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This story started when I finished my bachelor degree. My Dad permit me to do ocean trip for the first time alone. Then, I started thinking to visit my second elder sister at Arso village, Jayapura Province - Indonesia. Spending my 3 days at Arso village made me think to expand my journey more advance since my Daddy only give me a week for traveling. At that time, I was so curious to visit every family member that stayed at the province. Then I tell my sister that I want to visit my the oldest at the another village which is Bukisi island. I was excited for doing traveling to another island of that province. Mingle with the local people inside the public transport, was another amazing experience for me. Seeing almost all local people got their mouth red made me thinking about what were they eating. Then I found that every one was chewing areca leaf. Their chewing habit also created some red spots on the floor because after chewing, they throw it away. Reaching Bukisi island takes 303-45 minutes more less from Jayapura. When the public transport stopped, I was thinking that yes, I am in Bukisi, but then my sister called my name and asked me take into the wood boat. Cross the blue ocean and seeing the dolphin, were another awesome experience for me. Fifteen minutes crossing the ocean, finally we reached Bukisi Island. The island is surrounded by the ocean and has very small soil to stepped on. Yet, it has very beautiful landscape and very quiet. Didn't really want to just stay at home, my elder took me to walk around the village. Before doing traveling, my sister warn me for just be quite when I see something unusual. Just after she said that, I saw an old woman sitting in front of their house topless. Suddenly my sister told me that, "remember what I've just said'. Time running and it came to the night. From my sister house, I head a crowd of people. I ask my sister and she said that it was a night dancing. They do dancing sometimes by night. Well, I fell lucky to be a witness of their tradition. The day after, I wake up a bit early. I took a walk for a while and found that the kids are playing on the sea by that early morning. They had very unique skin tone and hair. I started to be ease to them and talk a bit. They were so nice. Talk to them and end up with introducing my self and taught them one and two words in English. Unrealizable, I spent a week in Bukisi island. The lucky thing from my late returning is my Daddy cannot call me for asking because that it was difficult to get phone connection there.