Zue's Personal Blog

Last day, we went to airport at 9 am. The day earlier we asked the taxi driver to take us to Airport. He's a very nice guy and very talkative to. My dad enjoy the trip with stories from him. Besides, his taxi charge also cheap. His name is Machinul or Pak Inul (not like the Dangdut Queen).. hehehe. Pak Inul said he also have a Toyata Kijang and also provide transportation service for tourist. His car rental rate also cheaper which is just IDR 350000 per day. Later I will share his mobile number in this post in case any of my reader need it while travel to Surabaya. In the first post about Surabaya, I did mentioned about the package to Surabaya which cost us about RM 4k for 4  pax. But the actual that we spend, is about RM 1600 for 4 pax. i will list down the details later on for reference. Among Good memories.....

Day 3, we plan on our own. Nothing much to say. Just trying to find suitable souvenir for friends and family and till today still cant find any. Today we dont have driver. Its Ok since we only have 1 place to go. Early morning, my mum, sis and me took a taxi, heading to Pasar Turi. If we rent a car for another six hours, it will cost us about IDR 250000 (12 hours only 300000). We took a taxi and pay about IDR 54000 to Pasar Turi. As soon as we get into this bulding, I said, this is the place. Almost like Pasar Baru in Bandung. Easy for us to find things we wanted to find. We can also bargain here. They also sell item in bulk and it is a lot more cheaper. Bakso My favorite drink - Avocado Juice@ Jus Alpukat There also Food Court in this building. Honestly, it is easier to find halal food in Surabaya compare to Medan.But, Bandung still at the first place in my heart. Never mind, I'll go to Bandung again this September. ;) My mum bought a lot Batik Sarong an...

Day 3- We went to Ample, also know as Kampung Arab. A place mostly sell Muslim wear. The price not too cheap. If you are looking for Telekung or Mukena, Surabaya is not the place but Bandung is the heaven for that. hahaha. My mum insist to buy Kain Pelikat, Sarong @ Kain Batik and Telekung. Very hard to find here. That's why Surabaya is not one of my favorite destination. When you are here, You will see lots of beggars. Be careful  If you gave them money, then a group of beggars will come to you later as the first you inform them. Its annoying and very uncomfortable when some of them surrounded you and start to pull you cloth and touch your body begging for money. This place not too big. 1 hours is more than enough. We then move to Jembatan Merah Mall since this is one of tourist attraction here. But disappointed to know that this is just another mall. Nothing special about it. Maybe different pe...

The place we stayed during our trip in Surabaya called as Providence Homestay. It's a Guesthouse but dont know why they named it as homestay. While search for the acccomdation in Surabaya, I found that the hotel there quite expensive but the guest review is not as good as the room rate. But this Guest house win in term of room rate and guests review. http://www.agoda.com/asia/indonesia/surabaya/providence_homestay.html Its actually 2 floors shop lot renovated to be a 9 room guesthouse.They have 1Business suite rooms and 1 VIP room and the guest house runs a 20%  discount promotion on Agoda.com . The room rates for this room type is different. VIP room with attached bathroom , with tv and spacious room. Very comfortable and privacy.  VIP Booking Summary MYR 55.04 x 1 Night MYR 55.04 Hot deal – rate includes 20% discount! Hotel tax and service fees x 1 Night Hotel tax and service fees Taxes and service fees are generally recovery ch...

I remember, my mum used to said " If you go to Surabaya, buy your Dad this cloth". She was refering to a cloth that i bought in Bandung, last few year. So, when I saw, Air Asia Free seats offer, I called my mum and dad, asked them whether they want to visit Surabaya. They dont take long to give me the answer. So I booked the flight tickets for my mum, dad and sis right away. It just RM 96 per person (return flight ticket). After bought the ticket, I asked my mum, why did she want to go to Surabaya?... Then she said " I dont know, I just mentioned Surabaya'.  Danggggg!. I thought she know something intresting about that place. I google for some info and found that Surabaya dont have much intresting place to visit. Bandung the best!.. But, I tried to look at the bright side, I never been there before, why not. Even just once in a life time. :)) . Not many blogger share stories about Surabaya too. So I decided to request for a quotation from a travel agency that i used ...