tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45737697752178658162024-03-05T15:26:32.698-08:00Sharing Indonesiawxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-31741150511844521152013-05-29T21:23:00.000-07:002013-07-30T12:24:59.950-07:00The Great Volcano of the sea, Krakatau<h2>
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It's been a couple of years since I saw Krakatau, so when my friend Barky visit the volcano,I volunteered my self to help out. We're bringing a group of tourist from USA and we acted as their guide and trip organizer. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Krakatau Nature reserve is located in sunda strait, 30KM out of Java's side, Anyer Beach, or 10 KM from Lampung side, Canti Village. Its one of the most active Volcano on the planet and the last time it erupt is in October 2012, the mountain itself rose about 400 meters and its actually growing by 6 meter each year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 1883 eruption is one of the biggest explosion in modern times and killed about 100.000 people, it is known as the year without summer in Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're departing from Canti Harbor in south Lampung in approximately 7 in the morning, our plan is doing island hoping and snorkeling around the Krakatau area, swimming in Sebuku island, Umang Sebesi and having lunch in Sebesi island. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boat we use is made of fiber with 10 meter long and having a V6 engine which can go up to 40 knot, so it only took about 30 minutes from Canti to our first destination, the Sebuku island. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we arrive, the current was mild and the other tourist boat hasn't arrive yet, so we're enjoying the water by our self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nobody lives in Sebuku, but there are huts scattered along the coastline made by the local coconut plantation owner and foreman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The corals are not as i expected, mostly dominated by hard coral and sponge like corals. It seems global warming and coral bleaching takes effect in the area, we saw lots of died coral and dead deer stag coral.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After about an hour in the area, we're going to next destination the Umang Sebesi island.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A small satellite island in front of Sebesi main island, probably only 300-400 square meter but its got beautiful beach and amazing soft sand, although nobody lives there but its a good stop anyways.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spend about an hour swimming, relaxing and taking pictures of the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Umang, and a quick stop to see the treehouse of Sebesi, we had lunch in Sebesi, just near the pier, under the tree.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh caught fish, vegetables , Kerupuk(chips) and bananas really makes the our stomach full.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After lunch and shower we all aboard the ship to continue the journey to see the Great Volcano of Krakatau, some of us decided to take a nap in the cabin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we finally arrive in Krakatau, the sea is smooth and the sky is clear, unlike in the Morning when we leave Canti where the black cloud is hanging in the horizon and there's no blue sky everywhere we look.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We'll go around the island and then dock at the ranger's post" shout the captain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all stand ready with the camera on our hands and take multiple photos as we passed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lava flow and the fumes coming out of the caldera are scary yet a very rare sight for everyone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Krakatau Island Complex have several island scattered along the sunda strait, the old mama krakatau, panjang, and the son of krakatau, which still grow about 5 meter a year since its emerge from the sea in 1927.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most notable eruptions of Krakatoa culminated in a series of massive explosions over August 26–27, 1883, which were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Eruptions in the area since 1927 have built a new island at the same location, named </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Anak Krakatau</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"> (which is Indonesian for "Child of Krakatoa"). Periodic eruptions have continued since, with recent eruptions in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. As of late 2011, this island has a radius of roughly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), and a high point of about 324 metres (1,063 ft) above sea level.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Its one of the places that I like to call "Dangerously beautiful".</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">The fact that i didn't dive there yet is very disturbing, cause I heard some people say that the dive site is awesome, especially the drop walls at Legon Bajo. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Next time I hope...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wind is blowing mild and the sound of the wave is so hypnotizing so some of us decided to sleep outside after barbecue and night cap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the morning after breakfast, we break camp and go snorkel in Legon Bajo. 20 minutes from Krakatau, near Mama Krakatau island.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its a 3 to 5 meter slope and a drop off up to 54 meters. some say the wall is full with large gorgonian and hard corals. lots of anthias, small bumpheads and lots of reef fish and saw a couple of schools of small trevallies. </span><br />
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wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com1Cagar Alam Krakatau, Indonesia-6.1460164013591791 105.44403476171874-6.398661901359179 105.12131126171874 -5.8933709013591793 105.76675826171873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-65253242766013926572012-11-17T23:11:00.000-08:002013-01-19T08:38:47.761-08:00Keindahan di ujung barat, Pulau Weh<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Ketika pertama menjejakan kaki di Pulau Weh, saya tidak menyangka akan melihat sesuatu yang seindah ini, jujur saja eksotisme dan keindahan pantai dan laut Indonesia Timur memang lebih terkenal dibanding Indonesia bagian barat.</h3>
Tetapi sungguh saya sangat dikejutkan oleh keindahan pulau yang terletak di ujung barat Indonesia ini. Walau sempat hancur karena efek tsunami 2004 silam dan Coral Bleaching sebagai efek dari Global warming, pesona dan keindahan Pulau Sabang sejajar dengan pantai dan laut di Indonesia Timur, Puji Tuhan sungguh indah negeriku.<br />
Pulau Weh dikenal sebagai salah satu destinasi diving terbaik di Indonesia, Koral dan karangnya memang sedikit tetapi karena letaknya yang terbuka ke laut lepas menjadikannya surga bagi ikan kecil dan besar. tercatat beberapa jenis ikan besar dan langka pernah ditemukan disini antara lain Big mouth shark.<br />
Jumlah kami sekitar 20 orang dan ke sabang dalam rangka workshop dan pelatihan fotografi yang diadakan oleh Kementrian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif secara gratis, sekitar 17 orang fotografer berhasil dikumpulkan dari penjuru aceh dan saya hanya sebagai pengamat menemani EO dari Jakarta.<br />
Kami menginap di Iboih Inn, sebuah penginapan tepi pantai yang terletak di Tepin Layeu, Pantai Iboih, 20 kilometer dari kota Sabang, ibukota Pulau Weh. Kami dijemput di pantai Iboih untuk selanjutnya menuju penginapan yang terletak kira kira 500 meter dari pantai, ada juga jalanan yang terbuat dari cone block, akan tetapi dikarenakan barang bawaan kami yang cukup banyak maka kami lebih memilih untuk dijemput saja menggunakan boat.<br />
Ketika kami merapat di jetty milik Iboih Inn hari menjelang gelap, akan tetapi keindahan dan tingkat kejernihan airnya sungguh luar biasa, keadaan yang nyaris tanpa ombak dan sunyi sungguh sesuai dengan slogan orang orang sabang, SaBang = Santai Banget.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SaBang = Santai Banget</td></tr>
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Malamnya kami menerima pelatihan soal bisnis fotografi dan teknik fotografi oleh Ray Bachtiar Drajat, seorang fotografer senior dari Jakarta dan pendiri komunitas Kamera Lubang Jarum, beliau memberikan materi yang sangat bermanfaat terutama bagi saya yang memang sedang belajar fotografi, walaupun kamera saya cuma pas pasan yaitu Canon EOS 550D dengan lensa Canon EF-S 15-85 USM.<br />
Esok harinya dijadwalkan kalau kami akan hunting bersama sunrise di sundeck Iboih inn lalu dilanjutkan dengan jalan ke Tugu KM 0 dan diakhiri dengan menyebrang ke pulau Rubiah yang terletak tepat didepan penginapan kami.<br />
Pagi harinya saya terbangun dan melihat kalau ternyata hujan turun dan awan tebal menyelimuti suasana pagi , kebetulan saya mendapat jatah kamar Seaside View nomer 6 bersama 2 orang teman lain, sehingga matahari tepat berada di depan kami bila bersinar, mendengar hujan saya pun langsung tertidur kembali dan bangun agak kesiangan yaitu jam 9 pagi. hehehehehe... efek capek mungkin.<br />
Saya pun langsung menuju jetty iboih inn untuk melihat keadaan pagi itu, bukan main indahnya laut indonesia, ikan ikan warna warni berbagai ukuran berenang dengan santainya di pinggiran pantai, mancing dan menangkap ikan memiliki aturan ketat di pulau weh, sehingga ekosistem sangat terjaga.<br />
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Setelah mandi dan sarapan kami langsung menuju Tugu Kilometer Nol menggunakan 2 buah mobil charteran di pantai Iboih, menariknya mobil yang kami tumpangi termasuk hitungan mobil mewah di jakarta, sebuah minibus Mercedes. Pulau Weh merupakan pelabuhan bebas dimana mobil mobil disana masuk melalui Singapore dan tidak dikenakan pajak, sehingga banyak mobil mewah dan aneh berseliweran di jalannya.<br />
Perjalanan melewati hutan dan rimba yang cukup rapat untuk menuju kesana, naik turun bukit dan melewati pantai pantai yang indah, saya perhatikan aspal disini jauh lebih halus dibandingkan di Jakarta sehingga perjalanan kami menggunakan minibus Mercedes tersebut sangat smooth.<br />
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Sesampainya di Tugu KM 0 cuaca agak berawan, beberapa ekor kera buntut panjang dan babi hutan berkeliaran, tersedia pula beberapa warung sederhana yang menjual makanan dan minuman, sertifikat KM 0 dapat pula dipesan disini. Sekitar 1 jam kami berada di areal tugu ini dan tidak lupa juga kami foto bersama di tangga Tugu KM 0.<br />
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Setelah puas jeprat jepret kami pun kembali ke Iboih untuk makan siang dan berangkat menuju pulau Rubiah. (yang doyan foto pasti suka disini, dimana aja keren lho backgroundnya).<br />
Tiba di Iboih kali ini kami memutuskan untuk jalan kaki menuju penginapan, melalui jalan setapak bukit bukit kecil tepin layeu.<br />
Kebanyakan villa dan penginapan berbentuk rumah panggung, dan menjorok ke laut, menambah rasa dan sensasi, bagi yang tinggal dijakarta kebiasaan buka pintu ketemu macet, disini buka pintu, ketemu laut, tinggal nyebur.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Iboih Inn Seaview No 5 sebelah kiri & 6 Kanan<br />"Open the door and the sea is your swimming pool"</span></td></tr>
