#2019rewind: Part 6

6. Impromptu Banyuwangi trip // 6 - 8 October

         I forget when the idea came up but i felt just like oh i need to go for a sudden trip. My last trip was with Sekar & Husna strolling around East Java. I think i miss the vibes of travelling (when actually 2019 was full of trips) (but also had been bored with the lab-lyfe) then i remember my promise to mba Ike to go back at Rogojampi someday. Well, the experience of 14hours straight in an economic train wasn't a good one tho, but i left there, my heart in Banyuwangi. Sri Tanjung is the only cheapest and safest choices to go Bwi, so yeah, i took that trip again.

         I went there only with Sekar when she's 2weeks away from her 1-credits seminar so we called this "Seminar Getaway" wkwk. We bought the tickets a month before the trip, then we're realized we're having one of our mid-term test at 9 Oct. But yeah we didn't care but later we brought our notes along in the train pftt. Actually the real trip was only at 7 Oct because in 6 & 8 Oct we're on the train. I know you might think how much waste it was but we're just like "just do it" and later felt that our ass was broken because 14x2hours sat on the train.

Rogojampi Station, where the story begin

         Sri Tanjung is always leaving at 7am from Lempuyangan Station then ending the trip at Banyuwangi Baru Station. We stopped at Rogojampi Station, 2 stations before end, and found out mba Ike and mas Henda was here to picked us up how lovely. We're staying at their kost, well it was a pennywise trip tho haha and they offered us first to stay there. They have moved to another kost so it wasn't in "Rumah Kos yang Asri" anymore. Mba Ike had already prepared a dinner for us, it was Octopus in sweet&sour sauce, nuggets and scallops from ICS products, tahu petis, and all-hail tahu walik! So deliciousss thank you mba Ike! We went to sleep back then because tomorrow we need to wake up earlier for the secret trip arranged by mba Ike & the gang.

         Well i thought we would just go only 5 of us (me, Sekar, mba Ike, mas Hend, mas Doy (their high-sch friend, a rest sailor, mas Hendra's bed-mate)). Later there's mba Ria and mas Inul joined us, yay! We're riding motorcycle, i was with mba Ike. Our 1st stop was at Jagir Waterfall. It was on the hill in Kampung Anyar village. We needed to go downstairs to reach the waterfall. It wasn't that big with not so heavy flow. Kids were safe to play there. I thought it was the only waterfall here but then mba Ike brought us for a walk near the river. 

ok Sir you had photoboombing my pict😒

girls squadd👭

         We walked for about 20 minutes in that rocky-humid soil path, later i was so amazed because of the scenery. Around us was a rock cliffs and the sun was covered by green leaves. The only straight light was right to the waterfall, you can image the landscape. It was so quiet, just the water burbling sound. The waterfall was larger than the one we saw  before. Sure it's rocky around so Sekar and i of course got slipped on our way touching the water pft (big ass problems 101). Only a few people there so we made the TikTok hits that time "Entah Apa yang Merasukimu) shamelessly. Satisfied enough yet hungry, we went back walking upstairs. Next, we had bakso Malang as our lunch then we're continuing our ride. 

our way to get the waterfall

         We went to the Boom Beach. First we're just sitting next to the beach, watching the Bali island in front of us, and the blue sea n sky. How relaxing. The sun was still quite bright and a bit hot but didn't care huh. Of course we're taking those picts and didn't forget again the TikTok thing. Later as the sun went down, we walked to the Boom Marine Park. Well it's still under construction but there's already a bridge with those sparkling lights from the colorful lamps. Not really bad if you want to take a pict but there's just a lot of people around you pft.

Bali in front of eyes!!

another photoboombin

photoboombed again by those a$$ pft😑

         Our last destination was in the Alun-Alun Blambangan. It's just typical city park, an usual Alun-Alun you may found in the heart of Regency. But the difference here, you found like a stage with some stone carving representing the glory of Blambangan kingdom in the past. We're just sit and talk, we're mostly listening  to mas Doy's story when he's joined the Chinese-squid hunter ship sailing around the world. Quite interesting, such a tough experience of mas Doy, such a flip-side of his smile. The glasses were later empty then we're back to the kost because tomorrow in the morning we had to be back in station. Well, Sekar and i bought some fried pentol first in Rogojampi night street food because it's a legend, oh yea also thai tea wkwk.

Sekar in front of the statue

         Actually our 2nd purpose to go there, 1st was to meet mba Ike & mas Hend, was to buy the all-hail tahu walik mas Shofi we usually eat as a breakfast back in Kerja Lapangan time. But usually the tahu is being fried at 7 am and we're already inside the train huh. So yeah, basically if you want to take travel, a long travel like this especially in Banyuwangi, you should take 4days trip for a minimum because you're going to spend 2 days on the train and it's not really good for your back wqwq. We're arrived safely in Lempuyangan Station. We're home and yea tomorrow we had an exam ahahaha.

mandatory comin-back-home train selfie

Sekar and her 14hours boyfriend😝

         Thanks a lot mba Ike, mba Ria, mas Hend, mas Doy, and mas Inul for accompanying Sekar and I hang around Banyuwangi. Till we meet again on my turn to bring you around Yogyakarta!

tons of love for mba Ike💕💋