Travel Diary: An island that once lost all of its population! Sebesi Island, South Lampung Indonesia

in #island7 years ago (edited)

Last February, I went to an island called Sebesi, it is a small island located between Java and Sumatra, in the province of Lampung. I went there with some friends from my university to do some research and some sort of community service. Before the trip, I googled Sebesi and found out that it is very close to Karakatau, a volcano that erupted in 1800ish and well, it was a mess back then. and actually, Sebeli Island lost all of its population caused by the eruption. But it is now an island with 3000 people and very beautiful view. Sebesi usually become a transit before tourits go to Karakatau. Little do they know that Sebesi has so much more to offer.

The route we have to take to reach the island, if you go from Jakarta is you go to Merak port, take ferry to Bakauhuweni, and then you need to travel with Angkot (mini bus) to a small port called Canti and take a small boat that will take us to Sebesi.

my friend and I on the ferry

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Before the Ferry take off (idk what word to use for ships LOL) there will be local children, swimming and doing some attraction to get money from the pessenger.
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The trip with ferry will take about 3 to 4 hours and that is a quite long time to kill, my friends and I spent those 4 hours taking pictures, exploring the ferry and playing cards.

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when exploring the ferry, we got luck and allowed to get into the control room (captain's rooom)
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the boat that will take us from Canti to Sebesi island
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what the beach looks like, from the dock of Tejang Village, Sebesi Island
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There are so many stories I wanted to share about Sebesi. This island will forever be special. its people, its nature, foods, beaches, everything it has captured my heart. This is just the introduction kinda thing, more stories and pictures soon to be uploaded

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