VISIT TO RUMAH SAKIT AL-ISLAM BY ALP-HTAA, KUANTAN.

Eleven of the Visitors Board of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan and nine of the nursing staff had the opportunity to visit Bandung from 7th. to 10th. May, 2010, on a study cum holiday tour which the Visitor Board sponsored RM 500.00 for every individual and the remaining amount of RM 1,000.00 being paid by each respective individual.
Day 1 : We departed from Kuantan by express coach and reached LCCT, Putrajaya, at 12.30 p.m. and waited and boarded AirAsia flight no. QZ 7697 and arrived Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 3.55 p.m. After immigration and custom clearance, we met our our representative, that was, our tour guide and boarded the coach and proceeded to have dinner somewhere at the outskirt of Jakarta. It was a sumptuous sudanese dinner and the food was delicious because most of us were hungry after three hours plane flight. We proceeded our journey to Bandung by coach and it took us for than five hours to reach Bandung even though the distance from Jakarta to Bandung is less than 150 kilometers because of the back to back traffic jam all the way to Bandung. We checked in at the 5 star hotel by the name of Bandung Grand Preanger Hotel at about 12 midnight.
Four of us, Liyu Tuck Fatt ,Chuah Chong Hwai, Fong Wan Kok and myself went out for a stroll at the surrounding area in search for hawker stalls. We managed to find a row of hawker stalls by the the street and ordered supper minus any soft drinks. We were entertained by one young street singer barely 15 years old and he could strung and sing a few requested songs to entertain us whilst we ate our supper by the side of the street. The food fares were about 35,000 rupiah and the remainder, gave to the young street singer.
Day 2 : After breakfast at the hotel, we proceeded to visit Rumah Sakit Al-Islam. We were welcome and had a meeting with some of the senior staff of the hospital. The hospital staff showed us around the hospital wards, clinics, maternity rooms, patients wards and x-ray room. It was a private hospital funded by the generosity of the general public. On looking back, we are very fortunate that we only have to pay RM 1.00 to get out patient treatment in Malaysia and at no cost if the patient could not afford the RM 1.00 for out patient treatment. At the end of the briefing, we raised 1.1 million rupiahs to donate this hospital. After lunch at the local restaurant, we went for the city tour and went visiting Rich & famous and Grande factory outlets, Natural Batik house and lewis jeans outlet. After dinner at the local restaurant, and proceeded back to the hotel and the evening was free. Some of the adventurous ones, went out to taste the night life in Bandung.
Day 3 : After breakfast at the hotel, we took the coach and visit an active volcano, Tangkuban Perahu. We also visit Ciater hot spring. After lunch in Lembang, we continue our journey to Jakarta using the same highway. We were supposed to continue our journey via Puncak but had to use the same highway due to the slight malfunction braking system of the coach. The journey to Jakarta took us 5 hours and had dinner at the end of the journey in a restaurant by the side of the highway. We checked in at the Orchardz Hotel at around 11.00 p.m.
Day 4 : After breakfast, we went sight seeing at the national monument, MONAS and again, went to do last minute shopping at down town Jakarta. After lunch, we were heading for Soekarno Hatta International Airport and and boarded AirAsia at 6.25 p.m. and fly home with sweet memory and touched down at LCCT at 9.25 p.m. and board the express coach, waiting at the parking lot and sent us home to Kuantan at 3.30 a.m.