-once he asked me, what is your favorite color?-

I love the blue part of sunset

Many people will choose Bali as their travel destination when it comes to beaches. But for me, I prefer a quite and more relaxed places where there are less tourist and where I can find a better sunset. However, sometimes I'm in the need of a chill night at the bar, luckily I got a chance visited Gili Island two months ago, an island where I can found both relaxed beached and chilled-night at the bar.

 

To Gili Trawangan, all you need to do is flight to Lombok. From Lombok airport you can take a public bus to Senggigi beach which costs you around 20 thousand rupiah and takes about one hour. Then, from Senggigi beach, you can take taxi to Gili port which usually costs around 30 thousand and take you around 45 minutes. It only takes 15 minutes from Gili port to the island. another suggestion is you also can rent a car or joined some travel agent at the airport, It will be more convenient. 

In Gili Trawangan, there will be so many guest house and cheap hotels which can provide you best experiences to stay. There will be only bike and "delman" when you arrive there, no car or motorbike. The island is not really big, only takes one hour to round the island. During my stay, I spent my morning to run at the beach. Went to nearby island (Gili Air is my favorite), snorkeling, tried paddle boarding for the first time, and kayaking. I spent my afternoon waited for sunset and went back to hotels around 7 at night. literally the best holiday ever. At night, Gili Trawangan provides you some nice bar which is quite cheap and not as crowd as the bar in Bali. But for those who love to dance, you can still enjoy the music there.

 

I fell in Love with Gili Trawangan. will coming back soon this year to escape myself from life and hectic day in Jakarta. To catch the sunset and to wait it left it's blue.

 

Trip biasanya diadain di weekend dan bisa dipesen H-1. peserta trip biasanya diminta kumpul setengah 8 pagi dan kapal akan berangkat jam 8 pagi. untuk tujuan pertama pulau Nain yang letaknya paling jauh dari kota sekitar 1 jam. nain ini merupakan pasir timbul yang harusnya kalo jam-jam 9an gitu biasanya muncul dan akan tenggelam lagi sekitar jam 12 keatas, jadi nain merupakan destinasi pertama. nah di Nain ini biasanya peserta trip cuma photo doang dan lanjut ke siladen untuk makan siang. di Siladen peserta turun di pulau untuk makan siang dan dikasih waktu sekitar1,5 jam untuk makan dan photo, ya personally gw suka banget sama siladen karena sepi dan karangnya bagus banget, tapi kalau cuma 1,5 jam ngga akan cukup buat muterin pulau atau snorkling. jadi buat kalian yang mau ke siladen gw saranin sewa boat sendiri dari manado, atau datang pake kapal penduduk lalu menginap. penginapan di siladen cukup terjangkau, sekitar 250 ribu untuk 1 orangnya, udah dapet 3 kali makan.

Selanjutnya setelah selesai makan, trip berlanjut ke Bunaken, di Bunaken kegiatannya snorkling, sewa alat sendiri sekitar 150 ribu, photo dalem air sampe keselek, dan selesai. trip biasanya selesai sekitar pukul 5 sore dan kapal kembali ke manado. estimasi tiba kembali di Manado sekitar jam 6 atau 7 malam. sebenernya cukup menyenangkan ikut one day trip, tapi kalau lo punya budget lebih saran gw sewa kapal sendiri dikarenakan akan lebih bebas dan yang pasti bisa lebih lama di tempat-tempat yang lo ingin explore. well, ada plus minus nya sih. tapi overall trip yang gw ikutin ini recommended lah kalau misalnya kalian cuma punya waktu 1 atau 2 hari mengunjungi manado.

we never planned to meet but i wanted you to stay 

- Them -

2017 Has been good so far.. everything just comes as it supposed to be. as the years change, i still remember the day i came to this city to starts everything again. Time flies, a years since the day i comes and its the time for me to coming back. i was talking to some of my friends here, they really wanted me to stay with them, especially the coworkers. as my job as store's manager, i spend like the whole years with them. i really close to them. i come as a strangers but soon becomes their another family. as i never really do a boss things. We works as a team, we do all the things to achieve targets together, we success and failed together.

i really wanted to stay, actually. But i found it better to come back. i need to excel my career, find my real passion, and challenge my self. i need to improving my skills, meet a new people, and yes travel. well, someday i will back again. i will back not as a perfect strangers for them, but as a part of the team. or someday maybe i will back again to this city to attending their wedding party, or travel here again. i'm surely will missed the time while we share the foods, laughing for a small things and discussing for anything.

i know 2016 seems so weird for world. a lot of big things happened in 2016 without we expecting before. but life will always gave you surprises. as 2017 has just coming. another resolution we have made, and another plan already arranged. for me, 2016 actually been so great. yet there some plan that going really well and some of them just failed at the first try. starting my real career in retail this years, traveling to a new places, meeting a new people, finding and losing love.

During my journey in 2016, if find a way to healing my self, traveling is the answer. i meet a lot of strangers, a perfect strangers and some love who once gone wrong. well, i realize i never can control what happened to me, but one things i can do is to control what i can do for others. i've been thru a hard times before, i've been living in the worst part of it. day by day i'm heal by myself, but deep inside my heart and of course my unconsciousness will always have its memory. i need to heal, a total heal. and i found it on traveling.

i really hope 2017 will be a travel years for everyone. and 2017 can heal the past. let's just start everything with a hope. again..

pants = Uniqlo
Tshirt = Muji
shoes = HnM

Photo Location : Bukit Doa, Tomohon

 "it always nice to moving here and there. it always nice to be in a new places which you can called home"

It's been a while since my last post, i'm pretty busy with work and some business that i run with my friends. after spend several months living in Jakarta, now i should move again to a new places which totally have a different ambience. Manado, South Sulawesi, will become my new home until next several months. it take's about 3 hour from jakarta by plane, and it's different 1 hour in time. 

I love this city, surrounding by sea and mountain, Manado always become a best places for one who loves beaches. Manado have more than 20 beaches which only takes about 20-30 minutes by car. and if you have a chance to come, you should visiting bunaken island and bitung island. The first beach that i visited was Paal beach, which takes about 1 hour by car from the center of city. The beach were so beautiful and you'll not find a lot of people on the beach, since its just opened for public.