Moving to Surabaya last April, i'm starting to joining a couchsurfing community and since then i realize that this city are surrounded by many beautiful places. for example, you can reach Bali for only 30 minutes by flight and also you can visiting malang for only 2 hours by train. It's holiday seasons here in Indonesia and i decided to have my first mountain trip to Bromo and spend some day in Malang with my friends. 

Starting the trip from Surabaya by morning train, we arrived in Malang Train Station and straight to Mador (Malang Dorm) which is quite famous for backpackers, the dorm it's self cost for 300k per persons for twin bed and bromo trip at night. since we only going for 2 persons, it's really convenient to have the trip arranged by the hostels which including the Jip Trip. The trip it self starting around 2 am at the morning from Malang to Tengger. arriving in Tengger Semeru around 4 am, the trip start by watching sunrise in Penanjakan, and it's really magnficent to watch.

 

some people said that Bromo don't counted as a mountain trip since you don't really climb, but for me it's my first mountain, so, let me count it as first (another mountain trip soon perhaps). Around 6 am in the morning, the guide takes us down, and i asks to stop on our way down and find some beautiful spot to watch the bromo its self from far.

We back around 11 am after spend around 15 minutes at the creater because so many people there and its really hot for sure. on our way to Malang, we stopped at the Coban Pelangi (pelangi waterfall) which really beautiful and the water are really fresh. 

 

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.

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 takes a long time for me to make a new post since i'm being really busy with working. since i moved here i spend at least once a months to exploring the North Sulawesi and the nearby island (i will updating later). The nearest places which is definitely need to visit while you're in Sulawesi is Bunaken. Located in the North of Sulawesi, Bunaken become the first destination for diving and snorkling. I'm Really sure that most of divers already know about Bunaken. Bunaken is a maritime park which have a really clear water, many varieties of  coral and fish, and the precipitous walls at some sites. 

How To get There :

From Jakarta you can have a direct flight to Manado. and while you are in Manado you can rent a Boat (which usually cost for Rp.700k-1000k) and it will takes about 45 to 60 Minutes. There also a Public Boat which takes the locals to the market around 2 PM in Calaca Port, it cost for from the Most resorts will arrange transfers from the airport for their guests.

As i read in many travel blog, Bunaken is not so friendly for a budget traveler, yeah its really true and i do agree since the diving price somehow can be Rp. 800k  for one dive or even more. comparing to many places in sulawesi and sumatra which only can spend for like Rp. 500k for one dive. but again, Bunaken it self was really far from Jakarta and its really worth for the experiences.

more :  http://wikitravel.org/en/Bunaken