Eksotisme Baduy Part 1

Baduy..budaya etnik yang eksotis..konektivitas dan keseimbangan alam dengan manusia...

Selamat datang di Ciboleger

 (Pintu masuk menuju perkampungan Suku Baduy)

Mungkin banyak yang sudah tahu atau mendengar kata 'Baduy'..But have you visit them, guys??
Baduy adalah suku di daerah Banten, yang masih memegang teguh adat sunda wiwitan dan tinggal di dalam hutan. Suku baduy, hidup berdampingan dengan alam, mereka sangat menjaga alam mereka, karena mereka sadar dari alam lah mereka bisa mendapatkan hasil pertanian yang melimpah dan sumber kehidupan lain, seperti air. Baduy di bagi menjadi 2, baduy dalam dan baduy luar. Baduy luar sudah bisa beradaptasi dan terbuka dengan perkembangan jaman, sedangkan baduy dalam masih tertutup dan sangat memegang adat istiadat. Itulah, sisi menariknya, kearifan lokal menyimapn eksotisme sendiri untuk dipelajari dan dilihat.

Perjalanan menuju baduy bermula saat saya diajak oleh teman (tahun 2014). Kami mengira ini serupa dengan  tur biasa seperti ke kampung budaya...hhhmmm tidak disangka perjalanannya menjadi begitu menantang..ahahahaha
It was another challenge !!!

Keberangkatan

Naik Elf yang supirnya kayak pembalap...

(Ps : sport jantung mak!)

Bertemu akang-akang Baduy

Akang-akang baduy sudah berkumpul menyabut rombongan kami..

(Ps : mana karpet merah..mana..?)

Perjalanan dimulai ~ ~ ~

Kami mengunjungi desa suku baduy saat musim hujan..jadi medan yang dilalui agak licin dan berlumpur..biasanya anak-anak kecil dari saku baduy sudah siap sedia menjual tongkat kayu untuk membantu perjalanan pengunjung. Selain itu, beberapa akang-akang baduy juga siap menjadi porter kalau kamu udah gak sanggup bawa gembolan a.k.a tas, ransel, keril..hhmmm bahkan bawa diri kali ya...eaaaa...Kalau kamu menggunakan porter dari suku baduy dijamin deh, gak cuman barang=barang kamu aja guys yang dijagai dan dibawain, tapi kamu juga bakal aman banget, karena mereka akan membantu kamu untuk  melewati jalan-jalan ekstrim.

Just info : kalau teman-teman ingin berkunjung ke suku baduy, sangat disarankan untuk meminta bantuan warga baduy luar atau dalam sebagai guide, karena trek ke baduy dalam sangat rumit dan panjang..antisipasi biar gak kesasar ya...kalau kalian gak pakai guide lokal belum tentu bisa ketemu desa baduy dalamnya.

Baduy Luar

Nah..kita sudah mulai memasuki perkampungan baduy luar..

Wanita suku baduy luar sedang menenum..biasanya kain hasil tenun dijual kepada pengunjung...
(Ps: Dibeli mas...dibeli mbak....)

Seperti lagunya  ninja Hatori.."mendaki gunung..lewati lembah..sungai mengalir indah ke Samudera...."

 Hhhmm..ni masih kawasan baduy luar lho guyss...lihat kan medannya udah naik-turun begini..

Siap - siap nanjak yaa....

(Ps : sebenarnya saya dan teman-teman tidak ada persiapan sama sekali, enggak olahraga, cuman modal seadanya, kami kira suku baduy masih di pinggiran kota jadi gak bakal capek-capek amat...ternyata ooh ternyata....

Lihat tuh Hani aja sepatunya sampe jebol..akhirnya nyekermen...udah kayak suku baduy blum?

(Ps : kebanyakan suku baduy dalam tidak menggunakan alas kaki dan kalau diperhatikan kaki akang-akang baduy lebar-lebar lho..*salah fokus)

Kiri ke kanan : Fida, Elzha, Akang baduy, Jihan, Hani

hhmm kayaknya ada yang ketinggalan nih..?

Nah selain medan tanah liat dan batuan naik-turun..kami juga harus melintasi banyak aliran sungai. Tapi sungai-sungai di sini masih bersih dan alami lho..yang unik adalah jembatan baduy ini..

Hampir semua jembatan baduy terbuat dari bambu dan uniknya bambu-bambu ini disusun dan disatukan tanpa paku..mereka hanya mengandalkan teknik tali temali. Tapi jangan khawatir, ikatan tali jembatan ini sangat kuat.

Sayang gambarnya kurang jelas. Kalau kalian lihat secara langsung pasti kalian akan kagum..karena jembatan kayu tadi digantung antara dua pohon yang berseberangan. Kalau dilihat di atas, banyak tali-tali dan kerangka kayu untuk menopang jembatan.