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Khusus di area pantai dan resort diperbolehkan memakai pakaian renang atau bikini, akan tetapi ketika memasuki desa harus berpakaian yang sopan.<br />
ketika saya berjalan menuju penginapan beberapa turis asing sedang asyik berjemur dan memakai bikini dengan santai.<br />
beberapa bahkan jalan dan berenang dengan santainya.<br />
Ketika kami tiba di penginapan, ternyata makan siang belum mulai, dan kami harus menunggu sekitar satu jam lagi, langsung saja saya kembali ke kamar dan siap siap untuk snorkeling, akhirnya basahin insang juga.<br />
Laut di depan penginapan awalnya didominasi karang lalu pasir dengan beberapa koral cantik terlihat disana sini, ikan lumayan bervariasi dan terlihat juga beberapa Moray Eel menyembul dibalik karang. Terlihat juga beberapa rangka besi yang ditaruh oleh team dari Rubiah Tirta Divers sebagai kerangka transplantasi koral dan karang di kedalaman 4-5 meter, banyak ikan berseliweran disekitarnya.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cukup banyak turis asing berbikini dipinggir pantai</td></tr>
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Karena saya masih bersama rombongan fotografer sayapun mengurungkan niat untuk diving hari itu.<br />
"setelah selesai workshop, baru diving" begitu kata benak saya.<br />
setelah makan siang kami pun langsung menuju pulau rubiah, pulau rubiah dahulu digunakan sebagai tempat transit bagi para calon jemaah haji yang akan menuju Mekkah, beberapa bangunannya masih utuh sampai sekarang, memberikan kesan angker ketika kami lewat.<br />
Pulau Rubiah hanya dihuni oleh sepasang suami istri yang menjaga dan mengelola penginapan satu satunya disini. Sama seperti di Pulau Weh, penginapan disini juga berbentuk rumah panggung kecuali rumah tinggal penjaganya. listrik hanya dinyalakan malam hari.<br />
Snorkeling di pantai depan penginapan didominasi oleh bebatuan vulkanik, bagaimanapun juga Pulau Weh adalah pulau vulkanik yang masih aktif, masih terdapat kawah terbuka di hutan hutan Weh dan didalam<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penginapan di Pulau Rubiah</td></tr>
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lautnya.<br />
Salah satu dive site yaitu Under sea Volcano, kedalaman 10 meter, merupakan sumber sulfur dan air panas, dan merupakan dive site yang cukup populer.<br />
Ikan beraneka ragam cukup banyak, Anthias merah, Puffer fish, Parrotfish dan puluhan ikan karang lainnya menghiasi snorkeling kami sore itu.<br />
Setelah puas snorkeling dan hunting foto, kami kembali ke dermaga untuk pulang ke penginapan untuk evaluasi dan istirahat.<br />
Tidak lupa juga kami berfoto bersama di dermaga pulau rubiah.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foto keluarga di Pulau Rubiah.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pemandangan bawah air Pulau Weh di kedalaman 3 meter(snorkeling), ratusan Anthias merah mendominasi </td></tr>
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Keesokan paginya kami kembali bangun pagi untuk sunrise hunting, tetapi lagi lagi awan menaungi cakrawala di ufuk timur. Dan lagi lagi pula kami kembali ke kamar untuk kembali memejamkan mata. hehehehe....<br />
Setelah evaluasi workshop dan makan siang kami pun bersiap untuk meninggalkan Iboih Inn, ada yang pulang ke Banda Aceh, ke Takengon, Kota Sabang dan Jakarta. Saya sendiri memutuskan untuk tinggal lebih lama beberapa hari untuk menikmati beberapa divesite di sekitar pulau Weh.<br />
Untuk diving sendiri saya memilih untuk menggunakan dive center tertua di pulau Weh, Yaitu Rubiah Tirta Divers(RTD).<br />
Untuk dive pertama saya dan beberapa diver dari australia dan malaysia akan menyelam ke East Seulako, mengarah ke Batee Gla, dengan max depth 20 meter. mild current diatas 5 meter, di bawah 5 hampir tidak ada arus. visibility sekitar 20 meteran. Dasar dipenuhi batuan vulkanik dan hanya sedikit koral, beberapa kima berukuran besar dan sea fan terlihat di antara jutaan anthias merah yang setia menemani. Yang menjadi kejutan adalah kehadiran beberapa Black tip shark seukuran 1 meteran mengelilingi kami sambil mencari makan di antara karang. sungguh menakjubkan sensasi berenang bersama hiu. Diver malaysia bahkan melihat seekor manta berenang cepat diatasnya, saking senangnya sehingga dia berteriak teriak di 20 meter sambil menunjuk ke atas. It;s a good dive overall.<br />
Dive selanjutnya yaitu keesokan sorenya, kali ini West Seulako mengarah ke Arus Balee, laut diatas permukaan lumayan berombak, visibility 20 meter+, max depth 30 meter, batuan vulkanik masih menghiasi dasar akan tetapi lebih banyak koral walau tidak terlalu rapat, banyak sekali lobster di antara batu2 dan tentunya anthias merah masih mendominasi. Banyak GT berseliweran seukuran 20 KG, beberapa bahkan lewat hanya beberapa centi di depan saya, bikin saya ngidam ikan bakar. sempat melihat telur nudie warna merah menyala di bawah saya, cantik sekali membentuk motif seperti mawar. Sayang saya cuma punya gopro jadinya hasil foto kurang memuaskan. Its a good dive also.<br />
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Tips ke sabang :</h4>
<b>Perhatikan jadwal forbidden day diatas.</b><br />
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<li>Kapal Cepat ke Balohan di P Weh ke Ulee Lheue setiap hari pukul 08.00 & 16.00 kecuali hari jumat sekali sehari pukul 15.00, memakan waktu 45 menit dan Ulee Lheue ke Balohan pukul 09.00 & 15.00 setiap hari kecuali jumat. harga 55rb(ekonomi) sampai 85rb(exe+snack)</li>
<li>Kapal slow ferry normal 2 jam dari ulhee, akan tetapi karena jetty ferry di Balohan sedang dibangun, ferry langsung menuju sabang dan menambah waktu tempuh menjadi 3 jam. diperkirakan selesai 2013 akhir. Tarif 13rb/orang</li>
<li>Penginapan bervariasi mulai harga 30 ribu keatas, beberapa bahkan bisa ditawar. Iboih inn mulai 70rb(fan) sampai 350rb(ac, air panas).</li>
<li>Makanan cukup bervariasi mulai 10ribu keatas, Indonesian, Italian sampai Arabian food semua ada, tergantung budget masing masing. Coba pasta di Dee Dee's, Iboih.</li>
<li>Yang mau minum alkohol cuma ada di Iboih, Olala cafe. Menjadi tempat nongkrong bule bule di Iboih pada malam hari.</li>
<li>Kalau anda ada di sabang hari jumat, dapat memanfaatkan pagi hingga siang untuk berkeliling pulau.</li>
<li>Transportasi hanya ada Minibus, atau ojek, harga bervariasi tergantung tujuan. Dapat juga menyewa motor, Rp 50rb/setengah hari</li>
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wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-48563531478194836532012-10-24T05:14:00.000-07:002012-12-18T08:00:44.173-08:00Baluran National Park, Africa in Java...<h2>
I was on the bus to Surabaya from Bali when I decided to stop in the middle of the road in the woods of East Java. There's a gate and a sign that said "Selamat Datang di Taman Nasional Baluran". </h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was in Baluran, a <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">National Park that is situated at the north-eastern extremity of Java</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, close to the islands of Bali</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and Madura</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. Some call it Africa van Java because of the big animals and big savanna. The park is bordered by the Madura Strait</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> to the north, the Bali Strait </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">to the east, the river Bajulmati (Wonorejo village) to the west and the river Klokoran (Sumberanyar village) to the south. The park is a rough circle, with the extinct Volcano</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, Baluran, at its centre. Its total area is 25,000 hectares.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I quickly went to the Rangers office to ask about the park facilities and transportation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The ranger told me that to reach the park highlights in Bekol savanna and Bama beach we have to walk 12 kilometers(9 to Bekol savanna + 3 km to Bama beach ) crossing through dense forests or take a motorbike taxi for a sum of 50k Rupiah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">After quick lunch and buying supply in local warung I'm heading to the park entrance with my backpack getting heavier and the sun shining brighter, ready to walk that 9 kilometer tarmac. but just after few steps the ranger is rushing towards me to inform that the chief ranger is taking out his patrol car and ready to inspect the Bekol Savanna and is taking me along.... yippiiieeeee....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Along our journey the woods become thicker and denser, thousands of butterfly and birds chipping become our friends on the way. After 30 minutes our sight changes into a green and vast savanna, we arrive in Bekol Savanna in clear skies and mount Baluran standing tall in front of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Baluran already known as a place to do safari since the early dutch era in Indonesia. Back then the Dutch royal and rich come to this place to hunt the big animals such as Timor Deer and Wild Bull. Lots of animal are being killed before the establishment of Baluran as Natural Conservation Area in 1937 by the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, and finally as a National Park in 1980 by the Ministre of Agriculture of The Republic of Indonesia.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The Bekol savanna have a couple of rooms and houses available for rent, starting from 30k rupiah per person up to 250k in air conditioned rooms, in my case I choose the 30k.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The View of Bekol Savanna from the watch tower</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">After checking in, i started to walk and see the surrounding area of bekol. there's a watch tower just behind the ranger station and also a pair of peacock walking around.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The ranger told me that the big animals usually don't come out until there is absolutely no water in the forests, so the best time to visit this National Park would be around September and October, when you can see the big animals such as Wild dogs, Deer, Bull and peacock roaming the Bekol plain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I also met two girls from Austria that is travelling Indonesia and spending that day to see Baluran. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">At 15.00 I decided to walk 3km to Bama Beach and taking pictures of the scenery as i walk. I saw different kind of palm trees and lots of banyan tree along the way, and lots of, I mean really a lot of those Timor deer grazing along the meadow, but as I try to get closer, they c</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">an feel my presence and ran away.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My camera lenses are not fast enough to take their pictures.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">When i finally arrive in Bama beach, apparently there is an event held by a high school from Banyuwangi, so the idea of nice and relaxing atmosphere at the beach is vanish.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The crowd of 200 school age boy and girl really can make a very large noise not including the PA calling names and telling what to do all the times.