no-stranger island (31st December 2011)

here we are on our last day in nias. we are quite free today. we had nothing to do till this afternoon to fly back to medan. but there's a nudge telling us to spend some time in mega beach, but we can't find some guts to go for it. in the end, we give up to the name of boredom and collect some guts and call a becak (local transportation-motor rickshaw) and go to mega beach.

the feeling was great to own life (yes, i know, it sounds arrogant, how can we possibly own life?). but the feeling after so many days of constraints, dummy plans, takabur thoughts; it feels so great to own freedom! yes, freedom! it's yummm.....y!

mega beach offers amazingly green view and friendly welcome

anyway, it's been a great trip. thanks nias for your beauty and all the people who are willing to be bothered by us. can't thank you guys enough.

beaches baby (30th December 2011)

lahewa here we come! finally we can spend some times soaking ourselves in salt water. lahewa indeed is a beautiful beach. sadly, there's no facilities or services or anything to support the beauty. there's no proper changing room, no proper waste dump, no clean water, and the most important is no act to preserve the beauty. it's such a waste. enough of complaining, we don't wanna let ourselves gloomy all the time s0 we just enjoy it. thanks God, though there's the mighty sun watches us, the heat doesn't sting us. of course we get some tanned, but it isn't burning. fiuh...

then, we head to pantai merah. it is crowned pantai merah because the sand is red. but actually it's brown, for my color perspective. the wave is wild, yet beautiful.

another side of Nias (29 Dec 2011)

finally we can be free, just three of us. finally... but not long after that, we get some tails again. in the end, we can't just be strangers in this island. we head to the museum (yeah, wen xiang sends us there). but he can't join us to walk around there (did i hear "thanks goodness"?) due to hectic schedule. he explained to us that we come at the wrong time. it's one of the busiest time in whole year. but he kindly drives us around and gives interesting info about nias, which we appreciate it a lot.

the entrance to the restaurant, but it's closed. too bad we can't try the food there

this slide brings us directly to the ocean

while enjoying our time alone at the museum, alvin phones us to say he'll bring us around the beaches. we give up our free will and obligedly follow him. first, we drop at the new hotel national. it is still in the progress, there are many logs, nails, and hammers flying everywhere. and the most amazing thing is that they have this, i don't know what they call it - a bridge?, it is extremely shaky and i still don't know the function of it. but when we try it, it's truly a fear factor thingy. i can't make it to the end, but Irene did. then we go to malaga beach, which is 5 mins drive from the new national hotel.

this beach boy passes the should-be-a-fear-factor bridge cheerfully

mr. crab becomes our fave friend on the beach

photograph of the month: february 2011

yes, i know i'm late again. and yes, i'm kinda narcissist, am i?