travel spot #1 – tokyo part 1: tokyo tower April 28, 2010
Posted by lumierre9 in travel.Tags: japan, tokyo, tokyo tower, travel, travelling
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i think everybody knows tokyo tower, at least has ever seen it from a picture on the internet or from a movie…it’s the famous landmark of tokyo city, so when you visit tokyo, you have to make sure at least you take picture in front of it 😀 when the weather is good, it’s recommended to go up to the observation deck and see tokyo city view from the top…there are two observation decks in tokyo tower, the first one is on 150m height and the entrance ticket costs 820 yen, and the second one is on 250m height with additional cost of 600 yen…well, many people i know say that it’s expensive to go up there, they say that it’s not worthy to spend that much of money just to see something like that…if you like to see the whole city view, capturing a beautiful scenery of tokyo, i think it’s still worth the price…however, if you’re one of those who think it’s expensive, you can try visiting shinjuku governmental office for free (i’ve never been there but wanna go there soon)
Tokyo Tower 2010
scenery of Tokyo at night
beside the observatory deck, in the bottom part of the tower, there are also aquarium gallery, wax museum, and guinness world records museum where you have to buy the ticket also for each places…however, if you want to visit all of them, it’s better to buy the special ticket package that includes all of them (it saves you around 500 yen)…additionally, they have some souvenir shops which have various kinds of souvenir for your friends or relatives…if you’re hungry you can try the food in the food court or restaurants that’s also available there…
to go there, there are several alternatives…the closest station is Akabanebashi station of Toei Oedo line…and you can also come from Kamiyacho station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya line), Onarimon sta. (Toei Mita line), Daimon sta. (Toei Asakusa), or Hamamatsu-cho sta. (JR Yamanote/Keihin Tohoku)…
for more information you can visit the official website of tokyo tower
road to Ujung Genteng February 1, 2009
Posted by lumierre9 in chit-chat.Tags: backpacking, beach, curug cikaso, pangumbahan, roasted fish, travelling, turtle, ujung genteng, waterfall
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last week, i had a trip to Ujung Genteng beach…i’ve been wanting to go there since a long time ago, and when my friends told me that they wanted to go there on friday last week, i wanted to come along, but unfortunately i had an event to attend the following saturday so i couldn’t…but on thursday, i got a news that the event was canceled, and that meant i was free to go…and there i went…felt like it’s a God’s gift for me…thanks God…
i just knew that we’re going backpacking…never done it before…felt kinda nervous but also excited…
8 of us departed from bandung (leuwipanjang terminal) taking a bus to sukabumi, moved to lembur situ terminal in sukabumi, and took an elf (not elf as in fantasy tales ^^) to a small town named surade…we arrived there at about 2.30 in the morning after 3 hours of crazy ride from lembur situ…we took a rest at a mosque there because we have to wait till the morning to continue our journey…
we took a move at about 6.30 to Curug Cikaso…we thought that it’s in the same direction as Ujung Genteng, but it isn’t…but it didn’t matter…
it took about half an hour to Cikaso village…there’s two ways to reach the waterfall, crossing the river by boat or walking through the ricefield…we chose the second way…and our efforts were paid off seeing the waterfall…so AWESOME!!
after we had so much fun there, we continued our trip to Ujung Genteng beach and after we got an inn, we had lunch and all of us took some rest…not much to do for the rest of the day, we just walked down the beach, took some pictures, finding a dead little turtle, etc…
the next day, we played on the beach in the morning and found many sea creatures (including snakes)…at noon we visited the fish market and bought some fish for lunch…roasted fish!!yummy!!
in the afternoon, we walked to Pangumbahan beach, where a turtle conservatory placed…it took about 1,5 hours…there we built a tent and waited until night when the turtles come to the beach to lay eggs…finally we can see the turtle at about 9pm…
at 4 in the morning we got back to Ujung Genteng, packed our belongings, and end our journey back to bandung…
it was fun, my first time backpacking and camping…although it was very tiring but it’s a great experience for me…and i’m still amazed with the waterfall (curug cikaso) ^^
btw, total money spent: about Rp.250k for 3 days and 2 nights (cheap eh??)
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