*sigh</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">There is also a couple of guesthouse in the area, with a small cafeteria and warung ran by the locals.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The local told me that it is best to see Bama in morning as the sun rises, so i promise myself to get up early and walk to Bama in morning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Takes about 20 - 40 minutes to walk from Bekol to Bama depending of your speed, so do set your alarm depending on your walking speed, the sunlight usually appears at 5 in the morning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I slept early to gain back my energy so i can catch the sunrise, and i gotta tell you that the sunrise is remarkably beautiful. With Agung mountain of Bali as a background and the sea as the foreground, even words cant describe the beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Unfortunately just when the atmosphere getting better, PA of the high school students i mentioned before turn on, its telling everybody to wake up and gathered ....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Once again its a real bummer to that good atmosphere, and in no time area is once again filled with shit load of teenager.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I ordered breakfast in the cafeteria and rush back to bekol savanna to close back my eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Some tips if you want to visit Baluran is make sure that its dry season. The big animals usually stays hidden in wet season and comes to bekol when the dry season at its peak. the only place to get fresh water in the area. The tarmac is quite beaten from the park gate to bekol savanna and there is only dirt track to bama beach from bekol savanna, so it can get real muddy in the wet season.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Cant use tent in Bekol or Bama beach, monkeys roam the area and lots of animals likes raccoon and squirrel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">No cafeteria in Bekol only in Bama, so come prepared.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The guests house is quite clean and you can choose type of the villa, the cheapest is shared room with a twin single beds, but if you travelling alone you'll probably ended up sleeping alone in the room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From Bali : Take a bus from Ubung Terminal in Denpasar heading Surabaya or head to Gilimanuk, take the ferry crossing to Banyuwangi and then take a small bus heading Probolinggo, only 30 minutes from Banyuwangi Terminal. Tell the conductor to drop you at Baluran Gate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From Jakarta : Fly to Surabaya</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From Bromo : Take a minibus to Probolinggo and from there you can continue using big bus heading Banyuwangi.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From Surabaya : Take a bus from Bungur Asih heading Banyuwangi, tell the Conductor to stop at Baluran gate, its 8 or 9 hours ride so be sure to go early.</span><br />
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wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-75861870176436949482012-08-02T02:33:00.000-07:002012-10-08T11:21:14.137-07:00The Todo Tribe of Eastern Manggarai, Flores<h4>
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Back in March 2012 I have the privileges to visit Flores as a part of a documentary movie crew made by a local Indonesian TV channel, the story is about a local tribes in this remote place in Flores called Kampung Todo and what they have to do to preserve their culture.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are no direct flight to Flores from Jakarta so we have to make a small stop in Bali before changing planes and head to Labuan Bajo in the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My first view of Flores comes in the plane above it, the landscape from above is just beautiful, stunning in the most awed way, specially when we fly above Komodo National Park</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Birdview sight of Komodo island</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But this time its not Komodo that being my destination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm here as an advance team for the whole film crew and prepare pick ups, local guide and transportation around etc</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the first day I stay in the city of Ruteng, about 4 hour drive from the airport in Labuan Bajo, located in a middle of mountainous area of west end Manggarai. It is a capital of Western Manggarai so I think its quite big by the local standards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stay in this guy I know in the plane to Labuan Bajo, a teacher in a local academy of Ruteng, the guy name is Nimrod, he lives in a small house with a couple of college students from Kupang, apparently Nimrod also comes from Kupang so its like a frat house for the dudes of Kupang...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "I moved here from Kupang after my divorced a couple of years back" said the 34 years old man, "I just had my leave and travel to see Jakarta and Bali when I met you in the plane" he added.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I arrive in Ruteng its dark already so I dont have anything to look at. But in the morning I was quite stunned to see the surrounding, were surrounded by mountains, no wonder its quite cold in the night.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ruteng is a very religious city from the looks of it. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's even a 15 foot Jesus statue in the middle of an intersection.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the dawn break, I hire a car plus the driver and heading to Todo village, 40 KM from the city of Ruteng, we're heading west and descend through a very rugged and mountainous area.After a three hour ride we finally arrive in Todo, the Center of Western Manggarai old kingdom. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Village is located between two big hills and you can actually see Indian ocean from behind the traditional main house .</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mbaru Niang</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The main house called Mbaru Niang, made only by wood, it had no nails in it and is actually quite big on the inside, and unlike in Wae Rebo village that have three Mbaru Niang house, in Todo there's only one, but it is the Center of Manggarai. The one in Todo is renovated in late the 80's.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The King of old Manggarai lives in Todo and Wae Rebo is ruled by the Todo king.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Todo is also the place to host Penti, a celebration and great festival of Western Manggarai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When me and my team arrive, we were greeted with a small festival of local alcohol drinks call Mo'ke and a ceremony, as a symbol of welcome and a sign that the Todos are welcoming us as one of them, we are now officially a Todo.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The welcoming ceremony inside Mbaru Niang</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no electricity in the Village, although there's power line I saw in the way to the village, but the line stops just 500 meters from the village. Apparently the line have no electric current, but there is a big generator owned by the locals and we can use it to charge batteries etc. Cellphones signal is Telkomsel only. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's a lot of philosophy inside the Mbaru Niang house that we live in but the main idea was it was the sanctuary for the whole tribe. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So if anybody comes to Todo they welcome to stay at Mbaru Niang. We share it with a family that is the only one that live and headed by an old man that we called Pak'Tua(Old Man), a 70 year old man descendant from the old chief, that had 5 children and all of his children already built their own houses around the big house.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You and the whole crew will stay in Mbaru Niang, you are all a part of us now, Todo Tribe" said Pak'Tua in his Manggarai accent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At first I thought Pak'Tua is the Chief of Todo but apparently the chief is in Ruteng to visit his son and Pak'Tua is one of the eldest of the village and considered as a shaman for the Todo's. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next day we finally met the Tribal chief of Todo, and He explain to us about the history and stories of old Todo, how they escape from dutch and the guerrilla war against the europeans invader.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Tribal chief of Todo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He also tells us a story how the Todo tribe conquer all of the small kingdom of surrounding west Manggarai, and how come there is still no electricity given by the Central government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First couple of days of the movie making we spend it mainly on the local market and farm, just like every other market in remote places it only take place a couple times a week, In this case its twice a week,Wednesday and Saturday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the stuff they sell mainly is home and daily needs such soaps, toothpaste and groceries, so no extraordinary and strange things we saw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the weekend I finally have the chance to see something that is quite special in my opinion. The Todo is going to held a "Caci", a local sport in west Manggarai, it involves two warriors dress for battlefield holding sticks and shield made from cow leather and wood, one warrior will attack first using a stick and the other one will be defending and try to repulse using a shield made from leather and vice versa.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obin with defensive attribute of Caci</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite warrior is Obin, Pak'tua 4th son and the champion of Caci in west Manggarai, there is a yearly Caci Championship held in Ruteng competing for the regent trophy and Obin is last year winner. Obin told me "I've never been hit even once in a Caci match" there's pride in his voice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's a lot of to do before organizing a Caci, which involves praying and sacrificing a chicken blood to the ancestors the night before. Although mostly is Catholic, the Todo still practices the culture that handed down by their ancestors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> There is also a meeting that attended by the whole village men, so its quite complicated. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a long session of talking and drinking mo'ke it is finally agreed that the Caci will be held in the morning and involving 4 men, two will be the host and the other two will be the contender, Obin and his brother Florin will be the host.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The caci warrior, Obin is in the right, his brother Flori is in the left, their opponent<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sun is shining brightly in the morning as we prepare for Caci. The Chief explains to me how Caci can only be played without a vengeance, there will be no bloodshed and quarrel after that. The warrior must have clean heart so there will be no fight after and they all must join the ceremonial drinking Mo'ke after Caci.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The host assembled in Mbaru Niang and the Challenger gathered in a house nearby. After a quick pray and sing we all head to the front of the big house and the Chief declared that Caci is officially held.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The men are gathered in the small grass complex front of Mbaru Niang and the ladies of the village play traditional music instrument.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first warrior couple is Obins brother Flori, " This is my first Caci" he said in a small voice, just 17 years old Flori is still in practice and he wants to follow his brother footstep as a Caci warrior.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flori tries to hit his opponents in his first caci match,,<br />
