Trip to Derawan Islands | 4 Days 3 Nights

Yeay, finally first trip for this year went to Derawan Islands :-D.

After i got information from my colleagues (they went there in februari), I and my friend (@ga_lih) decided to go there in 17-20 May 2012 (because the weather is sunny, just remember to check the weather first, it will not worth it if rainy, you can't see the landscape and the underwater in that weather)

We used Kakaban Travel and you contact directly to kakaban_travel@yahoo.com

The trip was very tired (but fun) :p, you must flight from Jakarta to Balikpapan (almost 2 hours) then Tarakan (almost 1 hour), after that you must take a boat to Derawan Islands (around 3-6 hours depend on your speed boat).

A lot of 'snakes' if you saw in air plane, so don't miss it.

Taken by Galih (@ga_lih)

And this is tarakan's port :

Tarakan's Port

Luckyly, we got 750p speedboat it meant a happiness (for me) :p haha, because we went anywhere in short time because of the speed :p..

For the amazing picture, you can see in my instagram (@dannywongso) because too much :p, with hashtag #derawanislands, #kakabanisland, #maratuaisland. Sorry i can't upload one by one the picture. Just give the best picture i could took :)

This sunset is in maratua island, this is awesome and you can see the stars in the night :-D 

Everywhere the sky is so clear and so blue (also hot)

This is the 'small' island, will come up when the water is tide.

Our schedule was snorkling, snorkling and snorkling at the morning until the afternoon from one island to another islands. Enjoyed for the landscape and that was so 'kewl' (cool).

And went to the port, laid down and looked at the stars in the night (Sadly i couldn't take the picture for the stars)

Derawan Islands has some famous islands such as Kakaban Island, Derawan Island, Maratua Island, Nabucco Island, Sangalaki Island, etc :).

I lived in Maratua Island and i like this place, not too much visitors (just us) in this island rather than in Derawan Island (i went there in 'peak' seasson). I lived in cheap place :), and in this island also had resort (much more expensive).

This is the maratua island (empty right, no visitors), you can also swim with the jellyfish here, but from i hear the place is hard to reach :)

I also went to Kakaban Island for swim with jellyfish (a lot) and it isn't poison :)

That is my hand

Too much moment in here, the landscape, the people, the stars, everything :)

Taken by my friends (@ga_lih , a good photographer right? )

Taken By Galih (@ga_lih)

Just speechless for this :p

Taken By me in Maratua's Port

PS : Please get my permission for the picture from my blog :) and It taken using iphone 4s :). And just leave comment if you need my help :)

-danny williams-