A Glimpse of Grajagan

My off-the-(blog)-record life in these past 3 years were happen in Banyuwangi. Never thought that I'll be staying there for a quite long time and finally tied my knot to "the one" here. 

Well, surprisingly this easternmost town in Java was not that boring. It has many tourist attractions, mostly natural and adventure place. The number keeps growing as the quality and the access, too. One of them - my favourite one- is Grajagan Beach. The pictures I share is not exactly located in the Grajagan Beach. I had to go to some kind of fisherman's village in the southern side of the real Grajagan Beach and took a little boat-sailing to get to the prettier beach. In Google Maps, I guess it's the beach named Coko. 

It was around 7 in the morning when the fishermen was just came and docked, bringing kilos (or probably tons) of fish. People were filling up their pails and basket with fishes.

After took a quick sightseeing while waiting for our boat ready, we sail a little to the land separated from the beach with a breathtaking view. 

It was dry season. From the land, we could see dried forest on the hills up above the rock and the sea. The colour matched the sand, while the blue sea looks like an oasis.

Something that made this place special is the "sand". The real sand covered by zillions of seashells, so you'll feel a little tingling sensation when stepping on it.

I can't write longer about my journey because I ain't good at remembering details and also, this trip were taken on September 2015 which is two and a half years ago! Basically I took pictures (a lot of pictures) to help me keep my memory. So, I hope these pictures tell more to you than I could.

See you soon!

Bromo, from first-timer perspective

... who climbed the hill too early, shivered by the mountain wind, back to the car, fell asleep, ended up too tired to wake up at sunrise, and no jeep-adventuring at all.

Sejak memasuki jalanan area Bromo di malam hari, mobil kami sempat beberapa kali diberhentikan oleh segerombolan (yang sepertinya, sih) penduduk sekitar. Mereka semua mencoba menawarkan sewa Jeep. Karena waktu itu adalah kali kesekian Rizal naik Bromo, kami memutuskan untuk jalan terus dan tidak menghiraukan tawaran-tawaran itu.

Di salah satu gerombolan, ternyata bukan cuma Jeep saja yang ditawarkan. Salah satu dari mereka menawarkan diri untuk menjadi guide sampai ke bukit tempat menyaksikan matahari terbit dengan biaya sekitar IDR 250ribu. Tentu saja, kami tidak menghiraukannya. Mantra kami hanya "in Google Maps we trust", di samping memang Rizal sempat beberapa kali ke sana dan yakin kalau bukit yang dimaksud sebetulnya tidak jauh-jauh amat.

Sate Klathak Pangestu (review)

Masih dari liburan tahun baru di Jogja 2 minggu lalu, sepulang sarapan di Cengkir Heritage Coffee and Resto, kami sekeluarga randomly main ke Museum Gunung Merapi. Ternyata di jalan masuk yang sama dengan museum, ada tempat wisata yang lumayan baru yaitu Merapi Park - The World Landmark. Selain karena aku dan keluarga ngga suka selfie, kondisi yang super duper ramai saat libur tahun baru bukan waktu yang tepat untuk kita-kita yang ingin mampir karena sekedar ingin tahu.

Museum Gunung Merapi sendiri terhitung sangat lengkap. Ada ruang pamer khusus yang menampilka dapur dan beranda rumah yang terdampak letusan Gn. Merapi tahun 2010 yang dimuseumkan (lengkap dengan debu-debunya), ada informasi tentang gunung berapi di Indonesia dan dunia yang disertai peraga, infografis tentang edukasi bahaya erupsi dan cara menghindarinya, sampai informasi tentang becana lain seperti gempa bumi dan tsunami. Kalau belum puas dengan informasi-informasi yang ditampilkan, bisa juga nonton film dokumenter berdurasi sekitar 15-20 menit berjudul Mahaguru Merapi yang diputar di ruang audiovisual. Tiket masuk museum dan nonton filmnya murah, masing-masing hanya IDR 5.000 untuk wisatawan domestik dan IDR 10.000 untuk wisatawan mancanegara. Meskipun lengkap, namun sayang sekali museum ini kurang terawat. Plafonnya banyak yang jebol, beberapa bagian tembok lembab, lantainya tampak kurang kinclong, dan beberapa peraga tidak berfungsi.

Cengkir Heritage Resto and Coffee (review)

Setelah kurang lebih tiga tahun selalu "jaga kandang" selama peak season, akhirnya pergantian tahun 2018 kemarin aku berhasil mudik dan menikmati long weekend di rumah Jogja. Kalau ditanya tempat yang asik untuk menghabiskan malam tahun baru di Jogja, aku sejujurnya nggak ngerti karena memang tradisi aku dan sahabat-sahabatku selalu sama sejak lulus SMA: sleepover dan BBQ-an di rumah salah satu diantara kami yang letaknya di desa atau di pegunungan. Jadi, sebetulnya pulang kemarin pun nggak jelas juga mau kemana, wong selama jadi orang Jogja malah ngendon aja di rumah pas long weekend.

Karena nggak punya agenda yang jelas selain leha-leha di rumah, orang tuaku mengajak sarapan di tempat tradisional tapi kekinian. Nah lo, tradisional tapi kekinian. Gimana tuh? Ya, namanya Cengkir Heritage Resto and Coffee. Berada di daerah utara, lebih tepatnya di Jalan Sumberan II (utara Jalan Damai), meskipun namanya 'keminggris' dan kekinian, namun percayalah, makanan yang disajikan sangat amat ndeso.



Di piring saya : nasi merah, oseng-oseng genjer, tempe kuah santan (ngga tau namanya apa, 'jangan tempe'?), dan ikan pindang.

A Late Post About An Escape

I was escaping a rehearsal for a concert held on the next week. I was both player and committees. How bad was that. Anyway. 

It's good sometimes, to get your phone off or signal lost for a whole day. Go to the beach or highlands. No disruption. Just you with your friend, enjoying your me-time, getting your periodic-body-maintenance, or whatsoever you call it. Go get some refreshment, filling your lungs with fresh air, free your mind, laugh, shout, everything makes you happy.

I mean, come on. Money is not everything. You're gonna be in a serious trouble if you're working hard to earn money you think you could allocate them for something you do really like but you don't even have time to spend it for things make you happy. (Nah, I should note this for my self too)

Live your life fully. 

Cheers!

Indrayanti

A cloudy afternoon, windy evening, lovely day. 

Beach never gets me bored. 

When will we meet again?

05.18.12

Sawasdee Khap, Bangkok!

This is another series of my Thailand trip pictures. Taken in some places; Grand Palace, temple along the street-side, Chatuchak Market, and Khaosan Road. These are just a very few pictures of them. 

 

 

FDJ on Chatuchak Market

Groceries-man on Khaosan Road

These two are my fave picts.

Lotus

The Goddess

Khop khun khap, Bangkok!
And khop khun khap, Lana for helping me picked some tones in several pictures.