watch by the whole village</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flori will hit first and soon the result can be seen, he failed to hit his opponent. "I need a lot of practice before I can establish myself as a Caci warrior" Flori told me with a smile. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After that it was his turn to defend against his opponent and this time it succeed in hitting him in the stomach. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bruise is small but I know that is quite painful, "that is nothing" Obin said, "Usually when I hit someone the skin will peel and show the meat inside".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"In Florin's case its only outside wound, so there is nothing to worry about, the worse one involves the bones sticking out", Pak'Tua said to me, oh my... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obin preparing to attack</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now its time for Obin attack, last year Regent champion, the atmosphere is changing, I don't know what is his opponent thinking but he must have felt it too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It turns out that the Obin is successfully hit his opponent and leaving a peel skin and quite a bruise in his opponents back. And when his turn to defend against his opponent, the shield he carry done the job protecting him. "Well fought" I said in my mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After Caci the Chief assembled all the village people and surrounded them by the Caci warrior, gave a sermon to the mass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">" We all have been a witnessed of a great show today, I hope there will be no quarrel and fight and discontent about everything, lets all now give thanks to God and enjoying the day with love to each other" He said in a local Todo Language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What a big heart this Caci warrior have" I thought to myself. They passing each other the Mo'Ke in a leather container as a peace symbol, Alcohol is common as a friendship tool in this part of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the Mo'ke we all entered Mbaru Niang to enjoy lunch prepared by the Todo ladies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its been a long day of caci in this remote Todo Village and accompanied by Florin I treat myself with a couple of Photograph around the village. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The sky is dramatic that afternoon, mostly cloudy but the sun is still visible behind the clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flores sky is always beautiful from the first day but it is stunningly gorgeous </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">particularly today. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As if the sky added a couple of secret formula </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">That night I slept with a new point of view</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Flores and Its people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">It seems even though most of the Todo</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">tribe </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Catholic, Old beliefs don't vanished.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> They </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">still </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">practice it in their daily life,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> Todo believe </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">their </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">ancestors comes from </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">West Sumatra, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">modern day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> Minangkabau hundred </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">years</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> before</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Islam entered the archipelago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">But still, no Warung Padang in Todo</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> Village.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Last day in Todo Village we spend it to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">record traditional woven cloth made by Todo woman, its </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">fascinating that the still uses the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> old way of weaving the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">thread from cotton trees, and then </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a skill that everyTodo woman </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">mastered before marriage</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">They Called it "Ikat" for the small scarf size and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Ikat can be made less than a week and Sarong </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">made </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">up to a month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Truly a dedication in the making, imagine just </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">sitting </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">there, weaving for a month long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">"It seems a long time a month, but in fact its </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">only a </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">brief</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> when you think of it" one of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">mama</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> told me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">They sold the cloth to visitor or anyone who</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> wants </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">it, </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Sarong is worth varies from 500k</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> Rupiah to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">2 Million,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">Ikat sold between 50k</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> to 200k </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">depending on the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">complexity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">We will be leaving midnight to catch the morning </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">flight to Bali, so I must maximize the time I have </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">in this beautiful island of Flores. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Its been an honored for me to see these beautiful </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">My travel always takes me to see beautiful places </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">and my mindset is clear when going into new places</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">"All people are basically nice and friendly" and Todo is exactly as I expected.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">As I ask to Obin before we left , " Do you mind if I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> come </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">back here </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">and stay a while?", </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">with a smile he </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">answered " You </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">are now a Todo Tribe, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">this village </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">is your village </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">now,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;"> we'll considered you as a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">ambassador of Todo to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">the outside </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">world, you will be </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">welcome here again </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap;">as a part of Todo". </span></div>
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wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0Ruteng, Indonesia-8.614365 120.466499-10.6235085 117.9396435 -6.605221499999999 122.9933545tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-74992630499547829242012-05-24T09:38:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:10:42.143-07:00Those bloody stairs of Karma Beach<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I even lives there for a couple of months back in 2003 and it always gives me new experiences and new sights...<br />
The culture, the people, the beautiful landscape...<br />
there is always something lurking in the streets corner to surprise us....<br />
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I was in bali that mid March, a couple of local Balinese guys that i know had a day off and decided that we all should go to Karma Beach in Southern Bali(actually the most southern tip), so after a long session of waiting and arguing we finally arrived at this so called Karma beach....<br />
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It is located just below the Karma Kandara Resort in Uphill Jimbaran Area... Its actually a private beach owned by Karma Resort but you still can go down by taking the stairs down about 200 meter (Its hard walking up :D)<br />
Of course if you're staying in Karma you can take the Elevator down, not me though :P<br />
At the beach we were informed that we also can take those damn elevator by paying a sum of 200k rupiah.. about 20US$..<br />
Stretch about a mile, it had white sand and stunningly rocky spots that is used as an umbrella by the locals, if you hate to bring water down you can always buy'em from the Karma Restaurant(about 10$ a bottle)<br />
