Belitung Trip October 2011

AHOY!

Yay we arrived at the... ummm what-a-hard-name-to-remember airport!

I suspect this was after dinner, first night 

Going up and down 96 stairs for few days was awesome!
But had to do that cos the restaurant with amaaaaaazing food was up there.
Don't forget to order ice jeruk kunci, cold sweet lime drink 

Our $25 cottage was wonderful! Its called Bukit Berahu in Tanjung Binga.
Forever thankful to a couchsurfer who recommended it 

This is our cottage's front yard ;)

Cooperated Levitation >.<
Tanjung Kelayang Beach

The Swag

Loon (a nick name I gave her) is my fave person 

Loon is the bestest in making cute funny face
Starting our island hopping by torturing Patricks! 

There we were... arriving at Lengkuas island. This is the main attraction of the island hopping in Belitung.

Human scale :P

That was a tall tower we climbed up 

Dutch's "left-over" :P 

Yes, it was a prison

Looking out from the window, grasping for air too... its pretty hot inside 

Precious!

The lighthouse's light, wish we could be there at night and see how it works (if it still works). You could actually spend a night at the island and rent one of the creepy rooms. You know, OLD.
We should have pics of them somewhere. 

You can't help but to love this person, right? I heart you!
Pulau Burung a.k.a Bird Island, called so due to the shape of the rocks which look like  bird 

Finally the fantastic four (read: we had someone forced to be a photographer! Our boatman hehe) 

Neat spot to rest

Gross bisou de moi :D

Tanjung Tinggi beach 

My fave silly faces!

As if... right? :P 

Citra, the mostly-behind-the-scene girl 

Ballerina, Kung Fu Panda and Yogi 

Kissing the rock for Ruci who couldn't come along *grins* 

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Vietnam Plan 2013

I believe in "things will fall into their place" so coincidences are meant to be. You just don't know yet.

One day when I was hanging out with couchsurfers, my attention was drawn to the plan of two of them to go to Halong Bay. Little that I knew where that was. This is what I love about hanging out with them, you got to know new things, new places and new people. Vietnam, that's where Halong Bay is. I said to them I was interested in joining in.

So we tried to book the tickets on the spot through Airasia website, we planned to go via KL to Hanoi. The tickets were $90 return, that's the promotion ticket. Good news, I got that price. Bad news, the others didn't. Worse, later on they changed their mind about going.

I was kinda worried about have to go alone. But along with time and happenings, I become eager to start my solo trip. It is a bit risky to start with abroad trip to a country where not most of the locals speak English. But I am sure there are lots of couchsurfers and backpackers to support me :)

So right now I am super excited to prepare myself. This is my own adventure #1! Still need to get round tickets Balikpapan to KL tho, I am waiting for Airasia to lower down the price *crossing my fingers* or anyone wants to donate? Haha

Oh additional bad news, June, the picked date by my friends, is the monsoon season (what are the chances), a bad time to have a boat cruise to Halong Bay. Of course I didn't know this, right?!!

Anyway, that shouldn't stop me. There are alternatives and there is raincoat. Alternatively I will go to Sa Pa as my friend recommends, 8 hours away from Hanoi by train.

I'm excited about everything! Wish me luck! June is still months, I know :P