Sunday, 19 September 2010

How I conquer the main islands of Indonesia !!!

How I travel to conquer Indonesia :

- Born in Biak, Papua 28th of June 1984

- Move to Sorong, now West Papua in 1990

- Done my first visit to Ambon, Maluku in 1990 with my mother

- Visit the capital city of Papua, Jayapura, all by myself in 1992

- Travel to Merauke, the most eastern edge of Indonesia in 1998. Including the border with Papua New Guinea

- Visit Wamena, Timika, and Kei islands in Maluku during my journey back to Sorong

- Visit Bitung and Manado, North Sulawesi in 1996 during a study tour. Enjoying the hot spring in Tondano Lake and visit Tuanku Imam Bonjol graveyard in Minahasa

- Travel by bus to Gorontalo in 1996 during my visit to Manado

- Regularly back to my village in Makassar, South Sulawesi every year since 1995. Including a travel to Banggai, Central Sulawesi, and enjoying a nice bakso in Ternate, now in North Maluku and in Bau-Bau South East Sulawesi

- Visit Bandaneira and the Belgica Fort, Maluku in 1999 during my journey to Java

- Visit Surabaya, East Java in 1999. First time I stepped my foot on Java Islands

- Visit Jogjakarta, including beatufiul Borobudur temple in 1999 during visit to Java island

- Visit Jakarta for 1 week. First time I stepped my foot on the capital of Indonesia

- Visit Batulicin, South Kalimantan for 1 night in 2003. First time I stepped my foot on Kalimantan Islands

- Visit Naggroe Aceh Darussalam, during tsunami disaster on January 2005. Spent 2 weeks as a volunteer there. First time I stepped my foot on Sumatra iIsland

- Visit Medan and Serdang Bedagai North Sumatra in 2006 during a research with FISIP UI.

- Magnificent travel accross Padang and Bukittingi, West Sumatra. Around Singkarak and Maninjau, visit the Sianok, Lobang Jepang, and the famous home of Bung Hatta for 4 days in 2007.

- Travel across Java Island from Banten, Bandung, Semarang, Jogjakarta, and Surabaya during my study in UI from 2001 - 2007 including visit to 3 World Heritage Sites in Java : Borobudur, Prambanan, and Sangiran

ups ...... I haven't visited the Bali Nusa Tenggara part so .............

- Visit Bali for the first time after Lebaran 2010. Magnificent journey from Kuta to Kintamani. First time I step on Bali Nusa Tenggara.

And that is the story of how I conquer all the main islands of Indonesia !!!!!!!!

Rizki 18092010

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