Pramuka Island

Pramuka Island

by | Sep 9, 2017 | vacation

Tadaaaa… This is my second trip in the Thousand Islands area, namely Pramuka Island where I previously visited Pari Island several centuries eh, last year. This trip is different from the previous one, if previously I was invited, this time I was the one who invited, invited the children who are less on vacation hahaha. Preparing for this trip can be said to be quite difficult because of the different work schedules of each of us and thank God it can be done as well.

It can almost be said that everyone who travels to the Thousand Islands area generally uses tour packages, yes because it is a bit troublesome to also take care of everything such as ship transportation, lodging, meals, etc. Try to look here and there and finally get a cheap package and thank God the party we hired was also very responsive.

As usual, because the package is cheap and festive, the departure point starts from Muara Angke Port not from Marina where the price of riding a speedboat is enough to pay for this trip. A lot has changed since the first time I came here, it is cleaner and quite organized. Due to the large number of participants, we departed from different places and had gathered there at around 07:30 WIB and started departing at around 08:30 WIB.

The trip to the location is approximately 3 hours, further from Pari Island. For this reason, it is recommended to have breakfast first and prepare nausea medicine and find a comfortable seat, not bad to be able to rest during the trip. Arriving there we met the guide and were directed to the house where we stayed. The house we live in is quite clean and comfortable, there is air conditioning (sharing for 2 rooms) and the water is fresh (previously I was also sent a picture of the condition of the house).

After lunch, only then did the real journey begin (what kind of trip did you go on? was the opening of the :)). The first place we stopped at gusung Patrick (somehow the writing) is a white sand island that is not too large and only consists of sand without any plants and an interesting spot to take pictures like we did, ehm ehm.

Byurrrrr, this is the time that has been waited for, playing in the water hahahaha, we snorkel in several places and the scenery is still like Pari Island, the coral is quite good or because I don’t dare to go too far, yes, play in the water. After snorkeling, we went to shark breeding at Nusa Keramba restaurant, he said that this is the restaurant where the office eats (does it have to be that far away from just eating?)

It was time to unwind after half a day of activities, in the evening we did not participate in the BBQ event held on the island but still brought fish that was immediately ready to eat, hehehe. That night was apparently quite crowded because in front of the Regent’s office there was an event, maybe if not the event was quiet this time like Pari Island that I surrounded at night. The price of food offered here is the same as in my area, at night I tried to buy juice and chicken pecel for approximately 30 thousand.

Morning has arrived, it’s time to go home. Before returning home, we were invited to go around the island on foot which took approximately 1 hour, of course while taking pictures as well. Generally, the indigenous people are Muslims, so we only saw the mosque, besides that there is RPTRA, a library, turtle breeding (at that time it was being renovated) and other buildings that are quite “historic” on this island. At 11 pm we were getting ready to check out and because we were the first to arrive on the ship, we were free to choose a comfortable place during the trip, in contrast to the departure where we got the remaining place because we arrived late.

We arrived at Muara Angke Port after 3 hours on the open sea, because the transport car did not get here, so we rented a motorcycle taxi to get to the front post of the Fisherman’s village and until here also ended the meeting with the children who were unyu, wkwkwk. Unlike those who can go home, I also go back to the office to work again (night shift), hiks hiks hiks.

 

Mount Pancar Tour

Mount Pancar Tour

by | Jul 29, 2017 | vacation

Hayooo whose idea is this? Browsing Mount Pancar will appear a picture of a tall and wide pine forest and of course a beautiful scenery. The trip starts from Mega Kuningan by motorized vehicle towards Cibubur Kranggan, after that it goes directly to the location (I don’t know where to go because I just followed”, the tour guide Sapto hehehe) is about 90 minutes. Actually, it may be faster if after passing through Sentul and Hotel Haris, the road is not potholed and the route to the location on Saturday is not too crowded.

Chicken porridge breakfast in Kranggan, treated by host Lae Hotby.

The entrance ticket at the main gate, for motorbikes is Rp. 15,000, but if you want to continue to the hot springs, you will be charged a re-entry ticket of Rp. 10,000 plus parking fees. It is really unfortunate, there are too many extortion on site.

For hot baths, there is also a choice, you want a free one but….the distance is far from the parking lot and yes, the name is free (please guess for yourself) or a paid one. Paid also turns out to have options, whether you want a privacy pool or family as below.

We took the family pool, because yes because for other pools you also have to share it with other customers hahahaha, it’s strange but real. Before use, the water in the pool is drained first and begins to fill up for about 15-20 minutes (including the count of 1 hour) and is enough for about 5-6 adults.

For pools, free to choose and between pools are only limited by stones at the height of adults’ knees.

