Dan terjadi lagi..kisah lama yang terulang kembali..

A piece of the title of a famous band’s song, yes this time I am touring again to the same place, hahaha. I still remember when I first came and ate at a local stall. I told the owner of the stall in Kiluan Bay that I would not come back again. Because of what? Because of its unfriendly path. If you say it’s jammed, I think it’s not too jammed when the time comes and goes, both in Lampung and Jakarta.

July 27, WAG sounds after a long vacuum, hehehe. Actually, during the first visit, we discussed the next plan, but the pandemic could not be denied. Until the beginning of 2022, we discussed during lunch at Lotte Shopping Avenue, which was originally planned to be February 2022 but it turned out that it still did not succeed in realizing. I was not too enthusiastic because I already had my own plan for the next few months.

The beginning of the destination to M-Beach which I thought was still OK, the distance was about 45 minutes from the port but what the power suddenly the destination changed. It’s OK, because there are still some places I haven’t visited like Laguna and Shark Tooth. The meeting point is at Icon Walk Cimone and then directly to Merak Port but before that we had dinner first around Cilegon Children’s Park. Approaching the entrance we booked tickets first with the Ferizy application, the method was quite easy, I made the guide here and unlike the first trip where you had to queue when buying tickets, at that time I didn’t see a single motorcycle queue at the location.

Luckily, we immediately got on the boat without having to wait as long as the first trip and the boat was fortunately available with beds, although it was not the same as our first trip. It was time for dawn at Bakauheni Port and went straight to Bandar Lampung. In the morning we had breakfast opposite Bank BCA which turned out to be not too far from the nasi uduk that we had eaten before (after I passed the location).

We arrived at around 10:15 AM local time at Kiluan Bay and for lodging we returned to Home Stay Meli Sarmin (available on Google Maps). Indeed, among the lodging that the locals have offered, I am still interested here, in addition to the low price, the view and the green lawn that is quite large and the existence of a kind of hut on the beach adds to the plus value of this inn.

Gayau Lagoon, a place we visited after lunch. Luckily, the weather was sunny at that time, because if it rains, it will make the climbing path even more slippery, I recommend wearing mountain sandals. About 25 minutes of travel we reached the bathing pool and only about 30 minutes we spent time.

Our second destination is Kelapa Island, unlike my first visit, this time there are no tourists staying and it seems that it is getting less and less maintained, especially for the toilets. The intention was to see the sunset but unfortunately the rain dashed our hopes and made us return to the inn faster.

Oh yes, this time we ordered a meal from lunch to breakfast the next morning. There was something different after dinner this time, we did karaoke until 2 am, hahaha.

After Dawn Lae and I stayed at the inn and other colleagues saw dolphins. Heavy rain in the morning canceled our plans to Gigi Shark so we immediately took the direction home. On the way we had a durian party where it had previously been delayed.

5 minutes before Bakauheni Port, we took a break while ordering food for the ship and buying tickets. His intention was to try Express but unfortunately the tickets had run out. This ship is very different from the previous 3 ships, there are no beds, both in Economy and Executive class which we took by paying an additional fee.

Cloudy weather at 11 p.m. connected us at Merak Port and heavy rain accompanied us to the Daan Mogot area. Alhamdulillah, I was the first to arrive home and not long ago other colleagues also informed the same thing, except for Lae, who informed me when I was already at the office, hehehe.

I admit that this trip was very exciting compared to the previous one because the number of participants increased and it was not too tiring because of the motorbike ehm ehm, hahaha. Wait for our next trip, friends, thank you.

Alhamdulillah, that’s the first thing I said and thank God again, because:

1. This itinerary should be around July 2019 and then the end of December 2019 according to the discussion on this trip, but in July our schedule is not yet possible and close to December, I am already pessimistic because there are our colleagues who are grieving in the previous month, so it is impossible for me to discuss the vacation but humans can plan, God is the one who decides. In early December the WAG continued to sound and immediately executed the date and place right away, so this article became.
2. Rainy season? So for sure, since elementary school has been informed that the month that ends Ber, the time is the rainy season, even though now it has missed. So, what is the relationship? Check.

