... a journey to ayau ......

we left sorong around 6-ish in the mornin, on CI's boat "Yaswal Tisilol" or "aku cinta laut" in Bahasa or "I love the sea". its from the Mayan - Raja Ampat's language. this 10.3 m long and 2.32 m wide boat was assembled in Banyuwangi and i think it costs almost 1 billion rupiahs.

Yaswal Tisilol

of course u’ve 2 know who’s the boss on Yaswal

(pak yunus, me and adebu)

it’s a long trip to ayau .... a bumpy and wet ride. The west wind blew so strong that we had to stop in the middle of the sea just 2 let the wind passed us. I had to hold on to “my dear life” so tide so I wouldn’t get thrown away from the boat. Not to mention I was soaking wet from head to toes (f u look @ the boat’s pic u’ll notice that it doesn’t hv windows just some plastic cover). That was not the worse of course ... suddenly i felt the urge to “pee” and our destination was like another 2 hours. Of course when u gotta “go”, u gotta “go” … one way or another ... so my friend and I (yes both of us) asked the captain to stop the boat in the middle of the sea and asked everybody not to look back since my friend and I were doing "our business" @ the far end of the boat. Its emergency and it needs to be done hehehehe … officially we left our marks on the boat (just like what dogs do) … but its an experience in a lifetime… hehehehe (cantstoplaughingmodeon) (some friends still couldnt figure out hw we did it hehehhehe)

….. the bumpy ride continued ……..

Finally …. I see smth, is it what I think it is? Yes it’s the land yippeee … its YENKAWIR ... glad to see a land for my shaking wrinkle feet.

PS:
1. I took some medicine called antimo (motion sickness medicine). It should make me sleep during the trip so I wont get sea sick, but guess what ... it didn’t work. The medicine started to take its toll on me a moment before I did my presentation. My head was heavy, my hands were shaking, my heart was pounding so hard and I felt sleepy…..zzzzz…zzzzzzzz
2. adebu wasn’t feel alrite, maybe malaria?

About Yenkawir:

1. white-sandy-village 100 m wide and less than 1 km long, about 50 families

2. only ONE well for drinking water for the whole village

3. only ONE toilet at the far end of the village (they seldom use it tho’)

4. house is separated from kitchen and "a small cubicle thingy for you to take shower"

5. there are only 2 teachers and 2 classrooms (1st – 3rd grade and 4th – 6th grade). The teachers live in other village (Dorehkar) and they hv to commute with the boat to Yenkawir. During stormy days kids wont hv any classes, and it happens quite often.

6. no medical assistance. If someone get sick they hv to go to Dorehkar.

7. the people are quite shy, but they love it when we take their pics.