Weekend with a thin wallet is no reason to weekend at home. Minimum enjoy the weekend by doing a small tour.
Sightseeing activities sound trivial, but in fact traveling is very important for physical and spiritual needs. Especially after doing the routine for a whole week, travel on weekends will be refresh the body and mind.
Traveling doesn’t mean spend a lot of money and travel long distances from your home. Open your eyes and look for the things around you that you can do for cheap day trips with the family. Here are some ideas and tips on traveling with $15/ IDR100.000 only.
Visiting museum
Museums in Indonesia is still applying a very cheap ticket. Do not be surprised if you find a museum with an entrance fee of IDR 1,500 or IDR 2,000. If you’re not a fan of museums, it’s time to explore the museum that located near your home.
If you are a museum enthusiast, look for the museum which was some distance from your home but still easy to reach by public transport. For example, you live in Bogor, you can just ride the economic train to Jakarta to see the museums in the old town area of ??Jakarta.
Parks and Zoos
You can spend time in the park nearest your home. It could also visited the zoo. Look for places where beautiful shady nan filled with a natural feel.
Bring a long book you never read. Then enjoy a snack while reading under a shady tree. Or, take a notebook and start writing.
Avoid carrying a laptop or other electronic equipment. Because electronic equipment just makes you remember the work. Turn off your mobile while. If the zoo of your choice, then take a big family around the zoo and ended with a picnic.
Shopping in a traditional market
Traditional markets are always interesting to visit. Especially if you are typical of the more frequently to the supermarket. Find the nearest market from your home or the market that was already long you seek. Then bring the money is limited, ie only the money for transportation to and from your home, as well as additional money to spend IDR 50,000.
Do not bring more than IDR 50,000, Because, here’s where the point of pulling. You should be able to buy goods that interest you less than IDR 50,000. Your skills will be tested bargain when shopping in traditional markets.
Reflexology
Spa tourism is fun. However, the price often unpleasant your bag. Well, Indonesia paradise massage place. You can just go over to reflexology. The price was cheap just start from IDR 35,000.
However, choose a place that has been recommended reflexology. In addition, some massage places not only massaging the hands and feet. If lucky, you can find a place that will massage reflexology body, hands and feet, at the same price.
Water Park
Water always provide a calming effect. If your house near the beach, swim in the sea has always been encouraging activity, although you often do. However, if your house was near the beach, just look for public swimming pools. Waterpark it may be an option to play around the water, only the entry ticket price quite expensive. Public pools may be an option to play around the water without spending too much money.
Use public transportation
To be more efficient in transportation costs, use public transportation. Therefore, select the attractions near your home.
Even so, it does not matter if your sights a little far from home. But be sure, easy transportation access and not too much need to keep changing public transport.
Bring lunch from home. Bring drinks and snacks from home. So it can be more frugal than to snack in the shop let alone a restaurant near major tourist attractions. Minimal bring your own bottled water from home.
Umbrellas and medicine. Recent weather is often rainy, so bring an umbrella when traveling. Another option is to go in the morning when the weather is still sunny.
In addition, take medications such as ibuprofen and balm or eucalyptus oil. It is much easier than you have to buy it in the shop at any time if you a headache.



December 1st, 2011
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