From Jakarta to Changsha by Cathay Pasific > FengHuang--ZhangJiaJie--ChengDu--JiuZhaiGou Day 01 - 17th August 2012 > China

This trip is organized by my cousin's friends and my cousin as the tour leader.

Fenghuang - Zhangjiajie - Chengdu - Jiuzhaigou trip for 10th days, organized by Lumba-Lumba Tour & Travel Surabaya, with cost USD 2.980/pax (depart from Jakarta) by Cathay Pasific.

The additional cost:

- Visa: IDR 590.000/pax

- Jakarta International Airporttax: IDR 150.000/pax

The price is high because it's high season in Indonesia.

At 13:00, we depart using Damri Shuttle from Hotel Wisata to Adisucipto International Airport. It cost IDR 35.000/pax.

At 14:18 we arrive at Adisucipto International Airport Yogyakarta then proceed to check-in counter. 

We are flying with Garuda from Yogyakarta (JOG) to Jakarta (CGK).  Our flight is at 17:15-18:15 with rate IDR 505.000/pax. We arrived at airport too early, but because it's Indonesia Big Holiday, we affraid if there's a traffic. So it's better to go early than missing flight.

There's a delay, we depart at 18:20, and arrive at Jakarta at 19:35. Then we go to International Departure to check our flight and we still can't check-in yet.

Then, my other cousin that stay at Jakarta, take us to eat dinner at Smokey Ribs at PIK Jakarta.

At 23:00 we arrive at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Terminal 2 again, and when we check the flight time, there's a notice that our flight to Changsa will depart at 4 o'clock. Actually, our flight time should be at 23:55 around that time. But earlier we got notice via sms that it's already delay 2 hours become 13:55. And now delay again 2 hours become 15:55. 

We heard that there's a big hurricane at Hongkong and surround and it makes our plane depart late from Hongkong to Jakarta. Not only our plane, but all of the plane got a delayed.

And the big problem is, we should arrive in Hongkong at 05:20. Then continue our flight at 09:15. But because this delayed problem, we will arrive in Hongkong at 09:20 which means we will missed our flight. The staff at counter check-in help us to call Hongkong Airport and she said, the staff at Hongkong Airport will give us option when we arrived there.

Then at 15:55, we depart to Hongkong. This is the longest departure, we spend almost 33 hours to depart haha..

Again, The Place 世贸天街 Mall - Farewell dinner at Golden Jaguar 金钱豹 Buffet (3) # Beijing - China

The study semester is over and some of us will go back for good. So we decided to have a farewell dinner at Golden Jaguar 金钱豹 Buffet in The Place 世贸天街 Mall. It's a all you can eat restaurant, with price 180 Yuan/person.

Defining itself as an “international cuisine collection,” Golden Jaguar is a paradise for buffet lovers - a mecca to gluttony - lose yourself in the enormous selection of dishes from both the Western and Chinese cookery traditions displayed in a seemingly endless succession of cooking stations armed by a veritable army of a waitstaff. The concept may seem dubious, but Golden Jaguar stands out for the sheer variety of dishes and cuisines is reason enough to indulge on everything from sushi, steak, oysters, salads, swallow's nest soup, abalone, dim sum, steaks, Southeast Asian food, Italian pastas, French cuisine, sushi, sashimi, all-you-can ice cream and more. (credit)

*The restaurant is closed already


Address: The Place and Central Park世贸天街新城国际4/F, North Bldg, The Place, 9 Guanghua Lu Chaoyang District 朝阳区光华路9号世贸天阶大厦北楼4层

Watch the big Projection Screen in The Place Mall 世贸天阶 (2) #Beijing - China

The 1st semester in Beijing is finished and we are on school summer holiday. We go shopping to The Place 世贸天阶 Mall and wants to see their famous big projection screen. And it's really beautiful.

Dinner at Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰 # Beijing - China

Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰, A Taiwanese chain that has earned its international renown – taste just one delicate, hand-rolled xiaolongbao 小笼包 and you’ll join the fan club. The soups, fried rice with pork and noodles are also guaranteed to please. (The Beijinger)


Address: 北京渔阳店 朝阳区新源西里中街24号 Chaoyang District（渔阳饭店西北角）

There's some Dintaifung Branch in Beijing. (Official Website).