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<br />wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-14775807753174381672012-03-09T10:09:00.000-08:002012-09-26T09:06:02.725-07:00Argopuro, Home of the Mysterious Rengganis Princess<center>
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In the foothill of Argopuro, Bremi village <br />
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The Argopuro mountain ranges is by far the longest trek i've been, it covered 12 small mountain from the enter point in Bremi to the besuki exit. <br />
In one of the peak, Rengganis peak there's an ancientbuilding(Candi) constructed by Dewi Rengganis and her follower, the legend stated that she lived there to avoid Her capture from Raden Wijaya.<br />
Took us about to 6 days to go up and down.<br />
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<br />wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-49754050352626607042012-02-17T11:05:00.000-08:002012-09-25T00:58:00.957-07:00A little bit of Flores<center><a href='http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/album/12/A-little-bit-of-Flores'><img src=http://multiply.com/mu/wxxy/image/5/photos/12/600x600/1/babs.jpg?et=bbY3k4s%2BWamcTdh9GtKkXg&nmid=522497940 border='0' width='100%'></a></center><br><br><br>A small island chain in east of indonesia, the landscape is very mountainous surrounded with beautiful beaches and island. The people and culture are rich with ancient and long history. the animals are richly diverse from underwater and above the ground... Even Dragons lives herewxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-79981012366254142932011-07-20T03:32:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:11:48.239-07:00Rinjani Mountain National Park<h4>
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View of the sunrise from shelter 3 of Arjuno<br />
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Located in East Java, the name Arjuno is Javanese rendition of Arjuna, a hero in Mahabharata epic, while Welirang is Javanese word for sulfur.<br />
There's a lot of sacred places in these mountain, the Candi and statues from 13th century scattered across Arjuno & Welirang. <br />
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<br />wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-58852525694012798292010-06-03T21:46:00.000-07:002012-09-25T00:58:00.964-07:00Bromo tengger semeru national park<center><a href='http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/album/10/Bromo-tengger-semeru-national-park'><img src=http://multiply.com/mu/wxxy/image/8/photos/10/600x600/2/IMGP4140.JPG?et=8zCnvxMhc4i5D%2B5Idpficg&nmid=340959446 border='0' width='100%'></a></center><br><br><br>Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is a very unique destination in the World… It is the only conservation area in Indonesia that has the sand of sea. Across, which is the caldera of an ancient volcano (Tengger) from which four new volcanic cones have emerged, also known as Crater in Crater. This unique feature covers a total area of 5,250 hectares at an altitude of about 2,100 m. The massif also contains the highest mountain in Java, Mount Semeru (3,676 m), four lakes and 50 rivers. Located about 30 Km from Malang, Bromo attracts hundreds of thousands visitors every year.<br>wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-58619749439455620372010-06-03T13:13:00.000-07:002012-09-25T00:58:00.960-07:00Sempu, from pictures comes a story<center><a href='http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/album/9/Sempu-from-pictures-comes-a-story'><img src=http://multiply.com/mu/wxxy/image/7/photos/9/600x600/10/sempu.jpg?et=xDfWxIcy3%2BWQswodYonu7A&nmid=340889988 border='0' width='100%'></a></center><br><br><br>Sempu island, a small conservation island in the south of Malang, east Java. It is a located in 8 26'51" S - 112 41'50.61 E, about 60 KM from the City of Malang. About 12 acres of Low wetland and swamps ecosystem. contains about 80 species of birds and thousands of species of insects. it main attraction are the Segara anakan Lagoon a 1,8 Km or 1,5 hours walk from the nearest village, sendangBiruwxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-19757026672064138412010-06-03T07:43:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:20:01.619-07:00Krakatau Natural reserve and Ujung Kulon National park<center>
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Ujung Kulon National Park is an interesting natural attractions, with the beauty and uniqueness of various forms of natural phenomena such as the rapid rivers, waterfalls, white sand beaches, hot springs, marine parks, lighthouses and cultural heritage / history (Ganesha statue, dutch prison at Mount Panaitan Island ), not to mention the waves in Panaitan island. All this is a natural charm is very interesting to visit and hard to find elsewhere.<br />
Ujung Kulon National Park with Krakatau Nature Reserve is a national asset, and has been designated as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1991.wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-24217807419171601982010-06-03T07:08:00.000-07:002012-09-25T00:58:00.948-07:00Life is a journey... so start walking !<div></div>wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-77208629686972790262010-06-03T05:14:00.000-07:002012-09-25T00:58:00.972-07:00A small heaven in the tip of Java <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span 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class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> marine</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> parks,</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/78"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">lighthouses </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">and</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">cultural heritage / </span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/78"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">history </span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">(</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Ganesha</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> statue, </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">dutch</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">prison at Mount </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Panaitan</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Island ), </span></font><span class="insertedphoto"></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">not to mention the<span style=""> </span></span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><span style=""></span>waves<span style=""> </span>in </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Panaitan</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> island.</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/78"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> All this is a natural charm<span style=""> </span>is </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">very </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">interesting to visit and hard to find elsewhere.</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/89"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a></p> <font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Ujung </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Kulon</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> National Par</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">k with Krakatau</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Nature </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Reserve is a national asset, and has been designated as </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">a World Natural Heritage</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Site by UNESCO in 1991.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Part 1. The Giant that sleeps, Krakatoa, 2004.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Me and ten </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">friends </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">went </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">there </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">riding our motorcycle </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">from </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Jakarta to Anyer.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> After a</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> very</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> fast</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> two hour ride we finally</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> arrive at the Anyer Marina.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Its </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">been decided </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">that</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> we'll first head to Sebesi</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> island</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">( 20 KM from Krakatau ) </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> in </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">the morning. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Yes, our first</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">destina</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">tion is a Villa in </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Sebesi </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">thats happen to belong</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> to one of my </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">friends, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Ollie, a diver from Jakarta.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> My</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">travelmates this time </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">are, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Dallas, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Danny,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Tobing, Zeva, Septo, Ollie,</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/139"><img style="width: 219px;height: 146px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/+E5gxpOu93mRbsHEW7tXag/photos/1M/300x300/139/Picture-006.jpg?et=7hWxJ0pVWWNJTpPBiOL1bg&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Wike, Leona, and </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">her sister Dina, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">a total </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">of 10 people including me. Anyway,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> the </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">wooden boat </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">we used is </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">belong to ollie </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">so</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> we don't</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> have to pay for</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">transportation and </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">accommodation<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/tongue.png">. </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">After a 4 hours of long and wet boat ride, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">we finally </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">arrive at the Sebesi.