Located in the north of Bali, approximately 3 hours driving from Denpasar (city center), Sekumpul waterfall is a perfect getaway for Summer. The breathtaking atmosphere, green hills make me fall in love with this place. The retribution for domestic tourist is IDR 2000 and for international tourist is around IDR10000- IDR 20000 I suggest you to go there in the afternoon on a sunny day. You will be welcomed by beautiful rainbow. So peaceful and lovely!!! PS: don't forget to bring your camera and get your best selfie!!!!
In the end of November 2013, Rakata Adventure invited friends and business partners to visit one of the beautiful villages in
Jatiluwih Area, Gunung Sari Village. It is located in Tabanan regency,
approximately 2 hours of driving from Denpasar.
Gunung Sari is a part of Jatiluwih.
It is famous with Balinese traditional irrigation system called Subak.
Furthermore, it has plenty of natural resources, art & culture and its
community way of life which is very interesting to explore.
Since Jatiluwih is one of the World
Heritage Site, it is necessary for the community to develop and protect their
village. Regarding to the issue, Samdhana Institute together with Rakata
Adventure and local community designed a community development program which
supports the local to become independent on promoting and running Gunung Sari
Village as a tourist destination.
This program is participated by
photographer, Balinese dancer, runner, and cyclist. Every guest was able to
share and mix their knowledge with the local. It’s lovely to see how the local
and the guests were blended together.
Kriss, Wira and I were discussing
with two local boys on creating a 10K running course map in Desa Gunung Sari.
With endomondo and nike + on hand as the GPS we began to run.
The first
1.5km, we were running in the road, we enjoyed the engagement of yellow and
green colors from the rice field. In the next 2.5 km we were running in the
pathway and we could see the local harvesting and some of them ploughed the
field with tractors and also with cows
Entering
4km of walking (we were taking a lot of pictures instead of running) we passed
through a Big Temple. The temple was hidden by big trees and we could hear the
birds tweeted all way long.
In the next
4 km we were again welcomed by the green lush of the field rice, but the route
became hard. It’s wet, muddy and surely slippery. For the trail lovers, this
could be very interesting route to enjoy. In the other side of the pathway, a small
river accompanied us and running with us
We finish
our “runtastic” on 2 hours and 17 minutes and as the result, we got this
beautiful route for the village.
Last but
note least, I would like to ask runner/non runner or simply just a fun runner
just like me to enjoy running at Gunung Sari. It is more than getting healthy
or following passion as a true runner, it is the way you contribute to Gunung Sari local community. LET’S RUN FOR RUNNING
THE VILLAGE
Hi all, at this time I would like to share about some destination I
visited this year.
Most of the destinations I visit are the places where I have project
with the company I work with.
At the beginning of this year I worked for BII Maybank Bali Marathon
2013 (BMBM’13). Mr Andreas as the project manager asked me to join the team as
the project administrative. It’s a big pleasure for me to work with him. I
first worked with him on Bali Triathlon 2012. The main base of BMBM’13 project
is in Bali, so we spent a lot of time arranging the event in Bali. One day I
have an opportunity to go to Jakarta to help the promotion of BMBM’13 by held
Jakarta Mini Marathon at Senayan. Jakarta Mini Marathon was a continuance of
Bali Mini Marathon which was held in Renon, Bali.
The runners were exited to running 5km. They queued to get the BIB and
free T-Shirt. It was a grateful moment
meeting new people and I was WOWING to see their enthusiasm on running as a
healthy life style. I only spend one day
in Jakarta, so after the mini race I took a flight back to Bali J
At the same time I also worked with Cious Magazine. It’s a free pocket
travelling magazine in Bali. So once more I got a plenty of opportunity to
travel on duty. The destination I visited with Cious Magazine team was
basically in Bali. We went to Menjangan Island in the West Bali National Park. Menjangan
means Kijang in Bahasa or Deer in English. It took 20 minutes using boat to
reach the island. We put then snorkel, goggle and the fins on and splashing
together into the blue sky water. Menjangan Island has a wonderful life
underwater. Things that you should do in Menjangan Island are snorkeling,
diving, swimming, exploring the island or just lay in the beach J
After BII Maybank Bali Marathon 2013, I joint Rakata Adventure Bali.
