Sunday, June 15, 2014

Long Weekend Gateaway: Sail Komodo Part 1

Even though already summer season weather in Jakarta lately is pretty anoyying. Sometime rain sometime pretty humid. The climate change from wet season to summer also really annoy me. I got cough and flu also eye irritation (even worse conjunctivity!) geez.
But the flu season didnt break my excitement to have my supreb getaway! Last May we have long weekend holiday. So my friends and I since this March already planned to go to KOMODO Island!! 
This place was one of my bucket list in my life.

We decided to have sailing from Lombok to Komodo/Labuan Bajo. Since there are many places to visit if you go to Komodo by sailing. To go this island from Lombok we took Kencana Adventure since they have reasonable price for us. 
But before we go we stayed at Gili Trawangan a night. Arrived at Lombok in the morning and reached Gili Trawangan on the afternoon. At first we decided for Gili hopping but seems we too tired and too late to start Gili hopping. So then after cleaning our selves at hotel we rent bike and try to cathced sunset. Buuutt apparently we go to the wrong side to catched sunset! 
LOL

Chillax at Gili T

Yeah we should ride the bike not pushed the bike. But heey have you ever try to bike on the sand? 
 At Gili T we stayed at Mozaik Hotel. An affordable hotel just 10 minutes walk from Gili Tawangan harbour.
It was my first time to stayed at Gili Trawangan. So exploring this island it self was totally a fun plus I enjoyed it with my friends. Also it was my first experience traveling with my friends, more than 3 days. Gosh! Totally a madness!
Riding a bike with empty stomach totally a mistake. We got lost, found many end roads and many sands to bike on. 
We stopped at Egoiste to enjoy Gili Gelato and ate ice cream at the side of the beach. Ah what a pleasure.
At night we went dinner at Food Night Market at Gili. The food totally yummy and delicious and also cheapo!!. After having dinner we having a walk just want to see the Gili's life at night. But too bad at 10 pm we already too tired and we had to wake up in the morning tomorrow to leave Gili T and start our sailing trip.

In the morning after packing at cleaning out our selves we got our breakfast which is will be our same menu for this holiday... yup banana pancake (I tho I will try to make it by my self for my daily breakfast). 
We left the hotel and heading to Bangsal harbour. At Bangsal someone from the Kencana already wait us with the bus. And it seems not only us who meet up at Bangsal. Yup some tourists already inside the bus and looks like our pack are the latest persons. Whoops.
After leave Bangsal we go to Kencana Adventure office at Senggigi (beside Senggigi art market) at there we got some briefing about what we will do during the sail and what we will got. Where we will stop and everything that will happened during sailing.
Supposed to be 12pm we leave the office. But there is some trouble with the tour participants. Based on their record it supposed to be 65 members but apparently 75 people shown up. There are misrecord or whatever. So we leave Senggigi at 1pmi-sh. Errgghh.

From Senggigi we go to Labuan Lombok, where the boat is park. From Senggigi to Labuan Lombok took 2 hours. They said we will got lunch at the bus. Well it looks like we will got lunch when near Labuan Lombok. Pffft.
So far it was the 'pffft' moment on the tour. Afterward everything are going well and fun!
So here is some of the pic when we stopped at Moyo Island on the next day. And after that we going to Satonda Island.

Us at Moyo Island
 When the boat reached the Moyo island the tour leader will offered us to swim over to the island or by boat. At first I choose by boat because if you want to swim you should jump from the boat (Oh My GOD!!)
But then I saw my friends almost of them were going to jump and there come the guts inside of me. I jump!! but with life jacket. Hehheeh.


tracking to waterfall
wohoo
Moyo Island was famous by "Lady Di and Mick Jagger was here"
I will upload soon the waterfall pic. For me the waterfall was great. The shape was like almost other waterfall but what makes it different..hemm I thougt maybe because there is a rock like store the water from waterfall that shape like a small pool. And this fresh water will be our only fresh water until next two days.


................to be continue