</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/38"><img style="width: 176px;height: 116px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/38/Picture-154.jpg?et=kxU0RJdOsFtol0bKnKm7eQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> The villa just </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">lie about 200 meters from the beach, it </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">made </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">entirely </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">from wood,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">excepts for the</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> floor </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">and roof of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">course. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">we </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">stayed there for three days, and explore our</span></font><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/37"><img style="width: 186px;height: 123px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/37/Picture-086.jpg?et=kYK,yySM4OomVpFMPGJ0WA&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">surroundings. </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/79"><img style="width: 189px;height: 126px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/RH6k+DbHQozjj9xNAeq5iA/photos/1M/300x300/79/Picture-150.jpg?et=Fce26OPqqpniJr%2Bxm%2C5Ikg&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">visiting the </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">fisherman village,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">the small </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">island in front of the villa, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">snorkel, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">there's a ship wreck of WW2 not for from the villa, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">playing </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">beach soccer , we even find an </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">ice cream man in the village. slurp....</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/80"><img style="width: 94px;height: 142px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/Z9hqvJrg+ljMVHozTodbXA/photos/1M/300x300/80/Picture-077.jpg?et=Qdk6pNAWNTyh76vTf8nJ3A&nmid=0" border="0"></a><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">After three days of fun in the island, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">its time</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">for us to </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">go home. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">but b</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">efore that,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> we are </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">going to see </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">the legendary Mount</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Krakatoa..</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/94"><img style="width: 249px;height: 165px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/48MO8tBt-Jbf8w+7YBk24A/photos/1M/300x300/94/Krakatoa-mf8621.jpg?et=e9h2LiK9ReYC87de5G0xIQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a> <br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Only took about </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">an hour to </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">reach Krakatoa from Sebesi.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> In a </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">distance we can </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">see a</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> thin </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">smoke coming from its </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">crater...</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">what a astonishing view...</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> The black sands of krakatoa greets us warm as we started to climb and explore the legend. <br>The eruption of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Krakatoa in 1883 </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">has killed</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">hudreds of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">thousands of people, and the wave even reach</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/39"><img style="width: 147px;height: 97px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/39/Picture-177.jpg?et=C13enjzFyhOe4Xv7befGVw&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> India and its ashes</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">covered the southern </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">earth hemisphere for 2 years.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><br><font style="font-weight: bold;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><br></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-weight: bold;" size="5">Part 2. Exotic adventure of UjungKulon,</font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">2008</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="font-weight: bold;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><br></font></span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/120"><img style="width: 218px;height: 172px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/JcXxyfHl7bPdsa3gXxc1qw/photos/1M/300x300/120/rhino1.jpg?et=%2BbEZMUY4C8Z6RJSMb6%2C2GQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">It was sunny day of rainy </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">season</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">back in December 2008</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">. </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">Me </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">and my high school buddy</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> andris, are </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">planning on spending the </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">new year's holiday in nature, but two dudes in a </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">middle of </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">nowhere ?? </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">what people</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> thinks</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> worries me<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/angry.png">.</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">After inviting everybody with no positive answer, </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">we finally met Handoko, </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">a friend of Andris in </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">Indobackpacker</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> community. We decided to explore one of the most exotic place in Indonesia,</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> The Ujung Kulon National park</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">.</font></font></span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> It is than agreed that the time and date of our journey </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">begins at 00.00 of 30th of December of 2008.</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">We met at Rakata Adventure's office in south Jakarta region.</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">At the end of ourtime of departure,</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> Vera, a 18th years old </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">partimer in Rakata Adventure decided she's gonna </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">come with us.</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> Thank God, finally there's a Lady among</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> us.... the journey soon began.</font></font></span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> Took about 5 hours with "JK" , Andris's 1992 Mazda</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">Vantrend to Desa Taman Jaya, </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">a small fishing </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">villag</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">e</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> 150 Km from Jakarta. </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">The roads are amazing... </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">instead of taking the Main Road of Anyer - Labuan we ride </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">through small but faster access... we</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> going up and </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">down the hill in the pouring rain, </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">the darkness of the</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">countryside really added the </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">awareness of our driving. </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">We even going trough a </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">very tight road about 1,5 meters wide,</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> what a strange</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">decision trough those roads. After a long 140 KM ride we finally </font></font></span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/16"><img style="width: 163px;height: 122px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/16/PC300023.JPG?et=fXMocJ4AFTq8M6lSR8F1uw&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">arrived to a 10 KM of un asphalt road.. JK was pushing it self to the </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">limit...</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> we </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">can </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">hear her</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5"> </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">squeaking every time</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">...</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">(she even </font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" size="6"><font size="5">overheated once</font></font></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/omg.png"></span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> )... </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><br>At about 06.00</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">pm w</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">e finally </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">arrive at the gate of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon, Desa Taman Jaya. We head straight to</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"></span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/131"><img style="width: 179px;height: 134px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/VUq4t2F4CdVVxmwSSN3I4g/photos/1M/300x300/131/Homestay-Tmn-Jaya-with-PKomar-as-an-owner.JPG?et=BS0ffNaVJD1QMA039wOsGA&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">The Sunda Jaya Inn, a small hostel owned by Mr. Komar who happens to be the owner of the boat that'll takes us to Ujung Kulon.