#3 The Unpleasant Sides of Bandung
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
For some people, rain signifies something romantic. Soothing, if you’d like. The sound of muffled waters hammering down the ground on the outside is something that many people found comforting. The weather all around during the rain is usually very cordial too, making all the ‘rain moments’ the perfect time to snuggle up on your bed, slid your feet into the blanket, hug the pillow, and sleep away.
However, rain does not always come with baggage of pleasant or good things. This is particularly true especially in a place like Bandung.
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.
