Traveling has always in my mind for such a long time. But I dont have the courage to do it alone, that is one of the reason I decided to stay in Bali. Bali, more or less like as if Im always on Travel with so many places to see just few hours ride. But the thought of travelling never left my mind and my heart.
The universe finally heard my heart's desire, they sent me a new company for me to travel with. We traveled from Bali to Jakarta, with a minimum budget, backpack, flip flops, and a bumpy rides. We went on with a Bus Ride from Hell, with of course a crazy driver, then with a slowest ferry ride ever, also trains that sometimes tilting a little too much that makes me pray for my dear life!, and 16 hours bus ride feels like forever.
Although I traveled only from Bali to Jakarta, but I have experienced and gained so much knowledge throughout the trip. The people are different in every city, I now know how bad and how neglected Indonesian transportation systems are, the food and the prices are very contrast between small town and the city (klepon was only IDR 300/pcs!! in Jakarta 3 pcs are IDR 10k!!), the houses and buildings are also different.
We first arrived at Banyuwangi. There we can see Bali island from the beach, which is pretty cool!. After that we went to Surabaya, and we only went to a Mall. I have to say, Surabaya was quite boring for me. Luckily we only stayed one night there. Off we went to Jogjakarta..!
Jogjakarta. The reason I wanted to go on this trip was to visit Borobudur, but turned out Jogja has more than what I expected. It has a lot of interesting and creative people! With the street full of good and cheap food stalls, to street performances of gay community, collage students, bikers, skaters, and even roller blades communities. But! in these interesting atmosphere I was almost got scammed! A person came up to me on the street, all friendly and asking nicely, in the end he told me to visit this Art Gallery very famous in Jogja or whatever. On the same street and on the same day there were four people doing exactly the same thing! Thank god my 'Travel Buddy' knows these things and told me it was a scam, otherwise I probably went there. Silly old naive me. Anyway other than that, for me Jogja was awesome.
Somewhere between the crazy bus ride, and the cheap food, we experienced not just traveling. We also developed a little bit more than just 'Travel Buddies'. The real easy comfort that we had toward each other's companion was not on my agenda. We were a great partner in this whole travelling thing, at first I was quite concern weather or not we will get along.. Turned out we did. Big time. We cannot choose who we fall for. Freedom was the only thing on our minds. But yet, the Universe took over and twist the world of freedom into the arms of love. Both of us knew what we will come to. He has to go on with his trip, I have to stay.
As his mother said; 'Love and other connection within the hearts needs courage. Stay connected and give the Universe a chance to make it.'
Note: We had a really yummy Banana Pancake in a homestay in Jogja :)