Traveling Note- Bidadari Island

Last holiday, September 4th if I'm not wrong.....We travelled by boat to Bidadari Island. Just 25minutes away from Jakarta. An escape from our beloved crowded city-Jakarta. As we run a restaurant we can manage holiday ourselves. We opened and worked hard when the others enjoy holiday and it's our turn to have a great holiday with lower price hehehehehe 


I did a quick search on the internet to get some information, of course it was the time for Mr Google helping us. We planned the holiday just a day before. We first planned to go to Tidung Island but it takes more or less 2,5 hours by boat and it is an island with citizens and it's a new holiday destination so they don't have even an inn to stay. With my 3yo son NO, THANK YOU.


So we decided to take the nearest island from Jakarta. The ticket was Rp 265.000,00 included return ticket and lunch - buffet. The ticket is valid from 3 years up. When the salesgirl saw my son, Noah, she asked how old he is. I answered 3 yo, she said:"Make him stand". After she saw him, she said: "OK, He does't have to pay" Yeahhhh great! hahahaha he looks like 2 yo boys. I'm sad about this but still be grateful for some condition.


Bidadari Island is a resort island, only for holiday destination and managed by private company.
We can walk the island for around 30 minutes. The sands not white and a bit dirty. The food was bad, we were in the island but no seafood for us???? the shore full of rough coral. We insisted ourselves to enjoy the sea and we made our feet hurt and we had to carry our boy passing those sharp coral to reach the sea which was not blue. We could see the tiny fish using google but we have to really pay attention. 


There were many sea urchin. A guy kept searching the sea urchin around using something like a spear. But we are unlucky, my husband got stabbed on his feet. It's badly hurt and to get rid of it, you need an empty soda bottle and all you have to do is hit your feet with the bottle on the hurt area until you don't feel hurt anymore. If you don't feel hurt anymore it means the sea urchin has crashed inside, you're safe!

We swam on the sea for 2 hours and we got tanned. After swimming on the sea, we swam on the kids pool. Lucky that I brought him a float so we enjoy the swimming time a lot. Exhausted, Noah slept when I took a bath and when my husband put him on the table covered by our clothes, he just slept!


He enjoyed playing with sands a lot. We just had fun.


The condition of the beach not really good but when we decided we want to value our holiday, we could have great holiday! After all the most  important thing was we spent time together and we had grateful feeling.


My tips for mums: When you plan the holiday, prepare for the worst, e.g. the place is not like on the brochure. Don't forget the sun block. Bring snacks and drink bottle. Don't leave the float. Also bring the sand toys. Extra clothes is a must, even if you don't need it you can use it for other thing, for me used for his sleeping layer. The most important thing is a joyful heart! When you arrived at your destination, you can choose whether you can get upset with the condition or just enjoy the time with grateful heart.

Memorable super fun trip

I'm quite a simple mum in everythings I do! indeed!!! that is also the way I prepare A bag for a picnic, only a bag!!!


Here what I bring:
1. spare pair of t-shirt and short-choose the lightest fabric
2. spare nappy
3. wet and dry tissue
4. drink bottled- medium size, if you need more water just buy somewhere there
5. snacks - I prefer something sweet like m&ms as He just love it
6. lunch box- the simple menu like mashed potato and scrambled shrimp egg
7. hand sanitizer
8. camera 
9. little toys-I brought his favorite toy cars


See!!! only a bagpack. light and simple. My boy is 2,8mo.


Before we go to Taman Safari Cisarua, I told him already to not being fussy, just sleep when he feels sleepy. Some warnings are necessary, they understand! 

He was such an amazing boy!!! he played in the car, we had bad traffic 2,5hours on the way to Taman Safari and 2 hours on the way home. He walked by himself. He was an astonishing brave boy. He rode an elephant twice, first with me the second with his daddy. He rode a camel with me as well. We saw heaps of animal and he just loved it!






My tips for mums: prepare a light but complete bagpack, tell and remind him what you expect him to do directly, be ready to have fun and give yourself to it, don't worries too much

trip to Yogya-Solo

Adventorous Trip!!

Day 1
Bandung- Jakarta

Day 2
Jakarta-Yogyakarta-Solo
We went around Yogyakarta by angkot, bus and becak!!!! with a 9mo baby.... cool!!!
We didn't miss to try train to Solo...no AC and not cozzy and he slept 50' during the trip

Day 3
Solo
First swimming for Noah and as we predicted he cried out loud...it might be of the cold water

Day 4
Solo-Yogyakarta-Jakarta
We almost late for the plane hahahaha

Day 5
Jakarta-Bandung

at Keraton Yogya

first trip by flight

First trip with our 8mo baby made us so nervous!

the night before.......was terrible! he woke up every 2 hours hahaha while our plane planned to take off at 8am and we needed around 45' to get there

the morning was also terrible, it seemed that he knew he will face new experience in a moment away!

the plans were he will drink a bottle of milk when the plane take off and then he will sleep like a baby....but the parents' plan not his plan I bet! huhuhuhuhu

he didn't have his breakfast so he had finished three forth of the milk on the way to the airport!!! and also slept in the car ALREADY!!!!

in the plane.......i tried to ask him biting his teether to avoid his ear hurt later. he didn't sleep and just slept when the plane attendace announced that we will landing soon! he enjoyed his trip in the plane, he played a lot! and was curious about many things...

My tips for mums just enjoy the trip! hahahahaha don't forget to make plan A, plan B, plan C and so on......bring more bottles of milk!