Many
wanted to visit Bali, as I wanted too. Travellers speak and write their
experiences in their blogs and videos how exciting the views, beaches and other
ruins and remnants of the ancient belief of Hinduism and how affordable the
food are.
Tourists
are different than travellers, they speak how they spent their money eating at
any fast food and drinking at any expensive coffee shops and shopping for
branded garments. Different stories can be read about travellers and tourists.
Help me to find the differences between the two, if you have the idea.
When
I searched in the internet, the very popular food there is the Ayam Betutu Khas
Gilimanuk. Do not ask me about the cost just prepare your thousands. The most
popular that people used to visit here are Monkey Park, Gunung Kawi (Similar to
Langkawi in name). I cannot speak much about it until to see it personally.
Forget
about Bali; let’s see what is found in the Surabaya. By just reading something
about Surabaya in many blogs, it is known to be the second largest city in
Indonesia, the second capital after Jakarta. My friend told that they wanted to
visit Mount Bromo.
It
is really interesting to mountaineering but I can no longer do it for it now as
I used to do it during college days, this is especially knap-sacking: putting
many things inside the bag. My back cannot resist. So no backpacking but single-side-shoulder
packing as put my bag only in left or right shoulder. I am also familiar about
Surabaya in a name, labelled in any cigarettes coming from this city. Also found
here is one of the Wali Songo, Sunan Ampel said to be near Kampung Arab.
I
supposed is going to visit Malang and Solo, but the time is not cooperating. I
only encounter the name Solo when I was researching about Sulu. Solo and Sulu
seems similar. I prepare to visit Jogjakarta as I have known it many years ago
from my Indonesian friend I met in Thailand in 2007. He was studying in UGM,
Universitas Gadjah Mada. Gadjah Mada was the one that pledged to unite the “Malay
Archipelago” he called “Nusantara” in his Sumpah Palapa (Spices Oath).
Near
Jalan Purwodiningratan in Jogjakarta, the tricycles known as Becak are going
back and forth, also the horse-carriage called Andung. These traditional transportation modes are best to ride to mutar- mutar or keliling keliling, for short roaming around
the city. Bicycle for rent is also available, but I do not know the price. It is
known as Sepeda.
Let’s
stop talking senseless here; I have the tips to those who wanted to travel light
and hassle-free as knapsacker and backpacker. I do not know if you find this
useful. My tip as traveller for one week in different places and sites is to
prepare:
1. 1
Knapsack (Medium)
2. 1
Pants
3. 1
Short pants
4. 3
Shirts
5. 1
Sarung for prayer
6. Toiletries
not cosmetics
7. Extra
plastic bags (preparation for anything you got in the travel)
8. Change
your currency prior to your travel to country’s destination (better keep dinar
and dirham).
Next time if you
want to join me prepares your rope and stick, I will ask you to please “Welcome Aboard”
to prepare the Sulu Sail with the Sulu Pirate as not a tourist but a traveller and
a sailor. To cut the story short: Indonesians are genuinely and generally
polite and hospitable. And be reminded that every place in the world, the
vendors are full of perseverance to let you buy their products, as in Indonesian
vendors do, in every tourist sites.
Of course one of
the best to support is the street artists in Malioboro Street who sing, play musical instruments
and draw your portrait while eating for 20mins in Rp.50K. Most of all do book your airfare tickets in
advance for cheap prices.
Oh ya before I forgot,
Indonesia was created from Latin and Greek word “Indus and Nesos” means “Island”
which became as Indian Archipelago. This is the effect of colonialism in
Nusantara that divides the island into a state base country that need to be
divided by document as human identification.
In the Caliphate
time, there is no such state and stateless and poverty. Colonialism created
poverty through banking system. The banker became rich, while the bank depositors
became poor. Their real money, gold and silver changed into fiat money, the
paper money which the value is only on its self as paper. Beyond that there is
none.
I would like to remember that people in Likusantara (Nusantara) are relatives that never met in their lives and whenever met there is no single reason for them not to love to each other and to strengthen the power of neighborhood. They shared culture, arts, history and heritage. It is always good to be having freedom in travelling. There are more to come with Kurampings.
I would like to remember that people in Likusantara (Nusantara) are relatives that never met in their lives and whenever met there is no single reason for them not to love to each other and to strengthen the power of neighborhood. They shared culture, arts, history and heritage. It is always good to be having freedom in travelling. There are more to come with Kurampings.
PS:
Thank you to Kah Diddings and The Sulu Gypsy for being in Jogja.