Ini dia yang ketinggalan...Riska a.k.a timeh dengan porter setianya..haaha

Hampir semua tanjakannya kayak gini..tapi ada yang lebih paraahh... :(

Fighting !!!

Tapi semua rasa lelah itu terbayar dengan pemandangan ini...iyaa yang kayak gini..dan pemandangan-pemandangan indah itu gak berhenti cuman disni..jadi lanjut jalan lagi ya mas bro...

Lihat tuh ibu-ibu baduy aja kuat..masak yang masih muda kalah..

Suku baduy memang sangat mengandalkan alamnya untuk hidup. Oleh karena itu, banyak warga baduy yang bercocok tanam. Tapi, karena area baduy yang terletak diperbukitan, membuat metode tanam mereka unik..para petani baduy menanam padi dan umbi-umbian di lereng-lereng bukit yang terkadang sangat miring dan curam..gak kebanyakan kan bagaimana susahnya...*udah gak usah dibayangin..ckck

Ini dia salah satu hasil pertanian masyarakat baduy..biasanya hasil panen akan disimpan di lumbung padi, sebagai cadangan pangan saat musim kemarau dan upacara adat.

Abaikan wajah-wajah lelah kami...

(Ps: Hayati istirahat dulu ya bang....wkwkkw)

Perjalanan menuju suku baduy dalam masih berlanjut..next on Eksotisme Baduy Part 2.

FIGHTING !!!

Up and down..yeeeaaah..it is life…But why we need to worry? We can change our life and believe everything will be OK. God will help you, to make your life be better. The thing that you must to do is, effort, pray, and a little luck, for the rest just let God make it happen. In sha allah..nothing impossible, for Allah to make it happen.

So, never give to make your dream come true, to make your life a better place.

This is a little reminder for myself, maybe my dream is too big and very difficult to catch it. I have dream to get scholarship for study Master in Holland. Can I get it?

It is not easy to get scholarship, first of all, I have to reach minimum 6.5 score for IELTS. I’m on my way and still processing to reach that goal with target 7 score. I’m not sure from where I have to start it, it has been 3 years after my graduation and I am lost contact with my lecturer. Besides that, my experience in social working or something activity about contribution to my country is very lack. I’m lacking of knowledge. Motivation, hhhmm..this is the hardest part that I must undergo, it is very difficult to motivate our self to keep on track and discipline to reach the target.

God my Allah, please help me to through this. Please open my mind and my heart to do this, I’m really really want my dream come true..

Flowers I'm in love (^ 3 ^)''

Who don't like flowers???

I think almost all woman in this world love flower....

I'm a fan of flower, how about you?

There is a place that i never ever bored to visit it..and it has many type of flowers. We called it as "Taman Bunga Nusantara". This garden is located in highlands area in Cianjur, West Java. I've already twice times visited this place and want to back again and again..hahaahaa... (^0^)

I will share some pictures from the garden to you ~ ~ ~

The Maze : Just try enter this maze and find the right door. the maze was built by medium trees, there some correct pattern , but maybe you will out from at different side of the garden. I challenge you to do the maze running! hahaha

Petunia sp. : I don't know, what this flowers name actually. Then, I found it, when I read an article. This flower is petunia, so colorful isn't it?  Petunia is flowering plants of South American origin. It is genus of 35 species and closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, and chili peppers. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word petun, meaning "tobacco" ( Wikipedia ). Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates.

Rose : In TBN (Taman Bunga Nusantara), there is roses garden..you can find various color of roses, this pink one is for example :). The pink rose shows show gentleness and admiration.

Rudbeckia hirta : commonly called black-eyed-susan, is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to the Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China.

Hydrangea sp. : Hydrangea (/haɪˈdreɪndʒⁱə/; common names hydrangea or hortensia) is a genus of 70–75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas (Wikipedia). Hydrangeas are fascinating in that, unlike most other plants, the color of their flowers can change dramatically (Hydrangeashydrangeas.com).

Dahlia sp. : There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963 ( Wikipedia ).

Fushia dahlia

Mixed color dahlia

Yellow dahlia

Dino garden : wanna play with the dino?? It's really big guys. The dinosaurs miniature is built by many mini plants.

The pond : so beautiful lotus floating on the ponds with others water plants.

Actually there are still many kind of garden that can you find in TBN, such as : japan garden, europe garden, cacti garden, and many more. So, maybe it's your time to visit there. Have fun !!!

