Raja Ampat - The Richest Coral Reef on Earth & Indonesia’s Top Liveaboard Diving Destination

On the top of the coral hill

Well.. this is probably the most anticipated post. And this is gonna be the greatest trip I ever had in my entire life. I'm so excited and antusiastic to tell you about amazing Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Perhaps Indonesian people quite familiar with Raja Ampat, an archipelago in western Papua with beautiful beaches, unique cultural and rich of coral reef. But now let me give a detil information about this amazing place that I summarized from many sources on internet. Check it out guys!!

Jayapura - Rio de Jeneiro of Indonesia

Jayapura city view from Base G

Working in the remote area give me more time and opportunity to explore more interesting places. And this time, I want to use my 1 week off day plus 1 day annual leave to travel around Papua (Jayapura and Raja Ampat). My company provide me a free ticket from Sorong to Jakarta once in 2 weeks. Usually my routes is from Sorong to Jakarta via Makassar. But this time, I want to try new route. With the same prices, my company allowed me to reroute my flight from Sorong to Jakarta via Jayapura. This time I'm going to tell you about Jayapura, next post I'm going to tell you about Raja Ampat.

We Live in City that You'll Never See on Screen

View from Yefasim Island

A few weeks ago, I have a chance to visit Yefasim Island, a small island in Seget District, Sorong Regency, western part of West Papua Province. Actually I've been lived across the island, in Kasim, for more than 4 months, but, that time was my first time went to this small island. Yefasim Island located in the southwestern part of Sorong city, about 90 km from the city and only 2 km from Kasim Marine Terminal (KMT).

To be honest, there is no such interested things in this tiny island. But, I'm so excited to explore the new place. So, here is the story. Let me introduce you Pak RPA, Senior Supervisor Security in my office. He asked me if I've ever visited Yefasim Island and I said never, then he planned to visit this tiny island with me after office hours and I agreed. After office hours, we went to KMT, actually KMT is a container terminal, but they also served people who want to across to Yesafim by small boat and we need to pay for one way about IDR 3000/person. It took approximately 10 minutes to arrive at the island.

Apo Kabar Palembang "Kota Internasional"???

Pagoda 9 Lantai di Pulau Kemaro

Dear readers,

Suasana Jakarta benar-benar membuat saya merasa bosan. Nggak tahu kenapa, pokoknya saya perlu ke suatu tempat baru, melihat yang baru dengan suasana baru. Saya sudah memutuskan alternatif yaitu ke daerah yang bisa ditempuh dengan bis, biaya murah, yang penting meninggalkan kebosanan pada Jakarta. Alternatif pertama adalah Lampung, saya sudah hubungi teman lama disana agar bersedia menampung saya. Tapi saya tidak melihat ada tempat menarik. Alternatif berikutnya Banten, saya kontak temen sekantor yang memiliki rumah disana, tapi katanya rumahnya sedang direnovasi sehingga sangat tidak tepat untuk kesana.

Jappa-Jappa (Jalan-Jalan) ke Makassar

Dear Readers!

Setelah menunggu sekian lama, akhirnya Doman terbang juga ke Makassar (beli tiket November 2012 terbang 14 Juni 2013). Menunggu hampir setahun tetapi tidak sia-sia dan tidak mengecewakan. Makassar adalah kota terjauh yang pernah saya tempuh, yaitu 1413 km dari Jakarta atau 2 jam 15 menit naik pesawat (rekor sebelumnya adalah Medan-Jakarta yaitu 1402 km). Rasanya senang sekali akhirnya menambah list pulau yang telah saya jalani di Indonesia (sekarang sudah menjalani Sumatra, Jawa, Madura, Bali, Kalimantan dan Sulawesi).

Saya akan bercerita sedikit perjalanan dari Jakarta. Take off dari Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Pk. 21.35 WIB dan mendarat di Sultan Hasanuddin Intenational Airport Pk. 00.55 WITA. Sengaja mengambil penerbangan malam dengan tujuan dapat memanfaatkan waktu yang cuma 2 hari (Sabtu-Minggu) agar dapat memaksimalkan kunjungan ke Makassar. Sesampainya di bandara, kami langsung dijemput oleh driver yang telah kami sewa untuk mengantarkan kami ke Tanjung Bira.

Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport