“What day is it?"
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.
Yes. It was my favourite day too as we finally go to Sindamaha Island. As wrote in the previous post, it wasn't an easy arrangement. Today we made really really really sure that we'll get the boat. Yes, it was confirmed. They said the boat was waiting. We went to the port. Waited for 1.5 hours. No boat coming. They said they were filling up the engine oil. We waited again. Till we lose patience as we spent 2.5 hours waiting with no news if the boat would really come.
We took initiative to have a look at the boat place. So stressing as we found out the guy were still working on the boat engine. They said it was flooded last nite and the engine died. Heh! We gave them pressure with bitchy angry look to get it done as soon as possible. It worked rather well. After 30 mins, finally the boat was ready. A shocking news was there were some uninvited passenger. Really bothering. The boatman wife invited 2 of her friends and their kids to join the boat trip. And we also had to pick up Nanik's in law as they're joint too. Without notification, of course. I started complain it was too many people on the boat. But they pretended not listen. Arrrghhhh. So we thought of a strategy. We showed them we're unhappy and annoyed. Sour face :p. It worked. Hehehe.
They decided to stop by at the other island. Fiuuuu… I really wanted a quite time and freedom to enjoy the beach. Free from the kids and free from people looking at us.
30 mins boat trip, it was indeed a nice one. We saw some baby islands on the way, school fish and a group of small fish jumping in and out from the water. So nice!! Finally we came to enjoy the deserted island. It's a small island with probably 1 km2. Very small. No people lives here. Some part has soft white sand, however most of part of the beach covered with small stones and dead corals. I put on snorkelling gear and started strolling around the beach. A lot of coral, Napoleon fish, HipoTang, Anthias, Goby and Star Fish.
As the weather heating up. I moved to the shade and built my nest. Enjoying the best thing about private island. Tranquility, ocean breeze and natural sound of wave. Awesomeness.
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| Almost Rain |
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| After the rain |
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| Sunbathing and fishing |
TIPS TO GET HERE:
- Boat rent IDR 200k for the whole day.
- Once the price agreed, make sure to the boatman that they will not change the price in the middle of the trip. They do it almost every time. Just be firm.
- Boat have no roof. Prepare big hat and generous sunblock with high SPF.
- No one in the island. Bring enough food and drink.
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