As usual, we walked after each of them finished their working hours. The itinerary was at 7 pm, considering the time taken to Merak Port was about 4 hours from our location. But what is the power, the non-stop rain made us “gaspol” around 9 pm even though at that time the rain was still loyal also accompanying us until we arrived at the port at around 1 am.

We almost waited for about 1 hour from the time we bought the ticket and boarded the boat. I am the first time here, to be honest I don’t seem to get the appropriate information for the boat because we have gone back and forth about 3 places to board the ship.

“Deg-deg an” ? It’s normal, even though I can’t swim, it’s still relaxed even though it’s the first time I’ve been on a ship, wkwkwkw, previously I only took a fishing boat if I traveled to Thousand Islands, if I took a plane, the “Critical Eleven” is certainly different.

After parking the motorbike, many people rushed to the top, I was the first to get up, it was just normal, it turned out that oh it turned out that they were looking for a good place to rest (“wenak position”), hahahaha. Unfortunately we ran out of space in that room, but there was still another room, you could say it was class 2, there was still air conditioning as well and we could sleep comfortably.

Can you sleep? Alhamdulillah, 1 hour. Around 4 am there was an announcement that the ship would soon arrive at its destination and after the Fajr prayer on the ship, soon we were “gaspol” again.

From the Port to Bandar Lampung about 1 hour and 30 minutes where the road at that time was very empty or was it always like this? We took a nap at petrol station 24.352-46 where the journey was still about 2 hours to reach the location.

Finally at around 11:30 arrived at Kiluan Bay, click click, take a photo first dunk, hahaha. It turned out that there was a waiter, meaning the staff who offered us to stay overnight and travel there. Oh yes, this trip we didn’t look for an online lodging place before, so we immediately searched for the location. After seeing about 4 locations, we got a decent place (cheap and nice view).

Rest for a while and in the afternoon we traveled to Kelapa Island. Oh yes again, previously I had consulted with Mas Guntor, who had been there before, he stayed on Kelapa Island and the road to Kiluan Bay was not so smooth (indeed, I saw a lot of asphalt patches, maybe it has been repaired). Fortunately, I didn’t stay at Kelapa Island, why? Because after nightfall, oh no, it was very dark and there were only a few inns where the bathroom was separate, aka outside and 1 food stall and our blood became a delicious meal for the mosquito herds on the island.

Back at the inn, we were immediately treated to seafood that had been ordered in advance, the price was still affordable and the taste was not so disappointing.

The cellphone signal is other than the red plate, don’t expect to be online here. Fortunately Lae Hotby was kind enough to become a temporary ISP, finally being able to go online as well. The drizzle also became our sleep companion at that time.

This is what the main event is, seeing dolphins with incredible challenges. It is indeed recommended around 6 to 8 am is the right time to see it. About 1 hour in the open ocean looking for them, finally paid off the tiredness of this trip, 30 minutes with dolphins is enough to make this sound almost exhausted and extra careful, because? yes because when recording them, my cellphone didn’t have a security more like a ring, so if there was a jolt and splashed at that time, oh now.

After lunch, we immediately went back to “gaspol” again and before entering the port gate, took the time to buy souvenirs that were adjusted to the condition of the backpack, yes a backpack because that was the only thing that allowed to store the food.

The journey home takes longer, starting from the ticket queue, my advice is to bring E-Money, because when in Merak you can use cash, here it is assisted by ticket officers with their own, but of course there is an admin fee, it’s still affordable.

For the lodging we occupy, we can contact him in the last picture and the previous picture is a plan for the place we will visit, but what is the power, the road is not good and the time is not possible, the plan to stay is planned.

Want to come back here again? I will think again, hopefully the local government will repair the road to this area, install lighting and make tourist attractions of higher quality so that it can help the economy of the local residents. Why is it like a speech? Just let it go, hahaha.

We arrived back at Merak Port, but before that we had dinner around there while planning our next trip, which is July 2020. Arriving home at around 2 am and continuing from point 2 above, thank God on the way to come and go, the weather was very friendly, except when it was early to the port and it rained again after we arrived at our respective homes.

Have a good rest…