Rakata provides training for team building, survival training and also an event
organizer. As a staff in Rakata, I’m not longer working for Cious Magazine, but
I sometime helping BMBM ’13 team to working on race event. On September 29th
traveled to Bromo to become a volunteer of Bromo Marathon 2013. I was excited
to be there because I want to celebrate my 24th birthday seeing the
first sunrise at Bromo. I went there with Yudi, a friend from BMBM’13. Yudi is
originally from Pasuruan which is settled very close to Bromo Mountain. It was
my first time wen to Bromo. We drove a car for approximately 10 hours from
Denpasar. Yudi is a very nice friend. He told everything about Bromo and served
me the traditional dishes. We arrived in Wonokitri village on 2 am. Luckily it
wasn’t cold as I thougt. So I enjoy the night watching the stars in the clear
night sky and breathe the very fresh air from the pine forest along the way.
Oia.. Happy birthday Guteri!!! JJJ
Wish you have wonderful years ahead. I was planning to go see the sunrise as
the birthday present for me. Yudi order me a biker to drove me to the Bromo
Sunrise View Point and yes,, the cold air made me couldn’t feel my finger. I’m
freezing. But the pain was paid. I really love the sunrise and of course the Mt
Bromo itself. Many sellers offered the fried banana and French Fries in Bromo
ways. On my way back to Wonokitri, I saw “the love hill”,in this area you could
see the Bromo Mt with different angle. It’s terrifically beautiful. If you are
visiting Bromo, don’t forget to taste the cow fresh milk. Yummy!!!!
After Bromo, I went back to Bali. Rakata has a community development
program in Jatiluwih, one of the world heritage sites. Jatiluwih is known as a
rice producer, especially red rice. It also famous with the irrigation system
called Subak, which supporting the sustainable of the rice field. What
surprised me most is the hidden waterfall in the garden of the local. The
waterfall is really beautiful and safe to swim.
Rakata helps Jatiluwih society, especially Gunung Sari village for
developing them to be ready to serve tourists independently from preparing the
accommodation, the trip, the guide, the entertainment, the traditional cuisine
and many more. So, if you want to go to Jatiluwih, you can directly go there
(Gunung Sari Village), ask to the local to prepare you a room, take you to the
hidden paradise in Jatiluwih, let you taste the great traditional cuisine and
learn the Subak system from the expert. It’s a new way to travel, beside you
gain more new experience you also directly support the local. Either you or
local are happy.
One day after Jatiluwih, I continued my duty trip to Makassar, South
Celebes. I was excited to be there. In Makassar we have Makassar Semi Marathon
2013 project. I went to Makassar with 12 friends. We are a part of race
management team. First time landed, we were welcoming by the taxi driver. Lil’
bit story about the driver, he drove very fast. My heart was about to jumping
outta my chest!!!! We are safely arrived at Daeng Tompo Street, where our hotel
took place. I was happy to know that we stayed closed to the famous LOSARI
beach (Sad Fact: rubbish is everywhere in Losari BeachL).
Yiihhaaaaa. Dinner time!!! I disappointed with my dinner. It’s really
below my expectation. I ate nasi daging. It’s bloddy hard to chew. Hmmm. My other
big plan in Makassar was to enjoying the food. Coto Makassar, Palubasa, Es
Pisang Ijo, Pisang Epe, and Mie Titi were the kind of food I tasted. To be
honest, none of them I like. Sorry. I don’t really have much time to travelling
around Makassar. The only place I visited beside Pantai Losari was Fort
Rotterdam, one of historical building from Dutch era. It’s a nice place. I love
the architecture. Thing that attracted me most about Makassar was the shopping
time. I love the linen!! The patterns were so nice and it’s so Makassar the
seller said J
I thank God for every chance to visit those beautiful places and THANK
GOD IT’S INDONESIAAAAAAA J
In this Friday, me and my two beloved friesta (friend ad sister) Michelle and Helen were went to Gunung Payung beach in Kampial, Ungasan...