Let's go to Lembang, Bandung

Holiday..... (^0^)

       

This time, I want to share about my holiday in Lembang, Bandung. I and my friend spent new year 2016 in Lembang. It has been long time since my last visit to Bandung in 2014. Nowdays, Lembang is most wanted place to visit for people near and around Jakarta. Because, now Lembang has many new chic, creative and thematic fun places to visit. And the good news is this places are not to far for each other, you can at once visit several fun places.  For more info about amusement place in lembang,  you can check this link Visit Lembang
Back to my holiday ~ ~ ~ Unfortunately, I only able to visit 2 places (Begonia Garden and Floating Market). Actually, we planned to visit Dusun Bambu, but the guest was so many and we have to wait in very long queue, so we canceled it, maybe next time we will come back again.

Begonia Garden
On Maribaya street you will find more than 2 amusement place, one of it is Begonia Garden
(Ps : Begonia is name of flower). This place is not too big, I think..But, everything inside this garden was interesting..and of course, many flowers...I loooveeee it <3..hahaahaa

 Bright day with colorful flowers 

L O V E

Me on the stage..(lol..hahha)

Floating Market

Still on  area near Maribaya street, we visited Floating Market. This place served you with many kind of local foods and drinks. Which were interesting is the seller sell the foods and drinks on boat floating on the lake. This unique market, maybe it seems to be the miniature of floating market in Barito river, Banjarmasin. The main attraction is the market, but this place also gives another amusement places, such as : pine garden, traditional house, miniature of train, kids playing ground, etc.

Lake..look many fishes there!

The rock garden

Fruits on boat!

Europe architecture house

Travelling to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

Holaaa buddy......

How is your day?

I want to share about my second trip traveling aboard and the country was still in Asia..hahaha

(Ps: I hope, one day I can travel further..lol...)

On this trip,  I visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore on October 2015. I had two travelmates in this trip, they are Rosa and Lina, the chubby twins sister...hahaha...We spent about 4 days and 3 night, but I thought that we only spent 2 night in our hostel because, this trip lil bit marathon with extra speed...ckckck..We spent other night on a train, yes it's called Sleeper Train .

We targeted many places to visit with short time, and you know? some places in KL was difficult to find and the transportation lil bit confusing...they have different train services name and track..Well it was challenging and fun in the end...

Ps : Bad news I lost my phone, all pictures were saved there and I haven't backed up it. I just only have few of memory there..sob..sob..(I can't sleep for several day, after this accident)

Now worries, I still can tell you my story when I visited KL and Singapore.....cheer up girl......big smile (^U^)......

Day 1
Traveling around KL here some places we've visisted: 

Jamek  Mosque

Source: https://commons.wikimedia

Dataran Merdeka

Sultan Abdul Saman Building

Kuala Lumpur Gallery

Day 2

Batu Caves

Kuala Lumpur Tower

KLCC "Petronas Tower"

Sleeper Train

The next day, we planned to visit Singapore by land, using this sleeper train from KL Sentral.

Day 3

Johor Bahru - - > Malaysia to Woodland - - > Singapore

Sentosa Island

Garden By the Bay

Merlion

China Town

Day 4
Singapore - - > Woodland's Imigration - - > Johor Bahru - - > KL, Malaysia
On day 4th, we had to go back to KL, because our return flight was from KL. So, here the drama begin, hahaha. We've planned to visit Singapore only for less than a day, so at night we had to back to KL using sleeper train again. We were almost missing the train, because we took too long time strolling around the city, but not only that we confused how to get back to the Woodland. If I wasn't mistake our train ticket was about at 10.30 pm. And you know, we still in the border country at almost 10 pm, and we still had to wait connector bus to Woodland's immigration. After that we had to get stamp from Johor immigration also. It was like a domino effect, if we missed the train, we can't go back to Indonesia for tomorrow, re-purchased all ticket, missed to visit Genting higland, and etc. After immigration finished, oh My God, we've run in the whole building to find the train station, thanks God some people help us. Using very super speed, my foot so hurt finally we reached the train in the deadly time.

Gondola Ride in Genting Highlands

Back to Jakarta ~ ~ ~ Alhamdulillah

I'm in love with Monochrome

Dear, friends...
Di postingan kali ini saya akan membahas tentang monochrome outfit. "It's never end with black and white colors", kalimat itu memang benar, karena warna hitam dan putih adalah warna basic yang wajib kamu punya girls. Warna netral ini bisa dibilang trend lagi saat ini. Jujur saya masih newbie banget dalam bidang per-fashion-an..hahaaa. Tapi boleh lah yaa berbagi info sedikit masalh style, khususnya street style. Saya tipe orang yg punya style sendiri dalam berpakain, karena menurut saya setiap orang punya ciri khas mereka sendiri dan outfit yang mereka pakai adalah cerminan diri mereka. So, for all girls , don't be afraid to find your own style and just be confidence with the things you wear, confidence will bring out your beauty.
Check this out girls for some recommended mono style !!

Missmoss
                                                              

Another monochrome style

Hijab mono style

I'm in monchrome ^0^