A. Pre Departure
Before we went to do the trip, we decided the destination
to visit. From the two classes we had several destinations, they were
Jakarta-Bandung-Jogja, Jogja, and Bali. The two classes were gathered to choose
destination. Some students wanted to go Jogja. At the beginning, Jogja was
chosen as the destination but in the second meeting the destination was changed
into Bali because the view and places to visit ware not interesting enough for
some students.
After
we all agreed that Bali was the destination we chose the places to visit in
Bali. There was a travel agent that gave some choices of the place that could
be visited such as Kuta, Tanah Lot, Jimbaran, Pandawa beach, GWK, Puja Mandala, Bedugul Lake, Cening bagus, Joger and Krisna. Some students asked the
travel agent to go to other places that were not in the list given by the
travel agent such as Kintamani, but the travel agent said it would take one day
to go Kintamani from Denpasar. In the end the places to visit ware same as list
that travel agent given.
The Price that gave by travel agent is based on the
hotel, the bus that we used and how long we stayed in Bali. We chose 3 days and
2 nights to stay in Bali and used 45 seats bus. To lower the price we chose the hotel with price IDR 845.000,00. Some of students also asked the
travel agent is it possible the price can be lowered if we did not go to GWK.
So the travel agent lowered the price become IDR 820.000,00 but we could still
go to GWK.
In the last meeting we had some problems such as the bus
that should be used could not be rented and the hotel was full. So the last
meeting we discussed them. The bus was changed from Jetbus into Intercooler,
and the hotel was also changed. We
felt disappointed because of that and some students also asked if it was any
compensation from the travel agent, but it was not any compensation. In the day
near the departure day we heard that we needed to pay IDR 50.000,00 more for
seminar. We felt it could burden us but the travel agent give some additional
choice that we did not need to pay more
but GWK would change into Tanjung Benoa and the price was IDR
820.000,00.
B. During the Trip
1. Time of departure
As the schedule we would go to Bali from Jember at 12.00
o’clock on 27th January 2015. The bus was in front of double way in
Unej.
2. Travel agent crew services
The travel agent crew services were good enough although
they still not prepare the medicine that was needed by us. When I asked for
some medicine, the travel agent said that he would take for me but he did not give
it to me even though I asked for 3 times.
3. The transportation mode/ Bus
The bus that was used to go to Bali was 45 seats
Intercooler bus. The bus was quite good although the seat in the back row was
too noisy because of the engine and not comfortable.
4. The hotel (Facilities and Amenities)
The hotel was good, the
facilities in the room were complete and the hotel staffs were polite and
friendly. The hotel had four floors. There were two elevators. The room key was card, to open the key we just
needed to place the card in front of the door
lock sensor. The bed in the hotel that I stayed was twin bed but the bed was
combined become one bed. The toilet or bathroom in the room was like capsule, we can use handle of the shower to change the water temperature.
There were television and air conditioner, but we did not get any soap, toothpaste, toothbrush,and etc, although the price quite expensive.
5. Tourist places/ attractions
First day we went to some tourist places. First tourist
place was Tanjung Benoa, in the way we went to tanjung benoa we passed the highway
on the sea that called Tol Mandara. In Tanjung Benoa, we can play parasailing,
banana boat, flying fish, fly board if we pay IDR 100.000,00- IDR 600.000,00.
We also can go to Penyu Island using boat. Then we went go to Krisna to take
Seattle to go to Kute Beach. In kuta beach there were many foreigner surfing or
just wanted to see sunset. After that we went back to Krisna. In Krisna we can
buy the souvenir from Bali. The price quite good was not too expensive. After
that we went to the hotel to have a rest.
In the second day, we went to organization that arrange and control the tourist guide from
bali and had seminar. After that we went to Puja Mandala, there were 5 place to pray for five
religions. There were mosque, 2 churches, temple, Wihara. Then we went to
Pandawa beach. Pandawa beach is new beach in bali. If we went there we would
pass the way that made by government by Destroying
limestone mountain. Pandawa beach name
was adapted from the legend of Pandawa because there are 5 pandawa statues and
1 dewi kunti statue, pandawa beach is very beautiful but we needed to be
careful because there were many sea urchins. Then we went to Jimbaran beach to
have beautiful sunset diner on the shore. After that we went back to hotel and
had free time.
In third day, we checked out from the hotel and went to
Cening Bagus. Cening bagus was store to buy souvenir with low price, but the
quality of the goods is not good enough. Then we went to Joger. Joger is the
most famous souvenir from bali, the goods in the Joger have good quality, and
original and creative words, but the price is also high. If we want to buy
souvenir in Joger we just can buy 11 items, then we need to have long queue.
Therefore if we want to buy some souvenir we can ask our friend who in the
queue to bring our souvenir and give money to pay for souvenir. After that, we
went to Bedugul Lake. Bedugul lake has a legend, the legend tell us about the
powerful person who meditate in the lake and being provoked by giant, he killed
his girlfriend and she was sunk in the lake. in Bedugul lake we can
ride a canoe and speed boat for about IDR 100.000,00.
In Bali we visited many places then the last tourist
place was Tanah Lot. Tanah Lot has a legend people in bail believes that in
Tanah Lot there was a priest named Dang Hyang Nirartha came to spread Hinduism,
he shared his teachings to villagers. Some villager wanted to dispel him but he
resisted to leave. The priest meditated in the rock that had cave in the middle
of the sea, he transformed his sashes into sea snakes to guard the cave. The
rock’s original name, Tengah Lod, means ‘in the sea’. Tanah lot is beautiful
beach with temple in middle of the sea, we can ask the priest to pray for us
and drink holy water in there for free.
C. After the trip
1. Conclusion
The trip was good enough and I enjoyed the trip. From the
departure time the bus was good the travel agent also did well. The hotel was
good too, I and my friends visited many place as the schedule was made. We also
know how the HPI work and what did HPI do. It was good trip.
2. Suggestion for the betterment of future trip
My suggestion to make the future trip better is only to
prepare everything well and better. Asking for fix information from travel
agent about the travel price, travel plan and make agreement with them.
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