Beras Basah - East Kalimantan

2009, Beras Basah - East Kalimantan Indonesia. 

On our way to the little island of Beras Basah, few hours boat ride from Bontang, we along the way saw massive boats like this one. I think its cool.

Wonder why in this picture the day seemed to be stormy, but it was a sun shining day. And this is just half of the little island. We can see the remaining lighthouse there.

The man wasn't part of the group, I went to Beras Basah with people from HIV/AIDS NGO and Environment NGO totally not related to work. Beras Basah was picked cos it was close to one of the offices of the NGOs and it was under the Environment NGO's watch. 

Me and my huge bag, I'm a fan of all-can-jump-in bag. 

We finally found the way to the used-to-be lighthouse. Do you think it's haunted?

Looking up the tower, see near by the lighthouse there is a solar panel which we climbed to and posed there as if we owned the island hehe but the pictures aren't so pretty.

It was a planned trip to an island yes, and why we swam wearing clothes? That is because we are Indonesian, rarely you can see us swimming at the sea wearing swimming suit. Weird as we are. Leave alone wearing bikinis. I was wearing one under my tshirt tho :P 

See the clear water. Right after this we moved to the other side of the island and snorkeled. It was such a pretty sight down there. How I wished I had waterproof camera to capture the gorgeous fishes in metallic blue and clown fish and starfish and ... and... It was my first time so pardon the excitement. 

The mangrove trees, one of the reasons our ecosystem is still running. Its super pretty too! My kind of green. 

My attempt to get tan although I don't have to try so hard. I'm Javanese, was born with tan and can never ever erase it.