Day 1 - Tangkuban Perahu, Ciater, Kampung Daun
Our cousins are in town, so we decided to bring them touring around, we chose Bandung. :p We stayed at Grand Hotel Lembang, we arrived there around 2pm. First stop is Tangkuban Perahu.
Tangkuban Perahu (spelt Tangkuban Parahu in the local Sundanese dialect) is a dormant volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It last erupted in 1959. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface.[2] This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last erupted in 1983. Together with MountBurangrang and Bukit Tunggul, those are remnants of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse. (cr: wikipedia)
The name translates roughly to "upturning of (a) boat" or "upturned boat" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat. (cr: Wikipedia)
That's the local legend of Tangkuban Perahu, next we went to Ciater.
The water temperatur of 450 C cools down to 400 C - 420 C, after is allowed to flow through the pipes of the bathrooms in the hotels. The village of Ciater is well know for its natural hot spring, the source of sulphuric water which is reputable for its efficacy to cure various disease like paralysis, remathism, nerve and bone diseases and other skin diseases under consultation and supervision of doctor specialist. The water shich flows through the river of 2.000 meters long becomes cold and is used by the people in the community to irrigated their rice fields. It is said that this water helps to improve the quality of harvest. (cr: SariAter)
We then having dinner at Kampung daun, this place is nice, nice for dinner as well. I got the feeling.. hahahaa
But, you have to Queue. Take your Queue no., wait for 1 hour, and you got your table. Yes, damn crowded, man..
If you are super hungry, cannot tahan liau, don't go to this restaurant. Or have snack first, the food here at Kampung Daun is yummy btw.
Day 2 - Strawberry Farm, Kawah Putih, Kartika Sari
Ok, this gonna be my first time to pick strawberry. it was fun, a lot of strawberries there, you can pick as many as you want, but you must pay for it.
We then went to a very far destination if i'm not wrong, Kawah Putih. Too much sulfur here, so we have to wear mask to get inside. :p
Kawah Putih (English: White Crater) is a striking crater lake and tourist spot in a volcanic crater about 50 km south of Bandung inWest Java in Indonesia.[1]
Kawah Putih lake (7.10° S 107.24° E) is one of the two craters which make up Mount Patuha, an andesitic stratovolcano (a "composite" volcano).[2] Mt Patuha is one of numerous volcanoes in Java. The Kawah Putih site was opened to visitors in 1987. The lake itself is 2,430 meters above sea level so the local climate is often quite chilly (temperatures are frequently around 10 degrees celsius). This makes a brisk change from the humidity of the north Java plain and the capital city of Jakarta. Kawah Putih is a sizeable acid lake which changes colour from bluish to whitish green, or brown, depending on the concentration of sulfur and the temperature.[3] The sand and rocks surrounding the lake have been also washed into whitish colours by the vapours from the lake. (cr: wikipedia)
Before went home, we stopped by at Kartika Sari, I love their brownies, bolen, sale pisang, everything.
have you tried this before? if not, visit here. Can order online as well.
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