Daihatsu Charmant Community 6th Anniversary

Sunday, April 29th 2012.. It was a cloudy morning. I forced myself to wake up early at 5.30AM and feeling a little drowsy, obviously because i only got 4 hours of sleep that night. Why bother especially on a Sunday morning? Because today is the day we've all been waiting for.. It's time for Daihatsu Charmant Community's 6th Anniversary Meetup!

I didn't attend last year's due to overwhelming work at that time. I did, however, attend the 4th Anniversary where it was held in Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan. This time we decided to celebrate a bit away from Jakarta and agreed that Jatiluhur Dam would be the best place. It's not that far yet challenging enough for our 30 years old Charmants. Good way to see if these old farts are still good for long drives.

At 7AM, us Jakarta boys first gathered in Cikampek highway's Rest Area at Kilometer 39. From Jakarta to Jatiluhur, there's an interconnecting highway where Jakarta is Kilometer 0 and to reach Jatiluhur, we exit the highway at Kilometer 84,some 40 km short before reaching Bandung city. From the highway exit, it's another 8 km before we reach the dam.

These are when we gathered first at the highway Rest Area KM39.

Anky's custom front bumper. I believe he got the idea from the late bumper version.

Look who decided to accompany me to the meet up. Me and girlfriend departed from Lampung to head off to Jakarta on Thursday evening and reached our destination on very early Saturday morning. We were still both tired from the long drive and Saturday's full schedule but glad that we came to the meet up.

At 8.30 AM, we left the Rest Area and start our drive to Jatiluhur. These pics are taken along the drive from the highway to Jatiluhur.

We stopped just before the Jatiluhur dam entrance for a head count to pay the entry fee.

My pride and glory

Deva's Taxi. LOL.

It was a relief to know that no one encountered any problem with their Charmant. Only a minor overheat problem was found on Anky's but it was quickly resolved.

After about an hour and half, we finally reached our destination..

Me mesmerized by the sheer size of the dam. This is the biggest dam in Indonesia and i could barely see the other side of the reservoir.

Silly fun games were had..

Just before lunch time, we sat together and discussed some plans for the next phase, welcomed our newer members and awarded Charmant of The Year and Most Favorite Charmant which go to Anky and Dimas, respectively.

You can check out Dimas' Charmant on 4AC-Powered forum here and you'll understand why his is the Most Favorite Charmant. Anky's can be checked on his Facebook page here.

The newer members get their inaugural rear window stickers also.

Unfortunately, me and The Dog had to leave early as we still have another 8 hours of drive to get back to Lampung ahead of us. Just before i left, we took the obligatory banner shot.

It was definitely fun to be able to see the Daihatsu Charmant Community guys again after so long. Seeing so many new faces since my last time can only mean one thing: DCC is getting bigger and stronger! Go DCC Indonesia!