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May 20, 2016May 3, 2017

Pesona Pulau Badi

Five, Six, Seven, Eight ! (Scream LOUD!)

NO! I’m not in an aerobic gym. It’s gold numbers. LONG Vacation in May 2016 !

I was thinking about one place to visit. The peaceful one? crowded place? rockin’ place? beautiful waterfall? forest? hometown? meet boyfriend?. All of sudden, my frontal lobe give an answer :

an ISLAND, saskia !

well, Me and my very very best friends went to Badi island. We got that place from the Almighty I n s t a g r a m. It’s located in Mattiro deceng, Liukang Tupabbiring, Pangkep, South Sulawesi. Hey, only 15K each to get there, isn’t it cheap? yes, it’s cheaper than your cup of coffee. We didn’t even bring tends, and we didn’t care. It took one and an half hours to get that place. In the first minutes I enjoyed the blue sea, the “skyscrapers” of Makassar 😛 and the harbour scenery till felt asleep.

Time goes, I heard the sound of boat’s machine was getting lower and lower…

I was very enthuasiastic, damn ! We finally arrived.Some people were sitting down around the jetty. I saw the crystal clear waters when jumped up from the boat. There were several colourful boats around the island. The sun was shining on the sea.

Woosah... Woosah *exhaling — Woosah… Woosah
*exhaling

We walked around the island by 3 pm.More less 300 families there. The electricity starts at 6 pm – 6 am. The are lots of kids and I saw some kids playing around the island, some goats with it’s shits, mothers talked with neighbors 😀

Setelah sarapan berpfoto dulu ama Pak Wahe, istri dan cucunya — after Had breakfast, me, Pak Wahe, her granddaughter and his wife

in the night, me and my friends walked over to the jetty. The air of the island was damn good. We sang loud, laughed loud, danced loud ! I’ve been in some islands, but this one was just uplifting, met a warm,generous family whom I’ve never seen before. Mr. Wahe is an old man who helped us and offered us to stay in his house. He hosted me and my friends for a night in his wooden house.

what a trip!

The wonderful feeling is when you met a stranger and gave you a best hospitality. I realized over and over that there are millions nice people out there. You might think that a stranger who adressed you are a danger one. No no no, go pack your stuff, call your friends, hit a new place, and you’ll figure it out.

Thanks a million for my ever ever best friends , y’all GOLD !

I love you,

Without wax

September 30, 2015October 12, 2020

ONE PICTURE ONE STORY: My first Shocking Trails

“Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world”

The very first place I found my self got a punk’d Trip !

My friends and I went to Tanralili lake on Saturday afternoon , Sept 26 2015. We started from Makassar around 6pm by scooter. None of us knew that place. We’re totally blind about that. My friends laughed at me because I wore a kinda “princess shoes”. Then Dede (one of my friends , took me to his house to lend me his shoes). They told me that we were about to HIKE !

well, okay ! HIKE ! ( not really interested in this tbh)

In the middle of the trip ( around 90 minutes), something went wrong with the scooter. It had a flat tire. Luckily, there was a workshop around us. It’s getting dark, while we repaired the scooter, we met a group of teenagers in that place. Ahmad adressed them , said Hello and asked them where they would going and they said ” Tanralili Lake”. GOOD then. We were really excited to join with them. They are civil engineering students from Makassar State of University. A few minutes later, we continued our trip.

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I gazed at my watch, it’s already 11 pm. Before getting this lake, we should registered all of the stuff we bring and our personal data. It’s quite tight now, because a few months ago, there was a man drowned in the lake.

While my friend wrote down our group’s name , I asked some people how long it gonna takes to reach the lake.Some of them said” it takes 50 minutes”, “we need 2 hours”, even one of them said it takes 7-8 hours”

O Crap. !

I took a deep breath. Frankly, I am not kind of a mount climber, I prefer beach to mountain. I thought that the place was easy enough to reach- – Park scooter, walk for a minute and VOILA – get the place. I was getting a little obsessive-compulsive.Seriously,I was terribly WORRIED. I calmed my self to hike. No choice. I wore jeans, no jacket at all.

12 am – 3:30 am -hiked Tanralili trails, up and down hills,walked through the rocky mountains in the middle of the darkness. It’s really remote place,no signals,yes of course No WI-FI !

Briefly, We reached the lake at 3:30 am, we set up our tents. I woke up in the morning and zipped my tent and looked at the beautiful scenery around me. It’s totally made my day. It’s extremely out of what I thought before , WOWWIWOW I made it.

(Hit mountains is not in my bucket list. I drawn myself if somebody asked me to hike.)*whispering *

Good morning Hikers, cheers for a good day !

Tanralili lake is like Ranu Kumbolo in Java, Indonesia. Tanralili is located in “Desa Lengkese, Gowa regency, South Sulawesi”, foothill of Bawakaraeng Mt.,meanwhile Ranu Kumbolo is in foothill of Semeru Mt. The view is so stunning, adorable, really magical with fresh air, fresh water, feel the excitement of trekking through the outdoors.

Saturdate, Saturnite, Saturawesome ! I’ve been fortunate, partly thanks to my travel mates. I’m sure that everyone on the trail goes home with an experience they never anticipated. I’m fucking feel that.

