2. Belitung (1)
Why part 2a? Because I love love love loveee Belitung! This 2012
year I also went twice to Belitung and I still want to go there again!
The 1st time was in late Feb 2012, and again, I went
with a group of (almost the same) Docents and college students from Bandung.
Similar with what happen during my trip to Lombok in end of Jan 2012, this
Belitung trip also a bit ruined because of the rain. Nevertheless, it was still
so beautiful even on a rainy day.
I went there using Batavia
afternoon flight and it was delayed one hour (sigh) and went back using
Sriwijaya morning flight as I have to went directly to office (poor me). The
cost was less than RP 1 million and I booked it only 2 days before leaving.
There are only 2 airlines served this destination: Batavia and Sriwijaya.
Sometimes they put higher price for far away travel date, but it was also a
gamble to booked an air ticket just a few days before (but from my experience
just for this Belitung, usually cheaper). Oh, please take cautions, the airport to Belitung is Tanjung Pandan. Don't go to Pangkal Pinang as it is in Bangka (neighbor island) or even to Tanjung Pinang (as it is in Riau Island).
We stayed in a 2 stars hotel called Martani Hotel. This is
really an old hotel (we called it a 70-an hotel). The room is very basic and it
doesn’t even have any water heater. Fortunately it got air conditioner. Psst…the
sizes of the rooms are not even, so guest may end up in a big room or a small
room; all in one price. The standard room was Rp 200.000/night.
We booked a group tour as in Belitung, it is quite difficult to go alone, especially for island hopping. The boat rent for 1 day island hopping is around Rp 400 - 500.000 and it is not included any snorkeling gears. To go around the Belitung island, there is no motorcycle rental available, only car rental. The tour price for 3d2n usually goes around Rp 900.000 - Rp 1.200.000; and it is depend on the type of the hotel.
The itinerary was like
this:
Day 1 : Tanjung Tinggi (beautiful rocky beach which is famous for
the shooting place of "Laskar Pelangi" movie. The rocks in that beach are seriously HUGE). Second destination was Tanjung Kelayang (a
port where we would go for island hopping in the next day) and end up at Tanjung Pendam to see the sunset (and it was one of the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen).
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| Laskar Pelangi sign at Tanjung Tinggi |
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| Bright afternoon after raining |
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| Laskar Pelangi wannabe |
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| That rock is quite small compared to others |
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| Such a huge rock |
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| Welcome to Belitong at Tanjung Kelayang |
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| Watch Post at Tanjung Kelayang |
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| Before sunset at Tanjung Pendam |
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| Sunset at Tanjung Pendam |
Day 2 : Island hopping, visited 2 islands, 1st was Lengkuas
island which is famous with its light house and 2nd was Burong
Island, where tourist usually went there for lunch. We also had snorkeling
around Lengkuas island. Because of the rain, I couldn’t take some picture in
Burong Island, But don't worry, in my next trip, that island will be captured
properly.
At the Lengkuas Island, I didn't went to the top of the light house, too lazy to climb more than 100 stairs.
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| Crystal Clear Water and Blue Sky (albeit cloudy) |
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| On the way to Lengkuas Island |
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| Lengkuas Island |
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| Cloudy Day |
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| Jumpy juump.... |
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| Natural frame at Lengkuas Island |
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| The famous light house at Lengkuas Island |
On the way home to Tanjung Pandan, we went to a tiny bity island that only can be visited during low tide. It is called Pulau Pasir. In here, we can hunt big starfish, just like these babies below.
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| Star fishes at Pulau Pasir |
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| Tiny island in the middle of the sea |
Day 3 : I had to went home
earlier because of my job (really s*ck), the others were went to East Belitong,
to see the location of “Laskar Pelangi” shooting place, including the
elementary school and Burung Mandi beach.
That was why, I really excited to went there again in the couple next months :)