Xiao Long Bao 小笼包 , is the famous food in this restaurant (Wikipedia). It is a type of Chinese steamed bun (baozi) from Jiangsu province, especially associated with Wuxi and Shanghai (Shanghai was formerly a part of Jiangsu province). In Shanghainese, they are known as siaulon moedeu or xiaolong-style mantous as Wu Chinese-speaking peoples use the traditional definition of "mantou", which refers to both filled and unfilled buns. It is traditionally prepared in xiaolong, which is a kind of small bamboo steaming basket, which give them their name. Xiaolongbao is often referred to as a kind of "dumpling", but should not be confused with British or American-style dumplings, nor with Chinese jiaozi.

They are also called a soup dumpling in English-speaking countries because they are filled with hot soup (and therefore must be eaten carefully).

Watch Beijing Acrobatic Show with UIBE # Beijing - China

This month, UIBE take us to watch Acrobatic Show and the seat is limited.

Yunnan Food near UIBE # Beijing - China

My friend found this restaurant near UIBE west gate and turn left, we only need to walk around 5-10 minutes, and cross the road. And he said, the pork ribs is very delicious. So today, he took us to try it.

The server will help us to cut it before show it to us. And it's spicy, but very delicious. I'm not a fond of spicy foods but this is delicious :D

Hutong Pizza 胡同比萨 Houhai # Beijing - China

This place located at Houhai Hutong.

Address: Houhai / Yandai Xiejie / Di'anmen 后海烟袋斜街地安门 9 Yindingqiao Hutong Xicheng District西城区银锭桥胡同9号

Open daily 11am-11pm (but now it's permanently closed already)
Phone: 8322 8916


The pizza is Italian ones, and it's thins and crispy. I went there with my classmates and one of my teacher. The class is close to the end of semester so we decided to go outing together.

Tteokbokki 떡볶이 by My Korean Friend # Beijing - China

I have so many classmates from many country when studying Chinese Language in Beijing. And most of us become best friends.

One of my Korean friend invite me and my Japanese friend to eat lunch at her apartment. And when we arrive at her apartment (her apartment located in Wang Jing area), she has already cooked Tteokbokki 떡볶이 for us. And this is the most delicious Tteokbokki 떡볶이 that I have ever ate.

Tteokbokki 떡볶이 is one of famous street food in South Korea and also called stir-fried rice cakes.

Trip to Beidaihe Seaside Scenic Area 北戴河风景区, Qinhuang City 秦皇市 D2 # Hebei - China

Good Morning.. Some of my friends back already. Now it's time to roaming another place.

Still the weather is bad, cloudy and no sunshine. But because we are together, then everything is fun. The wind is strong, and it's a little cold.


In the afternoon, we go to train station to go back to Beijing.

Trip to Beidaihe Seaside Scenic Area 北戴河风景区, Qinhuang City 秦皇市 D1 # Hebei - China

It's another weekend. We decided to go to the beach and one of my friends suggest to go to Beidaihe Scenic Area 北戴河风景区 beidaihe fengjing qu.

Beidaihe Scenic Area 北戴河风景区 (travel china guide) is a famous summer resort. It is located in the southwest of Qinhuangdao 秦皇岛 City. Its coastline, seaside attractions and convenient transportation all make it a popular destination for travelers. The region around Qinhuangdao 秦皇岛has a temperate climate, with a monsoon cycle and four distinct seasons. It is neither too hot in the summer nor too cold in winter. On average, there are only about 8 days a year when temperatures reach 86F or higher. The lowest average temperatures rarely reach below 50F, even in the winter, thanks to the Bohai Sea currents. This makes Beidaihe 北戴河 convenient to visit year-round, although the best times to visit are from May to October.

We go there by train, I'm sorry I forgot the train timetable in that time. I just remember we need 4-5 hours to go there. We buy the ticket go show. We are 11 people.

We plan to go back on 3rd June morning, but it's full. Only there's about 5 seat. So some of my friends go back first, then the rest will go back at 3rd June night.


Arrive at Beidaihe, we eat lunch first, and of course we plan to eat seafood. Beach means seafood time.

Then we go to the beach. Too bad, it has a bad weather so no sunshine and cloudy. We can't go to the beach too because the weather is bad, and the wave is big.

At night, we go around the city and it's beautiful. Then back to hotel to rest. Some of us have to sleep early because have to go to train station in early morning.

But, one of my friend get drunk and disturb all of us. She has some problem so withour our notice, she drink a lot of beer.


So some of girl team who need to go back early, sleep in other room. And I have to sleep in the same room with the drunk girl, to control her. Hais... But that's the friend are for, hope she will get better in the next morning. Even tough I can't sleep enough.