Palu
12-14 October 2013
Rita n Sofi
From the total of 34 province in Indonesia, Palu is the 28th that I have
visited. Only 7 more to go: aceh, gorontalo, kalimantan utara, papua, papua barat, sulawesi barat and sulawesi tenggara ! Yay!
At first, we wanted to visit besoa valley to see the famous
megaliths. But we changed our mind, because we only have 3 days.. it would be
too tiresome to go all the way to besoa valley.
So we arrived at mutiara airport at 8.30am and met our
driver Pak Man. After a quick nasi kuning breakfast, we went to Pantai Enu, Pantai
Parimpi, and Tugu Khatulistiwa (the equator monument). It was a long ride, we
arrived back at palu at around 7.30pm. oh, the equator monument is very
different from the one in pontianak (http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2011/08/ketapang-west-borneo.html)
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| pantai enu |
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| pantai parimpi |
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| tugu khatulistiwa |
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| dureeenn |
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| with mr asgaf |
After matantimali, we went to the famous tanjung karang beach. It was crowded (as already expected coz it’s a Sunday). We took a peek at prince john dive resort. It was a nice place. I thought it was very secluded like bara beach bungalow, but it wasn’t. http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2013/09/tanjung-bira.html
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| pantai tanjung karang |
Next on the list is pantai bone oge, another white sand beach.
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| pantai bone oge |
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| pantai bone oge |
We ended the afternoon at pantai khayalan, watching the sun sets into a bundle of clouds :P
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| sunset |
On our last day, we went to see the cute tarsius. I once saw them at tangkoko, see http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2010/05/cagar-alam-tangkoko-sulut.html
At kamarora, we did a short trekking here and
there. And then we saw the tarsius. They say because it was summer, it was sooo
hard to spot a tarsius. So when guest come to kamarora, they catch one or two
tarsius and put them in a cage. They do this to make the guest happy.
I’m a little bit in dilemma at that time. I mean, I love animals and
I love seeing them. And of course I love taking pictures of them and with them.
But I want them to be free, not in a cage. And I don't want to disturb them.
(we’re supposed to see the tarsius early in the morning or late in the
afternoon when they’re starting and finishing their activities. Not during the
daylight).
This experience at kamarora is sooo different with the
one I had at Tangkoko. At tangkoko, I went to the woods early in the morning
(when it was still pitch black) and actually waited in front of a big tree for
the tarsius to come. And we didn't touch them, we didn't do anything, except
watching them and taking pictures with no flash. And i was so so happy and
fulfilled. A very different feeling with what I experience at kamarora.
As someone who doesn't know much about tarsius and its
behaviour, I think that there’s something wrong about the way they treat the
tarsius at kamarora. And how they disturb the animals just to make a tourist
feel happy. They actually told us to touch the poor creature.. which we didn't
do.
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