How To Go To Khao Yai from Bangkok

Khao Yai is a province in Thailand. Surround by mountains, people in Khao Yai doing winery and tourism. This is a beautiful place to go. It doesn't have pollution, the view is awesome, and you can feel the nature here.

If you want to go to Khao Yai, you must go to Mo Cit then go to the large bus station in Bangkok called Chatucak.

Get a ticket to Pakchong (we stop here because there are no other busses in Bangkok that go directly to Khao Yai. U can rent a motor or a car near the bus stop. Just looking for Honda or Yamaha that can rent a car and a motor.

10 Things You Should Knows about Khao Yai:
1. It's Better Using Car than Motorbike in Khao Yai National Park
From many websites, if u wanna go to Khao Yai National Park, don't go with a motorbike. It's better to go with a car because they say that a lot of elephants that can be chased you if u meet them. Don't running suddenly if u meet them either, just stay still until they going away. But if they already chase you, then you must run your transportation asap.
For other information, be careful also with the road. It didn't smooth and can cause your tires being flat.

2. Use GPS is the best way to find Khao Yai. It's about 30 minutes from Pakchong to the nearest hotel in Khao Yai. Depends on your speed and your accommodation in Khao Yai.

3. The roads from Pakchong not comfortable to go by motorbike because the car run so fast there. Moreover, several recreational places are in that area.

4. In the summers, it's so very hot in Khao Yai even though surrounded by mountains. So better using sunblock if you don't wanna get sunburnt

5. Several hotels give the best views but we must stay if wanna catch the moment from it.

6. Khao Yai have so many mountains surrounds.

7. At least, you must go back to the hotel at about 8pm, because recreational places usually closed at 5pm but we can see the beautiful view of the sunset at 6.30 pm and so.

8. There are lots of vineyard in Khao Yai.

9. Even though Khao Yai very beautiful, it doesn't have many tourists as Bangkok or Pattaya. It little bit sad things since Khao Yai is the adorable place.

10. As far as I know, there is no public transportation here. People can use a motorbike or car like I mentioned before. Or maybe just use a bike to go around.

You will in love with Khao Yai. I really recommended going here. How to go to Khao Yai also not difficult to reach. Just pack your things and enjoy the very beautiful nature.

Terminal 3 Ultimate of Soekarno-Hatta Airport

In the beginning, T3 Ultimate is for Garuda's flight only, both domestic and international. Previously, it opened for AirAsia. Then in May 2018, T3 also served Thai Airways, Oman Air, Qantas, Jetstar Asia Airways, Air China and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. In the future, there are also Srilanka Airlines and China Eastern will be moved here.

For the passenger with awkward time, I suggested you chose this terminal to sleep than the other terminal at Soekarno Hatta Airport. It is because only for safety and comfort reasons. Below is the explanation :

Plus
- Safe and secure. You didn't feel afraid even if you're alone. This place is like open space yet convenient to stay. There are several restaurants, long chairs to sleep in, and the security system by CCTV.
- More comfortable to sleep. The chair is from leather, not from the wood that may cause your backache. In every chair, they have electrical devices to connect your devices when it's low of source
- You can find wifi here. So you still can do your job or maybe just browsing something or watch something to kill the time.

Minor
-Have mosquito because it's an open space.
-In the same time, it has an air conditioner and very cold at night. If you wanna stay, make sure you have a jacket or something to cover your body.
- Because it is so big, you have to manage your time to go to the counter and get check-in. It is very recommended if you just sleep near your check-in gate.

If you wanna move around Soekarno Hatta Airport, they facilitated transit bus for 24 hours and free. But in reality, around 2-4 AM, you can very hardly find one. So I suggested that you can do your activities before or after that.

Get bored? Just take the selfie at beautiful gardens with different themes. The photos here below

photo credit: self-documentation

Just try it and tell your story.

Enjoy Your Food with Musi River's View At Ampera Convention Center

As far as i know, Ampera Convention Center (ACC) already established in 2014. But i don't know for sure. Talk about ACC, we will see the hallmark Palembang from here. You can see Ampera Bridge and Musi River.

ACC from Ampera Bridge

Located in river side, this plaza also has many stores like Chatime, Sederhana Bintaro (Padang food), KFC, etc. You can enjoy the wind if you sit outside. But it's too bad because they used the place for smoking area. So, i prefer to sit inside of restaurant.

