A Ride to Puncak

Puncak Pass view in the evening

On Saturday, Yufi and I decided to go for a ride to Puncak, yes with his beloved Bajaj Pulsar, anyway we sent Cica to my mom's with the help from my parents in law (they are having their own adventure as well at the moment, driving to Padang) we left our house at 2 PM.

We decided to go through Jalan Raya Bogor, because it's the closest track from the house and we thought all the people who work at factories along Jalan Raya Bogor, will not be out yet before 4 PM so the road will be less packed (God, we are so not right..), The weather in general at that time was awfully hot and Yufi wore this thick padded jacket he's just got earlier in the morning (yes, HOT, the insulation is made from fleece fabric which is supposedly being worn in a damn cold weather somewhere in a country up north errr Alaska? rather than in Jakarta) anyway we had to make a stop in an Indomaret minimarket to buy some drink. When I was roaming in the store, a lady was fainted in the store and no one actually cared, one store attendant tried to help by trying to pour a bottle full of alcohol on her, I was kinda yell at him (GOD, are you nuts!!) . I hurried to help her husband and slapped some "minyak angin" on to her forehead and neck then the husband tried to call someone when she was kind of conscious I left and paid my stuff.

We went through Sentul area, first was the infamous Sentul circuit then took a right turn, then cruised along the road passing through villages (well it is not called villages anymore but houses are on both side of the road, then passed some of beautiful (not to mention expensive) estates along the way one of them was of course Bukit Sentul Estate, the road condition could not really be called smooth..well just as normal as any other rural road would be just enough for two cars passing each other both ways at the same time, uneven surfaces are here and there but generally it was a cool ride along the area.

We finally reached to the back gate of this real estate called Rainbow Hills, most of the houses there are rather big and looked more like a mansion than a house to me, but most of them looked abandoned especially in the back area of the estate, then we passed a huge golf course, from the look of it, you have to drive a golf car to actually go from one hole to another (I was kind of remembered that I have been to this golf course before...then yes of course My dad played golf here as well last time), the houses around golf course area were in better condition than ones we previously passed. We got out of the estate then rode along the rural road, which was actually smaller than the rural road which we have passed off Sentul area, and it was steeper as well, we passed some beautiful some were very laid back villas, one of them caught Yufi and I attention, the house was medium size, made out of very simple material, made us think mmm how nice..imagine if we had a place like that to go for the weekend..

Then we passed Gunung Geulis Resort, this place I bet was even bigger than Rainbow Hills, guessing by its golf course size, a 39 hole golf course..after we passed the Resort we got to the Gadog area, finally..then we decided to have lunch at Cimory Resto (Cisarua Mountain Dairy) which known for its "fresh from their own farm" milk. The place is about 6 KM from Gadog, 2 storey building overlooking a mountain (I do not know which mountain is that), spacious car park (which always full with cars) and playground for children. The place consisted of a shop and a restaurant. The shop sells sausages (Kanzzler Brand), yoghurt (Yo-Lite brand), fresh milk (Cimory's own brand), some munchies and local snacks. The food served in the restaurant was mainly western apart from local specialties, where sausages took a quite big part on the menu list and of course Milk (milkshakes, fresh milk, etc), Yufi and I were more interested in trying the sausages menu so he ordered American Grilled sausage with Chocolate milk and I ordered German Bratwurst (do I spell it right?) with German spices and a coffee flavoured milk. The taste was okay, not genuinely delicious but nice. It also has a farm tour with various price range (lunch and souvenir are provided) for children and adult but the tour has to at least have minimum 40 people in it, they will take you around the farm, learn how to milk a cow, to see how fresh milk put into milk bottles and etc.

We then continued our ride to Gunung Mas Tea Plantation, the weather was getting cooler, we got to the Gunung Mas Tea Plantation had to pay Rp.6000 per person (since we were riding a motorcycle, we did not get charged for the transport, but they do charge for cars) with the amount you will get a free sachet (5 tea bags) of Walini Black Tea. The area was good for walking and cycling, the air was very fresh and they have bungalows for people to rent as well and the bungalows were also fully booked by families. Since both of us were lazy to walk so we went around without even getting off the bike hehehe. We might go back there again with Cica next time she could bring her bike then.

We then continued our ride to Puncak Pass. It was not quite different from last time I went there. We stopped over in a small warung to have coffee and just eyeing the scenery from the warung, the weather was cool and nice, I wonder whether it would still be this cool in the next 5 years.

We then went down from Puncak Pass at 6.30 PM, straight to home, we went through Bogor this time as Yufi said it would be quite scary if we passed Rainbow Hills during the time. We went through Depok then Pasar Minggu then finally arrived at My mom's house at 9 PM.

The only bummer was we did not bring a decent camera so.......

In general I loved it well although it was tiring and all your bones were aching (too much sitting and not too mentioned the seat cushion was far from comfortable) spent time with your lovely husband harassing and dissing each other hehehehe but I would love to do it again though , a bit farther then next time, we plan to go to Ciwidey next time.