We didn’t stay here for long, after 1 hour was up, we immediately got ready to go to Puncak just to eat satay PSK only (eat the farthest satay). Actually, if you want to go to this bath, it is recommended to go to the end of the trip, not like us who are actually the beginning of the trip J because after taking a warm bath, my stomach immediately swells and I want to zzzzzzzz immediately.

For this tourist attraction, I may come back again because I haven’t had time to take pictures in other locations, so just wait for the update to come back.

 

Holiday to Banyuwangi – Malang

Holiday to Banyuwangi – Malang

by | Mar 26, 2014 | vacation

This was our second trip after getting married and my wife was 3 months pregnant at that time. When we wanted to go the next day, we were informed that if we were pregnant, we had to have a permit for the flight, so we were forced to look for an obstetrician at the hospital in the afternoon. Alhamdulillah, indeed it is not lucky this time, yes, there have been 3 hospitals that we have visited around Slipi and Palmerah but there is no doctor’s schedule, so yes, bismillah. I was browsing for about 3 months of pregnancy, it was still safe for flights, so we left.

The five of us made an appointment directly at Soeta airport and took the night departure. Arriving at Juanda airport around 10 pm and the pick-up car has arrived for the trip to Banyuwangi, at midnight we stopped first at the ruman to eat at Warung Kencur about 1 hour, and in the morning we arrived at the house of a college friend Mas Guntor (doctor Purwanto, please googling, it turns out that he is quite famous in the Banyuwangi area).

After Friday prayers at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, we went around looking for Asinan, I forgot what the name of the Asinan was, but finally I got it. Pulau Merah Beach is the first location we visited, we had to ask the locals many times because of the many branches of the road and finally arrived after 2 hours of travel. What is red? The small green hill with red soil located near the beach is what caused it to be called Red Island but we did not go there because of the unfriendly sea water.

After returning from there, we went straight to home to rest because at night we will go to Ijen Crater which is the main destination of this trip. Departing after Isha by passing through a dark forest (the wrong way, of course hahaha), seriously, you know, I had to get off first because of the excess “load”, ask the “residents” here and there, anyway it’s fun + plus Derry who is “skilled” to bring a car (he should have participated in the casting of Transporter).

Finally, at midnight, the entrance to Ijen Crater was also visible. After consultation, paying the down payment and favorable weather conditions finally assisted by the guide, we explored the dark road in the middle of the forest. I had to rest several times and joke until I finally saw Ijen Crater from the top of the crater after approximately 1.5 hours of travel.

Masya Allah, it looks very beautiful blue flames from the top of the crater but unfortunately my wife and I did not go down because the conditions were not possible (the road down was quite steep and the path was narrow plus it was drizzling at that time) so we could only see from the top.

After 30 minutes we decided to go back to a hut below to rest and unfortunately the lighting light we brought went off, thankfully the moonlight and cellphone screen faithfully accompanied us until we reached the hut which turned out to be still closed but we were able to rest outside. During the descent, we met other climbers who were going to the crater, most of them were foreigners who looked very excited.

About 3 hours later, we gathered at the hut and ordered some drinks and snacks to warm up. It turns out that the hut was also used by sulfur bearers for shelter as well, because when the sun rose there were several small huts around it. The pungent smell of sulfur came from the stones they brought and I bought some stones that had been carved into fish and turtles, the price was cheap, maybe not worth the process.

After gathering energy, we finally went back down and saw a large yard around the entrance, there were several stalls, toilets, car parking and shelters, far different from what we saw when we first came in the dark. Rest again for a while while paying the tour guide fee in full and finally we returned to Mas Pur’s house.

Arrive home around noon and rest again until nightfall. We had stopped by one of the hotels just to enjoy the moonlight reflected in the sea water and the roaring waves. Around 5 am we have arrived at Karang Asem Station to continue our journey to Malang, seen in the photo of a plain pillow-shaped face, hahahaha.

This trip feels very fun because you are beside my dear, uhuyyyyy. On the train, we just eat, drink, listen to music and sleep until we reach our destination. Unlike the arrival above, this time no one picked us up because we didn’t need a pick-up. It is about a 10-minute walk from the Station to the pre-booked lodging, the Hotel Helios. At first glance, it looks small but when you go inside, it’s spacious too.

During the day we tried to go around on foot, yes walk about 500 meters to Tugu Malang Square and continued 250 meters to Inggil Restaurant. When I entered this restaurant, I got a bit goosebumps because the place was a bit like that, many puppet masks seemed to glance at me, hiiiii. To eat here more appropriately while lesehan, the food prices are affordable and the taste is steady, you can come back here again next time.

After we went around aimlessly until we finally tried to get on the “grab”, why did I give a quotation mark? because at that time there was no application, so we contacted the CS and were picked up by them. The destination this time is Batu Tourism City. When we got into the car, it turned out that there were no back seats available and there were six of us, so you can imagine how “beautiful” the journey of the 2 men in the “back seat” was.