Before i ate, i'd already make a video about it. See it HERE....

And also, i made a video about the view, you can see it by CLICK HERE...

Adorable right? So if you go to Palembang, i recommend you to go here and watch the view by yourself. The view in the night is also amazing.

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport is an international airport located at Palembang, the capital of South Sumatera, one of province in Indonesia. It is in region KM 10 Sukarame District.

At first, the airport was in Talang Betutu with name Palembang P1 for military interest. On August 21, 1975, it change the name with Talang Betutu Civil Airport. On April 3, 1985, the name changed again with Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport (not international yet). In 2004, the local government enlarge the capacity and the status became international airport, inaugurated on September 27, 2005.

In front of airport

On the left is arrival and departure place

When you come to the airport, firstable you will arrived at Departures Area and then if you go ahead, you will find Arrival Area.

Now it has enlarge the runway long from 300 meters x 60 meters to 3000 meters x 60 meters. Parking area itself developed to 20.000 meters with 1000 car can fit in. As you can see the picture below, it has Ampera Bridge miniature, the hallmark of Palembang.

Parking Area

It also has 13.000 square meters for three floor terminal, can accommodate 1.250 passangers, and also support for wide body aircraft or Airbus A330.

source : google

If you are waiting someone to arrive or you are waiting for your departure, you can rest here.

Or maybe you can eat at this area. But becareful, just ask the price first before you eat. It is better if you are with local people like me (wkwkkwkw).

These are the destination from or to Palembang :

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Batik Air	Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
Citilink	Bandung, Batam, Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma, Surabaya
Express Air	Bandar Lampung, Bandung, Pekanbaru, Yogyakarta
Garuda Indonesia	Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Medan Hajj: Jeddah
Garuda Indonesia operated by Explore Garuda	Bandar Lampung, Bengkulu, Jambi, Pangkal Pinang
Indonesia AirAsia	Medan
Jetstar Asia Airways	Singapore[2][3]
Lion Air	Batam, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Pangkal Pinang
Nam Air	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Pangkal Pinang, Yogyakarta
Silk Air	Singapore
Sriwijaya Air	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Wings Air	Jambi,[4]Bandar Lampung

source : wikipedia

On 2018, Palembang will host Asian Games with Jakarta. That is why the goverment now makes Palembang Light Rail Transit which connect airport to Jakabaring, which Asian Games held. Prediction said that maybe LRT will run in June 2018.

Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves	Palembang
Location	Palembang, South Sumatra
Hub for	Garuda Indonesia NAM Air
Elevation AMSL	121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates	02°54′01″S 104°42′00″ECoordinates: 02°54′01″S 104°42′00″E
Website	smbadaruddin2-airport.co.id

Indonesia Kaya, Kekayaan Indonesia yang Terlihat di Mall GI

Beberapa waktu yang lalu, aku sempat mengunjungi salah satu tempat yang sudah lama kutahu, tapi baru kali itu aku berani menginjakkan kaki ke situ. Tempat yang aku datangi yaitu Indonesia Kaya, salah satu tempat yang memperkenalkan kekayaan Indonesia, yang letaknya ada di dalam mall Grand Indonesia. Unik banget bukan?

Sebelum bicara tentang apa saja yang dapat kita lihat di sini, kita perlu tahu dimana letaknya. Jadi, kalau mau menuju GI, kalian hanya perlu naik transjakarta sampai Tosari, berhenti dan lalu tinggal jalan kaki 5 menit.

Setelah itu, carilah jalan menuju Blitz Megaplex, bioskop yang ada di GI, sebagai patokan letaknya paling atas. Nah, persis di depan pintu masuk GI, di sebelahnya terletak sebuah pintu lain yang bertuliskan "Indonesia Kaya". Tempatnya memang terlihat ekslusif, tapi jangan takut. Di sini bukan restoran ataupun toko yang menjual barang-barang mewah, namun tempat untuk kita lebih mengenal kekayaan Indonesia.

Satpam akan memeriksa barang bawaan kalian, setelah itu kalian bisa masuk dengan free. Tempat ini udah modern banget, jadi cobalah bereksperimen ya. Kalau aku sih pertama kali tertarik melihat layar yang sudah canggih banget. Ternyata layar ini diperuntukkan bagi kita untuk bisa mengenakan pakaian adat.

