Trip to Penajam and Batu Kajang - The Caves (Part 1)

waiting for the speedboat to cross over to Penajam 

after 15ish minutes boat ride we arrived in Penajam ^-^ 

waiting for Malik to get the rented car, finally got one for $50 a day excluding the gas... not bad they say 

our first bridge to cross over to go to Goa Tengkorak

Goa Tengkorak a.k.a Skull Cave, miniature of Toraja haha 

pose! 

presenting you... THE SKULLS!

this is how far I'd go near the skulls lol tempted to take them and pose tho :P

self explanatory! 

the second cave we visited was Loyang Cave which was full of vandalism :(

more vandalism :((

we went into the cave and climbed up to the top of the world! :D (still waiting for additional pictures on the climb up) 

this view worths the crazy climb up track

but this was not the way I climbed up hehehe 

my male model, but didn't get the copyright from the camera owner lol notice the copyright mark on the pic :P 

from mountain we went to the river to cool down, kweee!

on our way to hunt for different view of the mountain, with our local driver

you can't imagine how happy I was to dip my feet into the river, so fresh!

Malik was more even thrilled, now you can obviously see this

I was drop dead jealous he could swim, I didn't bring any clothes

to be continued.....

Derawan, Sangalaki, Kakaban island trip - April 2011

Arriving in Juwata Airport Tarakan after one hour flight from Balikpapan, we were chased away by the security guy, apparently we looked harmful while all we wanted was taking pics! 

Backpack and Fedora 

We had half day to spend in Tarakan, we decided to visit Tarakan's Mangrove Conservation, woohoo with Proboscis monkeys too!

Mbak Lili and Tya, we deliver a message here... "Be Careful, the wood path is slippery" :P

Garuda, Indonesia's icon, such gorgeous birds!

The Proboscis monkey, himself! 

Help me up, what kind of bird is this? 

the whole crew ^-^ 

After lunch, the guys went somewhere else, while the girls went nuts in front of the mall lol people shouted at us. None knew us anyway :P 

After midday, it is time to cross over to Derawan Island, attraversiamo! We were waiting for the boat to arrive. 

This is the front part of our boat, turned out that it was a medium sized boat. On our way back to Tarakan we had a small boat, and the science says "the smaller your boat is, the easier it is to be shaken by the waves". And there were some jackpots!

The weather changed so fast, suddenly it rained and then stopped. This is the rainbow that welcomed us in Derawan. 

Everyone jumped off of the boat to take pics on gusung (that lil sand island) 

jump!

sillykweee's jump :P

No we didn't stay at the resort, but it didn't stop us taking picture at the gate :P

At Sangakali island where the sea turtle hatchery was, wicked awesome!   

Me and Tukik (baby sea turtle) 

Hot day, obviously I sweat like a pig lol 

so cute!

swimming in Sangalaki 

I have posted a picture like this before, but this time I took the picture myself baby! Still in Sangalaki 

got drifted away by the current in Sangalaki, still happy lol 

Clearer water in Kakaban Island

jumping into the ancient lake where the jellyfish live

not a Supergirl, you can also swim with the jellyfish ;) 

Going down to the shore after swimming with jellyfish :)

heading back to the motel happy and groovy :D

then we found this huge shell, wings-like.