Backpacking to Thousand Islands ? Off course. We were so brave to do this. We didn't do any booking to a travel agent before. The charge was quite high. And we had to save our money. So, we did it.
It was 5.30 am when we reached Pelabuhan Muara Karang or Muara Karang Port on Saturday morning. We stayed in our friend place the night before, as we needed to get there together. We passed through fish auction place. So, stink and dirty. Even the concrete pier was so tarnish. Local government need to upgrade this area.
We got our Phinisi boat or traditional wooden boat. We - 10 pax - sat on the lower place. At the back of the boat - we regretted later on. We dealt with the smell of diesel. The boat was around 20 meter long and 4 meter wide. Due to, on upper place, we have to bow our body. We couldn't stand and the toilet was on the lower place. By 7 am, the captain started the engine and queue to leave the port. We paid Rp. 30.000/pax. Actually, the fee was Rp. 33.000,- (Rp. 30.000 for boat and Rp. 3.000 for insurance), but we bargained. As we were 10 pax. What a lovely bargain.
Lots of people on the boat. And the weather started hot. On the way to Tidung, we passed through some islands. If the air at the port was polluted, now the air was getting clean and fresh. The wave was quite high. Lucky me, I have no problem with seasick. Some of my friends ate medicine and got sleep.
Nearly 10 am, we reached Tidung island pier. We started to look for the rent house. But all full booked already by travel agent. We didn't desperate. We still walked and walked. Until an old man came to us and offered us to look for a house for us. What a nice old man. But he failed to find one place for us. It's OK. Thanks for his help.
We decided to have our breakfast by having meat ball and noodle.While we had our "bakso", a lady on motorcycle approached us. She said her cousin had a house with 3 rooms and the price was Rp. 500.000 / night. We finished our breakfast and followed. After we saw the house, we rented the house for a night. The house was so big. The shower room and toilet were separated. Got kitchen without stove and a water wells at the back without cover. All bedrooms got fan and the only AC provided at living room. And a big screen of TV.
All of us took shower and after that we slept. We were very so less sleep. Our body was so tired and screamed for rest. By 3 pm, we woke up and decided to see this island.
This island was so small. Smaller than my housing complex. Local people already get used to with visitor from Jakarta. They are Jakartan. But they were living on this small island, not like us living on main island in Indonesia. They were so nice and so welcome to us.
On this island, we can hire a bicycle by paying Rp. 15.000 - Rp. 20.000 for 24 hours. But all bikes were rented already. Anyway, before rent a bike, need to check the bike. As the condition of bike wasn't good.
In Tidung island, you can find local hospital, a high school, office of religious affairs, fishery and local government office and even cemetary. Quite complete
We walked to Love Bridge area. Yes, I saw the famous love bridge. There was a local belief, if you jumped from the bridge by 7 times, your pray will be answered. Believe or not. Me, I just don't believe it. Lots of people over there. Some of them were jumped from the bridge. Lots of activities were offered by local people. Like canoeing, banana boat, jet ski or rent a traditional boat to see some islands near Tidung island.
I just passed out the love bridge. This bridge connected between Big Tidung island and Little Tidung island. The length of this bridge was around 800 meter. Not that long. The bridge was still under renovation. Some woods got rotten. So, we have to be more careful. Anyway, I loved to explore new thing by myself.
Another belief on this bridge, if you and your partner walked on this bridge return, hopefully both of you will have a long lasting relationship. What a belief. Believe it or not.
The water near Little Tidung island was more clearer than on Big Tidung island. Maybe lots of mangrove grew on the seaside. Needed to walk another 10 minutes to reach the middle of the island. In the middle of the island, there was an old building belong to fishery affairs department. But it didn't care well. Too bad, actually the building was liked a small hostel for youngster.
I was hungry again and there was a small food stall there. I ordered instant noodle and coconut water. I asked the guy to take the fresh one from the tree. Very fresh. Lots of youngster came to this area too. Not so many people came to this place, as liked a sacred place. But, some youngsters were doing camping. Off course, they already prepared well for everything. Especially, relate with water for cook, shower, pee and even poo. Me and friends spent around 2 hours in this place. We went back to Big Tidung island when its got dark.
There was a funny story when we bought juice from local food stall. A guy just stood near us. He was just laughing and always smile all the times. The lady - owner juice stall - told us not to be afraid of him. The guy was a nice guy eventhough he got mental illness. He just wanted to get free cigarette from us. After we gave him some cigarettes, he left us.
On Big Tidung island, you will find "bentor" or becak motorcycle. Combination from a motor with a becak. Lots of motors on this island. It's better if motor or bentor didn't allow on this island or even other small. It may pollute the air. Local government need to work together with local people on how to deal with trashes. Lots of trash had been thrown by local people and visitor without good handling.
At night after we finished our shower time. We just bought cooked rice from our next food stall. And we asked her to fried our sausages and eggs. We ate like crazy. The plates were so clean and nothing left on it. A very high togetherness from us.
At around 10 pm, I woke up and I didn't find one of my friend. I was in the room before. I was so panic and I thought she fell down inside the water wells. As I found her cellphone was charged near it. And no one knew it where she was. In sudden, she showed up from outside. She said she met somebody outside and talked about the price for having snorkeling and renting a local boat for sailing. What a case. Anyway, we didn't plan for it. As we didn't want to spend more money. We had tight budget policy.
The next morning, we only had our instant noodle again for our breakfast. It's all right, the taste was so delicious. We decided to rent a bicycle for Rp. 10.000 and had banana boat by paying Rp. 25.000 per pax. It was fun. And not so many people on the shore that morning. We didn't realize with the time. As we needed to get the boat back to Jakarta at 1 pm. We were in rush to get back to the house and returned the bicycle.
I got the ticket but not all my friends arrived at the pier yet. Due to, the gate already closed and I didn't want to get the boat at 3 pm. I told gate keeper that I must get inside the boat right away. He allowed us to get in. The captain stopped us as he would leave the pier. I told him that we were only 10 people. So, he allowed us. While other people saw us from behind the fence. What a trick to get in. Yeah
The trip took almost 4 hours. As, the weather wasn't really good and high wave too. But it's OK, as long as we were on the boat. I saw many tired faces on the boat. I was so happy to get this trip. I only spent less than Rp. 200.000. It much cheaper than I have to pay to travel agent. Nearly 5 pm, we reached Muara Karang Port again. The stink came to my nose again.
Our first trip to Tidung island was OK. Eventhough we didn't plan it well before. At least, we showed by minimal money we could have a memorable trip. Especially on Saturday night story.
Lovely trip
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