This is the second part of my 3-part of my Live-In and Expedition activity series. This time, I'll describe how the islands that we live in looks like.
1. Harapan island.
The Harapan island was located at the northern part of the Seribu islands. It was located approximately 90 kilometers north of the Java Mainland. We used regular ferry to the Kelapa island to get there. There's a "bridge" connecting these two islands. The bridge was made of soil and sand, so a boat cannot go across the "bridge". However, the main entrance of this island was located north of this island. It was meant for tourists and residents of the island only, not regular ferries. Here, transports were done by foot, bicycles or motorcycles, because in the island, there's not enough room for cars. The island was pretty small, however, but, not so small. The island was filled with houses and alleys. The residents of this island still has electricity. So there's some streetlights, and we can find TVs or other electronic devices in every home. If you want to see the beauty of this place, go to the pier in the north of this island, at sunset. By the way, in the pier, there's some booths to rest. And, there's a park at the middle of the pier. There, you can find a court. Sometimes it was used for playing volleyballs and soccer. There's a playground, too. The seas was very clear. Not like in Jakarta's shores. The inhabitants of this island was very friendly. We immediately getting pleased by the residents' hospitality.
Here are some pictures that were taken from the Harapan island:
2. Bira Besar island.
There are 2 Bira islands. One is Bira Kecil (it's a small island), and the one that we visited was Bira Besar. This island was formerly a golf course, but was abandoned in 1994 (as I remember). Now, it's still inhabited by a single family of approximately 7 people, to take care of the island when tourists came. This island has so many cottages. Some of them were inhabitable, some of them weren't. When we explore the island's outer area, we find some mangrove breeding spots, some shipwrecks, an abandoned helipad, etc. It has been abandoned for 2 decades, so the golf fields weren't visible again. There's just some bushes and wild trees. There's a water source, but it's a little bit, limited. Sometimes it works, sometimes it isn't. We never knew what's on the middle of this island, because we never went there. But, what matters most, was the view beneath the Bira's shore. It's MAGNIFICENT. There was reefs, urchins, fishes, etc. The water was so clear. Nothing polluted it. The creatures that live in the shores of this island was many kinds of fishes, sea cucumbers, urchins, reefs, and anything else. You NEED to go to this island and do some snorkeling. Here, the underwater scenery was great.
Here are some pictures that were taken from the Bira Besar island:
3. My family and the islands' residents.
My group, Me, Rakha 2, Fiyyan & Thareq, lives on Mr. Roni's family. His real name was Syahroni. He's one of the "veterans" of these islands. He knew things that we didn't know about this place, he owns an island in these islands, and he has so much friends in the islands. Even he told Mr. Nathiq about a scientist that came here, then the scientist gets his research results from Mr. Roni. I think we lived in a perfect family. His house was decent, but the features on his house was complete. There's a TV, washing machine, refrigerator, and has a toilet. I never complain about the circumstances in that house. BTW, his family consists of him, his wife, 2 childrens, one was a adult male, and the other one was a female child. The main profession is fishing. Mr. Roni gets his money by fishing, then sell it to the stores.
The Harapan island's residents were very nice to us. When we greet them, they'll greet at us too nicely. They appear to be very helpful. One of them, Mr. Roni, my group's "dad", he helps some fishermen that having his boat breaking down by pulling their boat back to Harapan island.
Next, the Bira island's occupants. At first, we have a slightly bad start for our arrival. We forgot to greet them just like at Harapan island. And, when we're going to take a bath on the first day at the island, we're getting some bad response. But eventually, things got better and our relationship to the island's inhabitants were not so bad.
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