tumbak, north sulawesi

Tumbak Island, North Sulawesi

25-28 December 2014

Rita.Tiwi.Adiani

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trip to tumbak island, north sulawesi

Tumbak Island, North Sulawesi

25-28 December 2014

Rita.Tiwi.Adiani

Day 1

Early morning flight from Jakarta to Manado. Arrived at Sam Ratulangi Airport at around 10.30am. Grab something to eat and then continue straight to Tumbak. It’s a 3-hour drive. After lunch at Yoan’s house, we went to Tumbak Island Cottage by boat. It only took us approximately 10 minutes. After a few minutes rest, we went to the nearby pantai pasir putih and went snorkeling.

Tumbak Island Cottage in Bohanga Island (yes, the name is Tumbak Island Cottage yet it’s located at Bohanga island) only have 2 rooms. Electricity is generated using solar panel. When we visited, on late December, the nighttime was not too hot. But unfortunately, there were many many mosquitoes. 

at the cottage

pantai pasir putih

Day 2

Started at 7am to pulau baling baling. Went to the top of the small island, it was a very steep climb. And then we went snorkeling until around 11.30am. Had lunch at the cottage. My friends continues with their 2-hour nap. I instead choose to relax in the front porch of the cottage, enjoying the sea breeze while trying to concentrate on my reading. Loved that ‘’me time’’ moment.

At 3pm, we went on a short trekking trip at Tumbak Island and ended the day at the cottage watching the sunset creating beautiful colors in the sky.

at the top of pulau baling baling

Day 3

Time to leave Tumbak and head to Tomohon. Had lunch at Tumou Tou, Danau Tondano. Later I realized that this was the same restaurant I visited back in 2010. After lunch, had coffee at Rumah Kopi Gembira and then visited Danau Linow. The rain poured down on us while we were at Danau Linow. Well what do you expect? It’s December. Went back to Tomohon afterwards, to taste delicious duren. Love it!

coffee and biapong

rainbow at linow 

duren!

We took a few pictures at Tinoor, had dinner at Green Garden Restaurant and then spend the night at Happy Flower Resort.

Day 4

Extreme Market at Tomohon. Bukit Doa Tomohon. Citraland. Merciful Souvenir Shop. Nasi Kuning Saroja. Gereja Sentrum. Klenteng Ban Hing Kiong. Rumah Kopi Tikala. Grand Kawanua International City.

Rita’s favorit place throughout the trip: Bukit Doa Tomohon and Rumah Kopi Tikala. The owner of Rumah Kopi Tikala is very friendly and hillarious. Me likey!

bukit doa tomohon

at rumah kopi tikala

Snorkeling pictures:

For Manado travel info, please click here

check out one the photo on my instagram

for pictures of other places in Manado, please see http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2010/04/sekitar-manado.html

random thoughts in mid-march

#1

phase one...

whining to family and close friends

phase two...

more whining to family and close friends

phase three...

yearning for attention

feeling the need to prove something

phase four...

speaking up

making sure that people know when u don’t like a certain situation

hoping to get some respect

phase five...

mentally exhausted

realizing that there’s no point to all of the above

and realizing that there’s no need to prove anything to anyone

phase six...

ignorance

trying to ignore

while aiming to become fake

and hoping to find inner peace...

it’s mid-april..

i found out that I’m still not able to hold back.. to not care.. to ignore..

it’s funny

it’s funny how difficult it is for me to be ignorant

#2

I hate fake people

I really do

But sometimes I feel like I’m surrounded by fake people

People who won’t (or can’t) differentiate between being fake and being nice

I hate fake people

I really do

But sometimes the situation forces me to wear my fake face.. and to wear my best fake smile..

I hate fake people

I really do

I don’t wanna be one of them

I really don’t

But how to avoid it?

#3

She has just decided

To be happy

And to not care

Knowing that she’ll never be the one

Knowing that she’ll never be prioritized

Knowing that she’ll never be given full respect

Knowing that she’ll just have to suck it up

She has just decided

That everything will be okay

As long as she can do the thing she loves the most

Anytime she needs to

Coz all that matters is..

For her to be happy

pantai baron

6 December 2014

Baron beach 
and Kukup beach

Kabupaten Gunungkidul 

2.5 hours from jogja

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merapi jeep tour

Jogja

6 December 2014

Merapi Jeep Tour

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jogja

Jogja

4-5 December 2014

with colleagues

mixing business with pleasure..
as always :D


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at Melia Purosani

at Melia Purosani

at Bukit Bintang

Jejamuran

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