Tentang Sesuatu

The first impression that crossed my mind: “WHAAATT ???”

I was quite surprised to find that I had only one week to prepare everything. That holiday was a grand prize from a competition that I’ve joined. My feeling was mostly confused instead of happy. To travel far from home without knowing anyone was something new for me. I had to admit there were several trips before but this journey is different, even the ticket and hostel were free, I should arrange my own itinerary. And in one week? Are you kidding me? *take a deep breath* then I sat and smiled. However I must thank God for this chance. I stopped complain and started to prepare myself.

“Just like Bali”

that’s a statement I whispered in my mind. There were a lot of foreigners. The weather was hot and dusty. I didn’t enjoy it at all. I had no intention to stay there any longer. So did my partners. Oh sorry! I haven’t introduce my friends yet, my new friends actually.

The short-hair girl who always wears jumpsuit is Monica from Lampung. In the right is Rasty from Pontianak. She was born naturally with pretty curly hair. You may wonder why all the girls? Simply because this trip is a reward from one big make-up product company, so only girls can join. *Devil smirk*.

We then directly moved our footsteps to Gili Trawangan. People often said that this island was more beautiful than most of Bali beaches. I disagree. This island for me is way much more beautiful. Even long before we have known that Bali is called “Paradise of gods”, don’t we ever dare to look down other place in Indonesia. There are million hidden gems here. We must be thankful, and of course, keep it clean.

Our one week in Lombok was magical. We visited  Gili Air, that has a wonderful snorkeling spot. We also enjoyed sunset in pink beach. If regular poem start with “roses are red, violets are blue”, my kind poem that time was “the sand is pink, the sky is orange”. We also felt a great joy when we arrived at Malimbu Hill. From up there, we could see an amazing scenery.

Every place we visited brings not only happiness but also the warmth to our friendship.

As I told you before, Monica, Rasty, and I were totally strangers at first. We come from different backgrounds and cities. But our passion in travelling unites us. We spent our time and share our own craziness just like best friend did. I think this is one benefit of travelling. We can find a new friend. And who knows, a best friend? Like Rasty and I. Who knows that the little coincidence called fate unite three long lost soul. We there in January 2014 and next month I will go to Pontianak to attend Rasty’s wedding, as a bridesmaid. I couldn’t more happy.

Our trip wasn’t perfect. There we lots of moments that disappoint us. Like when we rent bycycle and paid too much because we totally forgot to bargain (may be we are too excited). Also, when we bought expensive gelato and picked the wrong flavor.

“Curiosity could kill us”

that’s a lesson after eating our macadamia-nut-mix-pineapple-and-mint gelato. The taste was horrible. We were also sad when found out that Monica’s favorite sandal lost because she didn’t put it in proper place. Despite that all, we remain incredibly thankful. We met no bad people, found new friends, witnessed great view of undersea, and tried a lot of amazing new food. We had no regret at all.