Going To Bengkulu

It is Wednesday. The Red Wednesday (Buda Jenar 16). After dawn praying I left the house for Tawang Station. Nuri accompanied and dropped me there.

At 06:15 the Argo Sindoro Coachs departed for Gambir Station. I was in coach 3 seat 8C. The trip was smooth so at 11:40 I arrived at Gambir Station and got off.

I paid my dhuhur and ashr prayers in the musala of the station. I also had lunch at UKM booth inside the station. I found a cup of plain tea was Rp12.000, it was too expensive. I felt being tricked.

At about 14:00 Mahardi and his student named Niko came by and I joined them in Mahardi's car. We left the station for Bengkulu.

We led to Tomang area and entered Jakarta-Merak Toll. At 15:29 we stopped by at Rest Area 43 in Sukamurni Balaraja, Regency of Tangerang. We shopped snacks and urinated. From this point I was the driver till Merak Seaport and on board at 17:11.

The ship was big and nice. However, we had to wait almost an hour for the ship filled with about 100 vehicles. We also had to wait about 15minutes to get our turn for disembarking.

At 19:17 we disembarked. Niko was the driver. It was rainy and we seek a resto to have dinner. Mahardi was underway keto diet. He only consumed protein and lipid. He also imposed 19:00 was the late time to consumed food. However, this time he violated the impising.

At 19:30 we arrived at Bu Wawan Resto on national road in Bakauheni - Bakauheni, Lampung Selatan Regency where we had dinner. I ordered fried fish dish. Although the resto was not clean enough the dish was nice. We then left the resto lead to Bandar Lampung. We entered toll road at Bakauheni Selatan Gate.

At 21:44 after exiting in Kotabaru Bandarlampung Gate, we stopped in front of an Indomaret shop in Way Huwi - Jati Agung, Lampung Selatan Regency to wait for the driver. The driver was Juli. He joined 10 minutes later. Juli's wife is younger sister of Adi's wife. Adi is Erna's cousin.

After a short discussion with the driver we changed our route from Bandar Lampung - Indralaya - Bengkulu to Bandar Lampung - Kayuagung - Bengkunat - Bengkulu. Driver then was changed to Juli.

At 23:06 we stopped at PFU (SPBU 24.353-76) in Tambakrejo - Gadingrejo, Pringsewu Regency where we refueled the car.