A Travel Wanderer

My Scholarship entry - Golden Moment

Indonesia | Monday, November 24, 2014 | 5 photos

A geek, a guitarist, a photographer. A mountain climber who fall in love with sea. Has mission to climb make his step on seven summits in ten years. Spent his childhood in Enrekang which has beautiful nature view makes he loves Indonesia, even too much. “I was born and set to be an adventurer and I can find everything in here, Indonesia.”

Hamka grew up in Makassar, was born on the 4th of May 1989 and in 2004 he left the island of Sulawesi to go to Sumatra followed by Kalimantan then Java. He currently resides in Malang since 2008, to travel all around Java hiking and camping. He studies I.T at university in Malang. In 2011 he participated in a student exchange program travelling the United Kingdom for 3 weeks. In the U.K he visited both England and Wales for intercultural exchange and also enhancing his photography skills during his travels. Apart from photography, Hamka’s other hobbies includes; playing the guitar, web design and of course travelling. He hopes to show the beauty of Indonesia not just seen through pictures and videos but by one’s own eyes. He Wants to be a photographer for National Geographic someday. His favorite words: “Meet me in the border!”