Been away for almost a week. Literally stranded in many ways. I even loose some weight! (yeah well, the latter was you know... you should go check the truth for yourself :p)
I like traveling and enjoy the art of getting lost. It's just that, now, I realized, I worship the life I had. I could bitch all day about the traffic, and then God said: enjoy the show, girl! And God just took all the streets and the proper vehicle. Mate, that is something not to look forward to on any trip!
Let me tell you a story of the traveling pants. I took off from Cengkareng at 01.30 AM (yes, AM! grrr...) on Monday and arrived at Domine Eduardo Osok airport at 09.00 AM local time. Woohoo! The DEO airport is more like... how to describe it... a barn. I wouldn't be surprised if the plane could not land because there are boar in the runway. Or, the pilot might just say "Let's just hit the boar, and held a feast!". Mehh.
That's not it. Who says Papua is bloody hot?! Hng... when I landed at DEO it was raining. The locals said they haven't seen sunlight for two days. A good sign? Might be, if I was planning to stay in bed for the next 4 days. NOT.
The thing is, I have to catch a boat at the local dock to go to the place I have to be. Every single day, there are 2 boats, the slow boat and speed boat to head off to the island. At exactly 2 PM local time, the boat would leave the boat. So, bye-bye to all of you on late arrival. You could all come back tomorrow. :p
I took the speed one, and spend around 2 hours at the sea. The locals said, it's the southern wind season, so the tide's high and it's cloudy all day. Great...
I arrived at Waisai port around 4 PM local time. so, it's around 15 hours of trip just to be in Waisai! At the time, I can't even feel my legs. Fortunately, I got a great motel to stay. So I spend the rest of the day sleeping. :D
I spend 3 days on the island, exploring it. Kabupaten Raja Ampat is... 8 years old. The main street was around 10 KM, and that was it :|. The road were soils and gravels covered in creeper plants. Tried to ask the driver, were there any wild life in the bushes. The driver replied: snakes. Okay, windows up! Fasten seatbelt! I did saw an eagle flew on one of my trip.
I'll tell you about the trips on the island on another post (if I ever remember). Again, to come back to Jakarta I have to spend around 15 more hours. My butt... ouch.
The thing is, my life is an entire chaos. After I landed in Jekarrrrdaaaahhhh... I have to head to Bandung immediately. Not that I complain, but I really do miss my bed. But then, my cousin's wedding was a pay off. He finally got married! :D The cousin who picked me up in the beginning of my Bandung part of life!
So here I am, awake after spending like 4 hours of straight sleep. *yawn*
And tomorrow's monday. Another office hour! yay! *taking pillow to the office tomorrow*
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TiQi Bo
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