an excursionist

Indonesian. Foodie Junky . An amateur traveler .

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Hari pertama ketemu Dana.

Bermula cari contact orang Indonesia yang stay di Athena dari Internation, karena gua selalu prepare 2 hal penting sebelum berangkat. Pertama, contact orang Indonesia di negara tersebut dan kedua, contact kedubes negara untuk menginfokan gua akan pergi kesana.

Contact dengan Dana cuma by whatsapp, ngomongin sambel mertua dan makanan khas Indo. Sampai Athens aga kaget karena beliau bener2 menjamu gua layaknya saudara. di jemput, di ajak keliling dan breakfast sambil nunggu check-in hotel jam 2 siang.

Dana memperkenalkan gua banyak hal, budaya greece seperti apa, tempat shopping, cara pakai metro dan juga menceritakan cerita suka duka beliau selama merantau di Eropa, se happy itu gua ketemu lo, seperti ketemu sodara kandung yg udah lama ga ketemu. Tambah lagi saudara baru yang ketemu ketika traveling.Terimakasi banyak Dana :)

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First day in Arcopolis, Athens.

Started to bought a random ticket in August 2018 and ended with the full beautiful story here.

Strolling around the Main city of Athens for the first time is pretty confused, as usual, in 15 minutes first, I prefer to look up the location by Google maps and tried to digged up spontaneously.

Our first destination was Acropolis ( the most famous places where located a rocked out above the city of Athens), it took 1 hour and so, depending on how slowly we are. Along the way, We saw the empty and silent building, cafe, panhandlers and the dogs were sat down all around us. We were feeling afraid and tried to figure out another way to Acropolis but We realized it should need 1 hour to re-route my journey, so, We kept walking through with faster movement lol.

After 1 hour walked, my mixed up feeling was paid off with gazed the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world, the transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the arts, majestically and enthralling. I am feeling embraced by the beauty of Acropolis ❤️

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Winter palace(hermitage museum) saint petersburg Rusia. Winter Palace ini di bangun tahun 1754 dan 1762 untuk Empress Elizabeth anak dari Peter and the Great. Tempat ini menjadi salah satu tujuan Saya untuk pergi k Saint Petersburg Rusia, kenapa? Sebagai penggila museum, ini adalah surga bagi Saya. Tempat yang menjadi museum terbesar di Rusia dan menjadi salah satu terbesar di dunia yang nyimpen banyak banget koleksi keren-keren.(ini sih bisa seharian cuma di Hermitage Museum). Koleksi sejarah Ancient Egypt(omg outer coffin thebes, egypt), Qazar Dynasty, sampai hasil2 kreasi Leonardo da vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian, Pissaro, Van Gogh and many more!!Oh i think is the most amazing museum I ever had 😍😍 。 。 。 Location : Saintpetersburg, Rusia.

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Jakarta, 24 December 2017. (at Jakarta, Indonesia)

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One of the most favorite place in Moscow, Saint Basil's Cathedral as viewed from Red Square. fyi, the place is one of my bucketlist journey in 2017! 🇷🇺🙌🍷 (at Saint Basil's Cathedral)

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airports

I usually travel alone or with friends and make a decision to shows up at least 4 hours before my flight( international or domestics flight), it doesn’t matter just spent extra time at a terminal, taking a breath and sightseeing people surround me.

Well, Airport is one of the most favorites places when I travel. for me, there’s a better place to people watch, get sense basic of characters and habits when they are traveling. Do they travel comfort with wearing a casual dress like “shirt” and “jeans” or for the business matter with wearing “heels” or “suit”? 

Are they typing laptop while waiting for the flights? taking a selfie and updating at social media? reading a book?  drinking a glass of Starbucks? or just sightseeing surrounding the airports?

I love every part at airports;  sounds in airports, sounds of luggage's wheels and every different facial expression, panic attack and also the collection of stamp on my passport will be increased :D

The most important things, airports have a good symbol for emotions. for me, airports are the gate for the journey; the beginning of the story, happiness-sadness, new hope, long-awaited endings, arrivals-departures, hello-goodbye. All emotions will be accumulated at airports, watch family reunite at arrival or separate at departure, romantic words like’ i love you’ or upside down feeling before boarding.

Well for me airport is the most romantics place to start a new chapter of my life.

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NW - Hostel St Petersburg

Located in Birzhevoy Pereulok, 4, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, we can go there by Uber with an approximate price 800 rubles from Vnukovo International Airport.  The hostel is situated in the historical part of Saint-Petersburg. It’s not far from the center of the city, needs 20 minutes to arrive Hermitage by walking.

