Pangandaran > West Java ~ Indonesia > Day 04 > 2014 May 18

There's an International Kite Festival at Pangandaran, and today is the final battle. So before we go home, we watch it first. But unfortunately, untill 10 o'clock, the festival hadn't started yet. Because we want to eat lunch at Sidareja which took 1 hour to 1.5 hours, so we cancelled our plan to watch the festival, and go home.

At Wangon - Bulu, we decided to stop for a while to drink Dawet Ayu.

Dawet Ayu suitable to drink when the weather is hot. It's refreshing, and sweet.

Then we continue the journey back home. See you in the next trip.. :)

Pangandaran > West Java ~ Indonesia > Day 02 > 2014 May 16

Wake up at 04:00 to watch sunrise at East beach. Too bad, it's cloudy, and the sunrise didn't full.

The East beach side, there's so many stan. You can sit and enjoy the scene.

After the sun was rise, we go back to hotel to eat breakfast. Then at 9 o'clock, we went to Citumang Body Rafting. I heard this place a few times, and some of my father's friends have already went there and they said it's so fun.

Me and my brother has meet some agent in the east beach, they said it cost IDR 100.000 if they book from Pangandaran. But we decided to see the location first, and book in there.

The journey took about 30-45 minutes. Don't worry, there's the sign of the place while on road, so you won't get lost. The route was in the middle of the journey to Batu Hiu Beach.

Arrived there, there's 2 car parking. The first one is where we go. It's the finish point for the rafting. The 2nd one, is the start point. It cost IDR 75.000 if we directly book from the location. If your group less than 10 people, then they will give you 1 guide which also help you take picture. They are proffesional, I use my pocket camera which is not water resistant, but he can use it well without touch the water.

We have to walk approximately 1km barefoot. Then arrive at the 2nd car parking. There's a sign "Welcome to Citumang Body Rafting". Then we arrive at the cave. You can entering the cave, but it's dark. We didn't entering it, but only took picture in front of the cave.

The flow near the cave was really strong. They provided rope to help us.

The first obstacle is 3 meters waterfall. We have to jump in there. There's no other way. Don't worry, the buoy help you to floating. And the guide will take care of you.

There's 3 waterfall. The first one approximately 3 meters. The 2nd and 3rd, only 1/2 meters. It's fun, but after the 3rd waterfall, it started to boring. We only follow the flow until the irrigation part, then entering small river which there's a thousand of little crab. It's tickles. But it's fun, especially if you came here with large group.

After almost 1 hour, our rafting end. Then we went back to Pangandaran to eat lunch. After the activity, we really feel hungry.

Those are the fresh seafood that we choose, guess what will it become?

There's a famous dessert in Pangandaran, it's called Es Podeng.

Then we back to hotel for resting.

In the afternoon, we go to the beach.

After play a while at the beach, then at 17:00 we go back to hotel then go to dinner. There's a special fish in the restaurant. It shark.

But we didn't eat it. Our dinner:

After dinner, we stroll around to shopping, then back to hotel to sleep. Today is tiring day.

Pangandaran > West Java ~ Indonesia > Day 01 > 2014 May 15

Today, I went to Pangandaran Beach with my family. We went there by car. We departed at 06:30 from Magelang. Usually it took 5 to 6 hours if no traffic.

We passed Purworejo city. We decided to follow short cut path. And it wrong choice. The road was wavy, and we have to drive slow. 

Then we passed Kutoarjo - Prembun - Kebumen - Karanganyar - Gombong - Sumpiuh - Buntu - Jatilawang - Wangon. We went to Bandung direction.

Once we arrive at Wangon, we turn left. Then we turn right to Jeruk Legi. Usually, the road was bad and not wide, but seems like they have re-build the road. It's bigger and no waving. A lot of new stan nearby.

Then we arrived at Kawunganten. The road was broken. We have to move slow. 

Then we passed Gandrungwangu, and Sidareja. We decided to eat lunch at Sidareja. It's 12 o'clock at noon. We eat fried chicken at Tojoyo. We usually eat here when we went to Pangandaran. It's been 2 years I didn't went here. Usually, every year we went here.

After took lunch, we continue the journey. We passed Karangpucung. The road was bad. But almost the end of regency, the road was good. Then we arried at Pangandaran.

We stay at Aquarium Hotel. We have been numerous time stay here. The hotel was under renovation, so all the facility was not used. And also the familysuite that we booked, was bad. Everything was not in control. 

The Road in front of Aquarium Hotel

After unpacking our stuff, we go for walk at the beach. But suddenly, it's raining. Then we went back to hotel. At 16:00 we went to the beach again, this time we play in the water. Before 17:00 O went back to the room for take a bath.

After that, we eat dinner. We have our favourite restaurant: Risma Fresh Seafood Restaurant. We can choose the fresh seafood.

We order:

- Shrimp with Oyster Sauce

- Roasted Shrimp

- Fried Pomfret

- Shimping with Oyster Sauce

Then we went shopping at Lina Collections.

But I feel tired, so I went back to hotel first.

Time to sleep, tomorrow will woke up early for sunrise. Good night..