hey we're red and clay this is our last
video in bandung
if you haven't seen our previous videos
yet we highly recommend checking them
out
we've been in bandung for over a week
now so in this video we're going to give
you our first impressions and whether we
think you should travel here
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so
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if you haven't seen already we've done
two other videos
from this area where we discuss this
braga street that we're in right now
we cover the hotel we stayed in and we
ate a ramadan buffet
with a whole bunch of sundanese food so
go check those out
this is a super super trendy and baby
area with a whole bunch going on
there's tons of cafes restaurants art
galleries
all sorts of things to do this is
ragapur mai which we'd
highly recommend you go and eat at the
food is really good
it's got a rich history it's one of the
oldest
cafes in the street i think it's been
here since
1923 so highly
recommend checking that out but yeah
culture
history and architecture are some of the
main reasons
we would recommend visiting bandung
one of the things bandung is known for
is it's cooler weather
because it's at a higher altitude and
it's in the mountains and away from the
ocean
so the weather is a lot more pleasant so
like they were saying being surrounded
by
dormant volcanoes is one of the reasons
why the climate is a lot cooler
and the humidity is the biggest change
from jakarta
it is a lot less humid which makes it
bearable to like walk around the city
and explore which is really cool since
there's a lot to see
and you don't get so sweaty and hot to
need to shower three times a day
is such a trendy city i love it
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one of the reasons why bandung got so
popular was because
the dutch decided to move their colony
from what was then batavia which is
jakarta
to more inland to bandung for the cooler
climate and also because they're
surrounded by the mountains
it's a lot easier to protect against
invasions so the dutch history in this
area
is very strong a lot of the colonial
buildings still remain today and they
really are preserved nicely
very interesting to explore
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wow so many beautiful trees
very green and surrounded by the
mountains and the forests and some of
those forests still remain here
in the form of parks and it's just
really cool to come out to these parks
and just walk around
the other day we went on a trip further
north it was interesting to see the
change
from the dutch architecture to the
sundanese
traditional housing there's a whole
bunch of amazing mansions and things to
see
up north
look at this huge tree behind us
this is what we mean about the greenery
and the big big old trees that are still
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here
one of the popular things to do here in
bandung is to take the iconic bandung
transportation called bandros
it is these cute little buses and it
goes all around the city
showing you all the places the guide is
in bahasa indonesia but i think it's
still worth it to
pop onto a bus and drive around the city
to see all the sights
unfortunately we just missed styles
because it's 5 p.m it runs from 9 a.m to
6 pm every
day and it takes about an hour and it's
only 10k per person
super affordable hopefully we can do it
in the next day to show you
otherwise still go ahead and do it
yourselves when you're here in bandung
one of the things i love about the city
is how clean it is
there's people cleaning the streets
they've got places for recycling
and it's just really nice it's super
well maintained
looked after the building's all in
really good condition
really cool so bandung is a very
multicultural city as well it's got
beautiful mosques and churches as the
one you can see behind me
droughted all over the city it's
beautiful
so there are various places you can stay
when you come to bandung
but honestly from our research it's
either you stay in the north where it's
a little bit more residential and
quieter
and more scenic because you're up sort
of in the mountains or you can be here
in the city where you're right in the
thick of it
surrounded by all these cafes there's
tons of hotels to choose from
really high quality really good internet
and yeah i can't complain it's been a
wonderful place to come and visit
if you are someone that relies on
internet and having a good place
to work wondering really surprised us
with the amount of cafes and places that
are really comfortable
and all of them had high speed internet
so no complaints in that regard
we're getting a lot of questions about
how we pay for things in indonesia
and whether our cards work here since
we're from south africa
we found that most cafes restaurants
hotels
established places supermarkets etc all
take credit cards they take visa
mastercard we haven't had a single issue
with that and you can also go to the atm
and use your credit card to withdraw
cash if that's what you want to do you
will have to pay with cash at the local
or runs the small restaurants and places
like street food markets
but otherwise we've had no problems at
all using our own bank cards
so all good all right so we have just
gotten back to the braga hotel
here in braga street we spent a week
up in swiss ball resort dagger heritage
hotel
we spent the week there to celebrate
red's birthday
we had some awesome meals we had
kentany and alex come over yesterday and
we
ate steak and drank soju and then we
went out for some karaoke
and in the town it was a lot of fun and
one thing that
we've really been enjoying here in
bandung is a hospitality and just
the people are so friendly and
accommodating seriously it's been so
so nice here's an example of it we just
got to the braga hotel again
and we just received welcome drinks on
the house
we received a beautiful welcome dessert
and a pizza with a little note i'll read
the note to you
it's super interesting because it's a
note from the general manager at
swiss ball resort and we're currently in
the braga
hotel um but yeah here's the pizza
i've already eaten some of it and here's
the note that came with it
it says swiss bell resort dog heritage
bandung
and it says dear ms red culvert welcome
to braga another part of bandung city
hope you will enjoy the rest of your
holiday in bandung before heading back
to bali next week looking forward to
meeting you again in bandung next time
best regards danny for dolls
general manager at swiss bell resort
how sweet is that i don't know what we
did to get such nice service and
hospitality but thank you everyone thank
you so much danny
we appreciate it it's such a cute
gesture and because of this we are so
keen to come back to bandung and explore
more next time
we have never ever felt so special and
we have never been so blown away by the
incredible hospitality of a place that
places bandung
and indonesia in general it is
absolutely
incredible it blows our minds every
single day in the next video we'll be
heading back to jakarta and comparing
the economy class train ride to the
executive
stay tuned
you