November 23, 2014October 11, 2020

BONE DALAM GAMBAR

“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott

BONE DALAM GAMBAR was a theme of a photography event in BONE. It’s a rare event actually. Bone aka Watampone is a city located in South Sulawesi. ~~It’s also a place where the vice president was born~~. BONE DALAM GAMBAR was held by Bone youth photography community. It’s called B-Click (one of the popular in town). I just noticed the banners a day before it’s held. So, BONE DALAM GAMBAR was describing about all of the things which happened or existed in Bone. It’s a complete theme, we could see the representatives about local life, villages, nature, landscapes, etc.

ONE of MY FAVEThe place was taken in a park in the downtown. It’s like a GIANT gallery. I went to this place with my beloved friend.There were a lot of stunning pictures were hanging around the park. I was really enthusiast and felt so glad looked up the pictures one by one. There were some themes from different photographers. The visitors also could enjoy the pictures by listening to music from local band in the middle of the park and also purchased some local souvenirs.

sitting down right in front of two cool picts

I spent a couple hours in that place. It’s a cool event. Thanks to B-Click for presenting the event. I know it’s too late to write about this (actually I just found my photos’ folders). Hopefully there will be more stunning events in future.You’re guys are so damn COOL !!! KEEP CLICK-ing!

February 19, 2014May 3, 2017

SOUTH SULAWESI TRIP

HAPPY SHORT TRIP !

It’s been a while since I wrote a personal update, so I felt it was time for one of those.

My friends came to my hometown and stay for a couple days. It’s been years we have not met each other. Bone is my hometown’s name. Watampone is the capital of Bone regency. My friends are Ahmads ( three of Ahmad), they are Ahmad Adha, Ahmad Rayhan Agung and Ahmad Muhaemin. Ahmad Adha (Dede) sent me a message on LINE that they were heading to my place …around 6 am, January 30, 2014. I woke up and yeap.. surprised after read his message.I thought they were going to my place in the next day.

They finally got my place around 8 am, it’s little bit hard to find my place at that time,they asked me to wait for them in front of my home.

tteeddeeenngg——–

I saw them in a car and they yelled me loud while waved their hands. It was happy Friday morning ever. I prepared my room and let them put their stuff on it. They made this kind of short trip because luckily, Friday (January 31) was a public holiday and they were off on Saturday.

In the afternoon I took them to “TANJUNG PALETTE”. It is one of tourism objects in Bone and popular enough. It used to crowd and a lot of people spent their time in holiday or stay there. It is located around 17 kilometers from downtown. We passed some wide green rice fields, old houses and sugar palm trees. I personally have been visiting here at least once a month

We bought tickets IDR 16.000 and parked the car safely. We enjoyed our afternoon moments while waited for sunset. I was so glad take them there, seemed they were glad too. I love to explore new things even in the place where I live, it’s so uplifting!

And the night came !

Bought some snacks “GORENGAN” such as bakwan, tahu goreng and martabak.
Parked the car in the middle of “LAPANGAN MERDEKA”.
Ordered some drinks. A little bit funny when Ahmad Muhaemin ordered EXTRA JOSS , special one. I never taste that before. He said it’s good. I’m not so keen actually. Probably He lost of his energy then he ordered it. Extra Joss is one of energy drink which designed for an active style (advs).
Chitchat, made funny conversations, discussed about our next trip.
Back home.
Watched series. Dede introduced me an awesome plus hilarious series. That’s 2 BROKE GIRLS. I am in love with this series. Dede and I were so excited and sometimes we laughed loud and lost of attention to Muhe and Rayhan. (they called us PONGORO means crazy).

The other morning, we made it out to Bulukumba.Started at 3 pm from Bone and heading to traditional market to buy “SUKUN”. After hours, We got Bulukumba around 8 pm and directly looked for an inn. A comfortable and cheap one. hihih

And WE FOUND a place !!!

I forgot the name but the room was painted lame colors which I think was good enough. The beds were nice and firm, loads of pillows were supplied, nice clean towels, the toilets worked well and the room was clean and there was an air conditioning, TV, no Wi-Fi. All in all, this was a really decent budget choice in BIRA area.

The next day, Rayhan,Muhe and I went to Bara Beach. This is my first time in Bara, a couple times in Bira beach. Two totally different beaches. It is located in same area, but the sceneries are totally different. We made it !! Hope to see sunrise, apparently No Sunrise at all. We were late…late.. late.. 🙁

I took a short video once I touched the beach. So beautiful and peaceful. I damn LIKE it. White sands, it is not like sands, it is like flours. Yeah.. really soft.

I enjoyed my morning and played around with sands, crystal water, reefs and looked at some sexy coconut trees. I dare to say that this place is RECOMMENDED one.

Time to checked out !! We moved !!!

The routes are…

BULUKUMBA – BANTAENG – JENEPONTO- TAKALAR- GOWA-MAKASSAR

We had our lunch in Bantaeng and we chosed BAKSO (meatball) for our lunch.

I didn’t let myself to fall asleep during this trip. I have never been this town before. I wanted to see people around city, the landmarks etc. I was so blessed and so excited came to other places. It was like hmmmm I am an honor stranger-not-danger person.

We got Makassar around 8 pm and felt tired after miles, so far it was an incredible trip. I wanted to congratulate Rayhan, he drove along this trip, made his records. He said 700 kilometers in 3 days 2 nights. WOW

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SO… that’s our lovely weekends. I really thanks to my friends for took me and been a part of this trip.

HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AHMADs !!!

I am gonna miss you guys 🙂

this is for the visitors ,

How has your start to 2014 been so far?