Friday, December 2, 2011

Tangkuban Parahu & The Lesong - Bandung

Today our day started with a trip to Tangkuban Parahu, dormant volcano crater, located some 30km away from Bandung town.


Pak Yuyun got us thru the 9curves 13corners road upto the parking on the rim of this 'must-see' tourist attraction.

Last eruption was in 1959, Tangkuban Parahu means 'overturn boat'. There is a folklore about this place, so if you are interested to know more, go read wikipedia. After reading, please do donate to this e-encyclopedia.


Unfortunately (or fortunately for other tourists), this place hold little or no interest at all to my tour kakis.




Wandering around, we spotted something that caught our attention !






like moths drawn to the light, all the ladies (ahemm,..including that one male) made our way to this stall

no it's not the weaved mengkuang stuff, or the carved items


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PRESENTING THE LESONG






made from volcano rocks











Pak Seller :





Mari, saya demostrasikan






Ni Bagus, goyang-goyang, tumbuk-tumbuk semua kau tim






ada gaya ada ummmppphh











My gf : Bawa sini, saya mau cuba, saya lagi ada gaya







My gf (scratching her head): to buy or not to buy





(US : after having a EGM over this


in one unison voice)






BUY LAH


My gf : Ok ok lah I buy...naH Pak ambil these uang before I changed my mind









And she would go home happily with her lesong in tow


Sometimes, there is no happy ending to some stories, and this is one of them..




She did not buy
Instead only this happy lady got HER ROYAL lesong ..
good bargain for a 20cm cir lesong @ Rp70k = RM25.00







We flew Garuda, so no need to mentally calculate the extra luggage costs..






DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY

















Either she was over stressed from the walk or losing her mind because no lesong, so she decided to do the Para para dance ala Bandung style



and the winner said..no,..this is the way to do it..






hand up up in the air




ya ya ..i got my lesong





the lady in the mid: ahhemm..i tink your ketiak got bau already lah






end of the story..,,








stay tune for our next stop update !!!

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