Travelling with Your Lovely Dog

Hi guys!!
In this post I want to share my experience on travelling with my dog.
As doglovers, we want our dog to be included in our journey. However, we have to bear in mind that there are some do's and dont's in travelling with your dog.

Do's :
1. Prepare all of your dog's things, such as :
- Leash, you will need this when you are walking around with your dogs. Dogs are a bit uncontrollable in the crowd. This thing will prevent unfortunate things to happen
- Dog's carrier bag (if your dog is small enough to be carried in a dog's bag). Sometimes, you have to carry your dog. This bag will help you a lot in carrying your dog. Trust me!!
In addition, this bag can also be used to carry all of your dog's stuffs
- Your dog's pillow / blanket (especially if you are travelling to a cold place). Dogs will feel uneasy in a new environment. Its pillow / bed will help him to relax as it is smelling a familiar smell. Furthermore, your dog will need this in a cold place.
- Foods. Always be prepared, since it is not easy to find dog food while travelling, while preparing dog food from our food is not convenient.
- Bowl for your dog's food.
- Wet tissue. We will never know what will happen when travelling. Always prepare a wet tissue to clean your dog in case it plays in dirt or something still sticks on its butt after pooping :p
2. Always check before going :
- Are you allowed to bring your dog to the hotel/inn?
- Are dogs allowed in your travel destination?
3. I suggest that you only take your dog along if you are travelling by your own car. Using public transportation is not recommended!!
4. Stop by in a rest area every 2-3 hours to give your dog a chance to walk around, eat, drink, or even poo.
5. Watch out for the signs given by your dog. If it is crying, it may be want to pee/poo.
6. Bring a plastic bag and old newspaper to pick up your dog's poo / trash.

Dont's :
1. Never ever put your dog in a cage along the journey. It will get sick.
2. Never let your dog running free in the crowds. It can be lost or doing bad things.

That will be all of my suggestion for now. I hope this helps!!
Remember, always be prepared!!! :D

Nasi Goreng Kampung

As we know, Indonesia is full of culinary experience. One of Indonesian popular food is fried rice / "nasi goreng".
I am quite a huge fan of "nasi goreng". In my last trip to Lembang, Bandung, West Java, I tried a new kind of "nasi goreng" (for me, at least. As I am aware a lot of people has tried this kind of fried rice).
It is called "nasi goreng kampung" or we can roughly translate it to "traditional style fried rice" / "village style fried rice".
It has some spices inside, one of it is turmeric.
They are using turmeric instead of soy sauce to give the color and main flavor of this dish.
The taste is quite different with the ordinary fried rice, which is usually made with a lot of soy sauce and garlic.
This one has a dominant taste of turmeric and it tastes really really good. You should try it sometimes!!
I came back on the following day just to eat it again. Lol

Holiday Destination - Curug Capolaga

Well, it has been a very long time since my last post..
But lets get to the point anyway,
In this post I want to share about my last holiday destination in Lembang, Bandung, West Java.

I really picked a wrong time to go on a holiday. It had been raining for days!! And all of my carefully planned itinerary was gone to waste.
However, I still insisted to enjoy my holiday and visit as many places as I could go in this rainy season.

On my third day in Bandung, I finally gave up on going to Tangkuban Perahu due to the rainy weather. It is said that fog wll come down if it rains.

Therefore, we were trying to go to Ciater, where a hot spring is located. On the way of going there, we stopped in a small restaurant to eat (I will talk about the restaurant in a separated post). We asked about nearby places. The restaurant owner advise us to go to a new waterfall called Curug Capolaga. And we decided to go there instead of Ciater.

It was a quite difficult journey going there. Although the road was quite smooth, it was really small, going up and down and also had sharp turns. And finally we arrived at the parking lot. The parking area was not that big, but since we were going on weekdays, our car was the only one there.

The guard was a nice old man and the tickets were aslo cheap. It took IDR 7,000 / person to get into the waterfall and IDR 3,000 / car for parking. 

From the guard, we then found out that there are 3 waterfalls in that area. The waterfall is not too far from the parking area. After going down, we will see the first waterfall called "Curug Goa Badak". Oh wait, I forgot to tell you that "Curug" means waterfall in Sundanese (a local language in Indonesia). So in English, the name can roughly translated into "Rhinoceros Cave Waterfall". But do not be afraid yet, because you will find no rhinoceros there. It is just that the cave is so big, so the local residents call it rhinoceros cave.

In Curug Goa Badak, the waterfall is not that big, but it has a quite big pool and a big cave so that we can play there. The water is also not too deep, it will not drown higher than your knee except you get really close to the waterfall, which I didn't try.

After playing around for a while, we moved to the second waterfall. It is called "Curug Sawer Karembong". Litterally translated, it can be called "Karembong Splash Waterfall". The waterfall is quite small, going down to a quite wide and deep pool. 

And finally, we proceed to the last waterfall called "Curug Karembong" which literally translated to "Karembong Waterfall". It is a quite big waterfall consists of 2 short waterfall. 

And the last waterfall ended my journey that day. This place is certainly recommended!!! It still has a natural beauty with all the waterfalls, woods, even the walking track to move from.one waterfall to another. 

These waterfalls also have camping ground and outbound area. 

And most importantly, it is also completed with bathroom and toilet. Thank God. 

For the visitors who are willing to spend the night, a cottage is also provided.

I hope this information will be beneficial to you. Personally, I love this place :) and will recommend it to my friends. It is surely a great place to go back to nature!!