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">After a while, one </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">of the inn's guest, Tieca</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> decides that she's coming along with us to nature </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">leaving her</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> travel </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">mate nawang at </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Peucang isle </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">resort </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">all alone<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/embarassed.png">. So the team now are 5 people, Andris, Handoko, Vera, Tieca, and myself . </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">At mid day five more</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">visitors joins us to Peucang resort journey in Komar's </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">boat. </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">By four o'clock of that sunny day we finally arrive at</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Peucang Island resort. A four </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">acres blend of wild life </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">and eco resort 30 Km from Desa taman Jaya.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">The i</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">sland is very interesting not just </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">because its white sand</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/18"><img style="width: 175px;height: 131px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/18/PC300060.JPG?et=4jfDEdIHysnhesiXqXFb1g&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">y </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">beach but animals such as</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> wild boar even peacocks are running free and undisturbed.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> An example of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">harmony</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> between </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">human and </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">God's other creation. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">What a </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">peaceful </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">place. The white beach are without flaw.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> the water are so clear and free of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">pollution, the big waves of Indian ocean doesn't</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> touch the Resort coast line as it located at the opposite direction of the ocean....</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/6"><img style="width: 186px;height: 139px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/6/451904010-21fa27be54.jpg?et=YxOCkFpT,I0AYWy3ObupCQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">makes you just wanna jump at it and swim without hesitation</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">. </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Unfortunately my journey this time</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> not includes staying at Peucang island resort, Tonight </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">were gonna camp at Cidaun, a small ranger post and wild bull</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> observation post 2 Km from</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> Peucang</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">. A </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/130"><img style="width: 211px;height: 139px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/AKCQEXEXGTq4-SSmoqenig/photos/1M/300x300/130/cidaon.jpg?et=SVmsr7Ux9%2Cl8OvpxXwr1Sw&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">ranger from WWF Indonesia visit us that night to the post to chat and explains about the beauty of Ujung Kulon.</span></font> <br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">After a good night rest, we're heading to Cibom, the </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">lighthouse's outpost three hour's of walk from Cidaun</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> post .The trail are amazing</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">... jumping a small creek, crossing a stream and</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> river</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">, coolest beach trail I ever </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">walked on, </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/20"><img style="width: 170px;height: 127px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/20/PC310090.JPG?et=7EYTykkwzOUyhzAMyHYvYQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">I even fell down because the branch i stepped on can't hold my weight<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/shade.png">. Accompanied </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">by our guide we </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">finally reach Cibom on time for lunch . in there we stumble into a group </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">of Pangudi Luhur high school outdoor</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> adventure group </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">helds an inauguration of their</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">newest members.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">After a good lunch, a quick rest and a chit chat we</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> continued our journey to the very tip of Java, Tanjung Layar. Once again the trail are amazing. we're actually going through a tree </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/22"><img style="width: 174px;height: 130px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/22/PC310118.JPG?et=vFNXsHzYMoEmlF8myXIiPQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">tunnel that's</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">been around f</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">or a hundreds of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">years</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">.A</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">pparently the dutc</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">h colonial made the trail. they </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">even build a prison and a light </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">house </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">exactly on the very tip of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">tanjung layar,</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> the prison still stand after the great explosion of Krakatoa in 1883. Later we know that the </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">portuguese have built a lighthouse before the Dutch</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> even landed in Batavia. full of history and tales in t</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">his part of Java.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">That night we camped </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">behind the rock walls of Tanjung </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">layar. </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/27"><img style="width: 170px;height: 127px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/27/PC310144.JPG?et=cfvGPqwql4b3CzGYBlzgyQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Covered with green grass and a sound so dangerously</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> beautiful, the waves of the great Indian Ocean. </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">We only set up 1 tent </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">for 5 people and 1 shelter as our kitchen and communal area.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">As we spent our new year's eve, suddenly at 23.00, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">the rain starts pouring, mother earth decided that we must spent the night inside the tent. Bummer...!!</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Yup, new years in the tent. Can't do nothing'! <br>As a</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> result I decided to end the day</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> and went to dreamland. The waves sing our lullaby and the love of</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> God through nature surrounds </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">us and filled our dreams</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">In the morning, we explore the place, take pictures and memories, We also went to the new light house thats built in 1970's. </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/43"><img style="width: 164px;height: 219px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/8/300x300/43/the-lighthouse.JPG?et=ROXZdaMpMBV5bcaodgbHmQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">The "bapak-bapak", ( lighthouse </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">guards) apparently grow </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">vegetables and herbal trees and even own a couple of </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">chicken inside the lighthouse complex so they can</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> eat fresh</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> veggies everyday and affords fresh meat once a month. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">"Good idea</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> sir " I said. They only going to mainland every 6 months.One of them even lived in Jakarta, same as I do. Li</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">ving in a remote area really needs </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">creative thinking in solving food, stress, and health</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> issues, I once experience it in Kabaena Island, south east Sulawesi back in 2006-2007, </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">we must really push ourselves and fight obstacles, but thats another story</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/smile.png">.....