Alat ini menggunakan sensor / gerakan tangan. Arahkan tangan ke tombol yang diinginkan, atur posisi maju atau mundur untuk menyesuaikan dengan pakaian, dan akhirnya bergaya deh. Oya, melihat dari gambar di atas, kameranya itu ada di bawah kanan (dekat kaki kanan kita), jadi memandanglah ke arah kamera ya, jangan seperti saya hehehhehe

Setelah itu, di sini kita bisa mengenal berbagai alat musik tradisional di Indonesia, bahkan kita bisa membuat lagu kita sendiri dengan alat tersebut dan memainkannya. Keren banget kan? Nah, inilah yang dimainkan oleh para pengunjung di sini.

Kita juga bisa menyaksikan layar film asli Indonesia. Di sini sih, ada lawakan-lawakan ala Petruk Gareng gitu, jadi kalau kamu mau tahu gimana, kunjungi aja langsung.

Wayang, salah satu pertunjukan asli Indonesia

Sebenarnya, apa sih yang dilakukan pria ini? Kok aneh banget tangannya sampe naik-naik begitu? Nah, ini dia jawabannya.

Ternyata dia sedang belajar mengemudikan sebuah pesawat yang menggunakan sensor tangan untuk menggerakkannya. Pesawat inilah yang akan membawa kita mengelilingi Indonesia.

Kita juga bisa mengenal berbagai jenis batik di sini dan pakaian-pakaian adat yang dipajang di lemari. Meskipun tidak begitu lengkap, namun fasilitasnya cukup menawan karena bergaya teknologi masa kini. Di sini juga disediakan tempat duduk bagi kamu yang sudah kelelahan setelah beraktivitas.

Jembatan yang Lagi Nge-Hits di Jakarta Barat

Baca di facebook, ada jembatan yang lagi bikin heboh. Katanya jembatan yang satu ini menarik para wisatawan untuk datang dan melewati jembatan tersebut. Karena penasaran, akhirnya aku pun berkunjung ke jembatan tersebut. Jembatan yang menghubungkan antara Central Park dan Neo Soho ini terlihat ramai dikunjungi, meskipun hari itu masih siang dan panas menyengat.

Jika dari Central Park, jembatannya bisa masuk diakses dari sini ataupun dari samping H&M yang ada di atas lantai ini

Ini pemandangan dari atas jembatan. Dikelilingi oleh bangunan-bangunan tinggi sehingga membuat kita merasa berjalan di antara bangunan tersebut.

Banyak yang asyik berfoto di sini, baik sendirian maupun bersama orang terkasih. Jembatannya luas sehingga menampung banyak orang. Meskipun siang terik, namun ada tempat untuk berlindung sehingga tidak akan kepanasan.

Lihatlah betapa banyaknya pengunjung yang memadati jembatan ini. Mereka semua banyak yang diam di tempat dan berfoto ria. Ditambah pemandangan yang menawan, kalian pasti betah kalau ke sini.

Bagi para orangtua dan mereka yang lelah, disediakan tempat untuk beristirahat. Letaknya ada di tengah-tengah jembatan. Karena berada di area tanpa atap, tempat ini sangat tidak menyenangkan jika sedang musim hujan.

Rata-rata yang datang bersama keluarga ataupun teman ini, nampaknya sangat betah berada di jembatan dan sangat sedikit yang pada akhirnya masuk ke Neo Soho. Saya sendiri berfoto ria di jembatan ini selama 15 menit karena ada banyak sudut pandang yang bisa diambil.

Nah, kita sudah berada di seberang (New Soho). Di sini masih terlihat masih ada perbaikan yang dilakukan, yang saya perkirakan dalam bulan November 2016 sudah selesai.

Saya sendiri tidak menuju Neo Soho namun balik lagi ke Central Park. Rencananya sih mau foto jembatan ini saat malam hari, ketika lampu-lampu bersinar berwarna-warni. Namun apa daya, hape iphone 5 yang saya pakai sudah memasuki masa kritis dan saya tidak bawa powerbank, jadi di bawah ini adalah foto-foto yang saya dapatkan dengan sisa-sisa kehidupan baterai yang ada.