greasely delicious! The raw steak was delivered on the 250 deg F hot plate. The steam can be eaten raw or well done depending on your preference. You can put the sauce of your choice; honey or garlic. Was I satisfied? I was. Arigato gozaimashita!

Taman Bunga Nusantara (2): Red Hybiscus

Red is passion. Red is hybiscus.

Bandoengsche Melk Centrale (BMC)

This Bandoengsche Melk Centrale restaurant located at Jalan Pasteur is a branch of a the first BMC located at Jalan Aceh. Originally, BMC was a fresh milk manufacture founded for the first time in 1920's. The specialty of this restaurant is milk based beverages. But sure, you can find all kind of Indonesian foods, such as mie baso, baso tahu, gado-gado, soup buntut goreng, or sate.

Played with my luck, he is too old!

Last night Patricia and I saw the movie that we’ve been waiting for so long time, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of Crystal Skull. Blitz Megaplex – Bandung was full of people. It was weekend, of course. And, Harrison Ford is one of our favorites. But, that time, I played with my luck! I was a bit disappointed to see how this last sequel of Indiana Jones was plotted. UFO and aliens in Indiana Jones? C’mon!

Bill Gates' Competitor

This Bandung's black market is one of widely known as a place to find a cheap thing. The most common things sold in this market are DVDs, VCDs, and computer programs ;-).

Cihampelas Walk aka CIWALK

Located at Jalan Cihampelas - Bandung, Cihampelas Walk aka Ciwalk is one of my favorite place for keeping my soul alive.

Beautiful Life

Young and brave grasshopper showed itself to the world, reaching its hope, wishing its prosperous life. This image was taken at Cipageran - Cimahi.

Hasan Sadikin Hospital

Hasan Sadikin Public Hospital in Bandung is one of the best university hospital in Indonesia.

At the Beginning of Dry Season

The picture of grass' flower at the beginning of dry season.

Green Cilimaya Street

Green Cilimaya Street, just to the west of Gedung Sate.

Becak

Becak, the traditional Bandung's rickshaw widely used for daily activity. This becak's man struggles for his life by means of following his shadow on the Bandung's crowded streets.

Bandung Trade Center

Bandung Trade Center, you almost can find anything here.

Bluewish Pasopati Bridge

This Pasopati bridge is a fly-over connecting Jalan Pasteur and Jalan Surapati.

Crowded Dalem Kaum

The situation of crowded Jalan Dalem Kaum Bandung.

Flower's City

In Bandung, you can find a lot of places where people sell plants, like flowers or fruits trees. One of them is located at Jalan Taman Cibeunying, Bandung.

Gedung Sate

Gedung Sate, the Bandung's landmark.