Its one of the best beaches in Bali. It's located in the south part of Bali, approximatelly 10 minutes from Nusa Dua. It's a great place to sunbathing, swimming and surfing..
The Green Hill
Gunung Payung Beach
Gunung Payung is a white sandy beach. its sooo natural and nice. you have to pass hundreds of stairway to reach the beach. Its pretty exhausted but its worth the pain.. :D You can enjoy the scenic scenery with green hills.
White Sandy Beach
Foreign surfer came to dance with the wave of the beach. The beach seemed like private beach, because few people come to enjoy the beauty. i think its because of the access (the stairway :D)
If you're one of the adventure lovers, Gunung Payung Beach is one of the beach that you should visit when you in bali.
I just came back from my hometown, Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia.
i spend 3 weeks for holiday and celebrating xmas and new year with my lovely family and relatives. It was one of my wonderful moments I spend with them. I had a little reunoin with my old friends in Ruteng (Lia, Nando, Hendra, Dewo, Prisca).
we went to Rana Mese Lake and The Spider Web Rice Field. those to places are sooo perfectly beautiful.. Although we're attack by heavy rain, but the spirit of travelling keeps us going..
me n team
Rana Mese Lake is located in East Manggarai. It has green colour and surounded by the forest. unfortunatelly the organization which managed the lake seemed doesnt care. it has no entrance fee and no securities. Most of the sign board are broken. :( Ranamese needs a good maintenance from government, society and other organization.
rana mese lake
The Spider web rice field (lingko lodok) located in Cancar, Manggarai. It has more than 2 spider webs. It was the old local tradition on land sharing using fingers as the measure tool. the centre of the field called "lodok" on locals language. I know very little information about this two places. but i will looking for it and post it as soon as i can... if you guys have the detail information, please feel free to give comments. :D
the stunning web spider rice field
On the way back to Bali from Flores, I have a really unexpected moment. my trip from Borong to Ruteng (Main Town) was ruined by two landslides. i have to change bus for 3 times till i reach the town in Ruteng. Lerang and Poka is the location where the landslide took place. i crossed the bridge full of dirts and fallen trees and of course heavy rain.. People, plese stop cutting trees!!!!!
i started to think that my hometown is on an endangered situation. :( lets do something together dudes. what will we give to our next generation??? its our duty to keep it safe.....
people were crossed the mud
landslide covered the bridge
landslide in Poka
I may suggest no to travel to Flores on wet season. the climate is so extreme. the sunshine could disappear in a minute,,, dry season is the best time to visit Flores,,,
It started
in a rush. Everybody wasn't ready for the hike. We were invited by Eka and
friends. On my group, we had Jovan, Wahyu, Agung, Janet and I, on the other
group were Eka, Yoga and Windy.
First, we all went to Bangli, to Penglipuran Village
to met Wahyu. Eka and friends was waiting us at Penelokan, near Mt. Batur. My group went separately. Jovan went first
because he had to drop Mrs. Tirta (our lecturer) at Sanur Beach Hotel to attend
a meeting. I went with Janet and we waited for 2 hours for Beni and Agung in
KFC Sanur, because they hadn’t prepared yet. Damn!!! After two hours of
waiting, they came and we just realized that we forgot bring our tent. That was
a mess!!! We had a little tension blaming at each other. After had a call with
Eka, she guaranteed that their tent met the amount of us. So we decided to
continue our trip.
Once we arrived in Penglipuran, we went to Wahyu’s
home. We met his lovely parents; they welcomed us friendly and made us feel
like home. Penglipuran is one of tourism villages in Bali. It attracts a lot of
tourist to come and see the uniqueness it has such as the traditional houses
which are all the same and their tradition and way of life. After had a little
chit chat with the parents, we all were off to Penelokan, Kintamani to met Eka
and friends. We talked for a while and made a little introduction, because most
of my team didn’t know Eka’s friends.
It took 15-20 minutes to reach the Batur centre of information
for trekking from Penelokan. We all registered and paid IDR 10.000 for the
retribution that will be using for conservation. We got some information about
do and don’t while trekking. We didn’t hire a guide or porter. We wanted to
keep our journey became our own adventure.