</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">At mid day we said goodbye to Tanjung layar </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/8/25"><img style="width: 150px;height: 112px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/2/photos/8/300x300/25/PC310130.JPG?et=qEegzTY94BBguF2y8JbBjQ&nmid=340839008" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">and head back to Cibom outpost to spent our last night at the Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for the small shelter in Cibom, we were able</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> to spent the night with</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/136"><img style="width: 166px;height: 124px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/iqEFD8zLYqNpbxP4Zx-z1Q/photos/1M/300x300/136/P1010195.JPG?et=qEPVHrTIqsRUNSfHKe35eQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> laughter and joy.We swim,we eat, we rest, I even build a swing from a</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> webbing in a tree at Cibom.</span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">In the morning Mr.Komar's boat arrive to pick us up and make a 3 hour stop at Peucang resort.</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> the opportunity to swim and enjoy peucang intrigued us. Without thinking, Me, Handoko, and Andris jumps to the water as soon as the boat reaches peucang pier.</span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/135"><img style="width: 195px;height: 146px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/LV78AQYiBKDEV0SoGk8abA/photos/1M/300x300/135/Peucang.JPG?et=n6vSH32%2B5UPlKisHJUdDhA&nmid=0" border="0"></a><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">What a fresh ending that's really</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> completes our </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">adventure at Ujung Kulon. </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><br>To be honest, I'm not yet</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> satisfied with my journey this time, there's is too much to see but so little time. </span></font><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/137"><img style="width: 192px;height: 143px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/henWOEy-5jxxKydmXDEoCg/photos/1M/300x300/137/PC300058.JPG?et=YW38hqRQoow52I3dRjLmzg&nmid=0" border="0"></a><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">Andris and me decided we will </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;">come back here in a few months and spend a couple of nights in Peucang</span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> resort and explore places we haven't had the time to visit. For now, Good bye Peucang, like the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, once said </span></font><img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/shade.png"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> " I'll be back". </span></font><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"> </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><br><br>- To be continued to part 3. "Love in Peucang"- </span></font><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" size="3"><span style="font-size: 18pt;font-family: Calibri;"><br></span></font> <div></div>wxxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808258777182320865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573769775217865816.post-84147341083306551952010-02-16T14:42:00.000-08:002012-10-04T09:19:25.666-07:00Adventuring Sempu Island, Malang, Indonesia<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/76"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/bQGcVoHlmW01dsC5iDYP0g/photos/1M/300x300/76/d-pantai.jpg?et=Z4fIo%2BEYtHdaxR%2CNjDmu%2Cw&nmid=0" /></a><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><span class="insertedphoto"></span><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/69"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a><span class="insertedphoto"></span><a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>My adventure this time takes me to Sempu island, a small conservation island in the south of Malang, east Java. It is a located in 8 26'51" S - 112 41'50.61 E, about 60 KM from the City of Malang. About 12 acres of Low wetland and swamps ecosystem. contains about 80 species of birds and thousands of species of insects. <br />
Our journey starts from malang train station at mid day to Sendang Biru village in the south<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a> of malang... our team consists of 7 people ; Me, Anthony, Hary, Donald, Benk, Lukas, Indra and the only woman, Santi who is proven the toughest team member. <br />
To save time we deci<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>ded to rent a minibus from the train station... indeed the decision is a very good one because our journey trully a magnificent experience.<br />
The road is very much filled with the sighting of small villages along the way.<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>... going up and down the hill of malang, we laugh and tell stories.. while suddenly...BOO OM !!! the cars exhaust pipe broke down with a big bang and a shock expression of my friends, the <a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>driver fix it in a rush, as he only tie it with a thin wire... we ask him " is it gonna be alright sir?" "yup, our<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a> destination is close" he said. <a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>we look at each other and just sits in silence. <br />
After a while we finally arrive at Sendang biru. a small fishing village in the south of malang.<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/69"><img border="0" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/5F6g7FvvWS-+shmr00iFKA/photos/1M/300x300/69/sandg-br.jpg?et=p3kMUhHCnNUhTZ4g5qvgeA&nmid=0" style="height: 103px; width: 320px;" /></a> after a visit to the conservation rangers office and a quick lunch, at approximately 16.00 we aboard the boat that will take us to Sempu Island, Sempu Island here we come !!! . after a short ten minute ride we finally arrive in Teluk Semut, the only way to Segara Anak lagoon. <br />
The track to the lagoon was not as easy as we thought, because of the<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a> rainy season, <a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/67"><span class="insertedphoto"></span></a>the trail was muddy all the way. Indra and Lukas <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/star.png" style="height: 17px; width: 22px;" />was really-really shock by the terrain of mud along the track. its only a short 2 KM walk but because of the mud it felt like 10 KM.. hahahaha....<br />
Finally after a longtime felt-short walk, at 19.00 we finally arrive at the Segara anakan lagoon, even in darkness, the beauty of it cannot hide. magnificent, charming, exotic... and all those praises..<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/shade.png" /> ... enough said... just look at the picture... <a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/72"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/yInaL8aAGN6JX79+Pjt7Wg/photos/1M/300x300/72/sempu.jpg?et=kdt2bBYiX5%2CAUETTU8fQCg&nmid=0" /></a><br />
Me and Benk was the first to arrive... we sit at that beach and wait for the others... in ten minutes they finally arrive and we started to deploy our tents and supplies....o yeaa I forgot to mention the Segara anakan lagoon doesn't have fresh water source so we have to bring extra water for our water and meal, approximately 40 liters of fresh water to feed us for 2 nights, and of course we have to ration the water.<br />
After freshin' up and set up the camp we started to cook dinner, the menu for tonight is rice, randang(beef curry), and empal sambal. mm mm.... yummy... while eating we talk about our plans for tomorrow.<br />
Me and Anthony decided to explore the surrounding area including the rocky hills that divided the Lagoon and the Ocean. At 22.00 some of us decided to call it a day and head for tents. Anthony sleeps outside the tents even though hundreds of thousands of insects lurks the lagoon.(be sure to pack lots of insects repellent)<br />
I woke up the next day finding myself in beautiful hidden paradise. My mouth are speechless by the the first thing i saw. A perfect beach in the middle of nowhere.... while the Indian ocean spills it water through a small hole in a rocky hills that divided us the sounds of the impact echo the lagoon. Boom.....Boom....the ground are shaking everything it <a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/73"><img border="0" class="alignright" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/aqqkQKjIBDCLrZO-OrETLQ/photos/1M/300x300/73/sempu.jpg?et=uqTfR0yVXf9IMcAPxojd%2CA&nmid=0" style="height: 166px; width: 249px;" /></a>hits the rocky wall....<br />
first thing I do after awake are prepare for breakfast, our menu for breakfast consists bread with chocolate cream, rice, Chicken in sweet soy sauce and shrimp crackers... the sweet chicken tasted twice as sweet because the beauty of our surrounding... the echoed of the sea are feels like a symphony to our ears. what a beautiful Paradise.<br />
we finish enjoying our breakfast in a quiet gesture,after that next step is swiiimmminggg...... the water are so inviting, although its a very hot and sunny, the temptation of the water defeat our -afraid-getting-sunburn-attitude- <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/omg.png" style="height: 16px; width: 22px;" /> , me and the dudes are actually swim every time without a fresh water wash for 3 days... we only swipe wet tissues to make us smell better...<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/thumbs_up.png" />lol...<br />
at noon Me and Anthony lurks the cliffs in the west side of lagoon, from there we can see the great Indian ocean lies trough out horizon... but the most beautiful sight is when we climb the vertical cliff at the south of the lagoon... you cannot compare the beauty of it... Amazing !!!<br />
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The only thing that count as a minus in Sempu are the amount of left over by humans, the waste is very annoying, considering that the garbage cant leave the lagoon.<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/cry.png" /> <br />
Its not the Rangers vault they cant patrol everyday, but the lack of awareness of the garbage disposal by visitors must be raised in order to prevent further damages of the eco system. the wildlife here not just facing the threat of global warming but because of human waste they must suffer too. I don't think a warning sign and "keep Sempu clean" is enough to stop visitors from littering the natural reserve. there's must be a solution. If mankind keep this up than there will be no more hidden paradise left for our grandsons to enjoy.<br />
At the third day, at about 12.00 its time to head back to Sendang biru... not forgetting our garbage, we started to walk back. on the way back, we met a group a students of Malang international school that going to a field trip at Segara anakan lagoon. there is a slight concern about the garbage that scattered across the lagoon, I'm afraid they might think the garbage left there are ours. maybe the next time I go there, I can take all the garbage that's left by other visitors... and make a better sempu for the wildlife.<a href="http://wxxy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/77"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.wxxy.multiply.com/image/H2DrNWbMq4CVpJV-aMuP2A/photos/1M/300x300/77/sgra-ankan.jpg?et=7EvKXujkQjCJktW0ZK%2ChIw&nmid=0" /></a><br />
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