I went to Jakarta few days ago for work trip in less than 24H. Since there is nothing I could enjoy in the capital city (plus in a very short time), I decided to kill the time by exploring one of the biggest mall in Jakarta. What a wise choice, no :p Well, considering there are few brands that I love have no store at my city, it was worth trying though! But it was super weird because I found nothing I like that time, I've been back and forth entering Zara, Topshop, Mango, H&M and Forever 21, and not single piece of clothes catch my eyes. I guess shopping online hijacks my brain already, yet I always find anything online, and as a price, I lose my capability to sense good offline goodies. LOL.

But then I found these simple black shoes in Forever 21 shoe-rack *jumping* I know, I know, it's waaaaaayyy basic for my taste of shoes; but just when I saw them, I felt the urge of having them. Actually, I fall in love with the red wine color, but too bad, my size is already sold out. Luckily, I get the black one, because it is the last pair in my size *yaaaiiiyy* So here it is a little preview of my new shoes =) Anyway both of my shirt and shorts are my online found from Zalora Indonesia, and you can still get 15% OFF to shop at Zalora by entering my unique code: ZBAPQA6H pssssttt.. you're welcome =)
 
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@SonyaAnnK

Tie Up Boxy top - Something Borrowed (Zalora ID)

Shredded shorts - Something Borrowed (Zalora ID)

clutch - ROMWE

shoes - Forever 21

2. Mie Ayam Bangka

The famous chicken noodle from Bangka island. One of the best and famous seller in Bangka is Fina restaurant. They even serve martabak Bangka in various sizes and flavors. Many celebrities and famous singers have been visiting Fina restaurant. How do I know? Because they put the photos of famous people on the wall. Hahaa. I've been eating this noodle back at my city, but eat them at Bangka was definitely different experience because there are few steps on how to eat Bangka chicken noodle in proper way hanging on Fina restaurant's wall. Ha, never try this one though. LOL.

How to eat Bangka chicken noodle:

The menus: they also serve different variants of martabak *yuuuummmmmyyyy*

3. Waroeng Sate Mang Bujang

Waroeng Sate Mang Bujang is located in Koba district. I went there right after visiting Ardal beach (read the story here) They serve Bangka traditional foods like the ones I ordered that time, Es teh (iced tea), Es Kacang Merah (red beans ice), Mie Kuah Ikan (noodle fish sauce), Pantiau Kuah Ikan (pantiaw fish sauce). They all were soooooo damn good!!! And as the name of the restaurant, this place also serve satay which is very popular in here.

4. Mambo Market - Selada

Mambo market is located near my hotel in Pangkalpinang, there are so many small restaurants in Mambo market which serve similar foodies. So yeah, boyfie picked in spontaneously just by looking at the chef who luckily middle age woman in veil and so humble while interacting. We ordered healthy menu which are Selada and Es Kacang Merah (red beans ice). Selada contains of yellow noodle, small slices of cucumber, bean sprouts, some green vegetables which usually served in salad, and peanut sauce in top.

5. Mang Sarjito Fried Noodle

Located in the middle of the city, Mang Sarjito serves the best fried noodle. Say no more, their fried noodle is less oily, and the secret ingredients are just perfect for my tongue.The weird part is the noodle is not special noodle nor traditional food from Bangka. It's just regular fried noodle, but I never taste any other fried noodle like this before!

Every story needs to be end. No matter how great it is, an ending is an absolute need. So does my Bangka island trip's stories, which the finale post is up right now. Yeah, it's gonna be a little bit emotional, because I already miss relaxing my body into the beach and the wind blows in my hair *crying* Just by strolling through these photos make me want to book another trip real soon. LOL. But no, no, real job world is in front of my face already *sigh* Meh, let's save the pity me in pocket for a while, it's the finale though :D

My last day stayed in Bangka island, we took a trip to Sungai Liat district where people can access to many beaches in a row. Wohoo! It took us around an hour to be in that place. And for the very first time, my beach photos are all in blue-ish water. Ha! After we arrived in Sungai Liat district, we visited Matras beach first for taking a little bit rest and going to mosque because it was pray time. And because there are some developments near the beach area, and found it was not so good, so we moved to Turun Aban beach where we found a nice place to get some lunch and explore a little (which include photo shooting, of course :p) We climbed on giant rocks, and found hidden places which absolutely beautiful and make us able to see the whole beach from above. And not to forget, Turun Aban beach is also used as boat park for fisherman. So you can see many fish boats there.

After finished our lunch, we moved to Rambak beach, which is still in Sungai Liat district but not in a row beaches. It took around 20 minutes to get there. Rambak beach is more popular than other beaches in Sungai Liat (or even my other visited beach) I guess; because so many people went there, and most of them are in group like families, relatives and friends. I only saw few couples, so I guess it's family-beach. Rambak beach is so extensive, I took a lot of time just to finish walking from starting point to ending point (basically I need three hours to walk slowly, take picture nicely and enjoy the beach view heartily) The beach like hypnotizes me with its amazing view, friendly weather and romantic sand to lay down; and I just can't get enough.

I might be a little bit conventional, because I do believe every best thing is worth saving for the last. And that's what I exactly do for these set of photos; because these beaches are my favorite ones among others, so I post it as ending post of my Bangka island trip. I wish visiting them could be my yearly trip, or even better every time I need an escape place. LOL. So long, Bangka island, you'll be missed.

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@SonyaAnnK

Well, another beach photos, and this one was taken in Tapak Hantu beach. Tapak Hantu beach is well known of its feet marks in two of the giant rocks. But when I got there, unfortunately I only could witness one of the mark, because the other one was covered by the high tide. Tapak Hantu beach has many giant rocks which happens to be the identity of Bangka Island beach. Well, you haven't visited Bangka Island if you haven't visited giant rocks beaches, they said. So yeah, after "woooowwwwww" "uuuhhhh" "ooohhh" and other exciting expressions, as usual, I told boyfie to take some pictures of me and the beach (well, thousand to be honest :p) *blogger duties* My favorite part from the beach is the dock. It magically brings romantic, relaxing and breath taking view! We spent the whole afternoon sitting there which way longer than we spent time playing in the beach; and not regretting at all. One of the best place to think and be grateful about life.

floppy hat - unbranded

outwear - Front Row Shop

shorts - ROMWE

Pasir Padi beach is actually the first beach I run into right after landed in Bangka Island just because it's so close with the airport. You might wonder, why I had different outfit like my airport outfit here. Actually these photos were taken the second time I went to Pasir Padi beach. Yeah, the first time I got there, I was just too tired exploring China town, so my eyes were already baggy and sleepy. Because mandatory photo in famous Pasir Padi beach is a must, so I decided to go there one more time before leaving the island. And boyfie granted my wish. But too bad, that day, the beach was getting high tide :( So I couldn't experience walking through the beach into some breakwaters near the sea (boyfie said it is really cool!!!!). And the air was covered with fog; another my unluckiness I guess. But whatever, I was still enjoying the beach and taking photos of the beach *blogger duties* hahaaa. Even without walking through the breakwaters, playing with the sea or fresher air, Pasir Padi beach was beautiful. I wonder, it might be way more gorgeous if I could experience them all. Next time, next time... =)