Comparing
with Rinjani, Batur is easier to hike. We
only need 2-3 hours to the peak. There were flies around the mountain.
It’s kinda
disgusting, especially when we the flies covered all our backpack and
body. Yaksss.
I hate it so much, but kept going. In the middle of the route, we found a
white
cloth covered around the mountain. It’s the tradition of Balinese which
is against
the earthquake that happened few months ago. They did it in order to ask
God to
keep them safe and there won’t be any disaster attacks them.
Hiked Batur is easy and fun
to do. It was sweaty,
dusty yet dirty and rocky. We had to be careful because it’s slippery.
Finally,
we reached the peak. It’s cloud up here. But we still had fun. We tried
to find
a perfect spot to built our tent, and in 10 minutes our tent stand
perfectly :D.
We took some pictures and made video of us. We crazily happy talking
about the
hike, there were a lot of silly stories. Most of them were new on hike a
mountain, so they were so excited once they reached the peak and built a
tent. They
happy, that finally they could sleep under the tent. Hahah.
We stayed in a big tent with
a hole in its door, so
we could feel the wind came into tent. It’s fit for 9 pax. We collected
the branches
and lit the fire. We gathered around the fire and had dinner. It was a
simple
dinner. Biscuits, peanuts and breads become the appetizer. We mostly
brought
snacks and milks. We were sharing about traveling and talking about
jokes. That
night was fun and we spent the rest of the night laughing at each other
on the
tent.
the temple and the white cloth
hike hike hike to the top
December 3rd
2011
We woke up on 5 a.m.
unfortunately, we couldn’t enjoy
the sunrise because of cloud. We decided to go down the mountain and
starting
clear up everything. It only needed 1 hour to go down the mountain.
After a
long way down the mountain, we arrived at the information centre. We
went to
the hot spring that organized by local people to warm up, but sadly it’s
closed. So we went to local warung and enjoyed Babi Guling for
breakfast. It
tasted good and hot. We went back to Wahyu’s home; his parents served us
some
tropical fruits and traditional snack called RUJAK CEMCEM. It’s sour and
fresh.
We cleaned up ourselves and took some rest. On the evening before we
went back
to Nusa Dua, we explored the village. It’s my 4 or 5 times being there
but I never
get bored with the village. We took some pictures, then prepared to Nusa
Dua.
For me, it’s hard to end a
trip. I feel like I lose
some energy. But I believe there will thousands of journeys that I will
pass
ahead. And it’ll be fun, fierce and phenomenal.
It's 4.49 in the morning. I am sitting down on my caught listening to ABBA songs covered by mamma mia players. In 5 minutes ahead i will take a bath and prepare for GET LOST IN LOMBOK!!!
This is one of my crazy trips. I'm traveling with my brother yet besties Jovan and Benni. Our goal is to reach the peak of Mt. Rinjani. We're gonna backpacking around the district and build our own tent that we bought in Ace Hardware. We're planning to traveling for 4-5 days by using motorcycle, so here's the routeplan:
Nusa Dua-----Padang Bai------Lembar------Sekotong-------Mataram------Senggigi------Gillis------Senaru/Sembalun-------Rinjani-----Backhome. I believe it will be the most delusional trip of mine :D
We're bikepackers!!!! Jovan, Guteri,Benni
08.42 a.m.
Jovan, Benni and I are on the boat (Ferry). We continue our trip from Padang Bali to Lembar Bay Lombok. It's very hot up here (we are in the top of the boat), we are sitting in the 3rd deck near the crew's cabin. Its gonna take 4 hours to cross the ocean. We pay IDR 101.000 per motor bike use the service of Ferry. Our first plan arriving in Lombok is having lunch. We are all FUNGRY, then we gonna take a walk to the nearest city for buying some food (we aren't let ourselves run out of food). After all, we are planning to go to Sekotong where the beautiful beaches and the exotic panorama is settled. It will be great. I wanna snorkel and swim. Lombok!!! Here We Are!!!
