#2 This Blog: Just so you know…
Monday, October 26th, 2009
If you want to have your opinions to be posted here in my blog, you can do so not only by posting comments on my posts. You can also send me your articles about Bandung to me through here. You can send me perhaps your own Hotel reviews, your own experiences in traveling Bandung, your own unique stories when you’re in Bandung, your own opinions about certain things in Bandung–anything as long as they are related to Bandung are welcomed. I will not edit the contents of your articles except for things such as grammatical/vocabulary/typo errors. Of course, you will be fully credited for your articles.
On the second part of my post about Banana Inn Hotel & Spa Bandung, I am going to take a look around the Hotel’s facilities. As I have said before, the staffs were thankfully accommodating, and the Hotel itself was relatively void of guests during my visit there. I could take pictures more freely without having to worry about people looking at me in a weird way that much.
This is the second part of my KAGUM Hotels series of post. I must address once again that although I am trying to be as objective as possible in this post, my own admittedly inexperience of writing a ‘proper’ review of any kind–and the fact that I am employed at the company that owns the Hotel–may result in what you might perceive as bias in my writing. Just be mindful about the fact that what I feel about this Hotel may be different with you or any other guests staying in this Hotel. Don’t take my word as gospel, is all.
You know, the hospitality practitioners in Bandung would love to have everyone think that Bandung is a perfect city—a city that can provide anyone visiting it with a pleasurable, enjoyable, and impeccable experience at all times, at all places. Yet as someone that have lived in this city for quite a long time, I have experienced firsthand that the reality, unfortunately, is as not as pretty as everyone would have hoped for. By no means that the intention behind this post is malicious in nature, like preventing or scaring anyone to visit this city, but if you are planning to visit this city, then it is perhaps be better for you to know stuff like this, so that: (a) You can better prepare yourself, and (b) You know exactly what to expect and thus, to some degree dissatisfaction and disappointment can be prevented.
Cihampelas Street is one of the most famous places to visit in Bandung, and only a short observation is required to understand why. Rumored to be the longest stretch of continuous road in the world dedicated wholly to garment/fashion shopping, Cihampelas Street is filled from the beginning to the end with numerous shops and stores, all vying to invite customers to visit their places with their own unique decorations, promotions, and selection of items to purchase. It is perhaps no wonder then, that this street is always seemingly crowded with people unable to resist its temptation.