When we arrived,  I was puzzled with the location on the 2nd floor, it quite troubles for me to bring my large luggage to the hostel. thanks to my friend who helped me solved the problem :D

My first impression of this hostel was excellent, my eyesight focused on the super lovely and sweet living room and kitchen set. The bedroom I was living in was very small, it only for 1 person and I should go to the upper by the wooden stairs, but very comfortable for me. I entered into the sweetest and lovely small place with glowing in the dark brighten the room.

The staff was friendly and ready to help us, I remembered for asking the nearby supermarket from the hostel and they took us to the market and gave a Russian Chocolate:D, even they don’t know how to speak English well, but it’s not a big problem for us because we can still communicate by google translate.

Thanks to NW - Hostel for making a good memory to me and all upside down emotions, happiness, curious and all the things during I stayed in Peters.

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pengen ke Puskhin Restaurant Arbat. Krn dingin ga mungkin balik sana lg. Yaudh ini jg mirip2 😭😭🇷🇺 (at Moscow, Russia)

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The incredible museum!!!
Awalnya iseng doang nyambil jalan pengen main ke salah satu mesjid d Petters, nemu museum ini! Sejarah Russia di tahun 1462 -1815 awal russia ekspansi di Europe dan Asia, zaman Nicolas l , Alexander II, world war I, revolution russia, the USSR lenin - stalin dan lengkap dengan semua peralatan yg di pakai. 
Sayangnya saya ga naik ke lantai 2. Buat liat senjata AK-47( Mikhail Kalashnikov) yang konon jadi the most recognisable weapons. #russia #history #museum (at Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps)

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Outer coffin of the priest Pa-di-iset. First half of dynasty XXVI Second half of the 7th century BC Thebes, Egypt. #ancient #thebes #egypt (at Hermitage, St Petersburg Russia)

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The hallway, ini salah satu hallway nya di winter palace museum, St Petersburg. well, kalo saya betah banget jalan disni, kiri kanan penuh dengan lukisan ratu dan raja dalam masa kekaisaran Russia ( era Alexander I sampai Nicholas II) #winterpalace #stpetersburg #art #saintpetersburg (at Winter Palace)

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Elektrozavodskaya Station Moscow Metro Station (Arbatsko - Pokroskaya Line) The station was build on May 1944 during The World War II. #moscow #station #metro #russia #mosquarium (at Moscow, Russia)

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The Red Square One of the iconic and historical building in Moscow, Russia. The official residence of the President Russia and the location only 1 km from Hotel ✌✌ The weather is wintry, make our journey strugle enough to reach the place. #redsquare #russia #moscow (at Red Square)

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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Location in main of St Petersburg, Russia and was built in 1883.
The Church contains over 7500 square meters of mosaic with the walls and ceiling inside completely covered by the mosaic.
The church become a place where Alexander II was maimed by terrorist bomb, but was dead shortly afterward in his palace bed. (at Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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Bangkok-Moscow 18 nov 2017

Kenapa saya suka traveling? Banyak bgt pelajaran yg saya pelajari ketika traveling. Gimana org responsible sama diri sendiri maupun temanya bagaimana cara berinteraksi dengan stranger yang pastinya beda culture, agama, kebiasaan dll. somehow saya bisa tau dan belajar karakteristik org ketika traveling, are they responsible to others?atau cuma mkirin diri sendiri? Ur atitude will be seen ketika km traveling. Contoh aja ketika saya di pesawat sekarang. Hal lucu banyak terjadi. Entah ketemu orang yg mainin lampu mulu di pesawat atau ibu-ibu yg hobiny dandan ga berenti2 pdhal nyampai masih 4 jam lagi. Hal yg paling saya buat nyaman adalah, cara orang nunjukin kasih sayang sama pasangan, keluarga atau teman. Saya liat ad suami yg rela duduk d ujung dan istrinya selonjorin kaki ke paha suaminya krn pegel(muka suami ny itu nyeremin), belum lagi liat bapa2 bule yg dr td ga berenti kejar2 anakny yg lg hobi jalan, atau pria separuh baya yg nanggepin istrinya ngeluh mulu krn ga sampai2. Tp mereka sabar dan enjoy every moments. Yup,i got the point. Love can change the world ya.

Well, iam on plane now with MT everest scenary and still needs 4 hours to arrive Moscow 🇷🇺🇷🇺

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West Java People's Strugle Monument Location : Bandung, West Java

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good vibes. #scenery #sunrise