Tur Budaya Experience 2019

Hi, my name is Gian and today I'm going to tell one of the most catchy and glorious moment of my life. It's when I experience this memorable event in my school called Tur Budaya 2019. It's like an ordinary vacation, but comes with more cultural experience that makes us feel more grateful to be Indonesian people. After visiting Bali, my feeling about this country is never be same. Now I know how beautiful Indonesia is and I know that I must be proud to be Indonesian people and it is our responsibility to maintain the beauty of our country. Now let's get to the main course.

The togetherness at the Airport
(The preparation before the exciting Journey)

On the first day of Turbud (17th of March 2019), SMAN 3 Bandung arrived at Husein Sastranegara Airport. Our school's tour divided into 3 groups. The first one departed for Bali before 9 a.m and the last one departed for Bali at 1 p.m. On 10 o'clock, we were given lunch before we got on our plane. The flight duration was about 115 minutes to 2 hours.

Me while taking a pose like I'm
holding on the GWK Statue

After 2 hours flew through the air, we arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport, located in Bali. We arrived there at ten past sixteen (in central Indonesian time or usually called as WITA). We took our luggage and all of our belongings to our bus that already parked at the airport's parking lot.

The beauty of Jimbaran Beach
(more like see the heaven, isn't it ?)

Then, we continued our vacation to Jimbaran with a dinner purpose in A'roma Restaurant. The Jimbaran Beach isn't really wide and it had white sand. There were so many seafood restaurant. We enjoyed the dinner that served with beautiful sunset view and melodious voice of a local singer, but everything went wrong when suddenly the heavy rain invaded the dangdut song and all of our dishes. We all ran to the inside of A'roma Restaurant and continued the dinner there. After full, we went to Quest Hotel to get some rest. We arrived at the Quest Hotel at about 8 p.m WITA.

Me while holding my nerves and
tried to keep calm and held the turtle

A good photo session with
the lil' black birdie

On the second day of Turbud, me and my roommates woke up at 4 a.m. We did our daily routines before starting the day, like worshipped and of course took a bath. Then, we took a breakfast at half past seven WITA. We left for Tanjung Benoa at half past eight WITA after took a breakfast. In Tanjung Benoa we can do so many kind of watersports. We arrived at Tanjung Benoa at 9 a.m. Then, I prepared myself for the deadly, bone-breaking, heart pumping watersport in Tanjung Benoa (well, thats just a hyperbole, in case to make me look like a watersport maniac, obviously I never do watersport before).

Look at all those scared face, we
really good at faking our face

Played gleefully in the sand like
we never see sand before

Firstly, I started my deadly, bone-breaking, heart pumping watersport journey by visiting the Turtle Island. Me and my friends visisted the Turtle Island using a motorboat. The trip was really thrilling (well, thats just my other hyperbole, obviously it's just an ordinary water trip). The Turtle Island got a turtle conservation place in it. There is not only turtle, but also other animals like bats, birds, snakes, etc. After that, we went back to Tanjung Benoa. After that thrilling ride to Turtle Island, the journey just couldn't get any better. I invited 3 of my friends to join me in the breathtaking donut ride. It's a watersport where you ride a donut with your friends and the donut is threw by the motorboat driver who tie the donut to his motorboat. The watersport really made my adrenaline pumped. It's totally worthed.

Look how big is the GWK statue !!
2nd biggest statue in the world !

After that, we stopped by Puja Mandala, the worship center for 5 religions with an area of 2 hectares. Then, we continued the vacation to Pandawa Beach. It's located at the south of Kuta. This beach usually called as the secret beach, because of the location of the beach is between two big cliffs. After we took a lot of photos there, we continued the vacation to visit the Garuda Wisnu Kencana or usually called as GWK. GWK is located about 40 kilometers at the south of Denpasar. In this location, we can see such a gigantic statue stand firmly in its place. The statue depicts god of wisnu while riding garuda. After we visited the second biggest statue in the world, we watched Devdan Show that located in Benoa, Bali. This show presented traditional dance and modern dance mixed up with Indonesian cultural wealth. This show is extremely fascinating.

