Jumat, 30 Desember 2016

The best way to escape from your routinity

PULAU SERIBU : A WONDERFUL PLACE IN THE EDGE OF JAKARTA

In the end of the year, I will tell my experience while i was stranded in pulau seribu(fun way). I am gladly telling you guys that this is my favorite year in my whole life. I'd been visiting few wonderful places that god ever created. From the west of java island until the middle of java island (Yogyakarta), I visited this year. Now, i am going to tell you the reason why you should go to pulau seribu.

For the record, Pulau seribu are a chain of island to the north of jakarta's coast. pulau seribu don't have thousand island, it is just such a nickname. But, pulau seribu have many hidden places that you must go there such as pulau tidung, pulau bidadari and the most "kekinian" place pulau semak daun. the last place I mentioned, Pulau semak daun is the best place for the traveler because you can make a tent right there.

Enough for the explanation, here's the few things to let you know it:

1. How to get there?

For your information, only 45 of the 150 pulau seribu you can visit. There are two ways to go to pulau seribu. First, you can come to Sunda-kelapa's harbour, North jakarta. There, you can find a Ferry which take you to pulau seribu, but they just come by in Pulau Untung jawa, Pulau Pramuka and Pulau Harapan. Second, you can come to Muara angke. There you can visit more island because you take a smaller ship than Ferry.

2. Best destination

I prefer to take Ferry from Sunda-Kelapa harbour because it is a government ship that the safety has been guaranteed. It costs 20k more less, it isn't too expensive for us moneyless traveler. When I went there, I landed in Pulau pramuka. there I rented a homestay then I continued to travel around 3 small lands. You can pick whatever island you want, but you have to be careful because you are in the middle of the sea. yeahh MIDDLE OF THE SEA.

3. Finding a good spot to take a picture

For now on, there are several favorite places in Pulau seribu such as, Pulau tidung (among pulau perawan) and Pulau Semak daun. I don't explain the first one, but i want to explain about Pulau semak daun. It took 30 minutes from Pulau pramuka to get there. It was amazing place. It's just a small island surrounding by trees and there is just a toilet. No places to stay. It is a place for real traveler. Camping there, making camp fire, Singing together with your friend. that's lovely.

4. Price is everything

As moneyless traveler, i had to calculate how much money that i should pay. this is why you should bargain everything you find. While my friends and I were travelling around 3 small island, we asked few fishermen. finally we found a cheap and friendly one. I took 250k for 3 small island. It wasn't too expensive furthermore, he was our guide, photographer and advisor (kinda)

5. Don't forget to take extra money

As long as i saw, there was just one ATM card in Pulau pramuka.

In addition, living in the small island was exciting, hoping you guys can get there. people deserve to have some vacation. So, take your time. Find a peace. Get your ass out from home.

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the author likes watching movies, trying to read novel and trying to write.

Selasa, 27 Desember 2016

Beauty behind the mountain

Curug Bidadari (Waterfall)

One of the most beautiful creature that ever been found is waterfall. Waterfall is a place where the water flows over the vertical drops. In Indonesia, you can find many waterfalls especially in Bogor. There are plenty of waterfalls that you can find hidden beyond the mountain. For instance, Curug ciheurang, curug pangeran and the nearest one from Jakarta, Curug bidadari. By the way, here's i will tell you my experience while was going to Curug Bidadari.

One day before My friends and I went to waterfall, we hadn't made any decision yet. I thought that we wouldn't get there so I decided to hang out with my other friends. I came home late at that night. In the next morning, I woke up late and I found my friends called me but i didn't answer so I checked my group inbox. We finally made it. We met at the campus at 10 am. We drove to the Curug by going across Jl. Raya bogor (the fastest way to get there). Fortunately, we were not lost because the way you get there wasn't hard enough. All you have to do just go straight through Jl. raya Bogor until you meet Sentul city, you have to turn left. if you were lost, you could use google map or waze.

Here's the challenge after my friends and I passed the Sentul city. There were road construction and also paving stone. That's why we had to be careful. After passing through Sentul city, we had to drive through the hill which was many blind turning. For information, there are few irresponsible civilians who ask for our money so i recommend you prepare more money. I assumed my trip from Jagakarsa until Curug Bidadari took 2 hours. The ticket wasn't too cheap because i should pay 40k each person.

We arrived at Curug Bidadari at 1 pm. We directly went to the waterfall. The visitor was so crowded. I descibed that the waterfall wasn't so big, but big enough for putting your head there. Beside the waterfall, there were big stone and ivy. There were huge stone that you could enjoy the view there.

The waterfall raced along. In each few times, The waterfalls flowed down much water from the top. When you put your body there, it seemed like stabbed by a lot of water. there wasn't any flower nearby, but the waterfall was drizzling into the rocks.

In my opinion, Curug bidadari is a good place where you can find another joyful life. it is not too far from Jakarta, but you should be careful about the way to get there. Don't be afraid of gettin lost because it isn't hard to get there. At last but not least, there are many stores that you can find there or if you want to pack your meal from home, you can bring your stuff there.

Here's the look of my trip.