THAT ONE BEACH BEFORE PANTAI INDRAYANTI

Rating: 7

After witnessing one of the greatest phenomenon on earth at Goa Jomblang, we were planning to head up to Pantai Indrayanti. With our GPS man/videographer in charge of showing us the way.

Now, we went through a very very rough road with our somewhat broken car (1 flat tire and 1 broken tail lights) when we came in the morning. So when Sam looked at the GPS and found a shorter way to get to our next destination, we all agreed to head on the other road.

"Right or left? Left is the road where we came in earlier and right is the shorter route to get to Pantai Indrayanti. It seems like a small road though here on the GPS and it doesn't recommend that route"

But we all agreed to try our luck: RIGHT. It was a small road, fitted only one car and it was very rocky.

And suddenly our driver/adventurous boy Michael (Mamai) said "If it leads to a dead end, we will remember this story for the rest of our life"

Little that we know that that decision led us all to a whole new "adventure". Probably Mamai has jinxed it because we actually did get lost! We go through a chicken farm and a very dry forest. The scenery was awesome, all brown with dead trees all around. But we were really heading to a dead end since the road was blocked.

And so we spent another half an hour trying to get back to the right way. We tried our luck the second time, trying to go to other small road, but we got lost again and finally decided to go back to the original route. Mamai has to drive backward the whole time and go through so many obstacle along the way since the road was uber small and the rock blocking the tires all the way. We had to get off the car so it could go through the rough road easier with less weight in it. So yeah, that was unforgettable, but if we never try we never know right? >.<

We finally went out of the wood with a story to tell and lesson to learn to never ever outsmart the GPS :P

From now on we will always trust you GPS! *bow*

We initially wanted to go to Pantai Indrayanti, but since it looked like it was going to rain and got really dark so we decided to stop at 1 beach before Pantai Indrayanti. We arrived at that 1 beach before Pantai Indrayanti exactly at sunset. It took us around 1,5 hour from Goa Jomblang to this beach (But sometimes Mamai drove like a racer so..... >.<). It wasn't too crowded. The tide was about to get high but we can still see all the rocks covered up in seaweed. The seaside covered in green and we could see some underwater creatures like snails, little fishes and sea urchins. Some little caves under the cliffside were exposed too during this low tide.

Lots of fishermen and seaweed farmer were out to take the seaweed. We tried to help them a little bit by collecting some seaweed. It was fun but the farmer did not look too impressed though ;P

The only thing I dislike about this beach was that it was a little bit dirty with trashes on the sand. They do have cafes and toilets here so I guess tourists left their trashes deliberately there :(. The sunset was okay but nothing too spectacular. But overall we fell in love with those seaweed covered rocks and had fun looking at little sea creatures.

Tips:

1. We need to pay to enter the beach complex. Since Pantai Selatan (South Beach) are all connected so we only need to pay once at the gate and we can go to some beaches within the complex.

2. We did not try the cafe but they have one there. But prepare some cash if you plan to eat at the cafe. And small change to go to the toilet!

3. The low tide made this place more interesting. Try to go when the tide is low!