Travelanggi Hostel Review (Perth)

Bepergian sendiri dan mempersiapkan segala kebutuhan selama perjalanan dengan sebaik mungkin adalah keharusan. Termasuk mempersiapkan tempat akomodasi tinggal selama di negara tujuan. Karena menginap di tempat teman akhirnya batal, menginap di hostel adalah pilihan utama. Dan inilah review dari beberapa hostel yang kutinggali selama di kota pertama , Perth :

1. Backpack City and Surf
   Terletak dekat dengan Central Bisnis District di kota minyaknya Western Australia, Backpack City & Surf memiliki lokasi yang cukup baik meskipun memang berlokasi agak nyempil ke dalam gang. Namun aksesnya yang cukup mudah dan harganya relatif terjangkau, hostel ini jadi salah satu pilihan bagi traveller yang bepergian dengan cara backpacker maupun pekerja dengan Working Holiday Visa yang butuh tinggal di tempat yang affordable.
   
   

   

                                                                          a little bit spooky but nice

   

                                                                         survival kit

   Tingkat keamanan dan kebersihan di hostel yang mempekerjakan dua orang Warga Negara Indonesia ini pun cukup baik, meskipun tingkat kenyamanan karena isi penghuninya tak terlalu menyenangkan untukku. Meskipun tinggal di dorm perempuan dengan kasur yang cukup nyaman dan bersih, suasana hostel yang nyaman, beberapa penghuni hostel nyatanya membuatku memutuskan untuk pindah tempat menginap karena tak tahan dengan ketidakmenyenangkannya sikap mereka. So moving is the best option beybeh~
2. Shared house in Mount Lawley
   Meninggalkan kota dan menginap di sebuah shared house tampaknya bukan ide yang terlalu bagus untukku. Letak Shared house milik seorang veteran Australia ini memang mudah diakses hanya dengan sekali naik bus Transperth, tetapi lokasinya yang terlampau tenang membuatku malah kesepian karena terlalu sepi. Shared house ini tak terlalu nyaman meskipun cukup murah untuk sewa sebuah kamar yang bisa kutinggali sendiri tak seperti di hostel. Kurang cocok untuk orang yang banyak omong sepertiku.
   
   

   

                                                                                        own a room for myself

   Setelah semalam tinggal dan berkenalan dengan beberapa tetangga kamar yang ramah, tampan dan baik hati, aku memutuskan untuk pindah lokasi ke kota lagi.
3. Haus Accomodation
   Berada di Francis Street, CBD Area Haus Accomodation memiliki lokasi strategis dan mudah diakses dengan CAT bus. Cukup berjalan 100 m dari hostel, halte CAT bus bisa dicapai. Berlokasi strategis dengan fasilitas yang bisa dibilang lumayan, seharusnya tinggal di hostel ini adalah hal yang menyenangkan. Mendapat teman baru yang baik baik dan menyenangkan diajak ngobrol adalah plusnya, sedangkan minus dari tinggal di sini adalah aku mengalami kulit alergi karena ternyata bed yang kuhuni tak senyaman tempat sebelumnya. Dan waktu stay ku hanya tinggal beberapa saat lagi sebelum meninggalkan Perth, so sad I gotta leave earlier.
   
   

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                                                                                         Haus Accomodation from front
   

   

   the tv and play room

Terlepas dari plus minusnya tinggal di beberapa hostel di atas, Perth adalah kota pertama yang menunjukkan kehangatan dan keramahan warga Australia. And it sucessfully made me fall for the country.

Cheers,

Travelanggi

Travelanggi Aussie Trip Itinerary

Itinerary for Travelanggi Australia Trip can be downloaded here :D
And all the link for Australia Trip

Perth
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Melbourne
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Indonesian guys and relationship in my view

   These days it's such a rare occasion for a girl to never date in her 20s. Its almost impossible to happen here in Indonesia,except for those religious ones. Many factors cause the case to rise that finally set another standard to find the match in the nearest age. Religion, origin tradition and education take place for deciding to choose a partner. Mostly because of those factors people date or unable to do so. People in Indonesia tend to follow the traditional value of their anchestor to finally get married.

   Nowadays value isn't as rigid as before, seeing people holding hands is nothing unusual. But, here my conservative value still stay the same. Holding hands is normal, but more than that I don't see it acceptable. Time flies, values move and norms tend to change, but I don' t take it all to change. People may think woman in their 20s or more as independent yet hard to get If they haven't married. The society still see marriage as a gate to grown up adult as a stability of life status. For some it happen, while on the other hand it's not yet happening.

