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Published: April 12th 2010
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Well well... this trip is my annual trip back to 'Home' which I'd rather called as my mom's birthplace :P hehe..
it's in Situbondo city, and I've drove my car for 4-5 hours to get there..
To reach this city, I've passed lot of small cities like Pasuruan, Probolinggo (which could lead yoto Bromo mountain), Kraksaan , Paiton, and more other smaller town to arrive in Situbondo, though it's a small town also :P before our way to Situbondo, we're come by to Surabaya to visit family graveyard from my dad's side.. and in Situbondo is from mom..
Since Situbondo loaed nearly with coastline, sure it's sooo hot! Dry wind and too-much-bright sun..which would make me can't stop dripping all wet 😞 but lucky me I got lot of cold winds and grey sky!! and sure it was the reason I wasn't drpping a lot there hah hah..
I arrive in Situbondo on Friday night and will stay there for 2 nights till Sunday..
in Saturday morning, we are all (plus my mom's family) did some hike to reach the graveyard..well, it's not strange in this town to burry their beloved family on top of the hill cause they
believe in such things that the passed person should have a great landscape for their last pit-stop...hmm, can you imagine it?? A passed away person deserve a great landscape with mountain on their back and wide sea in front of them..is it mean that any human being and passed-being like to travel and enjoy nature?? hmm..interesting.. 😉
So, we went on my grandparents graveyard, uncles, and lot of families..(yeah, Chinese..you know we have too much must be visited family even we don't know them much)..and after the sun is right on top of my hat, we've finished our graveyard time and time to back to my uncles's house..again, we still have to prepare a pray ritual for our ancestors in his house..chicken, pork, fruits, cakes, and moreeee food!! :D this is the greates part! hehe.. and sure we're having a big feast ;]
hmm.. so, in 3PM, my parents want to catch some fishes and uncle took us to locals area which I finnaly figured as a secret beach! not too secret actually, but I'm sure there's no tourist ever come there haha..we passed a green meadow with lot of buffaloes blocking my way and I sat behind my
uncle on his motorbike..it's so horrible! we need to passed the broken bamboo bridge which width only 40cm!! it's fucking scary!! I tried to not breathe and balaced my body as well as the motorbike passed those bridges..then here we are!! we arrived on fishes ponds area which in beach side..
After got some fishes, my parents feel interested to release them on beach..they said it's good to let those fish alive and try give them a second chance to see this world (I think it's a wonderful moment :] ) then we walked through the meadow to the beach and I found again a small river with lot of OYSTERS!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stop playing with them and they kept open and close their clams hehe..it's funny :P getting bored with those oysters, I headed to the beach and let my mom release those fishes to the sea..and I can see them running so fast and brave to fight the wave into the sea..
well well... then we're going home! it turned to more cloudy and started to rain... and again passed those weird bridges 😞(
in Sunday, me and my parents went home earlier and came
by to Pasir Putih beach.. we felt in sudden again like we're like to be on boat and sailed with the local fisherman..and here we were!! we're above the clear water trying to balance this small fisherman boat to get in the middle of the sea hehe.. my mom couldn't stop yelling to ake her back to the beach and I keep shouting "Go..Go..!!" to the fishermen.. sorry Mr.Fisherman, we're soo confusing family hehe.. :P
well then, I thought I'd be too tired to drive back home unless I kept sailing further..so I decided to going back and straight driving back to Malang.. 😊
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Eric
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I enjoyed your post. I have always wanted to go to Indonesia. My blog is looking for travel photos, stories, accommodation reviews, and food reviews. If you have the time and have some to share, email us at dirtyhippiesblog@gmail.com or check us out at dirty-hippies.blogspot.com Continued fun on your travels, Eric