Derawan, my story.

It took us 5 months planning this trip to Derawan. Busybees crew are myself, Natsu and Mel.
I have always wanted to go to Derawan, knowing only for its' Kakaban jellyfish.

Dragged my 2 traveling buddies, quite easily. :)
Then persuade 7 other friends and cousins to fill up the tour quota.

Initial idea was set on May.
We decided to go with a local Event Organizer called Zebaoth EO, lead by mas Ivan, to help us arrange everything during our 4D3N in Derawan. Since all 9 of us are female, yeah, we are so rempong with requests. :D

OKAY
Story wouldn't be perfect without introducing the crew
Yours truly who initiated the idea ;)
Natsu and Mel, the duo who are easily persuaded to plan along the trip
Mba Ana and Uwie, my 2 aunty/cousins? :D
Icung! berhasil dibujuk dengan diiming2i kesombongan snorkling sama ubur2 ;)
Siska, Natsu's sister. Whom i believe was persuaded by her big sis to join.
Mia miau, whom failed going to wakatobi and chose derawan to cure dissapointment.
Last but not least, Tika. She joined us at the very very last minute, to swap ticket with Dira, who canceled the trip due to unexpected circumstance.

That Thursday, 20 October 2011. We took 1st Flight at 6.10 AM by Sriwijaya Air.
Perempuan-perempuan bermuka bantal satu persatu datang kerumah, planned was to leave for Airport together, dengan berbekalkan kue pukis untuk sarapan. Ehem.
1st Flight is more often than not on-time.

Baru juga transit di Balikpapan, gue udah buat kebodohan konyol. Dimarahin pramugari dan langsung turun pesawat tanpa bawa tas, dompet, blackberry(!). -__-
Funny thing about this transit was that we only walk around the airport from Arrival gate to Departure gate, to get on the same plane again!

Up in the air on the same flight, off we go to Tarakan.
Got picked up by Mas Ivan from Zebaoth EO.

Oh. We have another member to add up to 10 quota, so we could get bigger boat. By big, is this big.

Off we go to Pelabuhan.
Our boat 288 arrived and ready to take us to Derawan.

Nat, Icung and I sat behind the driver(err, what do you call a boat driver?) Selama perjalanan laut, kapal dihantam ombak, rasanya... tiada tara. If only my ass could scream...
Ternyata 3 jam perjalanan di laut, banyak kebodohan2 yang terjadi.

Salah satunya, si teman yang dengan polosnya pake Life Jacket layaknya Life vest pesawat terbang, bottom-up. :)) Kemudian di kursi belakang saya, cinta bersemi di boat 288. Ehem.

Jam 3 waktu setempat, Alhamdulillah kita sampai dengan selamat di Sari Water Cottages di Derawan. Where we are welcomed by Mr. Turtle!
Snorkling 1st day.

Coming to the end of 2011

and I'm broke.

Seriously.

After Melbourne on September.
Derawan on October.
And I've JUST decided for Gili on November.

Thinking Bali for December.

I might need life support from my Dad after this.
hahaha..

That's okay. Since I need to enjoy life.
Getting away from EVERYTHING.

Work. Love. Family. Reality.

Be with the sea and fresh air.
Away from routines.

To keep my sanity intact, my bank balance is crying.