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Sweet Escape to Osaka

11:53:00 pm

Hello again everyone! :)


How're you guys doing? So far so good?
Mine is not as good, the stress from the school projects starts to tire me out. I've been feeling so sleepy lately and don't have much energy to be as cheerful as before. I need a short escape... ƪ( ● ▿▿▿▿ ● )ʃ





Speaking of short escape, last month I went to Osaka to fulfill my dream of Harry Potter world in USJ. I finally got a taste of Butterbear and got a taste of the wizard world. If you don't want to waste your time in the line, you have to buy express ticket to Harry Potter world (can be used for 2 attraction).





If you're going to Japan with tour group, your USJ ticket should have been included inside the package, but if you're going by yourself, I recommend you to go to japanese local tour company (usually can be found in the station or some department store). They will give you the best deal ever! The package is included 3-4 star hotel, round trip shinkansen tickets, and the USJ ticket (if you want to buy express ticket, you can buy from them too).




Beware of this sign!! You're entering the zombie zone!


It was in Halloween season when I go so the theme park was actually being decorated in Halloween theme. Not to mention they open seasonal haunted houses and after the sun set, the staff were going around the park in zombie and other halloween characters' costume. They actually chase the visitor.. It was so fun. Please note the season when you're visiting! Around december, all the theme park will be decorated in christmas theme, so don't miss it!





It was such a short trip because I only have several day off before school started again. After spending the first day inside the theme park, I spent the second day around Dotonbori area to fulfill my friend's dream of tasting okonomiyaki and takoyaki in Osaka. :D After Dotonbori we went to Gudetama Cafe, but it will be written in other post, so wait for it! :) In the evening we went back to Tokyo with shinkansen again... 

Before I say goodbye, let's see the highlight of the tour...

Our Hotel ♡
We got Sheraton hotel in our tour package. The room was quite big and comfortable! So did the bathroom... After two years living in Japan, finally I can get to rest my body in the bathtub and having a relaxing bath...



Pardon our luggages...



Food ♡
Basically we only eat this takoyaki and okonomiyaki before we went back to Tokyo ^^a we didn't eat a lot, so these food actually satisfied our tummy for the day.
 



That's for my short gateaway to Osaka! More outfit post I took in USJ will also be written in separate post! :) See you again soon!


xoxo
Anastasia


credit:
photos are taken by Yemima Lim and me,
using Samsung Camera and Sony Alpha 5000


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2016

Belitung Trip

10:38:00 pm



Hello again everyone!

I realized lately I've been writing more about my trip rather than my fashion style. It's just.... I'm usually too into something that I forget to take pictures of my style and it's hard when there's no photographer to take pictures (yes, that's you my sister)..


Anyway, this year's summer break was spent at Indonesia once again. My family and I went to Belitung this time, and we had so much fun... We were there only for 4 days 3 night, but I think we went to almost all tourist spot there.


What? You haven't heard about Belitung Island? Well, let's go to some basic information about the island.


Belitung (or Biliton in english) is located in east coast Sumatra, Indonesia. It's a part of Bangka Belitung province. It's famous for pepper and tin. The biggest city in the island is Tanjung Pandan. The island has a shallow and calm sea that's perfect for snorkelling, swimming, and sailing. The island has a lot of granite boulders, turqoise sea, and white sand beaches that's perfect for tourism. The island is actually the location for book and film, Laskar Pelangi (or Rainbow Troop).

As for famous tourist spot, you can go to Tanjung Tinggi beach, Tanjung Kelayang beach, Batu Berlayar Island, Pulau Pasir, Pulau Burung, Lengkuas Island, Babi Island, Kelayang Islet, Literary Museum by Andrea Hirata, Kaolin Lake, and Laskar Pelangi Elementary School (the shooting location of Rainbow Troop).


Belitung itself is pretty famous within domestic tourist, but it still lack the international tourist. It was as beautiful as Bali, with nicer beaches, but honestly, it lacks culture compared to Bali.


But for me, every part of Indonesia is beautiful.


Back to my post, let's begin from day 1.

On the first day we went to visit the famous Vihara Buddhayana


 

  

 
Burung Mandi beach





Literary Museum by Andrea Hirata

It's all bright and colorful building, where you can find a lot of quotes, pictures, and some paragraph written in Rainbow Troop book. A recommended place to go for taking a lot of pictures.








 Laskar Pelangi Elementary School



 Ahok house, and of course trying out Belitung special noodles; Mie Atep.


The second day was spent on hopping nearby island and snorkelling.. My sister hasn't sorting out pictures and video from when we're snorkelling so I can't put much here...





I actually went up to the mercusuar and take some picture around the island.. Unfortunately it was a bad day, it kept raining-stop-raining again, so we can't really enjoy our snorkelling and picture-taking. :(











...and the islands are Batu Berlayar Island, Batu Kelayang Island, Sand Island, Lengkuas Island (that has the mercusuar).


The third day we went to Tanjung Tinggi beach. It was shooting location of Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Troop). A beautiful beach with a lot of huge granite stone. We were lucky that day since it's sunny so we could get a lot of nice pictures. This place is a must-go-to spot, but you need to climb the huge stone to get nice and beautiful pictures. So goodluck!
















After that, we went to the new tourist spot that just opened around April, Leebong Island. It's a private island that has shallow and calm beach around the island. It will be build as a resort where you can play kayak, swimming, banana boat, and much more fun things to do. To go to this island you have to pay IDR 1.500.000 for the boat that will take you to a bigger Sand Island and this private island.

Say hello to my Snowy :D










It's better to go to Lebong Island in the morning so you can see a lot of starfish in Sand Island. We were too late because we took a long time in Tanjung Tinggi beach. T^T




The rest of pictures we took in this island are inside our GoPro.



 But we got the beautiful sunset we've been waiting for 3 days. :D


The fourth day was short, and we only went to get some coffee and take pictures at Danau Kaolin.







I heard before we can go to the middle of the lake, but there was an accident several years ago that made it's forbidden to go to the middle of the lake.


That's was the warp of my trip to Belitung, but there're some tips I want to share before I say goodbye.

^ you need to rent a car for Belitung trip because there's no public transportation here.
^ It will be better if you hire a local tour guide, to know more about the culture there. They can be your personal photographer too. :D
^ bring a lot of sunblock because it's super hot when it's sunny. You will need it, really.
 


xoxo
Anastasia


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credit:
photos taken by Sony alpha 5000 and 6000, Iphone 5s
taken by the local tour guide, my father, my sisters and me


Belitung information source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belitung