Jum'at 25 Desember 2015
Dini hari pukul 04.00, aku terbangun dari tidur. Rasanya baru beberapa waktu lalu aku tidur, tapi i've to woke up and packed my things to go to Semarang. Yeeehhhh... satu minggu sebelumnya janjian dengan Pinkan mau short escape, dan jadilah Semarang kita pilih karena nggak begitu jauh dari Yogyakarta.
Setelah semua siap, jam 07.00 aku keluarkan motor dan bersiap menjemput Pinkan di dekat rumahnya. yaa.. kami memutuskan untuk naik motor dari Jogja ke Semarang dengan banyak pertimbangan selain kepraktisan dan tentunya ngirit ongkos.
Berangkat dari tempat janjian pukul 08.30. Karena aku belum sarapan akhirnya, kami berhenti di Alfamart di Daerah Kabupaten Semarang untuk sekedar membeli pengganjal perut. Setelah perut terisi, perjalanan dilanjutkan. This was our first journey to Semarang, by motorcycle and just both of us. I said to her... we are strong Pinkan...
Setelah tanya sana dan sini dan dengan bantuan papan penunjuk jalan, akhirnya jam 10.30 kami tiba di Semarang dengan selamat namun tanpa tujuan. Alhamdulillah... the first place we visited at that time was Simpang Lima, since we haven't got the hotel yet. So.. we decided to parked our motorcycle and sat at park chair.
Due to peak season, we haven't found a cheap hotel to stay.. but after made some calls.. Thank's God we finally got an enough cheap hotel. The name was Srikandi Hotel (IDR Rp180.000,- for standard room) located at Jl. Dr. Wahidin No.195, Candisari, Kota Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50253. The hotel was enough comfortable but there were many mosquitos there and the staffs was very friendly. For you who have minimum budget to stay i recommend this hotel.
After found the hotel, we went there and took a rest for a while. And at 14.00 we started our Journey, the first place we visited was Lawang Sewu. Lawang sewu. Lawang Sewu is a landmark in Semarang, but i don't want to told you about the history since you can find it in Pakdhe Google. Of course we took some photos there, here we go..
Lawang Sewu
Address : Komplek Tugu Muda, Jalan Pemuda, Jawa Tengah 13220
Ticket Price : Rp 10.000,-
Open : till 11pm
After that, we went to Sam Po Kong. Sam Po Kong is The oldest Chinese temple in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The foundations were set by Admiral Zheng He who arrived in the western part of what is now Semarang around year 1400 to 1416.
Sam Po Kong
Ticket Price : Rp 5.000,-
Hati-hati kadang tukang parkirnya ngeri macam preman gitu. Dan kalau lagi rame banget kayak musim liburan, kadang pada suka ngasal ngasih tarif parkir. Kita disini sampai adzan maghrib, terus habis dari sini kita ke kawasan Pecinan, niatnya mau cari makan tapi nggak nemu yang sreg. Oh ya kalau di Kawasan ini hati-hati karena banyak makanan yang nggak halal juga buat yang muslim, secara yang jual banyak yang china. karena nggak dapet makan di Pecinan, akhirnya balik lagi ke Simpang Lima.
Kenyang makan nasi goreng, pulang hotel mandi. Niatnya mau balik lagi ke Simpang Lima, tapi udah ngantuk ya udah kita lanjut tidur di hotel.
Pengeluaran Hari pertama
- Transport = Rp 40.000,- (dua kali isi bensin @Rp 20.000)
- Makan + jajan = Rp 35.000 (roti, air mineral, siomay, dan nasgor simpang lima)
- Tiket masuk = Rp 15.000(Lawang Sewu dan Sam Po Kong)
- Parkir = Rp14.000,- (Simpang Lima (2x), Lawang Sewu, Sam Po Kong, Pecinan)
- Hotel = Rp 180.000,- (Bagi dua @90.000)
Total pengeluaran hari pertama : Rp 167.000
Ngirit banget inih....
Cerita short escape day 2 nya bersambung ya....
Happy Holiday,
Happy Traveling,
