Aris from http://www.backpackingindonesia.com/ picked us up at Juanda airport 1.30 am on Friday. We arrived at Jajag in the morning to swicth the ELF car with a Land Rover jeep to go to Meru Betiri national park as our first destination. The places that we visited here were Teluk , green turtle breeding camp at Sukamade beach, and Rajegwesi beach.
The road to the area is awesome. We were passing a rubber plantation, cacao plantation, local people housing, and the forest on our way to Teluk inside the national park. From above, Teluk view is a stunning one that make you want to right away go closer to it.
But we need to do a short trekking first to go there by breaking through the forest. There is a pathway to go down to Teluk that is usually used by fishermen. Still, the plant near the pathway is rather thick. We reached the bay around 3 pm, but we can still feel the heat at that hour. No one else there except us and 3-5 fishermen. Being tired after descending the hill, we just sat on the rocks, had a chat and of course took pictures. The place is very soothing, event though it was still hot on the afternoon. The descending part was nothing compared to the ascending part on our way back to the place where the jeep was parked.
Then, we went to a guesthouse in Sukamade plantation complex, still inside the national park. Seeing a bathroom was a relieving for me since I haven't took a bath from Thursday night until Friday afternoon. February is categorized as rainy season in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the temperature in the national park is still high for us.
At night, we went to Sukamade beach where there is a turtle breeding camp (pic 9). We can also see the turtle lay its eggs on the beach. We were already on the beach at 10 pm waiting for the turtle laying its eggs on the beach. But, we fell a sleep accompanied by the sound of the wave, the sound of the animals inside the forest, the full moon, the stars, the white cloud, the dark sky, the wind and the soft white sand. Aris woke us up at 11 pm as a turtle approach the beach in a very slow motion. Everyone just silently sat watching the turtle digging the sand. Well, not everyone. Some of us were still peacefully sleeping. At the third hole, the turtle is so close to a man sleeping tight in his yellow sleeping bag. The turtle itself didn't seem bother with his presence. However, the turtle didn't lay any eggs that night and decided to go back to the ocean to extent its visa on arrival at the nearest custom :) The custom part is a joke since the turtle can swim from Australian to reach Indonesian islands. The turtle need a visa right?..or may be because it often go back and forth between Indonesia and Australia, the turtle already has a frequent swimmer member (not a frequent flyer. For your information, a turtle can't fly). It was just a great and sweet day to spend!!
Meru Betiri national park still has another more to offer in the morning. We went to Rajegwesi beach . Again, there were only us and the fishermen there. We spent some time there to take picture, see the fishermen, and have a rest in a food stall before continuing our trip to Alas Purwo national park.
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