Journey to the East - Love Faith Hope

by Fahmi Ghiffari (Indonesia)

A leap into the unknown Indonesia

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Indonesia famous with the nations of islands because Indonesia has many islands form west to the east, and for me east Indonesia is one of my purpose in my life, because east Indonesia have a wonderful place to go and the best place to make a journey. The thought was appeared when I was in college, since the first semester I really want to go to make a long journey, especially travel to east Indonesia, when I did the research I get the chance to go to Morotai Islands. Do you know, Morotai Islands are the northern island, but still the part of eastern Indonesia, how lucky I am ! Yeahh, finally I will make a new step on the other island. Morotai island famous with the dive sites around that islands, that’s so beautiful divesite ever I know and the historical heritage of world war II was spread out in this islands, therefore in Morotai have the wreck diving site, also known with the Bristol Beaufort wreck, we have to dive untill reach 45 meters below! That’s so insane I think, but for me, it’s a new challenge to deep dive until 45 meters. Besides of that in Morotai the unique and special dive experience is when dive with sharks, yeah sharks ! we have to cross on the other islands which name is Mitita island, not so far from Morotai, it takes time around 30 minutes with the wooden boat. In Mitita islands we diving with a many of sharks, especially blacktip reef sharks, the sharks are looking friendly with the divers, when we diving here at least 20 sharks are around and following the divers, that’s amazing ! Diving with sharks make me curious because this is the first time for me diving with many sharks. "Come on lets we diving here!, It'll be great experiences for you," said my friend, Andi. "Oh yeaah lets do it" , I immediately said it without hesitating. Day by day I passed until i met with the girl who make my travel being crazy every step, and this girl is from the same college with me ! that's really make me amaze about that, and she also loves to dive. After we met ,we decided to diving in the cave, we called it Galo-Galo cave, the dive sites are far from here it takes 45 minutes to gong there. The blue and clear water make this diving is really fun, the nice colorful corals, fish everywhere, always passing by when we look left or right, after that we looking for the cave until 37 meters down ! Finally, we found the cave, not to big cave, but looks like a tunnel, such a great dive sites too, that’s really made a different sensation. Since that day, my days have become more interesting, because every activity that I usually do by myself has become changed since the presence of this girl. Every time we want to dive, we definitely do it together, after diving we also spend time in the afternoon just to enjoy the sunset in the place we always visit, by riding our motorbike we go to that place, right and left, we look rice fields and sometimes the cows that passing by residents around, also a very tall grass we had to pass just to enjoy a moment afternoon on this island, I really didn't want to pass it in the slightest like winking eyes every second was precious. After passing through a lot of tall grass along our journey we arrived at the location, by parking a motorcycle on the beach and then we walked briefly towards the top of the cape karst to enjoy the breeze, the sound of waves, the smell of the sea and of course waiting for the sunset, while chatting together to enjoy an afternoon that I cannot never forget this. "Hey, lets take some photo's of us," she said to me. "Okay, wait a moment I will take my phone ". The sun goes down and we had made an amazing day, I don't want to get through today quickly, Such an unpredictable experience I met with you in this place to spent time together every time, everywhere.