Sekotong. Its nice but scary
08.05 p.m
Somewhere, nowhere in Lombok
We just arrived in the land full of
grass and cows. We start to build a tent. I’m so happy that we find the perfect
place to rest. We passed through Senggigi and the Gilis. We bought coconut and
bakso and its funny how a monkey stole Jovan’s coconut. Hahahah. We’re laughing
and laughing. Tomorrow we’ll going to Senaru and starting hike the Mt.
Rinjani!!! Yeyeyeyeyeyeye. By the way, we went to Sekotong and we got nothing
but fear. The community told us about the the thief near the hills. We went
along the road and became scared so we decided to turn around and went to the
north.
somewhere in lombok
Senaru, Lombok. July 4th
2011
Happy Independence Day for
American!!!!
06.21
Here I am, in the front of my
homestay’s terrace. Yesterday we’ve just back from hiking Mt.Rinjani. We hked
Rinjadi on Friday, 1st of 2011. It was a long long story. When we
arrived at Senaru (the starting point for hiking and also the information
centre) we bought a map of trekking Mt RInjani which is cost IDR 20.000. We
were in the wrong place, because if we wanted to hike to the peak of Mt.Rinjani
we have to start our trip from Sembalun, because it’s hard to get the peak from
Senaru. At first, we all keep wanting Peak of Rinjani as our main goal, so we
paid IDR 10.000 for entry and conservation cost then we starting hike.
First of all, we all got tired because
of our heavy carrier. We continuously took a rest after 5 minutes walk because
of the paths are sheer and climb. The atmosphere was nice and fresh. The fog
was covered the forest. It’s very breathtaking moment. We clearly hear the bird’s
tweets. We didn’t hire a porter neither a guide. We did the hike by our own. It’s
fun and easy to hike Rinjani because you’ll meet plenty of hikers and you can
ask them about the routes. After 30-60 minutes’ walk, we arrived at the Gate to
Rinjani National Park. We thought it was the first post, but as always we’re
wrong and again we’re starting to laugh at each other.
Next we went to trough the forest
and we arrive at the 1st post. We’re so excited because we could
take some rest. The porter that we met was very strong and kind. They could
reach the 3rd post in 3 hours, and what was happening with us??? We need
6 hours to reacher the 3rd post. Poor us!! But, FYI this is the
first time we hike a mountain and people said that Rinjani is very hard to
reach especially for newbie. Heheheh. So it counts!!!! Finally we arrived at 3rd
post. At first we want to build our tent at Cemara tiga, but because of one of
us (Benni) got cramp, so we couldn’t reach the Cemara Tiga. Its close to dark
when we arrive at 3rd Post. We built our tent and prepare our dinner
which was instant noodles and SUKRO (named of peanuts). The night was so damn
cold. We tried to get the best sleep position to get warm but the damn cold air
kept beating our bones.
Break Time = Photo Shoot
Early in the morning we woke up
and starting packing. We had a bread and
milk for breakfast. We continue our trek to Plawangan 1 where you can see the beautiful
Segara anak Lake and the peak of Rinjani and Mt.Baru. The view was so AMAZING. The
savanna covered the land and edelweiss was everywhere. We spent more time to take some pictures. We didn’t
want to waste the precious moment that we got. I really love the moment. After an
exhausted hiked we finally could see one of the most amazing creatures of
God!!! This is one of my best holyday with my best guys. That was the sweetest
escape for me. After 3-4 hours climbing, we finally reach The 1st Plawangan. That
was rocky path and slippery. So we have to be careful to take every step. When I
arrived, I was speechless. That was a breathtaking moment. I could see the
beautiful stunning of Mt Rinjani and the Segara anak lake. I didn’t even think
about my tiredness. The edelweiss made the view greater than we ever seen. After
saw the magnificent panorama we decided to continue our way down the Lake. We wanted to build our tent close to the
lake.
