Salam
'alaikum happy people!
Wooh!
It feels so good to be back & write in here again. Sorry for I have not
posted anything again lately, even just for an Outfit / Hijab of The Day posts.
I am now online-ly reading series of manga comics, LOL. Just reminiscing old
fave comics I have read several years ago. Now I'm reading "Topeng
Kaca", do you like that comic?
Anyway,
with my new tanned skin (Strapped skin to be exact, because honestly the
tanning went.. well, not that perfect) I wanna share a new experience with my
lovely little Deathlust family. We went to Tidung Island, located in Kepulauan
Seribu - north side of Jakarta. We went there using little passenger boat (we
usually called it 'kapal fery') and it took around 2 - 2,5 hours to get there,
depends on the weather & the wind. To get to Tidung Island by the passenger
boat, you must arrive at Muara Angke port before 7am, because the boat departs
at 7 am and usually there will be no other departure after that time. The boat
can pick the passengers up to 100 + luggage. And during the trip, you will pass
through several little islands too like Bidadari Island, Rambut Island, Untung
Jawa Island, Pari Island & Lancang Island.
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| Waiting for the boat to come |
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| Ckckck... Anak sape sih nih? |
Because
this was a trip that had been fully set by the travel guide (thank you, mas
Abra!), so all we had to do was just follow all the instructions from them. Me
& my family shared a little lodgement with another family (whose the father
is a boss of my husband). There's only one bedroom with an air conditioner
which I barely could enjoy its use (Because well... It couldn't defeat the real
weather in Tidung; which is frikkin hot!), a bathroom, a living room with a TV
set & a mineral water dispenser. The best we could get and we couldn't be
more thankful for that!
Let's
go back to Saturday, May 4th 2013 from 1 pm - night a.k.a First Day!
After
putting down all luggage in the hostel, praying Dzuhur (and in my case, Ashar
too because I did "Jama' Qhasar") & having lunch, we directly go
to the port again and got inside a little dory to go to our first destination;
Payung Island. Yes, folks... We wanted to go snorkeling!! Well, except me. I didn't do snorkeling. No, unless I
want to see my baby boy jumped out from the boat to follow me. Besides, I can't
swim. Yes I can't. Don't ask why, I'm not proud of that -____-"
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| Jembatan Cinta from afar |
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| Perahu tetangga yg mau snorkeling juga |
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| This lil girl cried out loud to her parents for wanting to go swimming too :D |
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| Cieee yang kakinya kebentur karang :)) |
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| Pak Bambang & his 6-year-old son, Nouval |
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| It's time to enjoy Allah's creation below the water! |
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| I am her fans! She's still around 10 years old but has able to swim inside & hold her breath quite long. She's dope! |
When
hubby was doing snorkeling, his toes hit a coral and they started to bleed. Not
severely bled though, but I strongly believed it hurt, because he kept
squawking, "Sshhh, that
hurts!", "Aww, aww..
Okay, not cool", hahaha... LOL. But he couldn't do snorkeling long
because he got tired easily he hasn't swim for a long time. The thing I
remember when he said, "Gara-gara
ngerokok nih gue ngga bisa tahan nafas lama, jadi cepet capek. Tapi enakan
ngerokok ah daripada snorkeling" and all people there laughed over
his joke. Sheees, I felt like tapping his forehead for saying it :D
How
about Rayyan? What did he do during the snorkeling activity others were doing?
No worries, Rayyan had his own way to entertain himself :D He kept munching and
munching snacks I brought him & threw the snack to the sea so the fishes
could eat it. He enjoyed staring at the coral from the dory. Yeps, the water
was sooo clean we could see the coral & the fishes clearly without having
to jump down to the water. Subhanallah, Allah has the most creative 'hands'
that no one could compete! If you have had been there you'd know what I mean :')
After
we were satisfied with the snorkeling thing, we pulled over the dory to the
Payung Island beach to relax a bit. Payung island is a little island near
Tidung Island. The citizen there are not more that 50 people. So quiet, almost
uninhabited. I wonder why there are people who want to live there? Why don't
just move to Tidung Island which has bigger population? Nobody knows why. At
5pm we went back to our hostel to take a bath & to get ready to pray
Maghrib. The one thing I like in this island is that I could hear adzan
clearly, because Islam is the major religion among them. The residents there
are so kind & friendly too.
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| I feel like a pufferfish when wearing this life jacket, LOL |
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| Die at Payung Island |
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| Deathlust fam at Payung Island. Ready to go back to Tidung Island |
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| Playing tiime! |
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| Chillin out |
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| Rayyan's & Nouval's creation :D |
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| My beach boy! :-* |
The night came, it's time for barbeque! Thought I
didn't come to the barbeque but I still could enjoy the grilled squid (which
tasted damn good!). I couldn't come because I accompanied Rayyan who had fallen
asleep in the living room (we decided to sleep in the living room, not in the
bedroom because Rayyan never can sleep without the whispering sound of the TV,
LOL).
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| The barbeque began |
Second
day!
(May 5th, 2013)
Telat Bangun. Oke deh, gudbay sunrise!
Please
do not follow this negative example of us. Being too exhausted could cause you
to wake up with a dumb face & realize you're just a minute away from the Shuruq time. Hurriedly took wudhu & prayed Subuh. O Merciful
Allah please forgive us... *smacks own
face*
Knowing
positively that we lost the change to take pictures of sunrise, we still went
to the edge of the island (a.k.a Jembatan Cinta), having breakfast. Now we
wanted to have a walk in the Jembatan
Cinta that connects the Big Tidung Island to the Small Tidung Island.
Since I brought Rayyan with me, automatically I knew I wouldn't be able to go
screaming in Banana Boat. Rayyan is so bound to his mom, and I don't mind that.
My son's happiness is above mine :-*
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| People say, you should jump from above the bridge first to find your true love. Errr, owwkaaayy |
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| Don't you think it's a bit too young for him to want to find his true love & jump now? LOL |
At 9
am we went back to the hostel
& packed our bags, ready to go home. We gathered in the port precisely at
11 am. This is another thing you might wanna take a note if you're planning to
go to this island. The boat from and to Jakarta / Tidung only departs everyday
at 7 am, if you're late.. You're out. But a special case on Friday &
Sunday, the boat departs twice; 7 am & 11 am. So we took the 11 am departure,
but the boat departed at 11:30. The weather in Java Sea was quite windy that
day, I felt a little bit dizzy though I wasn't seasick. Rayyan directly fell
asleep when the boat departed. Thank God, so at least I could try to rest my
eyes for a while. We arrived in Muara Angke at 02:15. Almost 3 hours huh? Yes,
like what I wrote before, it depends on the weather, moreover if your boat
heading to a direction that's colliding with the wind/wave direction... It's going to
take longer than usual.
Alhamdulillah,
though I had a bit concern about how my son would enjoy the trip... We had
through it smoothly. I was once again surprised about how strong my son is. He
basically enjoyed every trip we did, as long as it called "a
vacation", hehehe...
What a
tiring yet a very nice experience last weekend was. I hope you guys had a
wonderful weekend too! I'm off now, enjoy the pics I & my hubby took in
Tidung Island. Oh, I do have one message for you, beach lovers, backpackers,
mountain lovers, mountain hikers & travel-addicts... Please please
pleeeeaaasee throw all of your trashes in the trash bin. If there are no bins,
try to collect them all in one paper/plastic bag & throw them soon as you
see any trash bin. I almost cried my tears out when seeing trashes everywhere
along the beach-walk area. Seriously you guys, just DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. It
hurts my heart all the hearts that love clean environment for a better place to
live.
Don't
you too? :(
Wassalam,
G.