   For a woman not to get married, or not yet interested in getting married many factors could be the trigger. Having a trauma with marriage life in the family could drive this to lead her not gonna jump into relationship like marriage, some have many to do list or even economical reason, some haven't found the perfect match. Actually, getting married or not itself is a personal matter that has different effect and reasons to do so. But sadly here in our country, people are being so judgemental to see others personal life. Being single or not, let's not disturb other people life matter.

   There's a saying " Woman tend to fall for words, while men tend to fall for face.". It's true and happen in most of people in relationship. But getting attached in a relationship is hard for me to do, there will always a factor that cause me to improve the status to be a lover. Falling in love with the wrong person, people say it would cause nothing. The fact is we're wasting time for nothing good happen there. It just don't feel right to date someone If you don't really love someone. It would be so unfair for you and that person, the relationship is fake by the way. Such a waste of time. Better staying alone, getting close to many people we consider as friends and hurt nobody's heart for the act. I am creating my zone in this case, having tired of the lovey dovey drama and stop having unreqruited love in my 21st, I am getting used to be alone. It's nice by the way, being independent and build better life goal myself before finding mr. destiny is good thing to do.

   Being already 20 plus and never date is such a rare occassion people always laugh for, I'm getting used to get bullied for staying single. Lose interest towards guys easily, feeling insecure about my scars, afraid of failing to build a great relationship, different beliefs loveline were all the factors that made me lock my self not to be in such relationship. Believe it or not, setting too many standards isn't good, being too strict also. I was disappointed of how most of the loveline I built ended up not going anywhere. I am nothing closer to the criteria most of Indonesian guys love, not a white skinned, not so girly and lovely, too direct and talk too much. I had enough of all the judgement, hear nice things and leave the bad things that keep me away from gratefulness is better. Finding a life partner would be easier to do If he aren't focus on searching, as a woman staying in the current position while doing self improvement is better than griefing and wondering where he has been.

Keep learning and stay waiting,

Just a woman wanna tell stories by writing,

Restiananggi

Melbourne 3 Days Itinerary (Australia Trip Part 3)

Setelah bermalam di kereta dari Sydney, sampailah aku di kota terakhir trip ini, Melbourne! This multicultural city supposed to be nice If I could stay longer, sadly I got only 3 days. Dua malam tidur di city dan satu malam menginap di hostel dekat pantai, itinerary yang kulakukan selama di Melbourne tak terlalu ngoyo dan lebih kalem.

After spending the night from Sydney, I arrived in the last city, Melbourne!This multicultural city supposed to be nice If I could stay longer, sadly I got only 3 days. Two nights I spend in the city and one night in a hostel near the beach, I do slower move itinerary here.

the view I see when waking up

Day 10

Tiba tiba pindah hostel semalam ini, ngekor Jasmin yang bakalan tinggal di Kings Street aku memutuskan untuk mengurangi waktu stay di St Kilda beach yang ku booking sebelumnya. It's decided, I stay in Melbourne Interconnection Travellers for one night. Hostelmates di sini juga baik baik, and I met my first muslim friend from France after several days. Sayangnya lupa tukeran Facebook dan foto bareng hahaha, si pea'.

Suddenly move to the hostel for one night and follow Jasmin to stay in Kings Street I reduce the stay in St Kilda beach then. Its decided I stay in Melbourne Interconnection Travellers for one night. I got nice hostelmates there and met my first muslim friend from France after several days. Unfortunately I forgot to exchange Facebook account and took pictures together hahaha what a fool.

with Jasmin

enjoy the coffee before going around

Agenda hari ini adalah sudden walk bersama duo Germany ini, kami berkeliling kota seharian dimulai dari makan siang di Hudsons Coffee shop dilanjutkan perjalanan kami berkeliling kota naik tram.

Todays agenda is sudden walk with these duo Germany, we walk around the city start from having lunch in Hudsons Coffee shop then doing the hop on hop of by tram. Yes! 

Yes! Visiting many places in one day, combining the tram zone and walking around finally we visit these places : State Library of Victoria, Flinders Street, Federation Center, Tourism Center, Australian Center of Moving Image, Parliament, Yarra river bank, Royal Botanic Garden, Arch of Remembrance and shop to Coles before going home.What a productive day :D

Shrine of Remembrance

what a nice day!

Day 11

enjoying the hotdog near Yarra bank river

Karena hanya punya waktu tiga hari, Philip Island dan Great Ocean Road trip skip dulu ye, biar ada alasan kembali ke sini. Dua hari dimanfaatkan untuk keliling kota dan sehari kemudian untuk ke pantai. Fair enough, huh?

Since I only got three days, I skipped Philip islands and Great Ocean Road so when I get back here next time I still have reasons where to go. These two days I spent for city walk and one day in the beach. Fair enough huh?