It turns out that it is very crowded, the name is also an entertainment place after all :) We tried several rides and the last one was the Ghost house which made me have to be brave, hahaha. We were not there for long, only about 3 hours and it made our legs want to fall out. What is no less interesting is, why don’t you try it? When we went out the gate, we saw the car we had rented to come here right in front of us and fortunately the driver still remembered, because at that time the position was empty, we immediately greeted the driver and thank God, it turned out that he wanted to take us back.

Satanic Noodles, we didn’t go back to the hotel but had dinner here first. As the name implies, it’s actually not really my menu, finally order the lowest level and I think it’s quite spicy, but the drink is steady, it can rival the spiciness of the noodles. The place is quite comfortable, it seems that this is a house that is used as a place to eat, most of the young people who come here, some are in pairs and some are in groups like us, yes in 2014 I was still young, hehehe.

Arrive at the hotel to unwind because the next day we will return to Jakarta. After breakfast and packing our belongings, we went back to the Safari Dharma Raya bus location, yup they would take a bus to Jakarta while my wife and I only took a temporary ride to the Arjosari terminal, then from here I took a bus to Juanda Airport, even though it was jammed we were not too afraid of missing the plane because we got a night flight. Alhamdulillah, I finally arrived home about 2 hours after takeoff and they ??? They arrived in the morning at around 7 a.m.

Oh yes, if you see that there is a “difference” in the photos, please understand because we invited Mas Guntor, don’t you know who he is? Kaskus Veterans.

 

Aimless

Aimless

by | Aug 26, 2012 | vacation

Where are you going? It’s good Bandung, let’s go Cun.

In the morning, we gathered in Manggala, then kidnapped Rendy who had just returned from the morning shift. Yup, the four of us are new staff of the class of 2011 whose entrance is only a matter of months. As a young person, that’s how we has gathered and wants to go for a walk.

Arriving at the Bandung toll road (I forgot the name of the toll road), we bought a map from a mobile seller, and then the map was nothing, anyway we didn’t have a goal, hahahaha. As a result, we uses Google Maps from Derry’s tablet. Finally the first place we visited was the Geological Museum, for some reason, I have forgotten.

Furthermore, we stopped by CBN Bandung for a short time just to make sure that we have been here, hahaha.

Continue to look for a hotel, because we are looking for one that has a swimming pool, so there are several hotels that we ask first. “It’s just here, it’s good, there must be a swimming pool”, I forgot who said that. Finally we also checked in at the Grand Serela hotel and without asking first the previous search and it turned out that there was no swimming pool either, hiks hiks hiks.

Night has arrived and we eat it at Ma Uneh, then after that continue around the city of Bandung.

Morning arrived and we got ready to go home, the route we took was in the direction of Tangkuban Perahu because we wanted to travel there. Previously, we had lunch around the tea garden in that direction. From Tangkuban Perahu we go to Ciater to warm up first and return home to stop by to eat empal where Derry usually stops.

Here are the photos of our appearance:

Pari Island

Pari Island

by | Apr 7, 2012 | vacation

Before dawn I was called by Anida (I just found out that she was also called Ocha, hehehe) to gather at her house to ensure my participation in Pari Island as previously planned. Yup, it’s my first time going to the Thousand Islands area. 12 people had gathered at Kali Adem around 7 am, 10 of them I didn’t know except Anida because of my neighbor, it turned out that they were also friends of his friends again, like me too.

There is always a first for something, such as taking a boat that is adrift in the ocean for about 2 hours of travel time, Alhamdulillah, I was fine when I arrived, hahaha. We went straight to the rest area, the time was only 5 minutes after getting off the pier. The house is about 100 m from the beach and is quite clean, consisting of 2 rooms without air conditioning, 1 living room and kitchen, and the water is not salty.

After lunch, we prepared to snorkel at several spots and excursions to several islands across until sunset. After dinner, we went around the island by bicycle, the surrounding roads were only illuminated by makeshift lights, limiting our vision. It was enough for us to exercise for half an hour until we finally fell asleep.

In the morning we cycled to Pasir Perawan Beach, the reason it was named because the beach was very clean, I didn’t see the garbage scattered on both the sand and the water, it was very clean. A suitable place for prewedding photos. We rented a boat to go around the beach, around it there are many shell ponds and mangrove trees, after passing through it you will see a beautiful land, God willing.

There was a funny incident when playing on this land, one of us found the Sea Cucumber and played with it, unexpectedly the Sea Cucumber spat out liquid until it reached its mouth and was slightly swallowed, it tasted ? Please try it yourself, wkwkwk.

At noon, we had gathered at the pier to return to Jakarta. I will go back to Jakarta, no matterwhat happened, du du du, my skin is getting darker, hehehe.