Catching a Moment
INDONESIA | Friday, 19 April 2013 | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry
The Fatigue when we doing travelling , would suddenly felt disappear when we get precious moment of that trip. This is what I felt while I was visiting Meru Betiri National Park, the national park located in East Java precisely on the border between Banyuwangi and Jember.
My Journey was begin from Malang, along with several fellow members of Nature Lover Organization of Brawijaya University (Impala UB).We depart at 01.00 pm with a motorcycle. for achieve Banyuwangi city, we have to pass some city, those are Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Jember.
When we were arriving the town of Banyuwangi, the sun had reached its peak.From here,need seven hours again to get to the location of national park.We continue started through the damaged roads, and began to enter the township residents consisting of a few houses, rice fields,and there is a river that runs along road.After successfully passing the broken road several miles,we began to hear the sound rustling of the waves and the waves of the sea start faintly visible between the bush of trees along the road we passed,that is signifies we have been at the beach area which means is not how much longer we will get to the welcome gate Meru Betiri National Park .
finally we are arrived Welcome Gate Meru Betiri National Park. Then we do the licensing in post licensing, According to postal officials is the main object in this Betiri Meru National Park is a turtle breeding places. to get to the breeding takes place, it is need time one hour trip.
To get to the location of breeding we have to pass through mountainous roads with rocks and surrounded by steep ravine.
No sooner,we had arrived at the location of turtles breeding on 06.30 pm.Local officials told that on middle of night, in the coastal area will be happen beautiful moment, there will be turtle nesting, that moment only happens on certain nights.
We don't want wasted that moment, on 11.00 pm we went straight to the beach, on the beach we were told by the clerk to wait a bit, and we should not be noisy and not be issued light until the turtle comes.
Finally the turtle that we've been waiting had come,he emerges from the sea,the turtle are very large and are decades old.It walked toward the edge of the beach,found a comfortable place to lay eggs,and then he began to dig the sand,after digging some inside,it began to lay eggs,the eggs began to be issued one by one from the body of the turtle.Then the officer picked up the egg and count them. to be placed in captivity.
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Travel Answers about Indonesia
Do you have a travel question? Ask other World Nomads.