Hari ke sebelas masih sekitar kota, dimulai dari Queen Victoria Market demi beli hot doughnut dan beli cemilan, hari Jumat ini memang penuh berkah. Baru kelelahan jalan, duduk di dekat toko bunga ketemu rombongan turis dari Singapore yang baik hati dan banyak ngajak ngobrol dan ngasih donat. Katanya, ini rejeki kamu nak apalagi Jumuah mubarok semoga perjalanannya lancar ya. Duile terharu ketemu lagi orang baik, baru mau jajan donat ada yang njajanin :". Ke Hosier Lane setelah lelah keliling market. Here it is, tempat gravity paling hits se Australia, Hozier Lane!Sorenya pindah ke hostel terakhir yang letaknya di St Kilda beach yang berjarak tempuh 30 menit seharusnya, karena abang yang jaga hostel ngawur ngasih petunjuk arah jadilah perjalanan menuju hostel pake acara nyasar nggeret nggeret tas belanjaan sejauh lebih dari 1 km.

a must to try, hot doughnut in Queen Victoria Market

Day 11 still walking around the city started from Queen Victoria Market for its hot doughnut, that was such a blessful Friday. Getting tired walking and sit next to a florist, I met a group of kindhearted Singaporean who talked much to me and bought me the doughnut I was craving for. This is a blessed day for you and we wish you a great trip nak, they said. I was blessed to meet good people. Going to Hosier Lane after tired going around the market. Here it is the most popular gravity in Australia, Hosier Lane! This afternoon I moved to the last hostel in St Kilfa beach which supposed to be 30 minutes away from city but the hostel man told me the wrong way that caused me walk 1 km more. 

in Hosier Lane

Federation square

a fine sunset moment in St Kilda beach

Check out dari hostel akhirnya aku melanjutkan agenda terakhir demi melihat bathing boxes yang konon katanya mahal di Brighton Beach. Cukup naik tram menuju Stasiun terdekat dan dilanjutkan naik train menuju Brighton Station, dilanjutkan berjalan kaki sekitar 8 menit maka rumah kotak warna - warni ini bisa anda nikmati. Datanglah ketika summer dan angin tak terlalu kencang bertiup. Jangan sepertiku, karena keterbatasan waktu datang saat angin sedang kencangnya bertiup, kembung kembung dah. Pintu masuk ke Brighton Beach berada di jalur jogging dan sepeda, jadi jangan meleng ya ketika menuju kesana.

Check out from the hostel I finally continue the last plan to see the expensive bathing boxes in Brighton beach. Just take the tram to the nearest station then take the train to Brighton Beach Station, plus 8 minutes walking and here they are the colorful boxes. Come to the beach during summer when the wind not this strong. I only had that day to come, so sorry dear stomach to hurt you. The gate to enter Brighton Beach is on the jogging track and cycling, so pay attention ye.

Ritz For Backpacker, my last hostel

strolling around Brighton Bathing Boxes

Lanjut kembali ke kota untuk sekedar berjalan kaki di sekitar mantan hostel sebelumnya setelah menitipkan tas. Menunggu malam tiba demi mengambil foto Flinders Street, dikejar bapak bapak tua dan rombongan dedek emesh yang mabuk sambil mesem mesem ngajak kenalan.  Malamnya naik shuttle ke bandara dengan rasa ketakutan yang berlebih karena menjadi satu satunya penumpang di mobil yang ngebutnya melebihi Baraya travel ini. Gak lagi lagi!

Going back to the city to enjoy walking around my ex hostel after putting my bag. Waiting for the night to take Flinders Street pictures, chased by an old man and a bunch of drunk college guys who approached me and introduce himself. Then going to airport using shuttle bus driving me crazy since I was the only passenger and the car speeding up more than Baraya travel. Not gonna take the shuttle anymore!

Flinders street at night

Day 13

Menunggu flight lewat tengah malam dan ketemu temen baru asli India yang cantiknya kaya Kajol, perjalanan bosan jadi menyenangkan. Sadly I have to go back to reality after such trip. Kesimpulannya, dua minggu tetap saja kurang. Semoga bisa road trip setahun penuh kaya yang lain. Syukur syukur bisa trip tanpa harus biaya sendiri dan dibayar.
Well, thanks a lot for such nice trip this two weeks Straya!
Waiting for the after midnight flight and met a pretty Indian girl like Kajol, my boring waiting turned out to be fun. Sadly I have to go back to reality after such trip. The conclusion of the trip is two weeks will never be enough. Hope to go on road trip the whole year like my friends do. Would be nicer If only I go on the trip without spending my own money and get paid. Well, thanks a lot for such nice trip this two weeks Straya!

I will come back!
Cheeers,
Travelanggi