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Ciwidey, West Java

We, five of us, set off from Jakarta very late last Friday night, right about midnight. After 2 hours of driving including a break at Cikampek toll road rest area, we finally arrived at Bandung to pick up some other friends who had already arrived at Bandung earlier. With only a short resting, we headed to Ciwidey directly. The sky was so bright, stars were sparkling. We didn’t wanna miss the clear blue morning sky at Ciwidey…

Arriving at Ciwidey around 05:30 am, the weather, the sky, everything seems so perfect for us to take some shots. But exhausted body seemed to influent the brain. It knocked our head really bad til we couldn’t even think of what kind of pictures we wanted to compose using our camera.

The lesson to learn: get enough rest before you go photo hunting…

Base-G beach at Jayapura

It was over the weekend…

I went for a trip to Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, 1 hour flight from Timika where I currently reside. I’ve never been at Jayapura before, so it was a good chance for me to explore the city and its surrounding area, even though I only had 1 and half days to do that, because by Sunday morning I had to depart early to the airport, flying back to Timika…

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Snorkeling at Raja Ampat...

Snorkeling at Raja Ampat…

Raja Ampat is located off the northwest tip of Bird’s Head peninsula on the island of Papua, in Indonesia’s West Papua province. It is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands and cays surrounding the four main islands: Misool, Waigeo, Salawati, and Batanta. This region is widely renowned for its rich marine biodiversity – the richest recorded on earth. Scientist, divers, tourists, have been visiting the region. Doing various activities, from a highly sophisticated research about the marine biodiversity to simply enjoy the beauty of Raja Ampat, both above and under water.

We had been planning this trip for quite a while. The date and the list of participants had been changing for – I don’t know for how many times already. But I kept it in my mind that I had to join the trip. This place is one out of numbers of places in Indonesia that I have put in my destination wish list, a place that I want to visit at least once. One of the reasons is because I wanted to take pictures. Not thinking of underwater activities or photography. Well, at least not yet…

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