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Pink Beach, Pink Under The Sun

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Jln. Pariwisata Bagek Nempor , Pemongkong, Jerowaru, East Lombok Following the winding and jolting road made me keep thinking when I would arrive in my destination. Between the road, woods was filled by leafless trees. The heat was getting sting. It reached 35 degrees Celsius. My body was sweaty. I drank many times to get sufficient water. About after 5 km, I found a sign that written “Pantai Pink” with its arrow pointed to the south. Some men were lying down on a bamboo- made gazebo next to the sign. I took IDR 5.000 from my pocket and handed it to one of them. He pulled the rope to make a pole up so I could drive through. I drove very slow, watched my balance carefully. The road from the gate down to the beach had not finished yet. As I passed, some workers were taking rest under the shadow of trees.   I parked my motorbike and walked closer to the beach. Starting to enjoy the panorama, some tourists were colleting sea cells and were snorkeling, the boat men were work

Turtle Island

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Tengeq, Desa Sungkun, Ekas Bay, East Lombok I was surfing on the internet having a look of photography in various website. As I look through some pictures in Art Fine America, I was stunned when I found a picture of a huge yellowish turtle with its green cell on the sea, underneath the picture, it‘s written "Sungkun Beach, Ekas". On Wednesday October 8 th I hit the road, tried to find that place. It took about two hours from Mataram to get there. The road from Lendang Terak to Sungkun was really bad. It was very dusty and a lot of pebbles scattered on it. I was jolting all that way because of the bulges and the holes. It was challenging road to past. However, along the way I was spoiled by the landscape of traditional Sasak life. I even dropped in the Sungkun village and talked with the villagers. There is no electricity in the village around Sungkun. Some villagers said that the electricity would be available next two months. Their eyes were shining when they