INDONESIA, The Endless Discoveries

hamkarasufit — Wed, 27 May 2015 23:58:43 GMT

During my seven years staying in Java, I can finally realize that I was drawn by curiosities not by books, I always had time to make new friends that speak different languages, I can learn the other cultures, and I’ve finally been in a place where I can’t find traffics, internet connection, no incoming call or even SMS, and no place such a home to stay except a tent while climbing a mountain. But, another curiosities came up in mind, I still can use transportation to visit places, using electricity to turn all my electronic devices on, working with technologies, and still have the same experiences in a city where I grow up and live in as most of my friends had. We were connecting the dots to create almost the same life line.

Early March on 2013, I packed my backpack, left university, prepared all my stuffs, and traveled alone to find what the answer of curiosities that have been drawn my mind since years ago. Then, I decide to travel but didn’t set up the fixed time when I will end my journey. I was going where the direction guides me. I traveled thousand miles to the North Sumatera, spent more than a month there, moved to East Borneo and spent also more than month. I visited lake, hiking the mountains, jungle forests trekking, sunbathing in the beach, snorkeling to see the coral reefs and marine lifes, city touring to find the histories, and having local interaction in all the places I have visited. Still within a same chapter in the different pages, I need to find a different chapter. I was lucky; while browsing on the internet, I finally found a place called “Baduy, A World within The World.”

I finally met the people who don’t know technology, don’t use a lamp to light up their nights, and live in peace in their simpilicty, culture, and costums. It was a long night with thousand stars and a moonlight to a never ending experiences. Lovely place.

If I never left home, I will never find new experiences. If I never traveled, I will never find places that I really love to see. I always trust that somehow the dots connecting my future and I always trust that there are somethings that will connect the dots and give confidence to follow my heart.

Golden Moment

hamkarasufit — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:34:24 GMT

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!”

A Travel Wanderer

INDONESIA, The Endless Discoveries

Golden Moment