The Famous Segara Anak Lake with Mt Baru and Mt Rinjani
After 3 hours walking down the
dusty, rocky and slippery hills we finally arrived at the Lake bank. We felt so sad because of the vandalism in
the beautiful volcanic stone and rubbish everywhere. The trekkers could bring
the negative impact for the sustainable of the environment. Its dirty!!!! The lake
was even worse, there were hundreds of rubbish and pup everywhere. The government
should take it seriously. We set up the tent and went to hot spring. FYI we never
took a bath and brushed our teeth during the hike. Hahahah. Kinda disgusting
moment, but we made it fun. Hahaha. We went to hot spring and we met a lot of
trekkers. They also enjoyed the hot spring like we did. We spent 2 hours warm up and relaxed our
muscles in the hot spring until our hands and legs got wrinkles. After that, we
back to tent and sleep. The night became colder than night before. Thank God we
don’t need to hike to the top. We didn’t bring any sleeping bag and we didn’t want
to got hypothermic. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
-->We prayed
so that the morning came quick.
We just reached the Plawangan 1!!! YEY
The Savana......
The Hot Spring
Its a long way down
At 5 a.m. in the morning, we
packed our rucksack and clear up the tent. Its very cold in the morning, our lips became
purple yet dry and our hands could feel nothing. We lit the fire but it didn’t work.
Our blood was frozen. It was the most froze moment I ever been. But we kept
fighting against the cold and start climb. The way back to Senaru was fun and quick.
We met our new friend, Arif. He’s from Madiun and he’s a teacher. We shared a
lot about hike a mountain. At the end of our trekking we decided to live in
homestay. Finally I got bed for my back. Hehehe. Opps I got
some edelweiss on my backpack. I broke the rules. Hehehehe.
Froze!!!
At 5 a.m. in the morning, we
packed our rucksack and clear up the tent. Its very cold in the morning, our lips became
purple yet dry and our hands could feel nothing. We lit the fire but it didn’t work.
Our blood was frozen. It was the most froze moment I ever been. But we kept
fighting against the cold and start climbing. The way back to Senaru was fun and quick.
We met our new friend, Arif. He’s from Madiun and he’s a teacher. We shared a
lot about hike a mountain. At the end of our trekking we decided to live in
homestay. Finally I got bed for my back. Hehehe. Opps I got
some edelweiss on my backpack. I broke the rules. Hehehehe.
unknown beach
On our way back to Bali, we dropped
Mas Arif at the Gillis, the we found the pristine beach which is we don’t know
the name. its unknown. Haha. We bought some coconut from the local, each costed
IDR 2000, we swam and took some pictures. After had fun, we took bath at well
with the cows. Ahahah. We took the water and washed ourselves. Its nice and traditionally
fun!!!!!
Yey! I’m in Pangandaran right
now. Once I feel so depressed bcause I have a lotta thing to do. But in other
hand, I think this 2 week ahead will be the best time during my internship
program. Indonesian Ecotourism Network or Indecon is the NGO I work with
(trainee). They send me to Pangandaran to learn more about their biggest
project in time which is Destination Management Organization based on Community
Based Tourism in Pangandaran. This is my second time visiting Pangandaran.
First time I came here was also with Indecon. We came on fasting time, so it’s
hard for me to find places to eat. To reach Pangandaran from Jakarta we spend 6
hours using private car. It’s a long way down journey yet exhausted.
White Sandy Beach
This time I lived in Local
Working Group (LWG) Pangandaran base camp. I called it “office house” because
it’s LWG’s office and also home for people who come to Pangandaran and work
with Indecon. LWG is the organization I work with during my stay in
Pangandaran. I currently live in the house with Mr.Chairul and Eben.
Workshop is the program I’m
attending right now. It’s about the program on developing Pangandaran as a
Tourism Destination. Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) as a planner is
working together with Indecon, LWG Pangandaran and the Government of Ciamis
Regency. By the way I hate that most of participants in this workshop are
smoking in the meeting room. Its which is an air conditioned room. Hmmmm.
I’m so excited to be here, so
here are the things to do in Pangandaran based on information that I get:
Let’s start from the most
important one (the reason why I’m here):
·Mapping
Me and my friend
(eben) will bike around Pangandaran and revise the old map of Pangandaran
because there are some mistakes on the old one.
