The thousand islands
Dear blog,
Today i would like to tell story about my journey to the thousand islands (Pramuka Island and Tidung Island) in one day... What an exhausted day!!
I went on Wednesday, with my coworkers.. This was our survey to the both island for the outing that will be held by my company on the next month. Due to my Big Boss will be coming too, so we need to make sure everything going well there. So first thing we need to survey of the home stay where we live and the condition whether is clean or not clean, the foods, and the activity during the outing example: snorkeling, visiting the turtle breeding, banana boat, etc. All the things for the outing need to be assured good. Why? well, this is the first time of my company held the outing, and the management in Malaysia want everything is going safety, no one staff will get hurt there.
And we established the surveyor team to check all the things out to be needed there. We were 4 persons included the 2 HR, 1 of the show organizer committee and 1 of the documentation committee to take pictures all the things to be shown to the management here. With the Event Organizer that we have contacted already, we deal to meet at the Marina's dock. We went from Marina Ancol with Kerapu Ferry.. Kerapu Ferry was like the ferry that can be filled roughly 25 people. With the price IDR 32.000 per/person we could reach the Pramuka Island in about 2 hours.
Oh ya,, Actually we have 2 EO that has been contacted that day. One at the Pramuka Island and one at the Tidung Island. We contacted the both of this EO due to there are a lot of suggests form the employees about the best one between this two islands. So that we can compare between them...
When we arrived at the dock of Pramuka Island, all we see is the homes of the Pramuka Island's citizen.. There were the government office, schools, the football field. It was very DAMN HOT!! Thanks god i have the sunblock..
I was not much see the long beach there except the beach near its dock. My first impression was this island is fully of the coral reefs. When the EO brought us to the some of home stays all the thing we see is the home that really near each other with the footpath in front of them. Yes, the home stay was looked like my dorm room when i was college hahaha.. but the different is each other could be filled 10 person, there were 6 persons, and many more. Commonly the home stay was in the middle of the Island. But there were 2 home stay were in the border of the island, so that we can see the sea without the beach exactly, that was the point why i don't prefer this island. And also there were much rubbish, it was bloody hell smelly and really bothered my eyes.. Euuuh!! Disgusting..
This EO offer us the price if we use it: IDR 350.000/pack. We roughly have about 97 staffs.. Well, if my boss doesn't cut the very minimum of budget, we will choose the other island that better with its cottage and good view.. So that we should find the cheap island (sucks! :P). Before we leave, we did the negotiation with the EO, and he promise will give us the low price of it..
After the EO shown us the home stay and took us the places that we probably could do the activity during the outing, like futsal field, batminton field, the place for the barbeque, etc. we decided to go to the Tidung Island.
It was almost eleven o'clock. We have to arrive at Tidung Island before 2 pm. Because there were not Krapu Ferry after 2 pm from Tidung Island.. So we walked fast to the dock and find out the ferry to be rent. But there weren't the ferry to the Tidung Island.. It was only the fishing boat that was made up from the wood. It was IDR 250.000. (What a very expensive price for the wooden fishing boat). The fisher didn't want to give us the lower price, ok then we didn't want to waste the time then we deal of it. He said it was only about a half hour till 1 hour to reach Tidung Island.
Ok.. so we use the fishing boat. And say bismillah first.. And we left the island. We through some of islands like Air Island, Payung Island, and some more i forgot the name.. It was so beautiful and exotic.. There were still fully of the plants of the Island, and have the long beach that i saw from the distances, here are the pictures:
Today i would like to tell story about my journey to the thousand islands (Pramuka Island and Tidung Island) in one day... What an exhausted day!!
I went on Wednesday, with my coworkers.. This was our survey to the both island for the outing that will be held by my company on the next month. Due to my Big Boss will be coming too, so we need to make sure everything going well there. So first thing we need to survey of the home stay where we live and the condition whether is clean or not clean, the foods, and the activity during the outing example: snorkeling, visiting the turtle breeding, banana boat, etc. All the things for the outing need to be assured good. Why? well, this is the first time of my company held the outing, and the management in Malaysia want everything is going safety, no one staff will get hurt there.
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| This is the Krapu Ferry at Marina Ancol |
Oh ya,, Actually we have 2 EO that has been contacted that day. One at the Pramuka Island and one at the Tidung Island. We contacted the both of this EO due to there are a lot of suggests form the employees about the best one between this two islands. So that we can compare between them...
