The Fifthy Shades of Blue in Misool

Love Pool at Balbulol

Misool is a true paradise known to most. The michelin of nature and underwater. Home to over quarter of the world’s marine life. Blue water in many shade, from deep blue to light turquoise. All is framed with amazical untouched raw nature of limestone with thin green of vegetation. Being here made me feel like the first person stepped down to earth. It’s so quiet. Just us, the sound of wild bird chirping and the voice inside my head. 7 days in Misool is a real exhilaration. Everyday beautiful places. Second to none!

Balbulol

Cone shaped stones at Balbulol - picture credit Marischka Prue

I’d say… my most favorite place in Misool. It’s a giant lego of natural world. Quite amazing as everything seems to be carved and arranged carefully. Huge limestone wall on the side, as if there’s secret to hide inside. It is!! My eyes were on stalk of the magical view up front. Clear blue water teasing me with the sight of coral gardens and colorful fishes. Floating giant rocks in the shape of christmas trees, got me wonder of the natural process happened to this place. It’s looked like a men made, but for sure it wasn’t! 

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Everything You Need to Know about Misool

Harapan Jaya Village - Misool, West Papua

I always look for a taste of raw nature and the sea. Jumping to the water gives me feeling of freedom and limitless adventure. Dare I say, it become a habit of mine. So when I want to block out the noise of the modern city and really feel time traveling backward, there’s always one place that does the trick. To the sea..

And Neptune whisper to me: come to visit my garden palace in Misool Raja Ampat.

The shortcut isn’t short

The economic class vs VIP class

Beautiful raw nature is hidden under rough path. So does Misool. It takes quite an effort to get there. From Jakarta, I had to fly to Makassar & Sorong for nearly 6 hours. Choice from this city to Misool is either with speedboat that will get us in 6 hours but be ready to spent 30 mil Rups or by ferry - times double and of course cheaper. Since speedboat is not affordable for us, it leaves the  only choice with ferry. Thankfully, the boat depart at midnight and 12 hours won’t feel too long. This is my very first ferry ride.  From the entrance, I felt like in the part of Titanic movie: together with Jack Dawson squeezing my self in the middle of the crowded passenger. We managed to get the VIP room, which mean a little bit of comfort. Fan, bed, blanket and water dispenser. But honestly, looking at the appearance, you won’t want to touch them. I’m not sure if they change the bed sheet daily. Putting my self to comfort, I use beach towel to layer the sheet. And by the way… VIP doesn’t mean cockroach free!

Budget vs Luxury and nothing in between

Inside the house & everyday is party day

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Bring The Pride of Authentic Indonesia at World Street Food Congress Singapore

World Street Food Congress - Singapore ( 8-12 April 2015): With Mbak Vivi from Ayam Taliwang Bersaudara & Jeffrey Sie from Gudeg Yu Nap: two Indonesian culinary heroes who amazed the visitors with their striking sambal. And yesss... we got BIG media coverage!

New design done! Now it’s time to pay the debt. The pending blog writing. Yes, it is :p.

One big milestone I’ve done this year. Running an event in Singapore last April.I brought 4 Indonesian’s food hawker with the hope to gain massive exposure in World Street Food Congress. I’m sure you all agree with me, it is time for Indonesian’s culinary to shine and Indonesian be proud of promoting it to the world outside.  Often we criticized our own heritage in a harder way than other people would do.  Do you hear this often: …I’m not sure you’ll like it. It’s too spicy for you! Then when we go to what so called “Indonesian’s authentic restaurant”, we taste the spices is toned down. A quite sad fact. But it’s true.

List of inspiring speaker. We discussed about how to enhance the street food culture all around the world.

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