The Tirta Empul's holy water sprays

The next day, we woke up at 4 a.m and did the same thing like yesterday. We also took a breakfast at half past seven and then we ready to start our third day in Bali by visited Tirta Empul first. Tirta Empul is well known for its holy water. Hindus usually seek sanctification or purification in this place because it has 13 holy water sprays. There are a lot of Hindus that also do worship activities here. After we visited Tirta Empul, we continued the vacation for lunch in Kintamani. We arrived at the one and only halal certified restaurant. We could enjoy all of the 25 delicious lunch menus here because this is one of the "all you can eat" restaurant.

After the delicious dishes ran out, we visited Penglipuran Village located in Bangli Regency, Bali. This village is famous for it's traditional culture that still run in the villager's blood and in all of the village structure. The building architecture and the land processing still follow the tri hita concept.

Well, it's hard to gather together and took this photo
because actually it blocked the pedestrian path, but it's worthed

This is the cleanest village in Indonesia and one of the cleanest village in the world. I'm really proud to be Indonesian people and we need to keep this beauty for ages so that our next generation can still see this beauty. We were walking and taking some photos when suddenly a heavy rain invaded our vacation again. Aww, snap !! I said. Then, we took cover in one of the villager's house and bought some souvenirs there. After that, we went back to our bus and went back to Quest Hotel to prepare for the gathering night or usually called as makrab. The makrab was held in Nirmala Hotel. The makrab was held until 12 p.m. After that, we went back to Quest Hotel and took a rest.

My mind is still defying gravitiy. It's still floating
in the beauty of Bali

On the fourth day, as usual, we did our morning daily routines after we woke up, but the difference was today we needed to pack all of our belongings because today we needed to check out of the Quest Hotel. This was the last day in Bali. I didn't feel really sad to leave Bali because I knew Bali was really exciting and beautiful, but I remembered that I wasn't belong here. I needed to go back and see my family in Bandung (and also feed my lovely dog named Hesh). Bandung was still my lovely home, but I couldn't deny the fact that Bali was really beautiful and unforgettable.

Walking along the beach to proof
that earth isn't flat

So, we continued the vacation for Kuta Beach. Kuta Beach is the most famous beach in Bali. This beach is suitable for surfing lovers because the waves are good and the atmosphere here is very nice. This beach is surrounded by several hotels, restaurants, villas, mall, etc. We've got free times here to explore this beach and it's surrounding. We walked along the beach while taking some photos and also visited a mall near the beach.

Head in the clouds. Couldn't feel
any better than this time.

Abyan was bitten by a kitten near
Bedugul Temple. Couldn't help him,
cause it's so funny haha 

After a tiring walk, we went back to our public transportation and continued the vacation for Krisna Souvenir Center. We could buy some souvenirs there, like clothes, foods, accessories, etc. We also had a lunch there. We had a lunch at R.M. Grafika located in front of Krisna Souvenir Center. After had a lunch, we visited Tanah Lot. I felt really relaxed while stood in this place. The wind, the wave, the atmosphere are so great. We also visited Bedugul Temple after visited Tanah Lot. This temple is famous for its appearance in 50 thousand rupiahs money. This temple was so beautiful and so relaxing too

Looked the same, isn't it ? Yeah, beautiful too

Well, that was the last one, so after that, we went to Gilimanuk Harbour. The exciting Bali journey ended up in this harbour. So much happiness, so much laugh, and so much to remember. For the dinner, we ate some food in R.M. Kenanga Singaraja. On the way home, we still saw the famous Suramadu Bridge located in Surabaya. The bridge was pretty awesome. We spent our way home times by sleeping, talking, laughing, and had a lunch in Warung Wulan.

The trip might be end,
but the memories are everlasting

Finally, we arrived at Gubeng Station located in Surabaya. We used an executive train as our transportation, on 16.30 WIB (West Indonesian Time). At last, we arrived at Bandung Station on 05.40 WIB and then went back to our home.

Safe and sound at Bandung Station

 So, that's my 5 days Turbud Experience, hope you enjoy my story !! Thanks for reading this post !!