First, The 'Pulau Komodo' trip was amazing, I mean all I can say is that I am trully thankful that my mom at the very last days, would let me went to the island. Ofcourse, I am also grateful for everyone I am spending my last trip with. It was beyond my expectation, in both the effort and the scenery.
To talk about the preparation, I was not really expecting that it would require a lot of energy, I really thought it would just be a little hike. But then I was wrong!
After taking two flights from JKT to DPS then to Ende, it was okay and pretty exciting. then we went to Labuan Bajo to start our "Life on Board" moments, oh before that, Things you have to preapre before going to Labuan bajo and the surroundings is that you have to equipt yourselves with 1.TELKOMSEL simcard, because the other provider does not have connection there
Then the next thing we did was, ofcourse, going on board. checking the rooms, and enjoying the view of the sea and feeling the breeze. There were 8 of us, so we booked a 2 rooms ship with Air Conditioner, Thankfully. A lot of people suggest us to just take the non AC ship because they told us that it will be the same since the air will be enough for us to cool our selves, but My Friends and I personally thinks that it was better to be the one with the air con because, though it was cool enough outside the room, still the coldness is different and AC is just somehow better. hehe
Then we headed to our first destination which is Gili Lawa. One of my friends asked the tour guide, kak Zaka, oh by the way he is from Jalanesia, and I reccomend anyone who wants to do a private tour throughout Indonesia to do it with Jalanesia because of their comprehensive service. So Lara asked whether Gili Lawa is near the famous Gili Trawagan, we were expecting it was near so we could go there too. But then he said no, it was far from Gili Lawa because Gili Lawa is located in NTT while Gili Trawangan is in NTB. LOL. But then she asked again why do they share the same "gili"? as she thought and we all thought due to their names, they were close. well don't you think it was kind of like the sure name thing, if they are siblings or related they would share the same sure name? well to answer our missunderstanding, he cleared it by stating that "Gili" means small island. well, it is not like the surename thing then, oops.
After 2 hours of sailing, we arrived at Gili Lawa. However, to reach the beach or the island, we have to use small boat due to the size of our ship. Then we began our first hike of the day, by the same token, my first hike through the year. I hiked Mount Papandayan with my Friends, from Pingkan, my bestie sweet 17th birthday, it was indeed one of my unforgettable moments in my life. So, back to Gili Lawa. We hiked fro about 5 minutes, then We well me, I kind of felt tired and tired with the heat. then Kak Zaka only told us to go on, and told us that we were almost there. so we hiked again. the following 10 minutes after we hiked, we were panting reallyt hard, then Kak Zaka just repeated the same sentences. Then after about 10 more minutes, where we could actually see the to of Gili Lawa, he repeated the same sentences. And I thought to my self, what a great strategy he made haha fooling us by telling we were almost there from the first 5 mins since we hiked. when we finally rached the top of Gili Lawa, it was just worth the hike and all the effort. it was breathtaking and also mesmerizing. Though to be honest, I felt like dying due to dehidration and the heat, so my second advice would be to: 2. Bring a bottle of mineral water on every hike a bottle for one person would be enough. Then we took a rest fro a while then began to exploring the view, by taking pictures. one of my Friend, Thania took pictures of us and they turned out to be really great, thanks a lot athun!!! she is really a pro photographer and real kind ;)
After spending about almost an hour there, we finally went down. I thought it wil only took about 30 minutes, or even lesser than that, and I thought that it would be easy. yes, another misjudgement. It turned out to be kind of longer and harder than I thought it would be. One funny story that when I was turning around then Rossy was asking me if I had lost some weight LOL after about an hour then we reached the beach which means we are done with our hiking down the hill. Oh, one of the scary moments was when Atika and Stella were aparted from us while going down. because we were going on different paths then one of us suddenly noticed that Atika and Stella were not with us then we were calling for them, but there was no reply, we tried again, then after about 5 times or more we were able to hear them. It was realiving.
