is it safe enough for single lady traveler to go there without driver or tour guide? at first the trip should be 4 of us, now only left me alone. really upset when people fail to plan properly their vacation.TQ

Should be okay. Just need to be extra careful with local people and keep your handbag/bag safe especially when you go to the famous Pasar Baru. They can recognise Malaysian (by our appearance) and like to follow and force us to buy theirs.

When are u going?

Once u go solo, u never go back


Pasar baru or rumah mode, which is better?

so true


For u ahhh? Rumah Mode I think. U can get rejected branded stuffs at cheap price

Have u been to GM Klang? Pasar Baru is more less similar like GM Klang. Its heaven for ladies. All kind of fabrics, shawls, bedsheets, shirts yadda yadda.

Yes, I went there before...
Too bad not many choices when it comes to electronics...

Why u said so? Never go back?

Trip suppose 25th april till 28th april

Mine will be on Sept. Should be okay. Dont worry. There'll be a lot of Msian especially makcik makcik shopping like crazy at Pasar Baru. If u r too afraid to go alone but still wanna go there, u can do like what my fren did: she simply asked any Malaysian on the same plane to join their group. So she saved money on supir (private driver) and made new fren. Good luck

Its addictive...i think

It's one of the most liberating feelings in the world
Once u have a taste, u will never want to go back

Read this: http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/why-solo-travel/

You know it

This post has been edited by gaeria84: Mar 31 2015, 09:27 AM

i think recently i read 2 different articles about 2 incidents involving single lady tourist who got raped in Indonesia.
forgot where the location is.

2 reports in the recent days.
unreported? i bet many more cases. dont care where in indonesia, this happens.

so be careful if u decide to go. maybe without a tour guide is better.
if im not mistaken in one incident the guide raped the lady.
another incident is the guard or someone.

this is not your country, u r not familiar, and u are a lady, alone.
rape cases involving single lady travelers, also documented.
so i would say high risk.

i propose not to go alone.


ok i found the news:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/659843/indone...chinese-tourist

http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news...in-bali-police/

Malaysian gang-raped in Bandung

Trip Advisor page about rape in Bandung

Crime in our own backyard is as bad, if not worse. Fact of the matter is... nowhere is 100% safe. My advice is, just take precautions, don't venture out to places you know you have a very high chance of getting robbed/assaulted/raped (this comes with experience )

I second this!

Million thanks for your advice sir

Managed to rent a scooter for a day (100k, not cheap but using public transport is slower and can be more expensive). Rode to soreang, ciwidey and mt patuha (kawah putih).. Very scenic

Riding in bandung wasn't as bad as i thought, had to motoweave a lot

Angkot hopping wasn't as hard as I thought, once i got used to it, it was soo fun
Went to braga, cihampelas, pasar baru and rumah mode

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 8 2015, 09:24 PM

next trip on the way end of june.... gaeria84.... u r needed again.... haha

which area should i book the hotel? location must be strategic....

have 6 days 5 nites there. prefer to get a driver too

oh gosh... need to start reading once again for this trip

Location ar? Dago area lor

guys did anybody stayed before with accorhotels in Bandung? example Ibis or Novotel? Any comment?

Ride a scooter in bandung? Champion! How's your ride? Easy? Was it hard/difficult to find way to the destinations? And lastly, where did u stayed?

Ok lor, just have to be more 'aggressive', every part of the road is my domain, from middle line to even the pedestrian path

Not at all, some places are pretty straightforward to get there, i used gps for some places like cihampelas walk and cicaheum (went to buy bus ticket)

Stayed in Hunny Hostel, paskal food market is just 5 minutes away. Angkots pass by here very often, so it's easy for me to get around

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 12 2015, 08:16 AM