·Tour Classification, we will divide the tour
based on ecotourism principles. It’s also kind of product survey.
·Market Survey, we will spread the questionnaire
for domestic and international tourist who visiting Pangandaran. Its about why
they choose Pangandaran, what they like and don’t like in Pangandaran, what
they do In pangandaran, how they get the information and many more.
·Last but not least is helping the LWG during
their community development program inn Pangandaran.
Snorkeling Set
List for Having FUN!!!
·Snorkeling (the cheapest one)
In Pangandaran
we can snorkeling by spend only IDR15.000 for snorkel, google and fin. And
there’s no time limit. Wow!!! I’m waiting for the best time for snorkeling. I
can’t wait toput my google on!!!
·River Cruising (Green Canyon)
This is the most
wanted spot I want to visit in Pangandaran. When people talked about
Pangandaran, they talked about Green Canyon. So, I have to put this spot on my
most wanted spot list.
·Batu Karas (Surfing)
It’s a Beach for
surfing. What about learn to surf?? It’s
my guilty pleasure. Let’s rock the wave!!!
·Taman Wisata ALam (Nature Reserve)
The waterfall
sets in Nature Reserve is the place I want to visit. I also want to explore the
forest and find the white sandy beach. Uhuuiiiii.
·Body tubing (Citumang River)
One of my LWG
colleague said that Citumang river is better than Green Canyon, and I just like
REALY???? So, let’s see what lies behind
CITUMANG river
·Meet the locals
Local communities
in Pangandaran are so creative. They can transform rubbish into something
useful like a bag, purse, and many more. I want to see how they fight with
their life based on home industry. They produce crackers, ice, palm sugar and
they make it in traditional way
November 8th 2010
Gosh!!! Finally I’m awake after
slept under unbeaten painful leg. I’ve just bike around Pangandaran yesterday
and because of yesterday was the first time I moved my muscle in the last 5
months and “painfully leg” is what I got. BUT!!!!! The yesterday biking was so
fun. We went to Indomaret, market , curch (yey!!! Pangandaran has church), we also
went to places that reminds us our first time in Pangandaran such as Rinjani
Homestay and the road along Pangandaran beach. Nature Reserve was the last
places we visisited. Guess What??? There were few of deer trying to find
something to eat in the rubbish bin at the beach. I was so sad and amazed. I was
sad because their changing habit, deer isn’t supposed to eat rubbish, they eat
grass. That’s because the tourist and community who came to natural reserve
gave them feed them with human food. I was amazed because I finally could see
them in their habitat and for me it’s a rare moment. The LWG team was so friendly
last night. They asked us to join them in every activity and we’re so happy. At
least we would spend our time here with hundreds of interesting activities. I
never expected I will play basketball here. Mr Aby, one of LWG team, asked us
to play with his student and sharing information about Bali with them. He also invited
us to hike with them to see the Pangandaran from the top. It will be
FUNTASTIC!!!!
November 11th 2010
Yesterday was another big day in
my life. We’re walking around nature reserve after walking through the
boulevard. We didn’t get any vehicle, so we walk by foot. My nose were getting
red and its soon turns black because I forgot to put my sun block on. Damn the
UV!!!! Haha. That was a first day survey. It’s hard for us to find the guest.
FYI, Pangandaran will be full of tourist on weekend. So it’s useless find the
tourists on weekday.
White Sandy beach is a very nice
beach compare with another beach around Pangandaran. I went there and I just
found the hidden paradise in Pangandaran. Unfortunately, the beauty of the
beach isn’t the same like the underwater living. When I was snorkeling I found
that most of the corals were broken, It’s bleaching everywhere and the fish
were fewer that any spot I ever been snorkeled. I hope that the coral
conservation program will work on it.
November 12th 2010
I found a little problem on found
guest yesterday. But there were few guests in Mini Tiga Homestay. After
collecting the data my friend and I bike around the west beach. The beach was
pretty cool and we took some (a lot) pictures. There are a lot of places in
Pangandaran that I haven’t explored yet. I am looking forward to visit Pangandaran in the future.
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