When we arrived at the dock of Pramuka Island, all we see is the homes of the Pramuka Island's citizen.. There were the government office, schools, the football field. It was very DAMN HOT!! Thanks god i have the sunblock..
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| The beach nearby from the dock |
This EO offer us the price if we use it: IDR 350.000/pack. We roughly have about 97 staffs.. Well, if my boss doesn't cut the very minimum of budget, we will choose the other island that better with its cottage and good view.. So that we should find the cheap island (sucks! :P). Before we leave, we did the negotiation with the EO, and he promise will give us the low price of it..
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| The wooden fishing boat |
After the EO shown us the home stay and took us the places that we probably could do the activity during the outing, like futsal field, batminton field, the place for the barbeque, etc. we decided to go to the Tidung Island.
It was almost eleven o'clock. We have to arrive at Tidung Island before 2 pm. Because there were not Krapu Ferry after 2 pm from Tidung Island.. So we walked fast to the dock and find out the ferry to be rent. But there weren't the ferry to the Tidung Island.. It was only the fishing boat that was made up from the wood. It was IDR 250.000. (What a very expensive price for the wooden fishing boat). The fisher didn't want to give us the lower price, ok then we didn't want to waste the time then we deal of it. He said it was only about a half hour till 1 hour to reach Tidung Island.
Ok.. so we use the fishing boat. And say bismillah first.. And we left the island. We through some of islands like Air Island, Payung Island, and some more i forgot the name.. It was so beautiful and exotic.. There were still fully of the plants of the Island, and have the long beach that i saw from the distances, here are the pictures:
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| We was leaving the Pramuka Island |
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| Payung Island and Air Island with the green sea at the near beach, so beautiful!! We were about to through of the between of this two island |
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| Payung Island with the shallow sea water from the right side |
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| The Air Island from our left side |
We like in the arizona river.. like in the film, where we through of between the two island that really close each other and having the green sea color and shallow sea water..
And then we entered the high sea with the billow..
My friend Rendi who has fat body, we asked him to sit at the middle of the boat. So that if there were the billow we could hold at him and if the boat drown we weren't sink to the sea, hahaha it was our job.. Anyway we realized that we didn't have the safety jacket while we already at the high sea.. My God..!! So every there were the billow and shacked our boat we hold the Rendi's arm.. :p
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| Me with the team.. Rendi the fat one sat at middle of the boat.. and Tabita at the front, and Pak Aan who took the picture |
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| The high sea, and leaving the Air and the Payung Islands, look at the color of the sea water.. It is blue, it was mean we ride into the deeper sea, WOHOOO!! |
Next, We only saw the blue sea.. there were not the Island seen from our boat.. And the next 1 hour we still at the sea.. We almost worry because we didn't reach yet but the sea were going high and billow everytime..
And after 2 hours we finally arrived, and it was at 1.30 pm which mean we only have a half hour to surrounding the places. We met the EO then we decided to visit the home stays. We visited the home stay that nearby the beach.. and we got into in the home, we directly agree of it.. besides it was new home and also clean. My impression was the Tidung Island cleaner than Pramuka and has the long beach... But i don't sure yet, because we didn't the other side of beach because we have to go back to the dock to get back to Marina soon at 2 pm. So we only visited some of home stays. But Tabita assure us that the home stay are so clean and Tidung has the good view when sunrise.. And it's compatible with price.. It's cheaper than Pramuka, per pack is IDR 260.000 with the same activity with the Pramuka Island have. Except the Turtle Breeding. Tidung has the LOVE BRIDGE, it's the famous from the Tidung Island. The bridge is connecting the small Tidung and Big Tidung. The small Tidung has the rarely home of citizen but having the long beach so we can play the sport beach there.
After visited some of home stay and took the pictures of them, we bought the ticket of Krapu Ferry to the Marina dock. And we left the Tidung Island.. While at the Krapu i just slept, got very sleepy eyes.. Than we arrived at Marina at 3.30 pm.. Then picked up by our driver.. Huffh.. What a Exhausted Journey in one day!!
Next, we will discuss which place we choose for the outing with the management.. but personally i preferable to Tidung Island :)
-Cheaper
-Having the long beach
-Cleaner than Pramuka Island (as my vision)
-There are the "Love Bridge", i think it's the plus point :)
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ohh thats pretty nice place. is it recommended for honeymoon? as you say this bloody rubiest and smelly. hihi like picture in the boat